Jan. 7, 2025

India’s Docking Delay, Toyota’s Space Leap, and Pluto’s Gentle Dance: S04E06

India’s Docking Delay, Toyota’s Space Leap, and Pluto’s Gentle Dance: S04E06
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India’s Docking Delay, Toyota’s Space Leap, and Pluto’s Gentle Dance: S04E06

Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: S04E06

Welcome to another captivating episode of Astronomy Daily, your daily source for the latest updates in space and astronomy. I'm Anna, and today we have a thrilling lineup of stories that delve into groundbreaking discoveries and exciting developments in space exploration.

Highlights:

- Delay in India's Space Docking Experiment: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has postponed its much-anticipated space docking experiment, originally planned for January 7. This mission aims to position India as the fourth nation to achieve successful in-orbit docking, a critical capability for future deep space explorations. The delay underscores ISRO's commitment to safety and precision.

- Interstellar Technologies and Toyota Partnership : Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies has secured a significant investment from Toyota's mobility technology arm, Woven by Toyota. This $44 million investment is set to revolutionize rocket and satellite manufacturing, paving the way for a vertically integrated satellite launch business.

- Exciting Launches in 2025: The new year kicks off with a packed launch schedule, including the debut flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and SpaceX's Starship Flight 7. These missions mark major advancements in rocket reusability and satellite deployment capabilities.

- January's Celestial Events : The Full Wolf Moon on January 13 coincides with a dramatic Mars opposition, offering a spectacular celestial display. This event, along with a lunar occultation of Mars, makes it an exceptional time for stargazing.

- New Insights into Pluto and Charon : Recent research suggests a gentler formation process for Pluto and its moon Charon, challenging long-held theories. This "kiss and capture" scenario offers new insights into their unique composition and formation.

- James Webb Space Telescope's Discoveries : The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed unprecedented details about Chiron, a celestial body displaying characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet. This discovery provides new insights into our solar system's earliest days.

For more cosmic updates, visit our website at astronomydaily.io. (http://www.astronomydaily.io) Join our community on social media by searching for #AstroDailyPod on Facebook, X, Tumblr, YouTube YouTubeMusic, and TikTok. Share your thoughts and connect with fellow space enthusiasts.

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 - Astronomy Daily brings you the latest in space and astronomy news

00:29 - Indian Space Research Organization postpones highly anticipated space docking experiment

01:48 - Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies has secured a major investment from Toyota

03:39 - The space industry is hitting the ground running in 2025 with an absolutely packed launch schedule

05:52 - January's Wolf Moon coincides with a dramatic Mars opposition

07:53 - Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new theory about how Pluto and its largest moon formed

✍️ Episode References

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Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/24954487?utm_source=youtube

00:00 - Astronomy Daily brings you the latest in space and astronomy news

00:29 - Indian Space Research Organization postpones highly anticipated space docking experiment

01:48 - Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies has secured a major investment from Toyota

03:39 - The space industry is hitting the ground running in 2025 with an absolutely packed launch schedule

05:52 - January’s Wolf Moon coincides with a dramatic Mars opposition

07:53 - Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new theory about how Pluto and its largest moon formed

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welcome to astronomy daily your daily


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dose of space and astronomy news I'm


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your host Anna and we have an absolutely


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packed show for you today we'll be


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diving into an unexpected delay in


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India's Space Program exploring a major


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new partnership in the private space


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sector and keeping you updated on some


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thrilling upcoming


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launches we'll also take a look at some


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fascinating celestial events you won't


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want to miss plus some groundbreaking


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discoveries about Pluto and a mysterious


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space object that's got scientists


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scratching their heads let's Jump Right


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In


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the Indian space research organization


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or isero has announced a brief


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postponement of its highly anticipated


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space docking experiment originally


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slated for January 7th this Mission aims


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to position India as the fourth Nation


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to achieve successful inorbit docking a


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critical capability for future deep


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space


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Explorations ISO cited the need for


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additional ground simulations after


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identifying an abort scenario during


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pre-test procedures this cautious


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approach underscores the complexity and


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precision required for docking Maneuvers


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which are essential for satellite


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servicing space station operations and


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interplanetary missions the mission


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commenced on December 30th launching


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from India's primary Spaceport beyond


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the docking experiment it carries


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various payloads including a fascinating


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study on plant growth in


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microgravity eight cow pea seeds were


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sent into space successfully germinating


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and sprouting leaves a promising


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development for future long duration


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space travel and extraterrestrial


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agriculture this delay though unexpected


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highlights iso's commitment to thorough


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validation and safety as India continues


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to expand its presence in both


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commercial and exploratory space sectors


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mastering docking technology will be a


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pivotal


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Milestone next up in some exciting news


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from the private space sector Japanese


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startup Interstellar Technologies has


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just secured a major investment that


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could reshape their future in the space


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industry woven by Toyota the automobile


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Giants Mobility technology arm has


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invested 7 billion yen that's about $44


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million into the space company this


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isn't just about money though it's a


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strategic partnership that could


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revolutionize how rockets and satellites


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are


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manufactured Interstellar Technologies


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which was originally known for


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developing the zero rocket is looking to


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establish a vertically integrated


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satellite launch manufacturing and


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communic business similar to what SpaceX


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has done with starlink Toyota's


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involvement actually dates back to 2020


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when their personnel began working with


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Interstellar to reduce manufacturing


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costs and streamline production


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processes now with this formal


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partnership Interstellar will be able to


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tap into Toyota's extensive


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manufacturing expertise to improve their


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production methods and strengthen their


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supply chain what makes this partnership


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particularly interesting is Toyota's


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broader vision for the future of


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Mobility at the recent Consumer


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Electronics Show in Las Vegas Toyota's


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chairman AIO Toyota made it clear that


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they see space as the next Frontier for


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Mobility stating that the future of


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Mobility shouldn't be limited to just


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Earth or just one car company for that


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matter this investment is part of


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interstellar's Series F funding round


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with additional funding expected from


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Toyota by June the partnership also goes


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beyond just Financial investment a woven


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by Toyota representative will be joining


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interstellar's board of directors


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suggesting a deep level of strategic


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collaboration between the two


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companies let's take a look at this


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week's launch schedule the space


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industry is hitting the ground running


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in 2025 with an absolutely packed launch


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schedule this week multiple missions are


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lined up from both the United States and


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China but there are two launches in


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particular that space enthusiasts should


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be especially excited about first up is


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the potential debut flight of blue


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origins long- awaited new Glenn rocket


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this is a massive Milestone that's been


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nearly a decade in the making the


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two-stage heavy lift vehicle named after


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Astronaut John Glenn is scheduled to


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lift off from launch complex 36 at Cape


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Canaveral space force station on January


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10th it will be carrying the dark sky


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one blue ring Pathfinder a prototype


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platform designed to refuel satellites


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and transport them to different


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orbits what makes this launch


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particularly interesting is that blue


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origin is attempting to recover the


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first stage booster the 57 M tall


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booster nicknamed so you're telling me


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there's a chance will attempt to land on


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their vessel Jaclyn out in the Atlantic


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Ocean if successful this would be a


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major step forward for blue Origins


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reusability goals also on the schedule


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is spacex's Starship flight 7 targeting


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liftoff from Star Base in Texas this


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will be another suborbital test flight


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but with some exciting new objectives


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not only will they attempt to catch Bo


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14 with the launch Tower's mechanical


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arms but ship 33 will also test


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deploying starlink satellites and


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perform an engine restart in Space the


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week kicked off with China's first


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launch of the Year from the shiung


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satellite launch Center sending up the


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shijian 25 refueling demonstrator


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Mission SpaceX also has multiple Falcon


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9 launches planned including starlink


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missions from Florida and a national


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reconnaissance office payload launching


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from California what's particularly


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remarkable about this intense launch


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Cadence is that it's just the first full


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week of


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2025 if this is any indication of what's


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to come we're in for an incredibly busy


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year in space flight these missions


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represent major steps forward in rocket


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reusability satellite deployment


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capabilities and the overall


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commercialization of space


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access next something to look for in our


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skies in coming days January's full moon


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known traditionally as the wolf Moon


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will Grace our skies on January 13th


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bringing with it a spectacular series of


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celestial events that make this an


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exceptional time for


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stargazing the wolf Moon gets its name


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from native American traditions


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referring to the packs of wolves that


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would howl outside Villages during the


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cold winter nights but this year's wolf


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moon is especially significant as it


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coincides with a dramatic Mars


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opposition when the red planet will be


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directly opposite the Sun as seen from


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Earth making it appear at its brightest


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and largest for 2025 for viewers across


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most of North America we'll be treated


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to a remarkable sight as the full moon


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passes directly in front of Mars an


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event known as a lunar occultation the


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timing varies by location but from


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Washington DC Mars will disappear behind


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the moon around 9:16 p.m. and


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dramatically reappear about an hour and


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15 minutes later the evenings around the


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full moon will also showcase an


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impressive array of planets Venus will


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be unmissable in the Southwest Western


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Sky appearing as a bright Crescent


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through telescopes Jupiter will dominate


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the Eastern sky and if you have a


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telescope you might catch glimpses of


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its four largest moons Saturn will be


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visible near Venus though its famous


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Rings will appear unusually thin as


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they're nearly Edge on to Earth this


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wolf Moon also holds special


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significance in various cultural


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traditions in the Hindu calendar it


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marks the start of the 44-day prayag Kum


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Mela Festival one of the largest


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religious gatherings in the world for


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Buddhists in Sri Lanka this full moon


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known as Duru poya commemorates Buddha's


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first visit to their country whether


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you're an experienced astronomer or just


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enjoy gazing at the night sky this


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month's full moon period offers


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something for everyone just remember to


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dress warmly and if possible find a


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location away from city lights for the


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best viewing


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experience scientists have recently


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uncovered a fascinating new theory about


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how Pluto and its largest moon Caren


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came to be and it's quite different from


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what we've believed for decades while


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we've long thought that these bodies


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formed through a violent Collision


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similar to how Earth's moon was created


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the new research suggests a much gentler


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Cosmic dance the traditional theory


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about our own Moon's formation involves


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a mars-sized object called Thea


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dramatically smashing into Earth with


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the resulting debris eventually forming


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our lunar companion but Pluto and Karen


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appear to have taken a different path


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and it all comes down to their unique


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composition unlike the Earth Moon system


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Pluto and Karen are smaller colder and


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primarily made of rock and ice when


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researchers at the University of Arizona


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simulated their formation using these


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actual materials they discovered


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something


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unexpected instead of stretching and


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deforming like putty during a collision


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these icy bodies briefly stuck together


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in what they're calling a kiss and


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capture scenario picture if you will a


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cosmic snowman temporarily forming as


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the these two bodies made contact rather


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than violently breaking apart they


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gently separated while remaining


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gravitationally bound to each other


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what's particularly compelling about


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this new model is that it explains both


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how Karen was captured and why it ended


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up in its current orbit this gentler


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formation process also helps explain why


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Pluto and Karen retained most of their


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original composition the heat generated


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from this kiss and the subsequent tidal


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forces may have played a crucial role in


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shaping Pluto's surface features


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including the possible formation of a


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subsurface ocean this discovery not only


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changes our understanding of how these


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Distant Worlds formed but also provides


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new insights into how other planetary


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bodies might have come together in the


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early days of our solar system it's a


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reminder that sometimes the most


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profound Celestial relationships begin


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not with a bang but with a


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kiss in another exciting new discovery


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the James web Space Telescope has given


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us an unpr ented look at one of our


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Solar System's most enigmatic objects a


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Celestial body known as Chiron named


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after the mythological Centaur this


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fascinating object truly lives up to its


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namesake by displaying characteristics


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of both an asteroid and a comet


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researchers at the University of Central


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Florida have identified something


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remarkable on chiron's Surface the


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presence of carbon dioxide and carbon


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monoxide ises along with carbon dioxide


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and methane gases in its surrounding


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coma


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this is the first time we've detected


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these materials on an object of this


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type and it's particularly noteworthy


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given chiron's distance from the Sun


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what makes Kiron especially intriguing


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is that we can observe both its surface


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composition and its coma that ghostly


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envelope of dust and gas that surrounds


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it this dual nature provides scientists


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with a unique opportunity to study


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processes we can't typically observe in


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other celestial objects most trans


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neptunian objects are too cold and


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distant to show such activ


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while asteroids lack the necessary ice


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and traditional comets are usually


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obscured by their thick Comas when


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closer to the Sun the discovery of these


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various I and gases on Chiron


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particularly when it's near its farthest


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point from the Sun is helping scientists


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piece together a better understanding of


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our solar systems earliest days Chiron


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appears to be something of an oddball


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even among its Centaur companions


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displaying periodic comet-like Behavior


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sporting rings of material and


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potentially harboring an orbiting debris


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field this Celestial Wanderer originated


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in the outer solar system and has been


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on quite a journey occasionally


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experiencing close encounters with giant


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planets that have altered its path in


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fact its current location is just a


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temporary stop in about a million years


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it will likely either be ejected into a


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new orbit or return to its original


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neighborhood among the trans neptunian


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objects these findings are opening New


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Frontiers in our understanding of these


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hybrid objects and reminding us that


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even after billions of years our solar


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system still holds fascinating Secrets


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waiting to be


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uncovered that's all for today's episode


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of astronomy daily I'm Anna and I've


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