Sometimes the trash takes itself out. An empty Falcon 9 stage that is just a piece of drifting space debris at the moment is about to become part of a brand new crater on the Moon. patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/falcon...

Falcon 9 space debris to hit Moon Aug 4-5 | CosmoQuestX

TL:DR: On the night of August 4 into the morning of August 5, an empty Falcon 9 second stage will hit the Moon in the vicinity of Moseley,

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With the landing of Soyuz MS-28 in Kazakhstan, the total number of toilets in space has dropped to 9.

Not following the CosmoQuest newsletter yet? We got you! Click here to check it out without subscribing (but we'd love it if you did subscribe at least for free!) patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/newsle...

Newsletter: Teacup Telescope | CosmoQuestX

Director's Notes, 23 July 2026 The summer is when our team tries new things. With EVSN and Astronomy Cast on hiatus, we have time to play, a

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Who decided it's Grabby Satellite Summer? This is a theme we were not prepared for. With India's Cosmoserve Space launching the Embrace mission, Katalyst Space launching the LINK Swift Reboost Mission, & SpaceLogistics/Northrop Grumman launching the Mission Robotic Vehicle-1, orbit is grabby grabby

It is International Moon Day and we're celebrating! @starstryder.space is live on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX and patreon.cosmoquest.org/events/16437... with Lunar Goodness. Come hangout?

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Thing we learned this week: If your house get's hit by a meteorite, your first priority is to put on medical gloves and use foil and mason jars to collect the space rocks. Then call your insurance company. www.seti.org/news/alien-w...

Join us for a StarShip 13 watch party on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX. Launch is scheduled for 5:45 pm and we will go live about 30 minutes before with Moon Mapping and more.

With the launch of Soyuz MS-29 carrying crew to the ISS, the total number of toilets in space has incremented up to 10! International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at / on way to ISS: 2 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Total: ten toilets in space

It happened! It finally happened! Tianwen-2 shared a picture of Earth’s tiny quasi moon. Orbiting the Sun at our side, this space rock could be a chip off the Moon or a near earth asteroid. #space #asteroid #tianwen2 #kamooalewa youtube.com/shorts/as-MK...

Tianwen 2 at Kamoʻoalewa - First Image!

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Asteroids come in a lot of varied shapes, but some shapes are more common than others, such as "weird looking peanut." Lucy discovered the Asteroid DonaldJohanson is a weird looking peanut shape. patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/lucy-i...

Lucy in the Sky with a Peanut | CosmoQuestX

A new paper from a team working with the Lucy mission imaged the asteroid Donaldjohanson in April of 2025. As it passed this space rock on

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Just like we expect certain plants in certain climates, we expect to find certain astronomical objects in certain settings. This star cluster made all of us ask, "How did you get there?" This object looks like a globular cluster but is in the galactic bulge! patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/mispla...

Misplaced Star Cluster is Relic of Galaxy Formation | CosmoQuestX

Another common question astronomers must answer is, “How exactly did you get there?”  From weirdly placed planets to galaxies before we expe

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It's double trouble among the stars! For the first time, researchers have found evidence of both stars in a binary system exploding as supernovae. patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/double...

Double Supernova Trouble | CosmoQuestX

A remarkable amount of astronomy revolves around asking stars, and stellar remnants, “Exactly what did you do?” Stars evolve in dramatic way

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22 episodes later, we're wrapping up Season 4 of EVSN. patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/22-epi...

The 22 episode season is here... and done | CosmoQuestX

I’m Gen X. This means I grew up on television shows that started each year right after Labor day and then came out with a new episode, week

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CosmoQuest will always be a place that embraces people of all kinds. We don't care who you love; we only hope that you find love in this world. This image is released under a cc-by license. Please use it, and link back to the post below to share all related credits & information on the meanings.

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Years ago, NASA put out a Progress Pride flag of space images created by Rachel Lense. She is no longer at NASA, NASA is no longer celebrating diversity, and that old image just made me sad. So I made a new one. patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/pride-...

Happy Juneteenth! This Pride we're redoing the Pride flag with space and looking at the meaning of each color for pride and for science. The brown & black stripes on the Pride flag represent the people of color who are so often the pillars & defenders of the queer community. We wrap the cosmos...

Gonna be real for a moment: Our financial reserves are completely exhausted. We expect this to happen in September, at the end of our fiscal year. Bad days came early; donations have been, ah, shit, in 2026, so we need to ask for your help now. If you have extra, please donate: cqx-fy26.org

Going live in moments. And seriously, there is a lot to cover. This book inspired so many ideas and we hope it will inspire you too.

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In today's After Hours, Pamela is joined by @chanda.blacksky.app, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, to discuss her new book, The Edge of Space Time. It's AMAZING & generated a paper storm of notes on Pamela's desk. Join us at 2pm Boston / 7pm London twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX or www.youtube.com/live/bLxzNK-...

In today's After Hours, Pamela is joined by @chanda.blacksky.app, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, to discuss her new book, The Edge of Space Time. It's AMAZING & generated a paper storm of notes on Pamela's desk. Join us at 2pm Boston / 7pm London twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX or www.youtube.com/live/bLxzNK-...

Our shape shifting Universe with author Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Thinking about the SpaceX IPO? Read our deep dive into the related mission fundamentals first. Did you know they plan to launch as much mass in Data Centers as US Farmers grow in soybeans? patreon.cosmoquest.org/CosmoQuestX/...

Let's look at the SpaceX IPO's numbers as they relate to science. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIEJ...

Tails, SpaceX Fails, Heads We Lose the Earth

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At the top of the hour (2pm Eastern / 7pm London) we're going live with this week's CosmoQuest After Hours. Join us as we discuss exploring physics thru space flight with guest Trisha Muro, author of It's (Just) Rocket Science. Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Join us in exploring the pride flag. The queer community has paid with blood to live their truth and that red stands for passion and the blood of life. In astronomy, red is the color of glowing hydrogen, the most common atom in our Universe. Image: The Horsehead nebula by Ivan Bok.

Happy Pride! This year NASA isn't allowed to celebrate. We're going to do our best to celebrate so hard no one can deny there is a place in space sciences for everyone. Our first goal is to do the pride flag using space images. What are your favorite colors among the stars?

There is one less toilet in space. With the safe return of Shenzhou 21 and its 3 person crew, there are now only nine (9) toilets in space. International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1

Celebrate Space with us every day. Join with 20% off using code MAYDAY20 at patreon.cosmoquest.org Image: gravitational lensing by the foreground galaxy (center) distorts a background galaxy into a surrounding spiral. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Mahler

The space toilet count just got turned up to ten (10!) after Shenzhou-23 docked with the Chinese Tiangong space station. Where you'll find Space Toilets: International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 2

We are live. The "We're doing this to collect data" information has me thinking they expect boom. twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

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No Boom yesterday. Boom today? There's been many (sonic) boom with Starship launches. Flight 12 may be launching later today. If they do, we'll go live on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX once prop loading is started. This could be as early as 6:15pm Boston / 3:15pm. Credit: SpaceX

No Boom yesterday. Boom today? There's been many (sonic) boom with Starship launches. Flight 12 may be launching later today. If they do, we'll go live on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX once prop loading is started. This could be as early as 6:15pm Boston / 3:15pm. Credit: SpaceX

As astronomers, our lives are dedicated to both the ephemeral and the eternal. And humans mean nothing to the universe (and everything to us). patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/as-the...

As they steal the night | CosmoQuestX

As they steal the night by CosmoQuestX on Patreon. Join CosmoQuestX's community for exclusive content and updates.

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CosmoQuest Patreon fam, I love y'all so much I'm missing game 2 of the Walter Cup finals to edit new content. ❤️