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Fascinating Frontiers
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 221: New helium measurements are confirming the exact mix forged in the universe's first minutes.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News New helium measurements are confirming the exact mix forged in the universe's first…
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Ep 220: European companies will test lunar rovers inside new Italian simulation facilities.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News European companies will test lunar rovers inside new Italian simulation facilities. Top…
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Ep 219: Astronomers have fresh clues about the irregular dimming of Tabby's Star that once hinted…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers have fresh clues about the irregular dimming of Tabby's Star that once…
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Ep 218: A sharp mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon's farside has a…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A sharp mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon's farside has a…
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Ep 217: A high school student has identified three dwarf galaxies whose star formation patterns…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A high school student has identified three dwarf galaxies whose star formation patterns…
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Ep 216: A radio galaxy from nearly twelve point five billion years ago has been confirmed as one…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A radio galaxy from nearly twelve point five billion years ago has been confirmed as one…
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Ep 215: Sophie Adenot and her Crew-12 crewmates undocked from the International Space Station…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Sophie Adenot and her Crew-12 crewmates undocked from the International Space Station…
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Ep 214: SpaceX Crew Dragon Grace reached the International Space Station in seven hours and fifty…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News SpaceX Crew Dragon Grace reached the International Space Station in seven hours and…
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Ep 213: Tidal streams around the Sombrero galaxy show it grew through repeated mergers thirty…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Tidal streams around the Sombrero galaxy show it grew through repeated mergers thirty…
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Ep 212: Starlink is beta testing a program allowing property owners to earn passive income by…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Starlink is beta testing a program allowing property owners to earn passive income by…
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Ep 211: SpaceX completed three Falcon launches, four first stage landings, and a Dragon docking to…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News SpaceX completed three Falcon launches, four first stage landings, and a Dragon docking…
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Ep 210: Researchers now estimate Mars north pole ice contains only three percent dust by mass…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Researchers now estimate Mars north pole ice contains only three percent dust by mass…
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Ep 209: Webb telescope image of galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300 shows hundreds more galaxies than…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Webb telescope image of galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300 shows hundreds more galaxies…
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Ep 208: NASA will pay Boeing three hundred fifty nine million dollars to return Starliner to…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA will pay Boeing three hundred fifty nine million dollars to return Starliner to…
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Ep 207: A new map reveals hundreds of previously unknown valleys beneath Greenland's vast ice sheet.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A new map reveals hundreds of previously unknown valleys beneath Greenland's vast ice…
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Ep 206: JWST data shows Chariklo's inner ring grew over fifty percent denser while its outer ring…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News JWST data shows Chariklo's inner ring grew over fifty percent denser while its outer…
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Ep 205: The LINK spacecraft reentered over the South Pacific after failing its rescue mission for…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News The LINK spacecraft reentered over the South Pacific after failing its rescue mission…
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Ep 204: Côte d'Ivoire becomes the seventy fifth nation to sign the Artemis Accords, expanding…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Côte d'Ivoire becomes the seventy fifth nation to sign the Artemis Accords, expanding…
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Ep 203: Chinese spaceplane executed a rerendezvous with its subsat on September tenth and a…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Chinese spaceplane executed a rerendezvous with its subsat on September tenth and a…
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Ep 202: McGetchin crater on the Moon gets its name in today's astronomy picture of the day.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News McGetchin crater on the Moon gets its name in today's astronomy picture of the day. Top…
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Ep 201: Astronomers have detected the first direct radio signals from an exoplanet, opening a new…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers have detected the first direct radio signals from an exoplanet, opening a…
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Ep 200: New research suggests Venus may have devoured its own moon, explaining its current lack of…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News New research suggests Venus may have devoured its own moon, explaining its current lack…
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Ep 199: Astronaut Tim Peake revealed the one everyday item he most missed during his time aboard…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronaut Tim Peake revealed the one everyday item he most missed during his time aboard…
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Ep 198: Astronomers are pushing back against a plan to launch mirrors that would brighten the…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers are pushing back against a plan to launch mirrors that would brighten the…
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Ep 197: Astronomers have discovered the youngest known exoplanet, a baby world still forming at…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers have discovered the youngest known exoplanet, a baby world still forming at…
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Ep 196: Liquid nitrogen appears to have flowed across Pluto, captured in fresh images from a…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Liquid nitrogen appears to have flowed across Pluto, captured in fresh images from a…
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Ep 195: An invisible mass equivalent to tens of thousands of galaxies is dragging the Milky Way…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News An invisible mass equivalent to tens of thousands of galaxies is dragging the Milky Way…
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Ep 194: An amateur map scout hunting Quebec campsites instead found a hidden impact crater from…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News An amateur map scout hunting Quebec campsites instead found a hidden impact crater from…
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Ep 193: New analysis shows the moon's polar water deposits fall far short of what would be needed…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News New analysis shows the moon's polar water deposits fall far short of what would be…
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Ep 192: A fresh catalog of nearly 3,000 supernovae is already testing long-held ideas about what…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A fresh catalog of nearly 3,000 supernovae is already testing long-held ideas about what…
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Ep 191: A distant exoplanet hosts winds racing at 5400 mph, far faster than anything in our solar…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A distant exoplanet hosts winds racing at 5400 mph, far faster than anything in our…
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Ep 190: A new X-ray catalog just doubled the known high-energy sources across the sky.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A new X-ray catalog just doubled the known high-energy sources across the sky. Top 15…
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Ep 189: UK astronomers have traced the third known interstellar object back to its likely…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News UK astronomers have traced the third known interstellar object back to its likely…
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Ep 188: Telescopes reveal the most distant galaxy supercluster seed yet, showing how the cosmic…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Telescopes reveal the most distant galaxy supercluster seed yet, showing how the cosmic…
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Ep 187: Hubble captures a striking decagon of clouds locked around Saturn’s south pole.
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Hubble captures a striking decagon of clouds locked around Saturn’s south pole. Top 15…
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Ep 186: The Sun's vast magnetic boundary just came into sharper focus from a third of Earth's…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News The Sun's vast magnetic boundary just came into sharper focus from a third of Earth's…
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Ep 185: A private German rocket just became the first to reach orbit from continental Europe…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A private German rocket just became the first to reach orbit from continental Europe…
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Ep 184: Radio astronomers have captured hydrogen signals from when the universe was billions of…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Radio astronomers have captured hydrogen signals from when the universe was billions of…
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Ep 183: A distant icy body is caught mid-transformation into an active comet, revealing a key…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A distant icy body is caught mid-transformation into an active comet, revealing a key…
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Ep 182: Sierra Space has locked in the first payloads for Dream Chaser’s debut flight, marking a…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Sierra Space has locked in the first payloads for Dream Chaser’s debut flight, marking a…
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Ep 181: A single particle interaction recorded a mile underground has physicists rethinking how…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A single particle interaction recorded a mile underground has physicists rethinking how…
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Ep 180: Blue Origin is building a 120,000-square-foot facility to handle the large payloads its…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Blue Origin is building a 120,000-square-foot facility to handle the large payloads its…
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Ep 179: ESA's JUICE probe will swing past a dark, untouched Jovian moon in 2031 that may preserve…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News ESA's JUICE probe will swing past a dark, untouched Jovian moon in 2031 that may…
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Ep 178: Researchers melted diamond under crushing pressure to recreate the weather inside ice…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Researchers melted diamond under crushing pressure to recreate the weather inside ice…
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Ep 177: A Canadian university lab is teaming up with the Canadian Space Agency to explore how…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A Canadian university lab is teaming up with the Canadian Space Agency to explore how…
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Ep 175: A failed private rescue leaves NASA's Swift telescope on course for an uncontrolled return…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A failed private rescue leaves NASA's Swift telescope on course for an uncontrolled…
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Ep 176: A European weather satellite has reached its transfer orbit and is confirmed healthy after…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A European weather satellite has reached its transfer orbit and is confirmed healthy…
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Ep 174: Europe just signed its first contracts to grow independent launch capability while Venus…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Europe just signed its first contracts to grow independent launch capability while Venus…
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Ep 173: A new vest design could cut cancer risk for astronauts heading beyond Earth’s protective…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A new vest design could cut cancer risk for astronauts heading beyond Earth’s protective…
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Ep 172: After an eight-year trek, a joint ESA-JAXA spacecraft is about to become the third to…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News After an eight-year trek, a joint ESA-JAXA spacecraft is about to become the third to…
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Ep 171: A fleet of seventeen spacecraft has shown that solar eruptions stretch across a far larger…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A fleet of seventeen spacecraft has shown that solar eruptions stretch across a far…
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Ep 170: Earth's shadow will soon swallow 96 percent of the Moon, giving the Americas a front-row…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Earth's shadow will soon swallow 96 percent of the Moon, giving the Americas a front-row…
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Ep 169: A suitcase-sized satellite on the Moon’s far side could finally listen to the universe’s…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A suitcase-sized satellite on the Moon’s far side could finally listen to the universe’s…
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Ep 168: Multiple observatories have combined forces to reveal the Tarantula Nebula’s turbulent…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Multiple observatories have combined forces to reveal the Tarantula Nebula’s turbulent…
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Ep 167: A satellite built to measure photosynthesis from orbit just received its final fuel load…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A satellite built to measure photosynthesis from orbit just received its final fuel load…
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Ep 166: A star has been clocked orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole at 25,000 km/s, closer…
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…
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Ep 165: Gaia and Hubble have traced the Milky Way’s first major collision to a dwarf galaxy…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Gaia and Hubble have traced the Milky Way’s first major collision to a dwarf galaxy…
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Ep 164: Spherical robots may soon explore hidden caves on Saturn’s moon Titan in search of…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Spherical robots may soon explore hidden caves on Saturn’s moon Titan in search of…
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Ep 163: Astronomers may have been reading the wrong spin on distant worlds because thick…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers may have been reading the wrong spin on distant worlds because thick…
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Ep 162: Orbital mirrors could flood the night sky with light brighter than the full Moon across…
Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Orbital mirrors could flood the night sky with light brighter than the full Moon across…