Interstellar Dreams, SphereX Launch, and Volcanic Wonders on IO: S04E28

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hello space enthusiasts today on


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astronomy daily we're exploring an


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incredible array of astronomical


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discoveries and developments that are


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pushing the boundaries of our


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understanding of the cosmos we'll dive


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into groundbreaking research that's


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bringing us closer to Interstellar


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travel as scientists make significant


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progress with ultra thin light sails


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that could one day Propel spacecraft to


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distant Stars we'll also take a look at


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NASA's exciting new sphex telescope set


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to launch this month which promises to


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reveal aspects of our universe that even


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the James web Space Telescope can't see


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from there we'll journey to Jupiter's


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moon IO where NASA's Juno spacecraft has


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witnessed the most powerful volcanic


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event ever recorded in our solar system


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we'll also catch up with Comet Atlas as


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it makes its fiery Journey past our sun


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and explore fascinating new findings


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about geological activity on the moon


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that's challenging our understanding of


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our Celestial neighbor


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stay with me Anna as we explore these


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fascinating developments in space


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science and


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Discovery scientists are making


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remarkable progress in turning the


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science fiction dream of interstellar


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travel into reality through the


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development of ultra thin light sails


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the Breakthrough starshot initiative a


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program started in 2016 by theoretical


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physicist Steven Hawking and scientist


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Yuri Milner at the California Institute


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of Technology has recently achieved a


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significant milestone in this ambitious


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Endeavor the research team led by


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starshot light sale research director


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Harry Atwater has developed an


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Innovative platform for testing


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materials that could potentially form


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these revolutionary light sails these


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spacecraft propulsion devices would


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harness the power of laser beams to


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achieve unprecedented speeds potentially


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opening up Interstellar distances to


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direct exploration that we can currently


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only study through remote


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observation one of the most challenging


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aspects of developing these light sails


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is creating a membrane that can


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withstand intense heat while maintaining


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its shape under pressure and staying


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stable along a laser beam's axis the


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team has ingeniously engineered a test


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to measure the precise force that lasers


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exert on ultra thin membranes of


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different materials turning what was


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once a technical obstacle into a


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scientific Advantage their research has


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revealed fascinating insights into how


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these miniature light sails interact


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with laser beams when struck by light


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these mechanical resonators vibrate in


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response to both heat and radiation


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pressure the team discovered that by


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studying these vibrations they could


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accurately measure the force being


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exerted on the membrane providing


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crucial data for future designs perhaps


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most intriguingly the researchers found


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that when laser beams strike the light


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sail at Angles as would happen in real


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space conditions the force is actually


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lower than theoretical predictions this


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discovery attributed to light scattering


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off the sail's edges has led to promis


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ing new research directions involving


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nanomaterials and metamaterials that


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could help control the sideways movement


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and rotation of these future


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spacecraft this breakthrough represents


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a crucial stepping stone toward


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developing freely accelerating light


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sails that could one day carry tiny


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probes to our nearest star systems


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potentially revolutionizing our ability


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to explore the cosmos firsthand the


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team's work continues to focus on


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creating surfaces that can automatically


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correct their position if they drift off


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of course bringing us ever closer to


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making Interstellar travel a


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reality next up today NASA is preparing


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to launch an extraordinary new space


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telescope that promises to revolutionize


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our view of the cosmos named sphx this


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Innovative Observatory is scheduled for


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launch in late February aboard a SpaceX


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Falcon 9 rocket marking another


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milestone in our journey to understand


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the universe what makes FX truly special


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is its unprecedented ability to map the


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entire sky in 102 different infrared


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colors something that's never been done


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before in human history while the James


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web Space Telescope excels at studying


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specific celestial objects in great


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detail sphex will take a broader


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approach creating a comprehensive


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Panorama of the entire Sky visible from


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Earth this eggshell white conical probe


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might look modest compared to some of


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its predecessors but don't let its


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appearance fool you weighing about as


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much as a grand piano and using less


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power than your home refrigerator sphex


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has been engine engineered to perform


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its Mission with remarkable


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efficiency to protect its sensitive


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instruments from heat interference the


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spacecraft features an ingenious design


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with three concentric cone-shaped Photon


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Shields and specialized radiator plates


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these work together to keep the


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telescope cool enough to detect the


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faintest infrared signals from space the


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mission's goals are ambitious scientists


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hope to use sphex to study hundreds of


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millions of galaxies potentially


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unlocking secrets about Cosmic inflation


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that mind-bending moment just after the


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big bang when the universe expanded


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faster than the speed of light they're


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also planning to search for Icy organic


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molecules floating between Stars which


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could help explain how life on Earth


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began what's particularly exciting is


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how sphex will work in tandem with other


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observatories its all Sky infrared map


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will be an invaluable resource for James


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web telescope scientists helping them


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identify the most promising targets for


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detailed observation every 6 months


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sphex will complete a new map of the sky


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building up an unprecedented view of our


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Cosmic neighborhood over its 2-year


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primary Mission at a modest cost of


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around $488 million sphex demonstrates


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that groundbreaking science doesn't


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always require the most expensive


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instruments instead it's about having


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the right tool for the right job and in


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this case that means creating the most


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detailed infrared map of our universe


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ever attempted


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let's head over to Jupiter now Jupiter's


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moon IO has just set a new record for


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volcanic activity and what NASA's Juno


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spacecraft recently witnessed there is


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nothing short of spectacular during its


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December 2023 flyby Juno observed a


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volcanic event so massive it makes


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Earth's most powerful eruptions look


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like campfires in comparison the newly


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discovered hotspot region on io's


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Surface spans an area larger than Lake


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Superior and the energy it's releasing


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is truly mind-boggling equivalent to six


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times the combined output of All Earth's


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power plants this isn't just another


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eruption on I/O it's the most powerful


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volcanic event ever recorded on what was


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already known as the most volcanic World


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in our solar system the discovery came


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during Juno's close approach to IO when


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it passed within about 930 Mi of the


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moon's surface using its infrared


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instrument the spacecraft detected an


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enormous hot spot in io's southern


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hemisphere that was so intense it


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actually Satur ated the detector


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scientists believe what they're seeing


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isn't just one massive eruption but


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several closely spaced hot spots all


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erupting simultaneously suggesting the


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presence of a vast underground magma


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chamber system what makes IO such a


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volcanic Powerhouse the answer lies in


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its relationship with Jupiter as the


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moon orbits the gas giant every 42.5


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hours Jupiter's immense gravitational


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pull creates powerful tidal forces that


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literally squeeze and stretch IO this


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constant kneading generates tremendous


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heat inside the moon leading to the


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spectacular volcanic activity we're


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witnessing the moon surface is already


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home to about 400 active volcanoes all


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spewing lava gas and Ash into io's


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atmosphere this new eruption however


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stands apart in its sheer scale and


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intensity the affected region covers


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roughly 40,000 square miles and


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scientists are eagerly awaiting Juno's


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next flyby in March to see how this


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remarkable event has reshaped io's


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surface


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these observations aren't just


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spectacular they're providing valuable


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insights into volcanic processes not


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just on iO but potentially on other


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worlds throughout our solar system as


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scientists continue to study this


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unprecedented event we're gaining new


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understanding of how planetary bodies


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evolve and interact with their


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environments okay how did you go at


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photographing Comet Atlas When It sped


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by us last month not as well as this I


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would think a remarkable Celestial


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spectacle unfolded in our Cosmic


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neighborhood as Comet c224 G3 also known


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as Comet Atlas made its dramatic Journey


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past the sun between January 11th and


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15th the comet treated astronomers to an


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extraordinary show as it blazed through


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the inner solar system coming within


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just 8 million miles of our star that's


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a mere 9% of the distance between Earth


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and the Sun the esa and NASA's Soho


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spacecraft captured stunning images of


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this Cosmic Wanderer using its Lasco


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instrument by cleverly blocking out the


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sun's intense light with a special disc


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Lasco revealed intricate details of the


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comet's taale as it responded to the


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solar wind these observations are


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providing scientists with valuable


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insights into how the sun's constant


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stream of particles and energy


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influences objects passing through our


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solar neighborhood the images processed


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by Carl badams at the US Naval Research


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lab brought out remarkable fine details


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in the comet's tale showcasing how it


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twisted and turned in response to


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fluctuations in the solar wind this


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interaction between Comet and solar wind


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is helping heloh physicists better


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understand the sun's influence on its


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surrounding


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environment while the comet briefly


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graced Northern Hemisphere Skies during


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its closest approach to the sun it has


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since moved into Southern Skies however


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there are indications that this Cosmic


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visitor may have paid a price for its


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close encounter with our star scientists


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have observed signs suggesting the comet


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might be breaking apart with which could


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lead to it rapidly fading from view in


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the coming


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days next let's turn our attention to


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some fascinating lunar developments that


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are reshaping our understanding of


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Earth's closest Celestial neighbor


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firefli Blu ghost Mission has reached a


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significant milestone in its 45-day


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Journey to the Moon with NASA's


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specialized camera system scalps 1.1


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successfully completing its first round


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of


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tests all six of its highresolution


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cameras are functioning perfectly ready


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to document every crucial moment of the


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spacecraft's eventual descent and


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touchdown on the lunar surface four of


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these cameras are specifically designed


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to capture the interaction between blue


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ghost's rocket plumes and the moon's


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surface while two additional cameras


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will record detailed before and after


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images of the landing site this


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documentation is becoming increasingly


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important as we prepare for more


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frequent lunar missions helping


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scientists better understand how


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spacecraft Landings affect the lunar


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environment meanwhile a groundbreaking


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discovery on the moon's Far Side is


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challenging our long-held assumptions


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about lunar geology researchers from the


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National Air and Space Museum and the


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University of Maryland have identified


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266 previously unknown small ridges that


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tell an unexpected story of recent


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geological activity these ridges


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typically found in groups of 10 to 40


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appear to be surprisingly young possibly


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forming within the last 200 million


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years this is remarkably recent in


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geological terms especially for a body


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that many scientists believed had been


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geologically dormant for billions of


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years the research team used crater


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counting techniques to date these


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features finding that some ridges even


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cut through existing impact craters


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providing clear evidence of their


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relatively recent formation the


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structures bear striking similarities to


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features found on the moon's near side


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suggesting they were created by the same


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forces possibly shallow moonquakes first


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detected during the Apollo missions


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these movements are likely caused by a


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combination of shifts in the moon's


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orbit and its gradual shrinking a


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process that continues to influence


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lunar surface Dynamics today these


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findings have significant implications


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for future lunar exploration and


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infrastructure


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planning understanding that the Moon is


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still geologically active will be


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crucial for determining safe locations


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for future astronaut missions equipment


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placement and potential permanent


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installations on the lunar


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surface and that brings us to the end of


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another fascinating episode of astronomy


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daily from breakthrough developments in


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interstellar travel technology to


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record-breaking volcanic activity on


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Jupiter's moon IO from NASA's ambitious


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new sphex telescope to surprising


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discoveries about lunar geology it's


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been an exciting day in space news I'm


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Anna and I want to thank you for joining


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