What's up in July? Galaxy Subclumps, Space Jellyfish & Yelling at the moon
Please Look Up
This month Alyshia & Leon discuss galaxy sub-clumps, space jellyfish, weird egg shaped stars & yelling at the moon.
*Disclaimer - There's a 4 letter swear word around 30 mins in that starts with an "s."
Alyshia's Space Pic:
https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/space-jellyfish-fuelburny.jpg
Leon's Space Pic/ Space Fail:
https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/twisty-telescope.png
What's up in the Night Sky for July?
In the West - Jupiter going going gone. Venus is still super bright & swings by Regulus in Leo constellation July 10. To the East - see Mars in the morning. Pleiades, Taurus, Aldebaran.
Dates of interest:
July 7: Earth at aphelion
July 10: Venus close to Regulus in Leo
July 20: International Moon Day
July 29: Full Moon
Buzz Aldrin yells at the moon in 30 Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvG8qI0HCfY&t=96s
Constellation of the month:
Virgo & the wheat laden maiden
Virgo Cluster: Subclumps, sub-subclumps & non cometary fuzzy objects
Messier 87's cool plasma jet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messier_87_Hubble_WikiSky.jpg
M87's Black Hole image
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resources/teachable-moment/how-scientists-captured-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole/
Spica - Leon's Hypothetical Egg Boys
https://particle.scitech.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bin_000001-egg-boys.png
Image: Hypothetical appearance of stars in an ellipsiodal binary. Credit: Smith/Scitech
Space Flight Focus:
Artemis 3 crew is announced! (Which was fresh news at time of recording!)
Leon discusses the battle between Space X & Blue Origin on whose landing craft will be ready.
Alyshia get's confused about the Artemis 3 confusing mission map from 2022.
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/artemis_iii_mission_map_2022.jpg
Space Fail of the Month:
Deep Space Station 14 Azimuth Over-Rotation Mishap.
How a cultural/workplace issue caused $4m worth of damage for NASA. Big Whoops!
Read the very redacted document here.
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/dss14-mishap-investigation-board-report-signed-final-redacted-hm-tagged-508.pdf?emrc=74c749
For more space news check out https://particle.scitech.org.au/atoms-galaxies/the-sky-tonight-july-2026/
Got a question? Chuck it in the comments and we will try to answer it next episode!
Please Look Up is recorded on Whajduk Noongar Land.
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