Unveiling Dark Matter Mysteries, Lunar Gateway’s Arrival, and Space Junk Dangers

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This is Spacetime series 28, episode 58


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for broadcast on the 14th of May,


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2025. Coming up on Spaceime, is there a


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new kind of dark matter in the galactic


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center? The Luna Gateway Space Station's


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first habitation module arrives in the


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United States, and more space junk


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threatens the International Space


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Station. All that and more coming up on


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Spaceime.


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Welcome to Spaceime with Stuart Garry.


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[Music]




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Astronomers have uncovered a mysterious


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phenomenon in the center of the Milky


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Way galaxy which could reveal a new


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different kind of less massive dark


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matter. Dark matter is a mysterious


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invisible substance which makes up some


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85% of all the mass in the universe. Yet


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scientists have absolutely no idea what


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it is. They know it exists because they


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can see its gravitational effect on


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surrounding space, keeping galaxies from


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spinning apart as they revolve and


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bending light from distant objects. Now,


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in a firstofits-kind study, scientists


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have taken a step closer to


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understanding this elusive substance by


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taking another look at a previously


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dismissed candidate for dark matter that


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could be behind unexplained chemical


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reactions seen taking place at the


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center of the Milky Way. One of the


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studies authors, Shambalaji from King's


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College London, says the key could be


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huge clouds of positively charged


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hydrogen located at the center of our


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galaxy. Their existence has been a


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mystery for decades because normally the


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gas should be neutral. So that raises


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the question of what's supplying enough


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energy to knock all the negatively


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charged electrons out of these


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clouds. Says the energy signatures


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radiating from this part of the galaxy


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suggest that there's a constant roaring


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source of power doing that and his data


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suggests that it might well will be


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coming from a much lighter form of dark


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matter than what current models are


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considering. Now, most established


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hypotheses designed to explain dark


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matter describe it as likely being


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weakly interacting massive particles or


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wimps, tiny subatomic particles which


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pass through regular matter without much


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interaction, and that makes them


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extremely hard to detect. However, this


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new study reported in the journal


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Physical Review Letters has potentially


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revived another type of dark matter, one


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with far lower mass than your


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traditional WIMP. The authors think


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these tiny dark matter particles are


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crashing into each other and as a result


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are producing new charged particles in a


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process called annihilation. And it's


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these newly produced charged particles


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that are subsequently ionizing the


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hydrogen gas. Previous attempts to


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explain the ionization process in these


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gas clouds has always relied on cosmic


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rays, fast and energetic particles which


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travel throughout the universe. However,


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that explanation has some difficulties.


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For example, the energy signature


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recorded from observations of this area


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known as the central molecular zone


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isn't large enough to be attributed to


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cosmic rays. And such a process doesn't


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seem to be possible with wimps either.


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So the research team have been left with


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an explanation that this energy source


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which is causing the annihilation is


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slower than a cosmic ray and less


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massive than a wimp. Belgi says the


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search for dark matter has seen a lot of


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experiments here on Earth and none of


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them have produced anything conclusive.


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But by using gas at the galactic center


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for a different kind of observation,


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astronomers might be getting straight to


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the source. And the data is telling


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scientists that dark matter could


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potentially be a lot lighter than they


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thought. The finding may simultaneously


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explain wider mysteries in our galaxy as


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well, such as a specific type of X-ray


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observation found at the center of the


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Milky Way, known as the 511 kilo


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electron volt emission line. See, this


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specific energy signature could also be


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due to the same low mass dark matter


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colliding and producing charged


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particles. It's an interesting


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hypothesis and it follows a trend where


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other low mass candidates for dark


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matter have already been postulated.


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This is spaceime still to come. The


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Lunar Gateway Space Station's first


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habitation module arrives in the United


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States ready for final fit out and then


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it's up to orbit. And speaking of space


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stations, more space junk is threatening


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the International Space Station. NASA


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have been forced to take evasive action.


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All that and more still to come on


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The first habitation module for the new


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Luna Gateway Space Station has finally


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arrived in the United States. Known as


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the habitation and logistics outpost or


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Halo module, it'll be a core element of


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the Luna Gateway Space Station, which


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will be humanity's first Luna space


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station. The pressurized module was


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fabricated by Thaloselenia Space In


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Italy and then shipped to Northrop


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Grumman's facility in Gilbert, Arizona


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for final fit out. It'll then be sent to


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NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida


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where it'll be integrated with the space


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station's PPE or power and propulsion


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element. The two components will then be


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launched together into lunar orbit


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aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket


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ahead of the Artemus 4 manned lunar


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mission. Gateway is important to the


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Artemis program because it'll provide a


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staging post for man missions to the


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lunar surface and eventually man


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missions going to Mars. Halo will


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operate as the command and control hub


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for gateway. It's equipped with multiple


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docking ports which will be used by


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spacecraft such as NASA's Orion as well


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as Luna landers and cargo and logistics


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vehicles. And it will provide data


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handling, energy storage, power


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distribution, thermal regulation, and


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communications and tracking capabilities


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for the space station. Halo will also


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include the telecommunications section


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of the European Space Ay's Sprite


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service module that'll be slated to


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launch in 2027 and will include a small


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windowed habitation section as well as


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more docking ports, an airlock and


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refueling infrastructure for the space


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station and for lunar landers. Another


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component called the International


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Habitation Module or IHAB is now being


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jointly built by the European Space


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Agency and the Japan Aerospace


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Exploration Agency JAXA. It'll also


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launch sometime next year. An IHAB will


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also include a new Canadian Space Agency


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built robotic arm. Other proposed


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segments include more logistics modules


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for supplies and storage and a


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purpose-built airlock module for extra


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vehicle activities outside the space


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station as well as additional docking


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ports for deep space transports. The


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current plan is to have astronauts


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occupy the 40 ton space station for up


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to 90 days at a time. Now although it's


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called a lunar space station, it's


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actually quite a bit away from the moon.


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Se gateway will be positioned in a


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highly elliptical trans lunar orbit


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known as a near rectal linear halo


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orbit. Instead of orbiting directly


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around the moon in low lunar orbit like


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the International Space Station does


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around the Earth, Gateway will follow a


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highly eccentric path. At its closest,


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it'll pass about 3,000 km above the


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lunar surface, but its orbit will then


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swing it out to some 70,000 km away at


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its most distant orbital position. Now,


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this design will allow Gayway to be both


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relatively close to the moon for


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excursions down to the lunar surface,


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but also allow for shorter trips to the


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space station by spacecraft traveling to


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and from the Earth with crew and


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supplies. See, most current rockets


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don't have the power to reach the moon


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directly in one go, but they could reach


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Gateway. So after liftoff only a


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moderate maneuver will be needed to slow


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a visiting spacecraft for rendevu with


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gateway for example it means Europe's


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Aran 6 could be used to deliver supplies


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for astronauts for use on missions to


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the moon or deeper into space and at the


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other end of the journey NASA will be


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using a modified version of SpaceX's


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Starship known as the SpaceX human


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landing system or hls as lunar shuttle


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transporting crews robot supplies and


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infrastructure from gateway down to the


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lunar surface when the space stations


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closest to the moon and that will happen


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about once every 7 days. Likewise, a


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transfer window to gateway opens about


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every 7 days for the return trip from


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the lunar surface to the space station.


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And gateways orbit will rotate together


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with the moon. As seen from Earth, it'll


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appear a little bit like a lunar halo.


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Now, orbits like this are possible


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because of the interplay between the


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Earth and the Moon's gravitational


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forces. As the two large bodies dance


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through space, a smaller object can be


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caught in a variety of stable and


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nearstable positions in relation to the


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orbiting masses, also known as libration


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or lrangeian points. Such locations are


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perfect for planning long-term missions,


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and to some extent, they'll dictate the


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design of the spacecraft, what it can


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carry to and from orbit, how much energy


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it needs to get and stay there.


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traveling on the near rectal linear halo


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orbit. One revolution of gateway in its


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orbit around the moon will take seven


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Earth days. This period was chosen to


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limit the number of eclipses when


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gateway would be shrouded by the earth


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or moon shadow. However, near rectal


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linear halo orbits are slightly unstable


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and objects in these orbits do have a


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tendency of drifting away. That means


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regular small station keeping maneuvers


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will be needed to keep gateway in


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position. We've learned how to do that


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by keeping the International Space


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Station in its correct orbital height


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above the Earth. This report on the


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Gateway project by NASA


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[Music]


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TV. Gateway is in and of itself a


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humongous technological marvel. It is


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the first space station around the moon.


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It is going to be a very important part


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of our future exploration missions. We


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know how to live and work in low Earth


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orbit, but now it's time to go further.


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Artemis is going to take us to parts of


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the moon that we haven't been to before.


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Going back to the moon has to be an


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international cooperation. The resources


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and the efforts required to make this


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happen are just too much for any single


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nation to to go on their own. There's


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the old saying that if you want to go


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fast, you go alone. If you want to go


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for a long time, you go together. And so


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it's going to take a humankind effort to


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go to the moon and then use that as a


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stepping stone to go to Mars. To be able


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to go and do lunar surface exploration


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missions and do sustainable missions, be


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able to do long duration missions, go to


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the moon to stay rather than just to


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visit like we did duro, we need a space


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station and gateways that station. The


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international crews and the


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international astronauts that'll perform


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these missions will be the first humans


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that are making their home in deep


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space. I think about all that we've


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learned from the International Space


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Station as a low Earth orbit laboratory.


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Gateway will be an extension of that and


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continue that legacy of science and


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discovery.


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We are going to be learning about deep


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space exploration. When we're in low


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Earth orbit, we're


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protected. When we are around the moon,


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we don't have that protection. So, it is


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going to


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affect


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everything. We have the very unique


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ability at Gateway to study that


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radiation. Gateway sounds so science


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fiction, but it's real and we're


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building it and science will never be


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the same. In one of the first steps of


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our Aremis lunar exploration plans, we


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have selected Maxar Technologies to


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provide the power and propulsion element


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for our lunar gateway. The power and


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propulsion element is a spacecraft that


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will use high-ower solar electric


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propulsion to give our explorers aboard


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the gateway access to the entire surface


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of the moon. It will also enable the


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gateway to serve as a mobile command and


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service module by providing a


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communications relay for human and


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robotic expeditions to the lunar


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surface. This is a critical capability


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for not just a sustainable lunar return,


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but also an eventual journey to Mars.


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NASA's current lunar exploration plans


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call for a return to the moon that


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sustained human presence on and around


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the moon by 2028.


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[Music]


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This is Spaceime. Still to come, more


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space junk threatens the International


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Space Station. And later in the science


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report, new insights into how the


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Earth's continents are moving. All that


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and more still to come on


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[Music]


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Spaceime. NASA has been forced to move


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the International Space Station again to


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avoid some large fragments of space


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junk. The orbital correction maneuver


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involved the Russian Progress MS30 cargo


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ship which was docked to the space


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station firing its thrusters for a


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212.79 second burn in the process


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increasing the station's orbital


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altitude by 540 m. Now without this


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maneuver NASA estimated the fragment


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could have come within 6 kilometers of


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the space station. That's too close for


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comfort. The space junk's been


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identified as part of a Chinese long mar


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rocket launched back in 2005.


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Space junk has become a constant problem


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for crew aboard the orbiting outpost


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with collision avoidance maneuvers now


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being undertaken multiple times every


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year. Each time it happens, crew have to


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stop where they're doing, take refuge


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inside one of the dock capsules just in


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case something hits the space station


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and they're forced to make an emergency


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evacuation and return to Earth. And the


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trouble is that problem is only going to


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get worse. This is


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[Music]




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spacetime. And time now to take another


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brief look at some of the other stories


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making news in science this week with a


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science report. A computer simulation of


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Earth's population growth has shown that


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humans will need to have more babies


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than the current rates if the species is


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meant to avoid extinction. The findings


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reported in the journal plus one shows


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that homo sapien survival requires every


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woman of childbearing age to have an


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average of at least 2.7 children, much


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higher than the 2.1 previously thought


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would be enough to keep people going.


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The researchers say the previous 2.1


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kids per woman rate doesn't account for


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random differences in how many kids


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people have or things like birth rates,


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gender ratios, and the fact that some


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people never have children at all. They


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say the research shows that women need


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to have at least 2.7 kids to reliably


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avoid eventual extinction of the


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species, especially in populations that


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are already small. So, it's one kid for


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mom, one for dad, and one for humanity.


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A new analysis of lava flows that


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solidified and broke apart over a


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massive crack in the earth's crust in


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Turkey has brought new insights into how


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continents move. The findings reported


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in the journal communications earthn


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environment will help improve science's


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understanding of earthquake risks. The


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new research by Curtain University has


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revealed that Sugaloo Fold zone, a more


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than 200 km long geological structure


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visible from space, is slowly pulling


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apart, providing a rare glimpse into the


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forces that shape Earth's crust when


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plates collide. The study solves a


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long-standing mystery about the fault's


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movement, unambiguously revealing that


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the fault is pulling apart at a rate of


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about 1 mm per year, rather than, as


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other studies have suggested, it's


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shifting sideways. Understanding these


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movements is crucial not just for


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assessing volcanic and earthquake


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threats, but also for improving global


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models of continental


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defamation. A new study has shown that


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teenagers diagnosed with a mental health


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condition report spending about 50


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minutes extra per day on social media


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compared to their peers. The findings


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reported in the journal Nature Human


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Behavior looked at self-reported social


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media use among more than 3,000 teens,


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16% of whom had at least one diagnosed


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mental health condition. The researchers


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say participants with depression or


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anxiety disorders, reported comparing


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themselves to others on social media


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more frequently. They also reported


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being less happy with the number of


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friends or followers they have on social


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media and that their mood was more


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strongly being impacted by how many


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likes, shares, and comments they


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get. Apple have started rolling out


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their latest series of updates for


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iPhones, tablets, and Macs. With the


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details, we're joined by technology


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editor Alex Haravo from techadvice.live.


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the ritual of updating all of our


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devices on seemingly a monthly basis is


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about to start up again with iOS 18.5.


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Currently, I'm running the release


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candidate, but by the time people are


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hearing this, iOS 18.5 should be out.


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And uh whilst there's the usual bug


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fixes and new wallpapers, there is


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sometimes some new features. And the


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feature that really caught my eye was


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that the emergency SOS and messaging


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features that were debuted with the


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iPhone 14 and then were available with


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the iPhone 15 and 16 are actually going


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to be backported to the iPhone 13. So


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this is big. I mean, they clearly had


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the technology ready to go at the time,


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but the satellites weren't in place or


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maybe they just weren't ready to launch


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it. This is going to be something that


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enables millions more people in the case


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of an emergency. I think satellites up


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there. I think that's the key. One of


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the flights had launched 29 more


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satellites. I mean, Elon is launching


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more and more satellites all the time.


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And uh he's also upgrading his


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satellites to version two, which can do


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higher bandwidth and will in the future


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enable voice and video calls as well as


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high-speed data. I mean, at the moment,


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most people are just using it to send


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messages for emergencies, but also if


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they're off the beaten track, they can


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send find my notifications to relatives


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who know that they can't otherwise track


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their loved ones on some hiking trail


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because there's no 4G or 5G


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infrastructure. So, yeah, the satellite


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revolution has really accelerated and by


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2030, being able to access voice and


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data from virtually anywhere on the


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planet, unless you're deep underground,


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is going to be just taken for granted.


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Just in the same way that we take mobile


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phones for granted today and yet in the


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80s it was car phones. So these updates


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will they be extended to other products


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as well? Yes, there'll be 18.5 for iPad


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OS, 15.5 for Mac OS, should be 11.5 for


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the watch OS and new versions 2.5 for


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the Vision Pro OS. So yeah, all the


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different Apple devices. If your device


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can still get updates, expect an update


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by the time you're hearing this. And if


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not, it'll be in in the very few days


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thereafter. But uh new updates coming


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all the time. Stay updated. That's Alex


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Haravo from


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