Feb. 6, 2026
Lunar Smartphones, Daytime Comet, and Jetty McJetface's Cosmic Show
Episode S05E32 - Friday, February 6, 2026 Welcome to Astronomy Daily! Join hosts Anna and Avery as they bring you the latest space and astronomy news from across the cosmos. Episode Highlights Lunar Smartphones: NASA Approves Modern Tech for Space...
Episode S05E32 - Friday, February 6, 2026
Welcome to Astronomy Daily! Join hosts Anna and Avery as they bring you the latest space and astronomy news from across the cosmos.
Episode Highlights
Lunar Smartphones: NASA Approves Modern Tech for Space
NASA astronauts will finally be allowed to bring their smartphones on missions, starting with Crew-12 to the ISS next week and the Artemis II lunar flyby in March. After years of using decade-old cameras, astronauts can now spontaneously capture and share moments with iPhones and Android devices, promising unprecedented behind-the-scenes documentation of historic missions.
Comet MAPS: A Potential Daylight Spectacle
Newly discovered Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) could become visible to the naked eye—possibly even in broad daylight—when it passes within 120,000 km of the sun in early April. This Kreutz sungrazer was spotted farther from the sun than any previous sungrazer, suggesting it might survive its close solar encounter and put on a spectacular show.
Mercury's Best Evening Show of 2026
The elusive planet Mercury is currently offering its best evening viewing opportunity of the year! Shining brightly at magnitude -1.1, Mercury will reach greatest elongation on February 19th, appearing 17 degrees above the western horizon after sunset. Don't miss the stunning pairing with a crescent moon on February 18th!
China Joins Space Data Center Race
China's state-owned aerospace corporation announced ambitious plans for space-based data centers as part of their five-year expansion program. This puts China in competition with SpaceX, Axiom Space, and Google in the race to build orbital computing infrastructure powered by abundant solar energy.
Dark Matter vs Black Hole: What Powers the Milky Way?
Groundbreaking research suggests the Milky Way's core might be powered by a dense clump of fermionic dark matter rather than the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. This controversial model explains both central star orbits and the galaxy's rotation curve while mimicking the black hole "shadow" captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.
Jetty McJetface: The Star-Shredding Phenomenon
A supermassive black hole nicknamed "Jetty McJetface" continues to astound scientists four years after shredding a star. The black hole's relativistic jet has grown 50 times brighter since 2019 and is predicted to peak in 2027, making it one of the most energetic events ever observed in the universe—over 100 trillion times more powerful than Star Wars' Death Star!
Resources & Links
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on X (social media)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society journal
Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Astrophysical Journal
Star Walk 2 app for comet tracking
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Welcome to Astronomy Daily, your source for the latest space
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and astronomy news.
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I'm Anna and I'm Avery. We're coming to you on Friday,
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February six, twenty twenty six, and today's show is packed
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with some truly incredible stories from across the cosmos.
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We've got everything from lunar smartphones to daytime visible comments.
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Let's dive into today's headlines. We're looking at NASA's new
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policy that let's astronauts bring their phones to the Moon,
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a newly discovered commet that might become visible in broad daylight,
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the best viewing opportunity for Mercury all year, China's ambitious
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plans for space based data centers, new theories about what
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really powers the Milky Way's core, and a star shredding
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black hole with an absolutely unforgettable nickname.
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That nickname is Pure Gold. Anna. But first, let's talk
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about something that might seem mundane but is act pretty
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revolutionary for space exploration.
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Avery. I have to admit, when I first saw this story,
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my first thought was, wait, they couldn't do that before, right?
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It seems so obvious in twenty twenty six. But here's
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the thing. Getting any new technology approved for spacefly is
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incredibly difficult. Everything has to be tested to make sure
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it won't interfere with critical systems or cause problems in
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the extreme environment of space.
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And NASA just announced that starting with the Crew twelve
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mission to the International Space Station next week, and more importantly,
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with the highly anticipated Artemis two lunar flyby mission in March,
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astronauts will be allowed to bring their smartphones.
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This is actually a pretty big deal from a documentation perspective.
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NASA administrator Jared Isaacman wrote on social media that they're
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giving crews the tools to capture special moments for their
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families and share inspiring images and video with the world.
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The timing is perfect too. Until now, the new TUST
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cameras approved for these missions were decade old Nikon DSLRs
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and GoPros. Those are great cameras, but there's something more
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spontaneous and accessible about using a smartphone.
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Absolutely think about it. With iPhones and Android devices at hand,
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astronauts can be much more spontaneous with image and video gathering.
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We might see more behind the scenes moments, more real
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time documentation of their experiences.
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I am already imagining the tiktoks from zero gravity, though
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I have to wonder if that's something NASA is prepared for.
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Well. Isaacman did mention that what's equally important is that
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they challenged long standing processes and qualified modern hardware for
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spaceflight on an expedited timeline. That operational urgency, he says,
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will serve NASA well as they pursue high value science
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and research.
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Now I should mention this isn't technically the first time
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smartphones have gone to space. SpaceX allowed them for their
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private astronaut missions, but this is the first time NASA
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is officially approving them for their own crude.
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Flights and for Artemis two, this is huge. We're talking
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about the first time humans will orbit the Moon since
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the Apollo era, having modern smartphones to document that historic journey.
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That's going to give us perspectives we've never had before.
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Ultra wide angle selfies with the Moon in the background.
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I'm here for it, though I do hope Mission Control
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sets up some kind of social media guidelines first, no doubt.
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All right, from lunar smartphones to cosmic visitors, let's talk
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about something that's got the astronomy community really excited.
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Avery This is the kind of story that makes you
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want to mark your calendar. A newly discovered comet has
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the potential to become one of the brightest astronomical events
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of the year.
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I'm at c Slash twenty twenty six, a one nickname
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maps after the four astronomers who discovered it, Mari, Attard, Parrot,
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and Signorette, was spotted on January thirteenth using a remotely
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operated telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert.
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And what makes this discovery so exciting is that it's
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a member of the Kreut's sungrazing comet family. These are
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comets that pass extremely close to the Sun, and historically
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they've been responsible for some of the most spectacular celestial
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displays ever witnessed.
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We're talking about comments that in the past became bright
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enough to be seen in broad daylight. The Great Comet
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of eighteen eighty two was reportedly one hundred times brighter
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than the full moon, and the Great Comet of nineteen
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sixty five I Kaseeki was easily visible with the naked
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eye during the day.
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Now here's the crucial detail. All Kreut's sungrazers are believed
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to be fragments of a much larger comet that broke
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apart hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Each time
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one of these fragments makes its close pass by the Sun,
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there's a chance it could fragment further or even completely disintegrate.
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Right, so there's a big if here. Comet Maps will
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pass within just one hundred and twenty thousand kilometers of
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the Sun's surface in early April twenty twenty six. That's
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incredibly close. If it survives that encounter, it could become
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a spectacular site.
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What's particularly promising is that Maps was discovered much farther
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from the Sun than any previously discovered sun grazer. It
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was spotted at about three hundred and eight million kilometers out.
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The previous record holder for farthest discovery was comet Ikiya Seki,
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which turned out to be the brightest comet of the
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twentieth century.
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That said, technology has advanced significantly since nineteen sixty five,
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so we're better at detecting fainter objects earlier. That means
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Maps probably isn't as large as the Kiyoseki, so it's
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unlikely to be quite as bright.
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But the fact that we caught it so early is
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still a good sign. It suggests maps is either a
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reasonably large or it's currently an outburst. Recent observations show
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it steadily brightening, which points toward it being a larger
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fragment rather than already falling apart.
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So what can skywatchers expect? Well, the best viewing will
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be in early April as a comet approaches the Sun.
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If it survives its close pass, it could become visible
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to the naked eye, possibly even during daylight hours as
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it swings closest to the Sun.
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Observers in the southern hemisphere will have better viewing opportunities,
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with the comet appearing higher in the sky during morning twilight.
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Northern hemisphere observers will have a more challenging view with
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the comet staying very close to the Sun and low
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on the horizon.
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I love that the astronomy community is already tempering expectations
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while still allowing for optimism. This could be amazing, or
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it could fizzle out. That's the unpredictable nature of comets.
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And that unpredictability is part of what makes them so exciting.
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We'll definitely be keeping our eyes on common maps as
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April approaches.
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Speaking of things to watch in the sky, there's another
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elusive celestial object that's putting on its best show right now.
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You know, Avery, Mercury gets a bad reputation as the
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elusive planet, but I think that's a bit unfair.
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I completely agree. Most astronomy books make it sound like
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Mercury is almost impossible to see. But the truth is
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you just need to know when and where to.
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Look exactly, And right now we're entering the best evening
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viewing window for Mercury and all of twenty twenty six
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for observers in the Northern Hemisphere observers.
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Mercury began its best evening apparition of the year today
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February sixth, even though it was only twelve degree from
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the Sun, initially, it was shining at a bright minus
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one point one, nearly as bright as Serious, the brightest
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star in the night sky.
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What's great is that on each of the next thirteen evenings,
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Mercury gets progressively higher in the sky. And that's a
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bit later. By February nineteenth, it reaches what's called greatest elongation,
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its maximum angular separation from the Sun at eighteen degrees.
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And here's what makes this appearance so special for mid
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northern latitude observers. Almost all of that separation is vertical.
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Mercury will stand nearly seventeen degrees above the horizon at sunset,
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and it won't set until after astronomical twilight ends.
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So we're talking about being able to see Mercury in
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a truly dark night sky more than an hour and
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a half after sunset, jining at magnitude minus zero point four.
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That's brighter than the star Arcturus.
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Now, there's a really nice celestial alignment coming up on
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February eighteenth. A slender, waxing crescent moon only about two
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percent illuminated, will appear very close to Mercury. The moon
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will be this beautiful smile in the western sky, with
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Mercury hovering right above it like a brilliant star.
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Here's something special. If you live in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
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or Florida, you might actually see the moon pass directly
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in front of Mercury around seven thirty seven pm Eastern
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time and seven thirty pm Central time.
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That's called an occultation, and it's quite rare even if
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you're not in those states. The close pairing of the
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crescent moon and bright Mercury will make for a stunning
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view about forty five minutes after sunset.
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Now, after its peak on February nineteenth, Mercury fades rapidly.
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Remember we talked about how Mercury shows phases like the moon.
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While at the beginning of February, Mercury's disc was ninety
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seven percent illuminated, by the time it reaches greatest elongation,
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it's only fifty percent illuminated, like a half moon, and.
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In the following days that rapidly decreasing phase results in
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a dramatic loss in brightness. By February twenty fourth, it'll
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have faded from magnitude minus zero point four to magnitude
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plus zero point six, losing more than a full magnitude
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and brightness.
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By February twenty sixth, it'll be down to magnitude plus
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one point three, just slightly brighter than the star Regulus
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and appearing as a slender crescent only seventeen percent illuminated.
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That's probably going to be the last good chance to
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spot it before it disappears into the sunset glow.
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So the message is clear. If you want to see
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Mercury at its best, don't wait the next two weeks
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offer the best viewing opportunity of the entire year. Find
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a clear western horizon, look about forty five minutes after sunset,
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and you'll be rewarded with a bright star that's actually
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our Solar System's innermost planet.
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And honestly, once you see it, you'll wonder why people
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ever called it elusive. All Right, shifting gears now to
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some developments in space technology and infrastructure. The race to
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build data centers in space is heating up, and China
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just announced they're joining the competition in a big way.
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The state owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has
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announced that space based data centers will be part of
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their new five year plane for expanding China's presence in space.
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This is part of a larger initiative that also includes
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asteroid mining, space debris monitoring, and even space tourism. But
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the data center component is particularly interesting because it puts
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China in direct competition with several US companies already working
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on this concept.
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According to the China Global Television Network, the plan will
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target an integrated space system architecture and combining cloud, edge
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and terminal technologies. The goal is to enable computing power
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storage and transmission capabilities from space.
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Now, why are so many countries and companies suddenly interested
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in putting data centers in orbit? Well, it comes down
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to resources. Data centers, especially those powering AI systems, require
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enormous amounts of energy and real estate, and.
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Both of those are becoming more expensive and limited on Earth.
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In space, solar power is abundant and reliable, the sun
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is always shining, Plus there's no shortage of real estate
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in orbit.
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Several US companies are already working on this. SpaceX plans
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to launch space based data centers, initially using modified Starlink satellites.
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Elon Musk's long term plans even include building AI satellite
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factories on the Moon that would launch satellites viel railguns.
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That's very Elon. Meanwhile, Houston based Axiom Space already launched
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the first components for its orbiting data center last year,
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and Google is looking into launching data centers to support
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its own AI infrastructure.
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The concept was even discussed at the World Economum and
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Davos last month. A panel including European Space Agency Director
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General Joseph Ashbacker talked about ensuring that fast moving technological
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developments like Internet infrastructure are properly protected.
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There is one significant concern that was raised, though. With
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so many satellites and data centers being planned for orbit,
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we're looking at a dramatic increase in the number of
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objects in space. That raises questions about orbital debris, satellite collisions,
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and the long term sustainability of the space environment.
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Right we already have issues with space debris. Adding thousands
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more satellites for data centers could exacerbate that problem. It's
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going to require careful planning and international cooperation to make
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sure we don't create an unsustainable situation in orbit.
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The next five years are going to be really interesting
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as we see how this unfolds. Will space spased data
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centers become the norm, or will we find find that
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the challenges outweigh the benefits. Time will tell.
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From the future of computing to the very heart of
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our galaxy. Our next story challenges something we thought we
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knew for certain. Avery This story is fascinating because it
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challenges one of the fundamental assumptions about our galaxy.
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For decades, the astronomical community has accepted that there's a
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super massive black hole called Sagittarius, a star at the
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center of our Milky Way. This black hole, with a
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mass of about four million sons, was thought to govern
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