Friday the 13th appears to continue to be a lucky day for the human race. When astronomers first discovered Apophis in 2004 it appeared possible that this 3 million ton, 1,200 foot diameter asteroid traveling at 8 mi/s could impact our planet creating a crater a several miles diameter and more than a half mile deep. Additional observations over the years have eliminated this possibility as Apophis streaks by closer than the communications satellites on that lucky Friday the 13th. Further, current

天頂 ê 北美洲星雲 會當做地球 ê 北美洲大陸 袂當做 ê 代誌：做恆星！而且，kah 去予地球限制 ê 大陸比起來，這个較光 ê 星雲，看起來就親像是 美洲東岸。實際上，伊是氣體、塗粉、kah 新恆星 ê 燒眠床，咱 kā 叫做是 天鵝座雲牆。這張 主題相片 內底 看會著恆星形成雲牆，伊去予 光閣少年 ê 恆星 照予光、閣去予侵蝕去，而且閣有 一部份藏 tī 伊產生 ê 烏暗 塗粉 內底。相片內底 ê 北美洲星雲 (NGC 7000) 有 15 光年 闊，伊離咱有 1500 光年遠，就 chhāi tī 天鵝 ê 星座 (天鵝座) 內底。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章： https://apod.tw/daily/20250122/ 影像：Dimitris Valianos 音樂：P!SCO - 鼎鼎 聲優：阿錕 翻譯：An-Li Tsai (TARA)

Arianespace Launch Delay: Arianespace has quietly postponed the inaugural flight of its powerful Orion 64 rocket to 2026, a significant shift from its initial late 2025 schedule. This delay impacts Amazon's Project Cooper satellite constellation, which aims to compete with SpaceX's Starlink, highlighting the challenges of securing reliable launch providers in the competitive space market.Mysterious Interstellar Object: The interstellar object 3I ATLAS is perplexing scientists by emitting nickel

The Orionid meteor shower should be at its most active the next few nights. And there’s no Moon to get in the way, so it should be a pretty good show. The shower is named for Orion because its meteors appear to “rain” into the sky from Orion the hunter. The constellation climbs into good view after midnight, so that’s when the shower is at its best – between midnight and dawn. You don’t have to look at Orion to see the meteors, though – they can blaze across

From warp speed starships to colossal megastructures around suns—science fiction has given us some of the most mind-blowing technologies we can imagine. But how much of it could actually work, and how much is pure fantasy? In this episode, we explore the incredible middle ground between sci-fi dreams and real science.Hashtags: #podcast #sciencepodcast #spacepodcast #astronomy #cosmology #astrophysics #physics #spacemysteries #extraterrestriallife #quantumgravity #deeppodcast #newpodcast #newepisode

Supernovae are going to come up in next week's episode, so enjoy this refresher on how and why stars explode! MessagesWatch and follow THAT'S A LOT, please! Watch on YouTube, Instagram, and TiktokBecome a star and join the patreon at patreon.com/palebluepod!Go supernova and support Pale Blue Pod on PayPal Listen to This Guy Sucked every Thursday Find Us

雷神 Thor 毋若有 專門 ê 日子（拜四），嘛是天堂 ê 頭盔。咱一般攏 kā NGC 2359 叫做 雷神 Thor ê 頭盔。伊是一个帽仔形 ê 宇宙雲，閣有兩支翼股。雷神 Thor ê 頭盔有 30 光年闊，tùi 北歐神 來講嘛是有夠大 ê。實際上，這个宇宙崁蓋較成是一个 星際氣泡，是去予氣泡中心一粒明亮、大質量恆星 ê 高速恆星風吹出來 ê。中心恆星是 Wolf-Rayet 星，伊是 足燒 ê 巨恆星，是 超新星 前期足短 ê 演化 階段。NGC 2359 離 咱有 15000 光年遠，to̍h tī 大犬 座 ê 方向。這張 遮爾清楚 ê 影像 是濫幾若款無仝 ê 觀測資料，有闊頻 kah 狹頻 濾片 ê 資料。內底毋若有 一般看著 ê 影像，嘛有 星雲 雲絲 ê 清楚結構。雷神 Thor ê 頭盔 中心 ê 恆星，閣紲落來幾若千年了後，應該會 爆炸，變做壯觀 ê 超新星。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/

End of an Era for SpaceX: SpaceX is decommissioning its original Starship launch pad, Pad 1, at its Starbase facility in Texas. This pad, crucial for early Starship development with 11 flights, has seen significant upgrades over the years and will be remembered as the birthplace of Starship flights.China's Reusable Rocket Ambitions: The Chinese company Landspace is making strides with its Zhuque 3 Rocket, a stainless steel, methane-fueled, reusable launch vehicle. They recently completed a

Episode 10. How to become a citizen scientist! “ASTROMAN: the Dark Sky Guardian” is a podcast channel that aims to explore popular science in multiple disciplines and research on interdisciplinary approaches, such as sustainability, dark-sky protection, astrophotography, space exploration, astronomy innovation, inclusive science communication, and STEAM Education by integrating science and arts.   Exodus CL Sit, also known as the ASTROMAN, is a transmedia astronomy educator, popular science author,

This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.On this day, October 18th, in 1967, the Soviet Union achieved a remarkable feat in space exploration with the successful mission of Venera 4. This intrepid space probe became the first to transmit data from another planet's atmosphere directly to Earth. Imagine, if you will, a small metal capsule hurtling through the void of space for 141 days, covering over 350 million kilometers. As it approached Venus, nicknamed Earth's evil twin due to its similar size but

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是按怎月球面頂遮爾厚塗粉？Tī 地球， 石頭經過風 kah 水 ê 風化作用了後，會產生沙塗。月球 ê 歷史是一直去予微隕石砲擊，kā 本來 ê 岩石表面挵甲產生一重 月球沙塗抑是表岩屑仔。毋閣 tùi 阿波羅太空人 kah in ê 設備來講，坱埃四界軁，閣 細粒，又閣著一直來，實在是有夠麻煩。50 冬前 ê 1972 年 12 月，tī 月球表面 ê 阿波羅 17 號 太空人 Harrison Schmitt kah Eugene Cernan 愛拍拚 修理探測車 ê 其中一个塗帕仔，才有法度 kā 車輪噴出來 坱蓬蓬 ê 塗粉 擋咧，袂去影響著 in kah 狗齒仔。這張相片看會著去予塗粉崁牢 ê 探測車車輪 kah 塗帕仔。太空人用備用地圖、鋏仔、kah 殕色 ê 電火布 kā 塗帕仔補起來，實在是真巧 ê 做法。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê 文章：

Dy Pegasi is an SX Phoenicis type variable star, and SX Phoenicis type variable stars are a subset of Delta Scuti type variable stars, and this episode explains why that is confusing but what it also actually means.

Venus doesn’t have any moons. But it does share its orbit around the Sun. Astronomers have discovered 20 asteroids known as “co-orbitals,” but there could be many more. These big space rocks follow roughly the same path as Venus. But they won’t stay in that lane forever. And when they leave it, they could threaten Earth. These objects are nudged along by the gravity of Venus and the Sun. They generally stay well ahead of or behind Venus. Only one follows exactly the same

A new study in Physical Review Letters proposes a groundbreaking way to detect dark matter using images from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Researchers found that the dark shadows of black holes could act as natural detectors for faint signals produced by dark matter annihilation.By comparing simulated plasma emissions with these potential dark matter patterns, the team developed a morphological method to test its presence — offering a powerful new tool that could redefine how we search for the

SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight was more than just another launch — it was a glimpse into the future of fully reusable space vehicles.I’ve just published a detailed video analysis of Starship Flight 11, breaking down what went right, what didn’t, and what this flight means for the path to orbital operations.✅ Key flight phases and performance insights✅ Engineering takeaways from the data✅ What Flight 11 tells us about SpaceX’s next stepsIf you’re interested in the future of space exploration

In this episode, Michelle and Nicole discuss what sets the chemistry of the faintest galaxies and RR-Lyrae stars, how to trace the proto-Galaxy, why some galaxies fail to thrive, can quasi-stars can explain Little Red Dots, and whether UNIONS 1 is a galaxy or a star cluster. Tune in below, on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Tī 火星面頂 一改 ê 雷射聲 聽起來是啥物款--ê？這無需要去問禪師。咱 kan-na 需要來聽一下仔 火星面頂第一个拍出 ê 雷射聲波記錄 to̍h 知影。毅力號任務 tī 第 12 个火星日（3 月 2 號）彼工，to̍h 用探測車桅尾彼台超級 kha-mé-lah 儀器，ùi 3.1 公尺遠 ê 所在 tùi 一粒叫做 Ma'az ê 石頭拍 30 改 ê 信號。伊 ê mài-khù kā 超級 kha-mé-lah ê 高速雷射銃發出 ê 無連紲 ê 聲音記錄起來。一寡石頭去予雷射銃拍甲蒸發去，煞來 tī 火星薄薄 ê 大氣層內底產生衝擊波。這款聲音會當提供目標物 ê 物理結構 ê 線索。這台 超級 kha-mé-lah tùi Ma'az 區域特寫 ê 範圍有 6 公分闊。Ma'az tī 美國原住民 Navajo ê 語言 內底，to̍h 是火星 ê 意思。 ——— 這是 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ê 台語文 podcast 原文版：https://apod.nasa.gov/ 台文版：https://apod.tw/ 今仔日 ê

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