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Fascinating Frontiers

Patrick · Nerra Network

Daily space and astronomy news: NASA and SpaceX missions, ESA operations, exoplanet and James Webb discoveries, and the engineering behind humanity"s push into the cosmos — with ongoing story tracking across Starship, Artemis, and deep-space science. For space enthusiasts, engineers, and the curious. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.

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12:25

Ep 97: A galactic wind driven by early-universe...

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2026/06/10

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A galactic wind driven by early-universe collisions is stripping star-forming fuel so fast it may explain why so many massive galaxies went dead. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Galaxy-Killing Wind Found in Early Universe — Space News Astronomers detected a powerful outflow triggered by galaxy collisions that rapidly removes gas needed for new stars. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated

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10:04

Ep 96: European startup Isar Aerospace just raised...

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2026/06/09

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News European startup Isar Aerospace just raised 270 million euros to scale its rocket program worldwide. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Isar Aerospace Raises 270 Million Euros for Expansion — SpaceNews The German launch company secured the funding round to prepare its next orbital attempt and grow operations beyond Europe. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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09:07

Ep 95: NASA will name the crew for Artemis III, the...

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2026/06/08

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA will name the crew for Artemis III, the mission that will test docking with commercial landers ahead of crewed lunar landings. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories NASA to Name Artemis III Crew Next Week — WKMG The agency will hold a briefing on June 9 at 11 a.m. ET to introduce the astronauts assigned to the mission. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 94: Looking back at 7 episodes from 2026-06-01 to...

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2026/06/07

Fascinating Frontiers — Weekly Recap Looking back at 7 episodes from 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-07 — the stories that mattered, what we learned, and what to watch next. This Week's Top Stories From Ep 87 (2026-06-01): Fascinating Frontiers Venus, Jupiter and Mercury align for June viewing — Space.com The three planets reach peak visibility in the western sky after sunset throughout the month. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 93: Astronomers have finally detected winds...

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2026/06/06

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers have finally detected winds streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole after a fifty-year search. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Hubble Images Spiral Galaxy M88 Heading Toward Virgo Core — NASA The Hubble Space Telescope captured M88, a spiral galaxy traveling through the Virgo Cluster on a journey expected to last hundreds of millions of years. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but

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08:05

Ep 92: An interstellar comet is venting methane at...

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2026/06/05

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News An interstellar comet is venting methane at levels never seen in solar-system comets, hinting at a wildly different formation history. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Interstellar Comet Vents Unexpected Methane Levels — Space.com The James Webb Space Telescope detected large amounts of methane around 3I/ATLAS. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 91: A meteorite from the Sahara holds the first...

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2026/06/04

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A meteorite from the Sahara holds the first direct traces of a lost moon-size world that formed just after the solar system began. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories NASA Sets Roman Space Telescope Launch for August 30 — NASA The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will lift off on August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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07:27

Ep 90: A meteorite has delivered the first direct...

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2026/06/03

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A meteorite has delivered the first direct evidence that a Mars-sized world once orbited the young sun before shattering in a collision. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Artemis Hardware Ships from Utah Town to Kennedy — The Salt Lake Tribune Crucial components for the next Artemis mission have departed a small Utah manufacturing site bound for Kennedy Space Center. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but

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Ep 89: Blue Origin plans to fly its New Glenn rocket...

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2026/06/03

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Blue Origin plans to fly its New Glenn rocket again before year’s end after a launch-pad incident damaged the gantry but spared key tanks. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Blue Origin Targets New Glenn Flight by Year End — Spaceflight Now The company’s CEO stated that propellant tanks at Cape Canaveral pad 36 survived the incident intact, along with a nearby processing hangar. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by

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09:27

Ep 88: Seven scorching hot Jupiters are showing the...

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2026/06/02

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Seven scorching hot Jupiters are showing the strongest signs yet of magnetic fields through their bizarre wind patterns. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Strange Winds Reveal Strongest Exoplanet Magnetism — phys.org Astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and Gemini North to track wind speeds across seven very hot Jupiter-like worlds. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but

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08:01

Ep 87: A rare pair-instability supernova may have...

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2026/06/01

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A rare pair-instability supernova may have erased one of the universe's most massive stars without leaving any remnant behind. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Spaceport facility bonds become U.S. law — SpaceNews The new bonds allow spaceports to issue debt for infrastructure projects that previously relied on limited public funding. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis

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Ep 86: Looking back at 6 episodes from 2026-05-25 to...

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2026/05/31

Fascinating Frontiers — Weekly Recap Looking back at 6 episodes from 2026-05-25 to 2026-05-31 — the stories that mattered, what we learned, and what to watch next. This Week's Top Stories From Ep 80 (2026-05-25): Fascinating Frontiers Plasma Beam Proposed for Cleaning Astronaut Clothes on Mars — New Scientist Researchers are examining a method that uses ionized gas to remove dust and microbes from fabrics without water. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated

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Ep 85: Blue Origin’s New Glenn test failure at Cape...

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2026/05/30

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Blue Origin’s New Glenn test failure at Cape Canaveral now threatens to push back NASA’s Artemis crewed lunar landing schedule. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories ULA Launches 29 Amazon Leo Satellites on Atlas 5 — Spaceflight Now The Leo Atlas 07 mission lifted off from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:53 p.m. EDT. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for

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Ep 84: A lost ice giant may explain how Jupiter and...

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2026/05/29

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A lost ice giant may explain how Jupiter and Uranus acquired their moons. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Lost Ice Giant May Explain Jupiter and Uranus Moons — Space.com New research points to a vanished third ice giant that once orbited between Jupiter and Uranus. Its gravitational influence could have scattered material that later coalesced into the moons we see today. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick

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Ep 83: A neutrino carrying record energy may have...

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2026/05/28

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A neutrino carrying record energy may have been hurled across the cosmos by a black hole-powered blazar. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Historical Eclipse Ended Ancient War — Astronomy Magazine On May 28, 585 B.C.E., a total solar eclipse reportedly halted five years of fighting between the Lydians and the Medes. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 82: NASA is ordering the first rovers, landers and...

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2026/05/27

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA is ordering the first rovers, landers and drones to build a Moon base spanning hundreds of square miles. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories NASA Selects Rovers and Landers for Moon Base — Spaceflight Now NASA has awarded initial contracts to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost for roughly one-ton rovers that astronauts will drive on the lunar surface. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice

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Ep 81: NASA's Psyche spacecraft is using Mars gravity...

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2026/05/26

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA's Psyche spacecraft is using Mars gravity to reach a metal asteroid never visited before. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Perseverance Rover Spots Signs of Ancient Martian Water — r/space The rover identified rock formations indicating past water flows in Jezero Crater. These features include layered sediments and mineral deposits consistent with prolonged liquid activity. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by

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Ep 80: NASA’s new directive targets a nuclear reactor...

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2026/05/25

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA’s new directive targets a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to support sustained surface operations. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories NASA Directive Sets 2030 Moon Nuclear Reactor Target — Space Daily The agency will develop a fission surface power system for lunar operations under a fresh policy reviving earlier nuclear ambitions. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice

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Ep 79: Looking back at 6 episodes from 2026-05-18 to...

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2026/05/24

Fascinating Frontiers — Weekly Recap Looking back at 6 episodes from 2026-05-18 to 2026-05-24 — the stories that mattered, what we learned, and what to watch next. This Week's Top Stories From Ep 73 (2026-05-18): Fascinating Frontiers Three Major Carriers Form Rare Alliance to Counter Starlink — Teslarati Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have joined forces for the first time to develop direct-to-device satellite service. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated

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Ep 78: SpaceX just flew its largest Starship yet on a...

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2026/05/23

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News SpaceX just flew its largest Starship yet on a test that ended with a controlled splashdown halfway around the world. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Starship V3 Completes First Flight Test Despite Engine Issue — Space.com The vehicle lifted off from Texas carrying six third-generation Raptor engines on the upper stage. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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