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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: Rocket Failures, Black Hole Breakthroughs, and Movies in Space
Description: Chinese Rocket Failure:Â Galactic Energy's Ceres 1 rocket faced a setback with its second-ever launch failure, as the upper stage shut down prematurely, resulting in the loss of three satellites. The company is investigating the cause while maintaining a respectable success rate of over 90% across 22 missions.Black Hole Mystery Solved:Â Astronomers have unraveled the enigma of an "impossible" black hole merger that produced a black hole within the upper stellar mass gap. New simulations incorporating magnetic fields revealed that material was ejected before the merger, allowing the resulting black hole to fit into this previously unexplained range....