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Yes, You Can See The Dark Side Of The Moon This Week — Here’s When
See a crescent moon on Nov. 24, 25 and 26, 2025. getty The dark side of the moon…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #besttimetoseemoon #CA #Canada #celestialeventsNovember #crescentmoonviewing #darksideofthemoon #Earthshinephenomenon #lunarastronomy #lunarobservations #Moonphases #planetsinnightsky #stargazingtips
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/305542/
The limits of #cosmology: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08066 by Joseph Silk -> "The Moon [...] is the ideal site for the largest #telescopes that we can dream about, at wavelengths spanning decimetric radio through optical to terahertz FIR. [...] Here I will set out my vision of the case for #LunarAstronomy over the next several decades."
Forwarding this to @cosmology - very nice overview of the case for #LunarCosmology (and other #LunarAstronomy) by #JoeSilk in #ArXiv_2509_08066 . Joe acknowledges (p5, para4) that astronomy should not be the top budget priority,
"Humanity has even more compelling issues that need to be addressed."
and argues for why #LunarCosmology is justified: huge scientific results are (more or less) guaranteed with a rather modest budget.
Cosmology: The Moon is our Future
The limits of cosmology, by Joseph Silk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08066
#Cosmology #LunarAstronomy #LunarTelescope #LunarTelescopes #teslescope #telescopes #radioastronomy #radiotelescope #radioteslescopes #galaxies #Moon #exoplanets #astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophysics #SMBH #blackholes #bigbang #universe #science
Lunar highlights from last night's observations and imaging: (1) the Aristarchus plateau; (2) the volcanic Marius Hills and the “lunar swirl” Reiner Gamma; (3) the massive volcanic mound Mons Rümker.
Some lunar highlights from last night's observations and imaging. (1) Sunrise over Aristarchus; (2) Mare Humorum; (3) the ancient Schiller-Zucchius impact basin.
The whole issue: in sum an actual reason for the so-called "lunar economy" aka "rebranded government contracts to private enterprise" or "same as it ever was."
Absolutely tantalizing.
"The Moon presents unique opportunities for...astronomy that could enhance our understanding of our solar system, the possibility of life beyond Earth, and the evolution of the universe. A handful of locations on the lunar surface are ‘sites of extraordinary scientific importance’ (SESIs) for such studies...upcoming missions... target some of these very same sites and threatens to degrade their value... Protecting these sites is an urgent matter.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2023.0078?af=R
"With the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT), we aim to conduct unprecedented measurements of the sky-averaged redshifted signal spectrum in the 4.7–47 MHz band, by deploying a 350 m diameter parabolic reflector mesh inside a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon and suspending a receiver at its focus."
#CosmicDarkAges
#LunarObservatories
#LunarAstronomy
#LunarRadioTelescope
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2023.0073?af=R
One of the few plausible reasons to have a sustained presence on the Moon, human or robotic.
"The Moon has no atmosphere, hence, it offers a unique opportunity to place telescopes on its surface for astronomical observations. It is phase-locked with Earth, and its far side remains free from ground-based interference, enabling the optimal use of radio telescopes."
The darned dancing dust dynamics will be a major fly in the ointment, looks like.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2023.0075?af=R
A better version of this image with as many features marked as I could identify. IM-1 Odysseus landed in Malapert A, marked in red. For scale, the mountains have heights of ~4-8 km.
A surprising number of features in the lunar south polar region still don't have IAU names.
NASA Wants to Put a Massive Telescope on the Moon https://www.universetoday.com/165397/nasa-wants-to-put-a-massive-telescope-on-the-moon/ #nasainnovativeadvancedconcepts #artemis-enabledstellarimager #interferometery #lunarastronomy #niac2024phasei #astronomy #featured #moon #nasa
Are telescopes on the Moon doomed before they’ve even been built?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00635-8
#radioastronomy
#lunarastronomy
#astro