Astro news and findings I found interesting:
The moon is going to have to wait as Artemis 2 is pushed to April 2026 and Artemis 3 is nudged to 2027. Have to get those heat shields just right.
Evidence of primordial black holes may be hiding in planets, or even everyday objects here on Earth.
New research co-led by the University at Buffalo proposes thinking both big and small to confirm their existence, suggesting that their signatures could range from very large—hollow planetoids in space—to minute—microscopic tunnels in everyday materials found on Earth, like rocks, metal and glass.
Cosmology 101 with Katie Mack. The following is the first video of a 11 video series.
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft has made the sweetest photos of Jupiter. The South Pole of Jupiter looks like a cross section of a rock with minerals. Or an eyeball.
The Satellite That Could Change the World. If this doesn’t convince you to try to find something of joy in this life, no matter how small it may seem, grab onto that and feel the existential joy.
2024’s Record Fourth Predicted Asteroid Impact Had The Second Longest Warning Time Ever. Follow Dr. Alfredo Carpeneti for interesting space news on IFLScience and Bluesky.
Trump chooses billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA. Space is the next frontier … for billionaires. I’ve been following the frank discussion about this assignment on Bluesky. If you haven’t watched For All Mankind on Apple TV, you must. Granted, it is fiction but this subject is broached.
Sky Intruders! In this episode of Weaponized with Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp, they discuss all of those drone sightings, the congressional hearings and more.
I think we all have our doubts, curiosity and beliefs about UFOs, UAPs, aliens, etc. My suggestion is to be skeptical but keep an open mind. UFO podcast bros are the worst. People who spread misinformation are also the worst. Do I think Jeremy and George do this? I do not think so. But believe what anyone says at your own risk. Remember, just because it is or isn’t believable in your mind, doesn’t mean it is or isn’t true.
Today is Bandcamp Friday! Allow me to recommend a few albums. First, a few purchases I already made.
Only The Void Stands Between Us by Julie Beth Napolin. This album is chock full of sweet finger picking spacey/cosmic psych folk. A Bandcamp review mentioned she was a UFO tracker. I asked her via bluesky if this is true, she said no but she’s a “believer.” The album includes a Lungfish cover.
100% of proceeds to Helene relief and recovery in Western NC. Current recipients of funds are Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, Rural Organizing and Resilience (via Holler Harm Reduction), and Poder Emma (via Colaborativa la Milpa)
Mother Earth Has Birthed Her Last Cosmos – Expo 70.
Masters of divine sci-fi spacekraut dronemusic, sprawling epics that drift heavenward, guitars swirl and pulse, bass throbs and rumbles, rhythms don’t pound or shuffle as much as pulse, a gloriously cosmic ur-rock that is not about rocking at all, but instead about sitting back and drifting off, letting the music lull you into a state of suspended animation, moving inward before moving outward, expanding like a new universe being born. – Aquarium Drunkard
On my wishlist …
The Love In Outer Space and Children of the Sun 7 inches by Sun Ra and His Arkestra.
Jupiter by the Magic Wands. The title track gives me the chills. We need more bands like this coming through Rochester.
A more recent album from Magic Wands is just as psychy, dream poppy and poet goth shoegazer. I need to play Starbreeze on Fantastic Voyage.
Anything by Nubya Garcia. Odyssey is on my favorite albums of the year list. There is a Bandcamp listening party today at 2pm Eastern.
And finally …
Not much of a Grateful Dead listener but I do know Dark Sky. Respect! RIP to Phil Lesh.
Fantastic Voyage 