The Strawberry Moon is here — and it's unlike any other

Plus: Find the Summer Triangle and watch stunning footage of Tiangong crossing the moon Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version   June 29, 2026 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   Just Look Up! SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE   What's Up This Week? Hello skywatchers! The end of June and the beginning of July bring some wonderful opportunities to get outside after dark, from June's spectacular full Strawberry Moon to one of the summer sky's finest signposts, the Summer Triangle. Later in the week, early risers can hunt down a close encounter between Mars and Uranus before finishing the week beneath the rich star fields of Scorpius.  Elsewhere in this issue, we're explaining why this year's Strawberry Moon is unlike any other full moon, taking a closer look at the giant Scorpion stretching across the summer sky and showcasing remarkable footage of China's Tiangong space station crossing the moon, captured by an amateur astrophotographer.  Here's what to watch for in the nights ahead.  Daisy Dobrijevic Skywatching Editor (Starry Night) June 29: The Strawberry Full Moon The full Strawberry Moon rises as the sun sets, illuminating the night from dusk until dawn. It will be the lowest-hanging full moon of the year and the first full moon of summer for the Northern Hemisphere. (Starry Night) July 1: Meet the Summer Triangle  One of the easiest star patterns to find returns to prominence this week. Look high in the eastern sky for the Summer Triangle, formed by the brilliant stars Vega, Deneb and Altair.  (Starry Night) July 4: Mars meets Uranus  Before dawn, Mars passes close to the distant ice giant Uranus in a rewarding binocular target. Mars' distinctive orange glow makes it relatively easy to find, while Uranus appears as a faint blue-green point nearby.    (Starry Night) July 5: Antares and the Scorpion's Heart  Scorpius dominates the southern sky on summer evenings, with fiery red Antares marking the heart of the celestial Scorpion. If you have a telescope, sweep just west of Antares to find the nearby globular cluster M4 — one of the closest star clusters of its kind to Earth and a rewarding target under dark skies.    Moon Calendar The Strawberry Moon rises tonight. Here's what to expect from June's full moon Don't miss June's full Strawberry Moon rise tonight (June 29), marking the first full moon of summer with a golden glow and an eye-catching moon illusion. In The News June's Strawberry Moon is unlike any other full moon. Here's why Think all full moons look the same? June's Strawberry Moon rises and sets at extreme points, tracing an unusually low path across the Northern Hemisphere sky. Read More Watch out for the giant scorpion hiding in the summer sky Scorpius is one of the few constellations that actually resembles its namesake — and this summer is the perfect time to find it. Read More Space.com just launched an app! Get your inside scoop on space exploration Our new Space.com app takes you out of this world, every day, for the latest space mission news, astronomical discoveries, night sky guides and more. Read More Your Amazing Astrophotos Watch China's Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage The Tiangong space station approaches Tycho Crater in stunning amateur transit footage. Read More Astronomy Kit and Accessories Best solar telescopes 2026: Safely observe and image the next total solar eclipse The best solar telescopes suitable for the next solar eclipse. Read More Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory Mark II smart telescope review The Celestron Origin Mark II smart telescope will have you capturing crisp images of deep-sky objects within minutes of taking it out of the box. Read More Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. Sign Up   Follow Night Sky This Week Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions When you purchase through links in our content, we may earn an affiliate commission.   Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036.

Seminars Digest, Vol 86, Issue 6

Send Seminars mailing list submissions to seminars@itp.ac.ru To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.itp.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/seminars or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to seminars-request@itp.ac.ru You can reach the person managing the list at seminars-owner@itp.ac.ru When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Seminars digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Friday 26.06.2026 (Stanislav Apostolov) 2. Автобус 26.06 (Наталья Медведева) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:53:27 +0300 From: Stanislav Apostolov <sapostolov@itp.ac.ru> To: staff@itp.ac.ru, students@itp.ac.ru, seminars@itp.ac.ru Subject: [Landau ITP Seminars] Friday 26.06.2026 Message-ID: <22df4c261b67fd818afbf1e5ed8c7a22@itp.ac.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Уважаемые коллеги! На заседании Ученого совета ИТФ в пятницу 26.06 будут заслушаны 2 доклада: 11:30 К.Е.Турышев, Ю.Г.Махлин Формирование майорановских нулевых мод в длинных джозефсоновских S-TI-S контактах В длинных джозефсоновских S-TI-S контактах в магнитном поле предсказано существование майорановских нулевых мод, локализованных на джозефсоновских вихрях. В недавних экспериментах наблюдались особенности сверхтока при целых нечётных значениях магнитного потока через контакт. Это явление может объясняться процессами входа и выхода майорановских нулевых мод из контакта. Проведено детальное рассмотрение процесса образования майорановских мод на внешней границе при росте поля и его влияния на критический ток в зависимости от чётности потока. Обсуждается зависимость рассматриваемого явления от устройства внешнего края контакта. 12:30 Маснев Н.Г. Корреляции интенсивности светового пучка, распространяющегося в турбулентной среде Мы исследуем корреляционную функцию интенсивности светового пучка с очень широким начальным профилем (в пределе плоской волны) при его распространении в турбулентной атмосфере. Мы явно вычисляем в главном порядке неприводимую часть корреляционной функции для различных расстояний распространения и интервалов между точками наблюдения. Результат для больших расстояний имеет универсальное степенное поведение, убывая степенным образом для всех длин распространения. Для малых расстояний поправка не зависит от расстояния между точками. Для малых расстояний (режим слабых сцинтилляций) она мала и растет по степенному закону с ростом z для больших расстояний (режим сильных сцинтилляций) она мала и убывает по степенному закону с ростом z, однако в промежуточном режиме умеренных сцинтилляций она становится порядка единицы, и наше выражение для первой поправки неприменимо. ID и пароль онлайн-трансляций в Zoom те же, что и для предыдущих трансляций семинаров и докладов на Ученом совете: https://zoom.us/j/96899364518?pwd=MzBsR2lYT0lYL2x2b1oyNU9LeWlWUT09 Meeting ID: 968 9936 4518 Пароль: 250319 Также планируется: 1. Заседание диссовета о принятии к защите докторской диссертации Александра Олеговича Короткевича "Моделирование нелинейных волн в задачах теоретической физики". 2. Аттестация аспирантов за текущий учебный год. Присутствие членов Учёного совета очень желательно - очно или онлайн. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.itp.ac.ru/pipermail/seminars/attachments/20260625/6c3eb9b6/attachment-0001.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:39:20 +0300 From: Наталья Медведева <nmedvedeva@itp.ac.ru> To: seminars@itp.ac.ru, staff@itp.ac.ru, students@itp.ac.ru Subject: [Landau ITP Seminars] Автобус 26.06 Message-ID: <e89de3e8-d311-4522-985b-4487cbd916d0@itp.ac.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Уважаемые сотрудники и студенты! На завтра 26.06.26г. в 10-05 автобус запланирован. Форд-Транзит  А 797МА 150 тел. 8-903-019-86-80 Владимир Николаевич Место сбора на улице Константина Федина напротив торгового дома Первомайский. https://yandex.ru/maps/213/moscow/?from=mapframe&ll=37.800381%2C55.806491&mode=routes&rtext=55.806575%2C37.800217&rtt=auto&ruri=&source=mapframe&um=constructor%3A1gjtTU9HvRzE3mvpCCP6B_Io424BFoMD&utm_source=mapframe&z=20 С уважением Наталья ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Seminars mailing list Seminars@itp.ac.ru https://mailman.itp.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/seminars ------------------------------ End of Seminars Digest, Vol 86, Issue 6 ***************************************

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? | Houston, we have an app! | NASA's aging infrastructure needs $1 billion in upgrades

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? | Houston, we have an app! | NASA's aging infrastructure needs $1 billion in upgrades Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version   June 25, 2026 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   Taking you out of this world, every day SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Happy Thursday, space fans! We're almost through another week, but space doesn't take a day off so we have a lot to report! Yesterday, NASA dropped the news that its Perseverance Mars rover has found complex carbon in mudstones on the Martian surface, nearby the rocks found last year that they called the strongest possible biosignatures found to date. In these new observations, they found features that look like those created by life in rocks on Earth, adding evidence to the search for ancient life on the Red Planet.  In spaceflight news, a warning from NASA's Office of Inspector General has pointed to Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility launch pads being overused and in need of serious, expensive repair. As NASA moves forward with the Artemis program of moon exploration, concerns are starting to bubble up about whether the agency's infrastructure is really up to the task. Elsewhere, the oldest asteroid impact site (3 billion years old!) was found in Australia, the largest and most-detailed image of our Milky Way was captured by the Euclid spacecraft, and so much more.  Check out what's big in space below: New clues in Mars rocks   Trending Houston, we have an app! Want the best news in space right on your phone? Space.com now has an app! Available on both iOS and Android. Spaceflight NASA's aging infrastructure needs $1 billion in upgrades NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle. This seems serious Apollo astros were more competitive, Artemis pilot says NASA's Artemis moon program differs from Apollo in many ways, including the attitudes of its astronauts. Times have changed Search for Life New model could help scientists spot habitable exoplanets A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially habitable planets beyond Earth. Hunting for aliens Science & Astronomy Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site "While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain." Ancient history This is the largest and most detailed image of Milky Way The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made. Euclid delivers! Today in Space Summer solstice seen from space! Just after the summer solstice, a European weather satellite managed to capture a striking image of this celestial moment from space. Spot the terminator line! Space deal of the day Launch your sci-fi binge with these top streaming deals  Are you trying to avoid the temptation of Prime Day? From Project Hail Mary to Superman, we've got the best summer streaming deals to see you through. Prime Day strikes again I'm not skipping this Project Hail Mary Lego deal Love Project Hail Mary? You can own a Lego version of the titular starship and it's 16% off at Amazon UK, the cheapest it's ever been. We love the Hail Mary Entertainment 'Spider-Noir' composers on retro style in the multiverse  'I feel like we were encouraged to fail in the best way possible, where we never felt any idea was too crazy for this team.' Do you like the noir? Editor's Note Editor's Note That's it for our space update today! Stay tuned as we learn more about the upcoming mission set to save NASA's Swift observatory, boosting its altitude to keep it from falling to Earth. Space.com also got a sneak peek look at the space shuttle Endeavor in its brand-new, permanent home inside of the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, which they announced will be opening to the public (for free) on Nov. 13. We chatted with retired NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and marveled at the massive shuttle, which is mated to a real fuel tank as well as 2 rocket boosters. The shuttle is so large, the building has to be 20 stories tall!  If you want to connect even further with all things space, check out Space.com's new app, which just launched on both iOS and Android. And for those who might be in search of their new favorite telescope, eyepiece, or even Lego set (I'm eyeing that Project Hai Mary set), check out Space.com's Prime Day recommendations.  Ad astra, per aspera Chelsea Gohd Content Manager, Space.com   Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. Sign Up   Follow SPACE Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions When you purchase through links in our content, we may earn an affiliate commission.   Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036