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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: European Launch Ambitions, Starquake Mysteries, and the Quest for Hidden Stars
Description: ESA's European Launcher Challenge:Â The European Space Agency is taking significant steps towards enhancing its commercial launch market, with member states committing over 900 million euros to the European Launcher Challenge. This initiative will see ESA acting as an anchor client, co-funding upgrades for private companies and stimulating competition and innovation in space launch services.Starquakes and Black Holes:Â Scientists are uncovering the mysteries of dormant black holes through the study of starquakes, or asteroseismology. Two systems, Gaia BH2 and Gaia BH3, reveal intriguing contradictions in the ages and compositions of their red giant stars, prompting a re...