Lunar Lander Launches, Australian Rockets, and the Secrets of Magnetars: S04E50
Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: S04E50
In this episode of Astronomy Daily, host Anna guides you through a thrilling array of the latest advancements in space exploration and astronomical research. From SpaceX's lunar mission to Australia's historic launch preparations, this episode is packed with incredible discoveries that will expand your understanding of the cosmos.
Highlights:
- SpaceX's Lunar Mission: Experience the excitement as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launches the Athena lunar lander and NASA's Lunar Trailblazer orbiter. We discuss the mission's objectives, including the search for water ice on the Moon and the innovative technologies being employed, such as a drill and a hopper robot.
- Australia's First Orbital Launch: Join us as we celebrate Gilmour Space's upcoming launch of the Eris rocket, marking Australia’s first attempt to reach orbit. We explore the significance of this milestone and the challenges the team faces as they prepare for their groundbreaking launch from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport.
- NASA's Technological Innovations: Discover how NASA's advancements are revolutionizing life on Earth, from medical breakthroughs to construction technologies inspired by space research. We highlight the various applications of NASA technologies that are improving industries and enhancing everyday life.
- Ultra Diffuse Galaxies Discovery: Delve into the intriguing findings about ultra diffuse galaxies and their unexpected rotational patterns. This research sheds light on the formation and evolution of these mysterious cosmic entities, expanding our knowledge of the universe.
- NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Update: Follow NASA's Lucy spacecraft as it approaches asteroid Donald Johansson, set for a close flyby. We discuss Lucy's mission to explore ancient solar system remnants and the significance of its discoveries for understanding our cosmic history.
- Magnetars and Their Magnetic Fields: Uncover the latest insights into how magnetars generate their powerful magnetic fields. We explore the Taylor spruit dynamo process and its implications for understanding these extraordinary neutron stars and their extreme environments.
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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 - Welcome back to Astronomy Daily
01:05 - SpaceX's lunar mission overview
07:30 - Australia's first orbital launch preparations
12:15 - NASA's technological innovations
18:00 - Ultra diffuse galaxies discovery
22:30 - NASA's Lucy spacecraft update
27:00 - Magnetars and their magnetic fields
32:00 - Conclusion and upcoming content
✍️ Episode References
SpaceX Lunar Mission Details
[SpaceX]( https://www.spacex.com (https://www.spacex.com/) )
Gilmour Space Launch Information
[Gilmour Space]( https://www.gilmourspace.com (https://www.gilmourspace.com/) )
NASA Technological Innovations
[NASA]( https://www.nasa.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/) )
Ultra Diffuse Galaxies Research
[Nature Astronomy]( https://www.nature.com/natureastronomy (https://www.nature.com/natureastronomy) )
Lucy Spacecraft Updates
[NASA Lucy]( https://www.nasa.gov/lucy (https://www.nasa.gov/lucy) )
Magnetars Research
[NASA Magnetars]( https://www.nasa.gov/magnetars (https://www.nasa.gov/magnetars) )
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00:00 - Welcome back to Astronomy Daily
01:05 - SpaceX’s lunar mission overview
07:30 - Australia’s first orbital launch preparations
12:15 - NASA’s technological innovations
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welcome to astronomy daily your daily
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dose of space and astronomy news today
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we're going to explore some big
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developments in space exploration and
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research we'll be diving into space X's
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latest lunar Mission that's carrying
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both a private Lander and a NASA Orbiter
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to hunt for water on the moon we'll also
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look at Australia's historic
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preparations for their first orbital
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launch attempt and discover how NASA
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Technologies are revolutionizing life
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here on Earth plus we'll explore some
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fascinating new findings about
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mysterious dwarf Galaxy
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check in on NASA's Lucy spacecraft as it
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approaches its next asteroid Target and
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uncover new insights into some of the
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most magnetic objects in our universe
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magnetars let's get started with today's
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space
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news in a spectacular Sunset launch from
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NASA's Kennedy Space Center spacex's
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Falcon 9 rocket successfully carried two
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lunar bound spacecraft into space the
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primary payload the Athena lunar lander
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built by intuitive machines is now on
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its way to explore the moon's South Pole
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region in search of water ice
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deposits this marks intuitive machine's
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second mission to the Moon following
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their historic First Landing earlier
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this month Athena carries 10 NASA
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science instruments with its main
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package being prime one which includes a
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drill called Trident that can reach 3T
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below the lunar surface and a mass
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spectrometer to analyze the collected
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samples for water and other compounds
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but Athena isn't traveling alone the
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mission also includes an Innovative
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Hopper robot named Grace that will
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explore nearby craters through a series
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of controlled jumps and a small Rover
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called map that will test the moon's
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first cellular network these tools will
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work together to study areas that have
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remained largely unexplored including
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permanently shadowed craters where
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scientists believe significant deposits
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of water ice may exist sharing the ride
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is NASA's lunar Trailblazer Orbiter
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which will map water ice deposits from
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lunar orbit complimenting Athena's
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ground-based
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observations this coordinated approach
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will give scientists an unprecedented
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view of lunar Water Resources critical
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for NASA's Artemis program and future
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human settlements on the moon the
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mission represents a significant step
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forward in commercial NASA Partnerships
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with intuitive machines leading the way
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in delivering scientific payloads to the
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lunar surface if successful Athena will
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touch down in the mons muton region
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where it will operate for about 10 Earth
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days Gathering crucial data about
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potential resources that could support
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future lunar missions and potentially
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even sustain human presence on the
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moon next up one for our listeners down
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under Australia is about to Mark a
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historic milestone in its space
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exploration Journey Gilmore space an
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Australian company that's been
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developing rocket technology since 2015
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has announced its first orbital launch
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attempt scheduled for March 15th from
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the Bowen orbital Spaceport in Northern
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Queensland land their rocket named AIS
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stands an impressive 82 ft tall and
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represents years of Australian
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Innovation and Engineering this
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three-stage hybrid propulsion rocket is
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designed to carry payloads of up to 474
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pounds to a sun synchronous orbit 310
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mies above Earth's surface after
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securing the necessary approvals from
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Australia's civil aviation Safety
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Authority late last year the company is
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now ready to attempt this groundbreaking
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launch CEO Adam Gilmore has been careful
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to manage expectations noting that first
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launches are notoriously challenging
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even SpaceX needed four attempts before
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achieving its first successful orbital
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launch the team emphasizes that whether
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they make it off the pad reach maximum
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aerodynamic pressure or achieve orbit
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every second of flight will provide
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valuable data to improve future launches
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with more than 200 employees and backing
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from various private investors and
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superannuation funds Gilmore space has
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grown from a small startup to a
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significant player in Australia's
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emerging space sector the company isn't
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just focused on Rockets they're also
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developing satellite platforms with the
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ultimate goal of making space access
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more affordable while the team remains
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optimistic they acknowledge that various
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factors including weather conditions and
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technical issues could lead to delays
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safety remains their top priority and
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they've made it clear they'll only
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proceed with the launch when all
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conditions are optimal if successful
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this Mission will will Mark the first
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time an Australian designed and built
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rocket reaches orbit from Australian
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soil opening a new chapter in the
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country's space exploration history and
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may we be reporting that Australia has a
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Happy Gilmore shortly sorry I couldn't
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resist let's take a look now at some of
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the great work NASA's been doing NASA's
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latest spin-off publication has revealed
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some remarkable ways that space
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technology is revolutionizing life here
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on Earth for nearly 25 years of
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supporting AST in low earth orbit NASA
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has developed technologies that are now
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finding incredible applications in our
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daily lives one of the most fascinating
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developments involves a platform that
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allows commercial Industries to conduct
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space station experiments scientists
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have successfully grown higher quality
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human heart tissue knee cartilage and
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pharmaceutical crystals that can be used
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to develop new Medical Treatments right
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here on Earth The Innovation doesn't
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stop at Medical breakthroughs remember
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those challenges of watering plants in
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zero gravity the solution NASA developed
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has evolved into electrostatic sprayer
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technology now being used in sanitation
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Agriculture and food safety and those
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specialized treadmills designed to keep
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astronauts fit in space they've been
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adapted into anti-gravity treadmills
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that are helping people with various
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conditions exercise more
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effectively even the nutritional
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supplements originally created to keep
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astronauts healthy during long space
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missions are now available for everyday
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use but perhaps most exciting are the
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developments in construction technology
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companies are using NASA's 3D printing
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techniques initially designed for
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building structures on the moon to print
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large buildings here on Earth there's
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even Research into growing buildings
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from fungus a concept first explored for
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lunar construction that's now being
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adapted for earth-based housing quality
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control systems on assembly lines are
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getting smarter thanks to artificial
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intelligence originally developed to
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help navigate Mars and in the energy
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sector NASA's expertise in liquid
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hydrogen Rocket Fuel is helping pave the
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way for hydrogen-based Energy Solutions
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with over 40 NASA originated
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Technologies now in commercial use and
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More in development these Space Age
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Innovations are quietly transforming
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Industries and improving lives across
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our
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planet astronomers have recently made a
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fascinating discovery about the
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universe's smallest and faintest
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galaxies known as Ultra diffuse galaxies
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or GS while studying 30 of these
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mysterious Cosmic entities in the Hydra
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Galaxy cluster located more than 160
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million light years from Earth
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researchers found something completely
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unexpected about how these galaxies move
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about half of the udgs they observed
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showed peculiar rotational patterns in
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their Stars movements that simply don't
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align with our current theories about
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how these faint galaxies form and evolve
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this discovery is particularly
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significant because these Galaxies have
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only been known to science since 2015
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and they've been puzzling astronomers
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ever since with their unusually
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elongated shapes and Ultra faint nature
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the research team made these
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observations using the Muse integral
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field spectrograph on the very large
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telescope in Chile one udg in particular
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designated as UD g32 proved especially
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interesting this dwarf Galaxy was found
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at the end of a gas filament connected
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to a much larger spiral galaxy called
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NGC 3314a
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what makes this finding so intriguing is
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that UD g32 is location doesn't appear
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to be mere coincidence the stars in UD
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g32 are younger than those in other udgs
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in the cluster yet surprisingly they
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contain more heavy elements or Metals in
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astronomical terms this suggests these
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stars formed from gas and dust that was
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originally part of the larger
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neighboring Galaxy supporting the theory
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that some udgs might form when gas is
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pulled away from larger galaxies through
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gravitational interaction
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actions these findings are more than
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just interesting space facts they're
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helping us piece together the complex
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puzzle of how galaxies form and evolve
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the research team's results have
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effectively doubled our knowledge of
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these mysterious galaxies providing the
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first comprehensive view of how these
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faint systems exist within a still
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forming Galaxy cluster it's a reminder
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that even in our Modern Age of astronomy
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the universe still has plenty of
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surprises in store for
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us Lucy NASA's ambitious asteroid
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exploring spacecraft has just reached an
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exciting milestone in its Mission by
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capturing its first images of asteroid
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Donald Johansson currently appearing as
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just a tiny point of light 45 million
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miles away this 2m wide Space Rock will
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be Lucy's next close encounter scheduled
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for an April 20th flyby at a distance of
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just 596 mil this upcoming visit follows
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Lucy's fascinating encounter last
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November with asteroid dinkes and its
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companion Moon Salam which turned out to
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be quite the surprising Duo Salam
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revealed itself to be what scientists
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call a contact binary essentially two
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separate objects touching each other
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held together by their Mutual
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gravitational pull the origin of this
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unusual pairing remains a mystery though
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researchers suspect Salam might have
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formed from Material ejected from dinkes
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due to the effects of solar heating over
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millions of years while Donald Johansson
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currently appears as nothing more than a
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distant spec Lucy won't get a detail
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look at the asteroids features until the
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day of the close approach but this
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encounter is just one stop on Lucy's
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packed itinerary in 2027 the spacecraft
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will reach its first Trojan asteroid
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urbies which sits in a vast swarm of
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asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit after
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visiting several more Trojans Lucy will
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swing back by Earth in 2030 for a
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gravitational boost before heading to
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explore even more of these ancient solar
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system
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remnants interestingly the asteroid
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Donald Johansson's name has a direct
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connection to Lucy's Own It honors
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Donald Johansson the paleoanthropologist
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who discovered the famous 3.2
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million-year-old human ancestor fossil
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nicknamed Lucy just as that ancient
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skeleton helps us understand human
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evolution the asteroids Lucy is studying
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are like fossils from our Solar System's
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birth offering crucial clues about how
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our Cosmic neighborhood came to
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be to wrap things up today in a
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fascinating new study published in
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nature astronomy scientist have finally
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begun to unravel one of astronomy's most
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perplexing Mysteries how magnetars
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generate their incredibly powerful
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magnetic fields these extraordinary
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neutron stars have magnetic fields up to
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a thousand times stronger than typical
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neutron stars which are already among
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the most magnetic objects we know of the
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Breakthrough came from studying what
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scientists call low field
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magnetars these Cosmic Oddities present
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an interesting puzzle because while
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their Baseline magnetic fields are
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relatively weak they somehow manag to
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produce intense bursts of X-rays and
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gamma rays that should require much
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stronger magnetic fields through
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detailed computer simulations
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researchers have identified a likely
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culprit a process known as the tailor
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sprute Dynamo this Dynamo effect occurs
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because of the way these Stars rotate
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unlike a solid object spinning uniformly
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different parts of these Stars rotate at
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slightly different speeds this
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differential rotation particularly
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strong in their cores creates the
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conditions needed to to amplify magnetic
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fields to extraordinary levels the
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process appears to be kicked off during
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the violent Supernova that creates the
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magnetar when angular momentum is
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transferred into the core of the dying
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star for low field magnetar specifically
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this mechanism explains how they can
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temporarily boost their magnetic field
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strength to produce those powerful
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radiation bursts we observe it's a
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different story from traditional magners
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which likely generate their consistently
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strong feel through other
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means this discovery not only helps us
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understand these extreme objects better
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but also provides crucial insights into
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the complex physics at play in some of
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the universe's most extreme
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environments and that's all for today's
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episode of astronomy daily thanks for
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