March 15, 2025

Crew 10’s Stellar Launch, Earth’s Electric Mysteries, and a Blazar’s Cosmic Conundrum: S04E64

Crew 10’s Stellar Launch, Earth’s Electric Mysteries, and a Blazar’s Cosmic Conundrum: S04E64
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Crew 10’s Stellar Launch, Earth’s Electric Mysteries, and a Blazar’s Cosmic Conundrum: S04E64

Astronomy Daily | Space News: S04E64

In this thrilling episode of Astronomy Daily, host Anna brings you the latest news from the cosmos, featuring significant milestones in space exploration and captivating cosmic phenomena. From NASA's Crew 10 mission to groundbreaking studies of Earth's auroras, this episode is packed with insights that will ignite your curiosity about the universe.

Highlights:

- NASA's Crew 10 Mission Launch: Celebrate the successful nighttime launch of SpaceX's Crew 10 mission, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClane and Nigel Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the International Space Station. Discover the mission's objectives, including exciting scientific investigations and global student engagement through the ISS Ham Radio program.

- NASA's EZIE Mission: Dive into the details of NASA's Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE), a groundbreaking mission set to study auroral electrojets. Learn how this innovative trio of cubesats will map electrical currents flowing near Earth's poles, providing critical insights into space weather and planetary magnetic environments.

- The Shape-Shifting Blazar: Explore the cosmic enigma of BL Lacerti, a blazar that is defying classification with its rapid switching between blazar types. Uncover the implications of this behavior and the ongoing debates among astronomers regarding its nature and classification.

- China's Tiangong Space Station Update: Get the latest on the Shenzhou 19 crew aboard China's Tiangong Space Station, conducting groundbreaking research and preparing for future missions. Learn about their innovative experiments and the exciting collaboration with Pakistan to train astronauts for upcoming missions.

- Vera Rubin Observatory's Role in Kuiper Belt Exploration: Discover how the upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory will collaborate with NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to explore the Kuiper Belt. This partnership aims to identify new targets for exploration, potentially revealing more about this distant region of our solar system.

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Thank you for tuning in. This is Anna signing off. Until next time, keep looking up and stay curious about the wonders of our universe.

00:00 - This week's Astronomy Daily features big developments from across the cosmos

00:53 - SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the Crew 10 mission on Friday

03:04 - NASA's newest mission to study Earth's auroras is preparing for launch

05:27 - B.L. lacerte rapidly switches between different blazar types

07:39 - China's space program continues to make impressive strides with their Tiangong Station

09:39 - The Vera Rubin Observatory could help guide NASA's New Horizons through Kuiper Belt

11:43 - This week on Astronomy Daily we look at the latest space news ✍️ Episode References

NASA Crew 10 Mission Details

[NASA Crew 10]( https://www.nasa.gov/crew10 (https://www.nasa.gov/crew10) )

EASY Mission Information

[NASA EASY]( https://www.nasa.gov/ezie (https://www.nasa.gov/easy) )

BL Lacerti Research Insights

[Research Article]( https://www.example.com (https://www.example.com/) )

China's Tiangong Space Station Updates

[CMSA Tiangong]( https://www.cmse.gov.cn/tiangong (https://www.cmse.gov.cn/tiangong) )

Vera Rubin Observatory Information

[Vera Rubin Observatory]( https://www.vera-rubin-observatory.org/ (https://www.vera-rubin-observatory.org/) )

Astronomy Daily

[Astronomy Daily]( http://www.astronomydaily.io/ (http://www.astronomydaily.io/) )


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00:00 - This week’s Astronomy Daily features big developments from across the cosmos

00:53 - SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the Crew 10 mission on Friday

03:04 - NASA’s newest mission to study Earth’s auroras is preparing for launch

05:27 - B.L. lacerte rapidly switches between different blazar types

07:39 - China’s space program continues to make impressive strides with their Tiangong Station

09:39 - The Vera Rubin Observatory could help guide NASA’s New Horizons through Kuiper Belt

11:43 - This week on Astronomy Daily we look at the latest space news ✍️ Episode References

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today on astronomy daily we have an


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action-packed episode filled with big


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developments from across the cosmos


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we'll start with the successful launch


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of NASA's SpaceX crew 10 Mission which


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is now carrying four new crew members to


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the International Space Station we'll


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also explore NASA's groundbreaking easy


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Mission that's set to study the


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mysterious electrical currents flowing


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around Earth's poles then we'll Venture


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into deep space to examine a cosmic


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mystery that's baffling astronomers a


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shape-shifting Bazar that's Breaking All


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the Rules we thought we knew about these


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powerful objects from there we'll check


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in on China's tiangong space station and


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their busy schedule of experiments and


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future missions and finally we'll look


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at how Earth's newest astronomical eye


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the Vera ruin Observatory might help


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guide NASA's new horizon spacecraft to


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new discoveries in the distant Kyper


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belt so let's get started with the news


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we've all been waiting to hear in a


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spectacular nighttime launch from NASA's


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Kennedy Space Center in Florida spacex's


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Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off


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at 7:03 p.m. EDT on Friday carrying the


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crew 10 Mission toward the International


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Space Station the dragon spacecraft


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carried an international quartet of


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space Travelers NASA astronauts and mlan


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and Nicole AES jaxa astronaut takuya


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onishi and roscosmos Cosmonaut kirol


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pesov for Commander Anne mlan this marks


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her second Journey to the orbital


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Outpost while Mission pilot Nicole aers


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is embarking on her first space flight


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takuyo Nishi is making his second trip


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to the station and kol pesov is


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experiencing his first Venture into


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space the dragon spacecraft is scheduled


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to dock autonomously with the station's


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Harmony module where the new arrivals


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will temporarily bring the station's


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crew compliment to 11 this highlights


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the increasingly busy nature of our


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orbital Outpost and the growing


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International cooperation in space


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exploration during their stay aboard the


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station the crew tend team will conduct


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numerous scientific investigations


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including material flammability tests


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that will help inform future spacecraft


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design they'll also engage with students


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worldwide through the ISS ham radio


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program and participate in physiological


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studies that will provide crucial data


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for future deep space missions this


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Mission represents the 10th crew


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rotation under NASA's commercial crew


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program demonstrating the success of the


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agency's partnership with Private


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Industry as acting NASA administrator


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Janet Pro noted these missions are


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laying the groundwork for future


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exploration from low earth orbit to the


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moon and eventually Mars the successful


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launch of crew 10 continues the


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remarkable achievement of maintaining a


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continuous human presence in space with


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the International Space Station now


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having been continuously occupied for


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more than 24 years this Mission not only


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advances our scientific understanding


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but also strengthens the international


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bonds that make space exploration


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possible it also means that Butch and


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Sunni can finally come home and we


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should see them back on Earth


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shortly NASA's newest mission to study


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Earth's auroras is preparing for launch


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with three small But Mighty spacecraft


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ready to unlock the mysteries of the


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spectacular light shows we know as the


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northern and southern lights the


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electrojet Zan Imaging Explorer or easy


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for short represents the first dedicated


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mission to study auroral Electro Jets


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powerful electrical currents flowing


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high in our planet's atmosphere near the


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poles


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these remarkable currents can push up to


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a million amps of electricity through


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the upper atmosphere about 65 miles


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above Earth's surface to put that in


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perspective that's enough electrical


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current to power hundreds of thousands


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of homes the mission will use three Cube


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SATs each about the size of a carry-on


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suitcase working together like pearls on


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a string as they orbit from pole to pole


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between 260 to 370 M up what makes easy


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particularly clever is how these


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satellites will work together instead of


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carrying propulsion systems they'll use


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atmospheric drag to maintain their


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formation carefully rotating to adjust


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their spacing so each spacecraft passes


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over the same region just minutes after


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the previous one this will give


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scientists an unprecedented look at how


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these electrical currents evolve over


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time the satellites will detect these


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currents by observing microwave


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emissions from oxygen molecules about 10


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Mi below the electrets the currents


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create a magnetic fingerprint in these


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emissions which E's instruments are


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specifically designed to measure each


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satellite will create detailed maps of


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the electr jets during every orbit and


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combining data from all three will


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reveal how these current systems change


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and develop Beyond advancing our


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understanding of Earth's electrical


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environment easy will help improve our


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ability to predict space weather events


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that can affect satellites and power


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grids the mission is also engaging


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students and citizen scientists through


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the easy mag program Distributing


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magnetometer kits across the United


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States to allow people to make their own


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measurements of these vast electrical


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current systems the mission is scheduled


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to operate for 18 months during which


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time it will not only help us better


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understand our own planet's magnetic


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environment but also provide insights


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that could apply to any magnetized


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planet in our solar system and beyond


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this relatively small Mission could have


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big implications for our understanding


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of how planets interact with


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space next up just when astronomers


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thought they had blazars all figured out


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one peculiar Cosmic object is completely


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rewriting the rule book BL Lasser


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located about 900 million light years


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away in the constellation lerta has been


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leaving scientists scratching their


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heads with its unprecedented Behavior


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initially mistaken for just another


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variable star in our galaxy when it was


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discovered in 1929 BL Lasser turned out


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to be something far more exotic a


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powerful active Galaxy shooting intense


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Jets of matter toward Earth these


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objects known as bazars typically fall


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into neat categories based on their


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electromagnetic emissions but BL Lasser


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seems determined to break every


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classification we throw at it recent


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observations between 2020 and 2023 have


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shown this Cosmic Rebel rapidly


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switching between different blazar types


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something that should be impossible


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according to our current understanding


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one moment it appears as what


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astronomers call an HBL then suddenly


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transforms into an lbl before settling


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briefly as an IBL only to change again


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it's like watching a cosmic chameleon


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that can't make up its mind the X-ray


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emissions from BL Lasser have also


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reached record-breaking levels during


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this period while scientists believe


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they understand how blazars produce


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their characteristic double peaked


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emission patterns with electrons and


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their synchrotron radiation responsible


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for the lower energy Peak the mechanism


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behind the rapid switching between types


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remains a complete mystery this bizarre


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behavior has sparked intense debate in


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the astronomical Community could BL


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Lasser represent an entirely new class


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of blazar or is there some unknown


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physical process at work that allows it


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to change its emission patterns at


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unprecedented speeds these questions are


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keeping theoretical astrophysicists up


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at night as they struggle to explain


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what they're seeing the discovery


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challenges our fundamental understanding


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of how these powerful Cosmic engines


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operate and reminds us that the Universe


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still has plenty of surprises in store


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as one of the earliest discovered


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blazars continues to defy explanation


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it's clear that we still have much to


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learn about these fascinating Cosmic


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objects let's get an update now from


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another space fairing Nation China's


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Space Program continues to make


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impressive strides with their tangang


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space station which has been


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continuously occupied since its


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completion in late


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2022 the current crew aboard the station


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sheno 19 is over 130 days into their


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six-month Mission and has been


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conducting groundbreaking research in


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orbit the three-person crew led by


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Commander Kai Shu alongside crew members


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song lingdong and Wang Housey has been


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particularly busy with Cutting Edge


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experiments they've been working


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extensively with electroen seyram


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equipment to study how microgravity


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affects visual processing and exploring


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how brainwave music might help


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astronauts maintain better cognitive


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control during Extended space


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missions Wang Hai who made history as


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China's first female flight engineer in


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space has been demonstrating The crucial


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exercise protocols using resistance


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bands that help combat the muscle and


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bone loss that naturally occurs in zero


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gravity the crew has also been pushing


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the boundaries of human machine


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interaction working with an AI robot


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called Xiao Hong to develop more


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intuitive ways for astronauts to


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communicate with automated


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systems looking ahead China has


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ambitious plans for Chang gong in


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2025 the space agency cmsa has announced


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two crude missions sheno 20 and 21 along


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with a Tiano cargo spacecraft to keep


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the station well supplied in an exciting


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development for international


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cooperation China will also be training


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Pakistani astronauts For an upcoming


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short-term mission to Chang gong this


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steady progress demonstrates China's


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growing capabilities in space


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exploration and their commitment to


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maintaining a permanent human presence


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in


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orbit as the sheno 19 crew continues


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their scientific work they're not just


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advancing our understanding of space


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they're helping pave the way for an


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increasingly diverse and collaborative


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future in space


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exploration the outer reaches of our


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solar system might soon become a lot


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less mysterious thanks to an exciting


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collaboration between one of our most


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distant spacecraft and a powerful new


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telescope the Vera ruin Observatory set


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to begin operations later this year


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could help chart a new course for NASA's


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new horizon spacecraft as it Ventures


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through the Kyper belt


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New Horizons which gave us those


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stunning images of Pluto in 2015 is now


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about 61 astronomical units from Earth


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that's 61 times the distance between


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Earth and the sun while it's still


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functioning perfectly it needs new


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targets to study and that's where the


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Vera Rubin Observatory comes in a team


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of scientists led by JJ cavalar has


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proposed an Innovative survey using the


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observatory's powerful capabilities


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their plan involves dedicating about 30


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hours of of telescope time across six


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different nights to conduct what they're


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calling a deep drilling micr survey of


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the spacecraft's trajectory through the


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Kyper belt this survey could potentially


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identify around 700 Kyper belt objects


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and while finding one close enough for a


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direct flyby might be a long shot the


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spacecraft could still make valuable


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observations of these distant objects


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the team expects to discover numerous


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binary objects and possibly even contact


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binaries similar to aroth which New


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Horizons famously visited in


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2019 the Vera Rubin observatory's


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involvement could confirm recent


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findings suggesting the Kyper belt is


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more densely populated than our current


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models predict if the initial survey


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proves insufficient for finding suitable


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flyby targets the team is already


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thinking ahead to potentially using the


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upcoming Roman Observatory to conduct


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even more detailed


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searches this collaboration between


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earth-based telescopes and our deep


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space p iers represents a fascinating


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new chapter in our exploration of the


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solar systems Frontier potentially


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revealing new secrets about these


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mysterious outer regions that have


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remained hidden from view for so


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long well that's it for today from the


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successful launch of crew1 to the


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International Space Station to the


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groundbreaking EAS Mission studying our


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auroras and that fascinating


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shapeshifting blazar that's got


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astronomers scratching their heads we've


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also checked in with China's changgong


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Space Station and explored the exciting


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possibilities for New Horizons in the


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Kyper belt thank you for joining me Anna


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