Please Look Up

Author: Particle WA

Tune in each month for a guided tour of the night sky as seen from Perth, Western Australia. Each episode highlights all of the fascinating constellations, planets, and asteroids that you should be keeping an eye out for in the night sky. And don't worry, we'll also be highlighting the latest in space news so you'll always be in the know when it comes to the extra-terrestrial. Please Look Up is brought to you by https://particle.scitech.org.au/ (Particle) and powered by http://scitech.org.au/ (Scitech).
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What's up in July? Galaxy Subclumps, Space Jellyfish & Yelling at the moon
Wednesday, 1 July, 2026

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. Particle is powered by Scitech.