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Are you in need of some serious Moon joy? Get ready for Moon Joy June. NASA is hosting a month-long art challenge and we would love for you to participate! For every week of June, NASA will introduce a new prompt to inspire artists and creators of all kinds:

June 1-7: Launch 

June 8-14: Moon 

June 15-21: Crew 

June 22-30: Earth 

To share your Moon joy-inspired art on Tumblr, use the hashtag #ArtemisArtShow.

The sky is (not) the limit! We encourage all forms of art, including but not limited to: paintings, drawings, sculptures, dances, music, animations, nail art, latte foam art, poetry, fashion. Choose your favorite medium and share it with us!

Luminet specifically hypothesized in his paper that this structure, this image he made, could apply to the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87.

40 years later he was proven dead fucking right:

This is a real image of that exact black hole taken by the Event Horizon Telescope project in 2019. The gravitational lensing effect is quite visible.

The United States went to the moon for the first time with Canadian technology. The ISS would not have been built without Canadian technology - the Canadarm. When there are settlements on the moon's surface, it will be because of Canadian technology - the Canadarm 3. Canada is going with you because we have always contributed to space exploration. And that's not even getting into what a political triumph this is.

The US president has threatened to invade us, has threatened to remove nuclear security, and has gone to self-detrimental lengths to try and cripple our economy. The US has been a threat to our sovereignty and our dignity. You need to really, truly understand how the US has been thought of as an annoying, but ultimately caring older brother since like 1812, and how that has so quickly turned into distrust and rage and fear here in Canada.

And despite this, we are going to the moon again together.

Here, we see this as a symbol that we can still work together! We can reach the stars because of our cooperation! It is a testament of the human will to overcome adversity for the sake of lifting us all up together.

Do you know how disheartening it is to know you don't know that?

Artemis II

The Stunning Astronomical Beadwork of Native Artist Margaret Nazon

Margaret Nazon has spent the past decade building intricate beadwork depictions of outer space. The colorful artworks balance representational and stylized aesthetics set on black fabric backgrounds to depict galaxies, planets, nebulae, and other astronomical phenomena.

Initially inspired by Hubble space telescope images, Nazon’s celestial renderings are part of a lifelong interest in beading. In an interview with Glenbow, the artist shared that she began beading at age 10, but found the density of traditional beadwork to be tedious.

The abstract nature of celestial images allows Nazon to be more interpretive and incorporate different materials like caribou bones and willow seeds that have location-specific or cultural significance. Nazon is Tsiigehtchic, part of the Gwich’in community in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada. The artist explained that because she is retired, she is able to dedicate significant time to beading, and often rises at 4:30am to begin working. Nazon plans to continue experimenting, including merging her abstract beadwork with her seamstress skills to create artfully embellished apparel.

Nazon’s artwork was most recently exhibited at Glenbow in a group show, Cosmos, and A Beaded Universe at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. You can read more about her in the Glenbow interview, and explore Nazon’s portfolio on her website.