What's up in July? Galaxy Subclumps, Space Jellyfish & Yelling at the moon

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.