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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: NASA's Lunar Reactor Race, Earth's Crater Mystery, and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Description: NASA's Lunar Nuclear Reactor Plans:Â Explore NASA's ambitious initiative to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon, aimed at powering future lunar outposts. Interim chief Sean Duffy is pushing for a 100-kilowatt fission system to be launched by 2030, a critical step for the Artemis program. We discuss the strategic implications of this project amid growing competition from China.- Earth's Oldest Impact Crater Reassessed:Â Discover the surprising new findings regarding the Moralaga impact structure in Australia, once thought to be Earth's oldest impact crater. Recent research suggests it formed after 2.7 billion years ago, significantly younger and sm...