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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: Stellar Updates: SpaceX's New Launch Capacity; New Theories on Cosmic Age
Description: SpaceX's Launch Rate Expansion:Â SpaceX has received approval from US regulators to more than double its launch rate from Cape Canaveral, increasing from 50 Falcon 9 launches per year to an astonishing 120. This expansion aims to alleviate the current launch bottleneck and streamline operations, including the addition of a new landing zone for up to 34 returning boosters.Revolutionary Cosmological Theory:Â A bold new study by physicist Rajendra Gupta challenges the existence of dark matter and proposes that the universe may be twice as old as previously thought. By combining controversial theories of covarying coupling constants and tired light, Gu...