Astronaut Adventures, Asteroid Insights, and Martian Mysteries: S04E26

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welcome to astronomy daily I'm Anna and


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today we have a packed show covering


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some of the most fascinating


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developments in space exploration and


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astronomy we'll be checking in with NASA


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astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunni


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Williams aboard the International Space


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Station where they've been experiencing


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an unexpectedly Extended Stay we'll hear


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directly from Sunni about what it's like


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living in space for so long including


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her surprising Revelation about


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forgetting how to walk we'll also dive


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into some incredible discoveries from


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asteroid benu that have scientists


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rethink thinking how life might have


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emerged in our solar system plus we've


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got an intriguing new study about how


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super massive black holes prepare their


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Cosmic meals and we'll take a look at


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some spectacular geyser activity on


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Mars stay with us for all this and the


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latest updates from the European Space


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Agency conference day two a lot to cover


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so let's get into


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it the situation aboard the


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International Space Station has taken an


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interesting turn for NASA astronauts


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Butch Wilmore and Sunni William


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what was initially planned as an 8-day


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test mission has stretched into a


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7-month stay following concerns about


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their original return vehicle Boeing


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Starliner spacecraft NASA made the


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decision back in August to switch their


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return plans to a SpaceX crew Dragon


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capsule determining that the Starliner


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posed too much risk the spacecraft that


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will bring them home is already docked


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to the station having arrived with the


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crew 9 mission in September with empty


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seats specifically reserved for Wilmore


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and Williams their return Journey


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originally scheduled for February has


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now been pushed to late March SpaceX


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requested additional time to complete


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processing of a new crew Dragon capsule


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that will replace theirs for the


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upcoming crew 10 Mission this scheduling


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adjustment is part of NASA's carefully


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coordinated space station operations


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where timing is crucial to maintain


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proper Staffing levels the Extended Stay


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has recently attracted attention from


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various quarters including president


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Donald Trump who made an unusual


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intervention into NASA's operations by


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publicly calling on SpaceX to return the


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astronauts as soon as


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possible however any changes to the


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current schedule could potentially leave


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the station's us contingent underst


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staffed complicating the maintenance of


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critical systems aboard the ISS despite


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the extended Mission both Wilmore and


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Williams remain in good health and


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continue their scientific research


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aboard the station they're part of a


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seven-person crew currently orbiting


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Earth working alongside their


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International colleagues to maintain the


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Space Station's operations and conduct


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valuable scientific experiments while


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their stay has been considerably longer


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than planned the astronauts have adapted


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to the situation maintaining their


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professional duties while awaiting their


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eventual return to Earth aboard the


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SpaceX vessel still Elon says he's


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bringing them back soon so I guess we'll


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have to wait and see how this all plays


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out while we're talking about Sunni


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Massachusetts native Sunni Williams


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recently shared some fascinating


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insights about her unexpectedly Extended


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Stay aboard the International Space


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Station after nearly 7 months in orbit


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she's experiencing some unique


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adjustments to life in microgravity


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during a recent video call with students


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from her Alma moer Needum high school


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she revealed that she's actually trying


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to remember what it feels like to walk


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as Williams explained the sensation of


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being in space feels more like swimming


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or flying she hasn't walked sat down or


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even laid down in months there's simply


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no need to in the weightless environment


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of the space station you can just float


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wherever you are and close your eyes to


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rest the extended Mission has also


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changed how williams maintains


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connections with her loved ones back on


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Earth she's developed a particularly


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close routine with her aging mother


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making it a point to check in with her


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almost daily these frequent calls have


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created a different kind of relationship


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than what they had initially planned for


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what was supposed to be a brief Mission


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despite being physically separated from


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Earth by hundreds of miles Williams


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doesn't feel isolated her busy schedule


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keeps her thoroughly engaged and modern


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communication technology allows her to


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stay connected with people back home the


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ability to maintain these connections


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has helped make the unexpected extension


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of her Mission more


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manageable when asked about the


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mission's extension Williams admitted it


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came as quite a shock while she and her


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crewmate Butch Wilmore had anticipated


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their test flight might last longer than


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the planned 8 days they hadn't expected


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to stay of this length however they've


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adapted to the situation maintaining


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their professional duties while making


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the most of this unique opportunity to


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spend additional time conducting


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research and experiments in space in


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other news


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today in a remarkable development from


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NASA's Osiris Rex Mission scientists


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studying the samples returned from


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asteroid benu have made an extraordinary


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Discovery the asteroid grains contain


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such an abundance of life's chemical


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building blocks that researchers are now


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pondering a fascinating new question why


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didn't life emerge on benu itself


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billions of years ago when conditions


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seemed perfect for it the samples


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revealed more than 10,000 different


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organic chemicals including 14 of the 20


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amino acids used by earth-based life to


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create proteins even more intriguingly


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scientists found all five of the nucleo


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bases that are DNA and RNA used to


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encode genetic information the samples


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also contain significant amounts of of


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ammonia and formaly two chemicals that


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can combine to form complex molecules


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essential for Life evidence suggests


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that Ben's parent body once had liquid


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water in its interior salt crystals


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found in the samples similar to those in


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Dry Lake beds on Earth indicate the


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presence of ancient Briny fluids rich in


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bioessential elements like phosphorus


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and sulfur rather than surface Lakes


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scientists believe the asteroid had


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something more akin to a muddy surface


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with pockets of fluid underneath while


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these findings don't suggest that life


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ever existed on benu careful examination


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revealed no cellular structures or


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chemical fossils they do support an


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important theory about how life might


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have emerged on Earth the evidence


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suggests that asteroids like benu could


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have been among the cosmic delivery


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services that brought water and life's


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chemical building blocks to our young


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Planet as well as to other worlds like


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Mars and Europa remarkably these


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findings come from analyzing just 30% of


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the 120 g sample returned by Osiris Rex


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the remainder is being carefully


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preserved including 7.5 G that will be


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stored atus 80° C for the next 50 years


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waiting for future scientists with even


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more Advanced Analytical techniques to


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unlock its Secrets as one researcher


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noted we're just scratching the surface


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of what these samples might tell us


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about the chemical foundations of life


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in our solar


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system now you know I love a good black


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hole store


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well here's today's just as we're


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careful to blow on hot food before


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eating it it seems black holes have


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their own way of cooling down their


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Cosmic meals new research using NASA's


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Chandra x-ray telescope and the very


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large telescope has revealed fascinating


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details about how super massive black


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holes prepare the matter they consume


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these Cosmic Giants which can weigh


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billions of times more than our sun


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launch powerful jets that strike the hot


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gas between galaxies and Galaxy clusters


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when these Jets collide with the hot gas


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they create large cavities and Trigger


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the formation of intricate filamentary


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structures made of both hot ionized gas


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and cooler gas this process acts like a


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cosmic cooling system the cooler gas


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eventually falls back toward the center


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of the Galaxy cluster where it feeds the


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super massive black hole this feeding


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process then triggers more outbursts


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creating a self-sustaining cycle it's as


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if the black hole is preparing its own


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ous Buffet cooling down each serving


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before


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consumption the scientists found clear


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evidence of a connection between the


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brightness of both hot gas filaments and


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warm gas


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tendrils this relationship provides the


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first concrete proof of how black holes


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regulate their feeding process similar


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to the gaseous Tails seen in what


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astronomers call jellyfish


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galaxies but this discovery has


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implications Beyond just black hole


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feeding


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mechanisms these cool filaments of gas


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are thought to provide the essential


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ingredients for new Star formation this


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means the relationship between hot and


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cool gas could be fundamental to both


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Galaxy growth and super massive black


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hole development revealing a complex


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Cosmic dance that shapes the evolution


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of our


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universe the research team made these


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discoveries using Innovative techniques


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that allowed them to distinguish hot


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filaments from other structures


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including the massive cavities carved


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out by black hole jets in vast Hot Gas


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clouds this new understanding of how


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black holes prepare and consume their


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meals is helping us better comprehend


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the complex mechanisms that drive Galaxy


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formation and


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evolution now let's take a Journey to


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Mars South polar region where an


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extraordinary seasonal display is


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currently underway recent observations


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from NASA's Mars reconnaissance Orbiter


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have captured a spectacular phenomenon


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that occurs every Martian spring natural


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geysers erupting from the planet's


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surface during the harsh Martian winter


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a thick blanket of carbon dioxide ice


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accumulates across the polar region as


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spring arrives and the sun climbs higher


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in the sky something remarkable begins


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to happen the sunlight penetrates


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through this transparent ice layer and


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gets absorbed at its base initiating a


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fascinating process the warming sunlight


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causes the bottom layer of ice to


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transform directly from solid to gas


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bypassing the liquid state entirely as


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pressure builds beneath the ice sheet


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the carbon dioxide gas searches for


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Escape Routes through any weaknesses in


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the Frozen surface when it finds these


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weak points it erupts in dramatic


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fashion sending plumes of gas and dust


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shooting upward in geyser-like


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formations these eruptions aren't your


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typical Earthbound geysers they're


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unique Martian phenomena captured in


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stunning detail by the high- rice camera


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aboard the Mars reconnaissance Orbiter


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this powerful instrument can photograph


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vast areas of the Martian terrain while


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still detecting features as small as a


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kitchen table giving us an unprecedented


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view of these seasonal displays this


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annual cycle of freezing and sublimation


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creates an everchanging landscape in


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Mars's polar regions reminding us that


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despite its cold desert-like appearance


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Mars remains a dynamically active World


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these geysers represent one of the most


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visible and dramatic examples of the


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ongoing seasonal changes that continue


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to shape the red planet's


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surface in major developments from the


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European space sector the European space


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agency has announced several


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groundbreaking initiatives during day


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two of the European space conference a


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significant Milestone was reached with


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the signing of a launch agreement for


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the Plato Mission an ambitious project


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designed to search for potentially


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habitable planets around sun-like Stars


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the mission will launch aboard an arani


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62 rocket from French Guana in late 2026


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marking the first science mission to fly


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on the new new ariani 6 launch system


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Plato will be positioned at the sunar


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lrange point L2 where it will study


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thousands of exoplanets in unprecedented


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detail with particular focus on


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earthlike Worlds the conference also saw


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the establishment of important new


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Partnerships including a significant


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agreement between the European Union and


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African nations the African EU space


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partnership program represents a major


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step forward in International Space


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cooperation focusing on using Earth


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observation technology ology for


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sustainable development across multiple


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continents in the quantum technology


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sphere progress continues with the


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advancement of Euro qci an Innovative


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project aimed at creating a Quantum


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communication Network across the


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European Union this network will utilize


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both fiber and satellite links and by


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2026 it will be integrated with Iris 2


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Europe's new secure satellite


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constellation European commissioner for


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defense and space emphasized the vital


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importance of maintaining a strong


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European presence in space noting that


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the continent space capabilities serve


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not only European interests but benefit


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all of humanity these developments


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reflect Europe's growing commitment to


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remaining at the Forefront of space


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exploration and Technology while


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fostering International collaboration


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and scientific


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advancement well that's all for today's


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episode of astronomy daily I'm Anna and


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