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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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Ep 177: A Canadian university lab is teaming up with...

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2026/08/29

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A Canadian university lab is teaming up with the Canadian Space Agency to explore how living systems could manufacture materials beyond Earth. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK0iOToEnYY 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part

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Ep 175: A failed private rescue leaves NASA's Swift...

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2026/08/28

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A failed private rescue leaves NASA's Swift telescope on course for an uncontrolled return to Earth. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Comet Caught Photo-Bombing Archival Telescope Images — Universe Today Japanese researchers examining data from the Subaru Telescope's 8.2-meter mirror found comet 28P/Neujmin had passed through existing frames at just the right angle. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but

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Ep 176: A European weather satellite has reached its...

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2026/08/28

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A European weather satellite has reached its transfer orbit and is confirmed healthy after an Ariane 6 launch. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories MTG-I2 Satellite Healthy on Transfer Orbit — European Space Agency The satellite acquired signal shortly after separation and all systems checked out nominal. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on

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08:59

Ep 174: Europe just signed its first contracts to...

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2026/08/27

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Europe just signed its first contracts to grow independent launch capability while Venus clouds keep hiding an unknown absorber that has puzzled scientists for a century. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Houston Pushes Bid for 2029 Space Conference — SciGuySpace reporting Houston is actively bidding to host the International Astronautical Congress in 2029. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses

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Ep 173: A new vest design could cut cancer risk for...

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2026/08/26

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A new vest design could cut cancer risk for astronauts heading beyond Earth’s protective field. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Radiation Shielding Vest Could Protect Deep-Space Astronauts — Physics World The vest uses layered materials to block high-energy particles that penetrate spacecraft walls during long missions. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 172: After an eight-year trek, a joint ESA-JAXA...

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2026/08/25

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News After an eight-year trek, a joint ESA-JAXA spacecraft is about to become the third to orbit Mercury and the first to deliver two probes at once. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories BepiColombo nears Mercury after eight-year journey — European Space Agency The ESA/JAXA mission will arrive at the innermost planet following a series of gravity assists that stretched the cruise phase. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by

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09:48

Ep 171: A fleet of seventeen spacecraft has shown...

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2026/08/24

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A fleet of seventeen spacecraft has shown that solar eruptions stretch across a far larger volume of the solar system than models predicted. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vzENc6ibc 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of

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11:20

Ep 170: Earth's shadow will soon swallow 96 percent...

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2026/08/23

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Earth's shadow will soon swallow 96 percent of the Moon, giving the Americas a front-row seat to a deep partial eclipse. DEPTH OVER BREADTH (news items) Curiosity Rover Returns to Mount Sharp Ascent — NASA Science The rover has resumed its standard science program after a brief study of an erosional surface. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬

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09:36

Ep 169: A suitcase-sized satellite on the Moon’s far...

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2026/08/22

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A suitcase-sized satellite on the Moon’s far side could finally listen to the universe’s first 150 million years of silence. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Roman Telescope Tools Target Distant Exoplanets — NASA NASA’s Roman Space Telescope carries coronagraphs and wide-field instruments designed to block starlight and reveal planets orbiting other stars. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses

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09:38

Ep 168: Multiple observatories have combined forces...

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2026/08/21

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Multiple observatories have combined forces to reveal the Tarantula Nebula’s turbulent star birth in unprecedented color and detail. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Europe Cancels Ariane 6 Upgrades — Ars Technica Europe has dropped plans to improve the Ariane 6 rocket’s performance and production rate. The decision leaves the vehicle at its current target of roughly ten flights per year. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is

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09:18

Ep 167: A satellite built to measure photosynthesis...

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2026/08/20

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A satellite built to measure photosynthesis from orbit just received its final fuel load ahead of a September launch. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories ESA Fuels Photosynthesis Satellite for September Launch — ESA Activities Europe’s newest eye on the health of Earth’s vegetation has taken another crucial step towards orbit. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 166: A star has been clocked orbiting the Milky...

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2026/08/19

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A star has been clocked orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole at 25,000 km/s, closer than any previously observed. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Mega-Constellations Risk Runaway Orbital Chaos — Universe Today A new preprint by Hugh G. Lewis at the University of Birmingham warns that current satellite megaconstellation plans could trigger cascading collisions in low Earth orbit. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is

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Ep 165: Gaia and Hubble have traced the Milky Way’s...

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2026/08/18

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Gaia and Hubble have traced the Milky Way’s first major collision to a dwarf galaxy swallowed nearly 12 billion years ago. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp1h69o9w3U 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network

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Ep 164: Spherical robots may soon explore hidden...

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2026/08/17

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Spherical robots may soon explore hidden caves on Saturn’s moon Titan in search of subsurface oceans. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories IAUS 408 Examines Stars and Exoplanets Together — NASA Science The International Astronomical Union Symposium 408 runs August 17–21 in Liege, Belgium. Sessions focus on how stellar activity and planetary evolution interact over time. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but

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Ep 163: Astronomers may have been reading the wrong...

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2026/08/16

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers may have been reading the wrong spin on distant worlds because thick atmospheres whip around far faster than the planet beneath. DEPTH OVER BREADTH (news items) SpaceX Sets New Record With Dual Falcon 9 Launches — Space.com Two Falcon 9 rockets lifted off just 38 minutes apart on August 15, one from Florida carrying eight Globalstar satellites and one from California for the U.S. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is

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Ep 162: Orbital mirrors could flood the night sky...

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2026/08/15

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Orbital mirrors could flood the night sky with light brighter than the full Moon across tens of kilometres. DEPTH OVER BREADTH (news items) Orbital Mirrors Would Outshine Moonlight Widely — Universe Today A new study models Reflect Orbital’s planned constellation of giant mirrors and finds severe light pollution. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio

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Ep 161: A rare star stream outside the Milky Way just...

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2026/08/14

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A rare star stream outside the Milky Way just gave astronomers a new way to weigh dark matter in distant galaxies. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Tassie Astronomer Spots New Worlds From Midlands Site — The Mercury A Tasmanian observer operating from a Midlands observatory has confirmed multiple new exoplanets through sustained ground-based photometry and radial-velocity follow-up. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated

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Ep 160: A new X-ray catalog of two million sources...

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2026/08/13

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A new X-ray catalog of two million sources shows galaxy cluster outskirts hotter and cleaner than models predicted. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Virgin Galactic Pushes Commercial Flights to Early 2027 — SpaceNews Virgin Galactic announced it will not begin commercial flights of its new suborbital spaceplane until early 2027. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for

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Ep 159: A star near our galaxy’s central black hole...

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2026/08/12

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A star near our galaxy’s central black hole is still forming dust and water despite extreme radiation. DEPTH OVER BREADTH (news items) Webb Finds Water and Dust Around IRS 3 Near Sagittarius A* — Phys.org Space NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured mid-infrared signatures of oxygen-rich silicate dust and water in the envelope around IRS 3. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice

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Ep 158: Webb reveals dust and water forming right...

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2026/08/11

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Webb reveals dust and water forming right next to the Milky Way’s central black hole, defying expectations for such a harsh environment. Top 15 Space & Astronomy Stories Lion Nebula shows rings and shells from dying star — NASA Science Webb captured the planetary nebula in mid-infrared light, highlighting the complex structure of swept-up gas. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice

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