Starship Milestones, Terraforming Mars Possibilities, and Betelgeuse's Cosmic Secret

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Avery: Welcome to Astronomy Daily, your cosmic

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compass guiding us through the latest in

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space exploration and celestial discoveries.

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I'm Avery, and it's fantastic to have you

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joining us today.

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Anna: And I'm Anna. We've got an absolutely

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packed show lined up, delving into everything

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from groundbreaking starship developments to

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the ambitious idea of, uh, terraforming Mars.

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And even some truly bizarre and

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mysterious sounds reported from orbit.

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Avery: It's going to be a captivating journey

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through the universe's headlines.

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Let's kick things off with some big news from

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SpaceX. NASA spaceflight has published an

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intriguing article discussing Starship Flight

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11, which is slated to be the final Launch

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utilizing Pad 1A in its current

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operational configuration. This truly signals

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a major turning point for SpaceX's Starship

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program.

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Anna: Wow, that's a significant milestone, isn't

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it? So this specific pad has been

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a workhorse, and now it's getting a

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retirement.

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Avery: Of sorts of you could say that it marks the

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culmination of the block one and two vehicle

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flight tests. After this mission, we're

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transitioning fully to the more advanced

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block three designs. The powerful Raptor 3

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engines, and a completely new optimized

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launch pad design. It's an evolution in real

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time.

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Anna: Block 3, Raptor 3 and a new

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pad. That's a lot of upgrades all at once.

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What are the specific vehicles they're using

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for flight 11?

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Avery: For this mission, we're looking at booster

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152 and ship 38.

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Both have histories of successful testing and

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impressive performance, so it's fitting

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they're taking on this final Block two

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mission.

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Anna: Okay, so proven vehicles for a

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pivotal flight. What exactly are they hoping

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to achieve with this particular launch?

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Beyond just getting off the ground, of

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course.

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Avery: Well, the primary objectives are critical for

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the next iteration. They're heavily focusing

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on testing engine redundancy for the Block

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three vehicles, ensuring that Starship can

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withstand engine failures during ascent. And

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crucially, they're gathering more data on

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heat shield tile performance during RE entry,

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which is vital for safe and reusable

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operations.

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Anna: Engine redundancy and heat shield

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performance, those are absolutely key for

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reliability and reusability, especially

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for future crewed missions.

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Avery: Absolutely. Every flight is a learning

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opportunity. And this one is designed to

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maximize data collection for the path

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forward. And a target launch date, for those

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of you wanting to watch history in the making

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is October 13th.

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Anna: So anytime now, definitely mark your

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calendars for that one. It sounds like the

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end of one chapter and the exciting beginning

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of another. From the very near future of

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spaceflight, let's cast our gaze far,

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far into the future with A ah, truly

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captivating piece from Universe today.

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Could we really turn Mars green?

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Avery: Mars terraforming has always felt like the

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ultimate sci fi dream. Or perhaps a uh,

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distant impossible fantasy.

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Anna: It certainly did. But the article, based on a

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workshop summary by Dr. Erica de Benedictis

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from Pioneer Labs, proposes that with recent

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staggering advancements, terraforming Mars

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has shifted from impossible to

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merely very difficult.

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Avery: Merely very difficult is a huge leap.

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What are these advancements that are changing

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the game?

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Anna: She points to three key areas. Plummeting

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launch costs, largely thanks to innovators

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like SpaceX and their Starship program,

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significant breakthroughs in synthetic

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biology and much more sophisticated

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climate modeling. These combined factors

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create a new feasibility.

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Avery: So cheaper access to space, better ways to

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engineer life, and clearer understanding of

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how planetary systems work. That makes a

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compelling argument.

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Anna: Exactly. The process would involve several

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phases. The first would be warming the planet

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using aerosols and greenhouse gases. The

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goal here is to melt the polar ice caps and

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subsurface ice, which would release vast

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amounts of liquid water onto the surface.

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Avery: Melting the ice to get liquid water. That's

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foundational. Then what? Introduce plants.

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Anna: Not immediately plants, but microbial

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life, specifically extremophiles,

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organisms that thrive in harsh conditions.

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These microbes would begin the critical work

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of atmospheric transformation through

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photosynthesis, slowly converting the

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Martian atmosphere.

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Avery: Mm mhm. A biological engine for

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atmospheric change. That's ingenious.

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And eventually an oxygen rich atmosphere

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for more complex life.

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Anna: Precisely. The long term vision is an

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atmosphere capable of sustaining complex

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life, potentially starting with domed

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habitats as stepping stones. It's a multi

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century project, but the theoretical

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framework is increasingly robust.

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Avery: It also brings up serious ethical

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considerations. Should we as a species

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fundamentally alter another planet, even

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if it's for human expansion?

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Anna: Absolutely. Those ethical discussions

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are a crucial part of the debate. Alongside

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the practical benefits like pioneering

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technologies that could also help solve

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environmental challenges here on Earth.

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Avery: Moving from hypothetical Martian futures

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to a very real, very bright star in our night

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sky, Betelgeuse. This red

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supergiant has been full of surprises. And

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Universe Today has just reported on another

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incredible discovery.

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Anna: Betelgeuse. The star that had us all

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on edge a few years ago, wondering if it was

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about to go supernova, suddenly dimming

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so dramatically.

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Avery: That's the one. It turns out researchers have

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finally confirmed the existence of a secret

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companion star to Betelgeuse. They've

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affectionately and quite aptly nicknamed it

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Betal Buddy.

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Anna: Bettle Buddy. That's wonderful. I mean,

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trying to spot a companion next to a red

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supergiant that huge and bright must

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have been an immense challenge.

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Avery: An incredible challenge indeed. A team from

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Carnegie Mellon University led by Anna O',

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Grady utilized some of our most advanced

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instruments. NASA's Chandra X Ray Observatory

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and the venerable Hubble Telescope, to

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confirm its existence.

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Anna: X rays and visible light. Smart.

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So how big is this Betel Buddy and what

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does its discovery tell us about Betelgeuse

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itself?

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Avery: Betel Buddy is a relatively young stellar

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object, surprisingly roughly the size of our

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own Sun. Its presence is now theorized to be

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the key to understanding Betelgeuse's

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puzzling six year cycle of brightening and

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dimming.

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Anna: Ah. Uh, so it's not just a coincidence

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the companion affects the supergiant.

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Avery: Exactly. The prevailing theory is that Betel

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Buddy is gravitationally interacting with

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Betelgeuse in a way that periodically clears

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away vast clouds of light blocking dust

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that surround a larger star. That dust is

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what caused the dimming we observed.

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Anna: Wow. So it's essentially acting like a

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cosmic dust bunny sweeper. That makes

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so much more sense than some random stellar

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event causing the dimming.

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Avery: A cosmic dust sweeper. I love that. And

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what's really fascinating is this discovery

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also presents a significant challenge to

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current binary star formation models is that

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because.

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Anna: Of the vast difference in their masses,

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Betelgeuse is what, like 16

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or 17 times the mass of our own Sun?

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Avery: Spot on. We're talking 16 to 17

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solar masses for Betelgeuse, compared to

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roughly one solar mass for Betel Buddy. That

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vast mass ratio simply doesn't align

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neatly with existing theories of how binary

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star systems like this are supposed to form.

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Anna: So it's not just solving a mystery about

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Betelgeuse, but potentially rewriting a bit

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of our understanding of stellar evolution.

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Incredible.

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Let's shift our focus now to something

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absolutely vital for the future of human

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space exploration. And it involves some of

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the smallest, yet most resilient forms of

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life. Space.com has some incredibly

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good news for future astronauts.

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Avery: Ooh. Good news is always welcome, especially

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when it concerns the health of our space

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travelers.

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Anna: It definitely is. The research conducted

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by RMIT University confirms that

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microbes essential for human health can

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actually survive the intense stress of

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spaceflight. They sense spores of

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Bacillus subtilis, a common

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bacterium vital for our gut health and

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general well being on a sounding rocket

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flight.

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Avery: So our tiny biological co pilots, these

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Bacillus subtilis spores, were

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deliberately put through the ring of a rocket

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launch.

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Anna: Exactly. And the results are hugely

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encouraging. The study found these

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microscopic spores could withstand

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extreme accelerations up to 13

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times Earth's gravity during launch,

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survive the microgravity conditions of space

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and then endure harsh decelerations of up

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to 30G during reentry into the

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atmosphere.

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Avery: 13G'S and 30G's. That's

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astounding. Those are forces that would

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absolutely crush a human.

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Anna: Precisely. And despite all that,

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the spores showed no physical damage

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and remarkably grew normally once

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they returned to Earth. This is monumental

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because it's the first study to test bacteria

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in actual real world spaceflight

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conditions, not just simulations.

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Avery: Wow, that really changes the game for long

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duration missions, doesn't it?

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Anna: It offers immense hope. This kind of

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resilience is crucial for maintaining

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astronaut health on those arduous journey

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journeys to the Moon and Mars. Imagine being

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able to rely on these robust microbes for

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various biological processes needed to keep a

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crew healthy.

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Avery: And, um, not just health, but it could also

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be a cornerstone for developing truly

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sustainable life support systems in space.

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Right. If these tiny workhorses can

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endure the journey, they could help process

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waste to generate oxygen.

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Anna: Absolutely. It points towards a future where

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our journey into deep space isn't just about

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rockets and hardware, but also about

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integrating living systems that can thrive

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alongside us.

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Avery: Now let's turn our attention to something a

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little more mysterious, perhaps even

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unsettling. From the annals of space history.

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The Daily Galaxy revisits the strange

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experience of China's first astronaut, Yang

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Liwei.

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Anna: Oh, I think I remember hearing about this. He

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heard a strange noise, didn't he? Alone

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in space, hearing something unexpected

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that gives me chills.

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Avery: It's truly a chilling account. During his

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Shenzhou 5 mission in 2003,

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Yang Liwei reported hearing unexplained

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knocking sounds. He vividly described it

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like someone was hitting the body of the

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spaceship with a wooden hammer.

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Anna: A wooden hammer that's so distinct.

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Not just a creak or a pop, but a

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deliberate knocking.

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Avery: Exactly. What makes it even stranger is that

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other Chinese astronauts have reported

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similar occurrences on subsequent missions.

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It's not an isolated incident.

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Anna: Other astronauts too. That really

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deepens the mystery.

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Avery: It does. And it brings to mind other

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famous unexplained sounds. Like the space

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music heard by Apollo 11 astronauts.

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So what are the leading theories for this

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knocking sound?

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Anna: I'd imagine thermal expansion and

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contraction of the spacecraft. Materials that

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always makes strange noises or

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micrometeoroid impacts.

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Avery: Those are indeed the primary scientific

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explanations. Thermal stress as the

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spacecraft expands and contracts in extreme

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temperature shifts. Or the impact of

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tiny dust particles or micrometeoroids.

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But Yang Liwei and others felt these

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theories didn't fully explain the consistent

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and distinct nature of the wooden hammer

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sound.

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Anna: It's the consistency and the specific

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timbre of the sound that makes it so

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perplexing, it suggests something more than

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just random physical processes.

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Avery: The article also broadens the discussion to

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remind us that space isn't truly silent.

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We've recorded electromagnetic signals,

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plasma waves with probes like NASA's Van

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Allen, and even audio from Jupiter's moon

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Ganymede by the Juno probe.

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Anna: So space is full of sounds,

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just not always the kind we expect or, uh,

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can directly hear. But that

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specific noggin sound from inside the

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capsule, it really remains one of those

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enduring space enigmas.

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Avery: Precisely. It's a testament to the fact

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that even with all our technological

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advancements, space still holds secrets

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that can truly baffle us.

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Anna: And that brings us to the end of another

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captivating episode of Astronomy

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Daily. From the ambitious future of

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starship and terraforming Mars to the

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cosmic ballet of Betelgeuse and those

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mysterious space knocks, it's been

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a stellar show.

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Avery: It truly has. Anna. Thank you all for

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joining us on this exploration of the

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universe's latest and greatest happenings.

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Anna: We hope you found today's news as fascinating

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as we did. Don't forget to look up tonight

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and marvel at the endless wonders above.

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Avery: We'll be back tomorrow with more cosmic

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insights and space stories. Until then,

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keep your eyes on the stars and keep

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exploring.