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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: Stellar Explosions, Galactic Surprises, and the Controversial Light Beaming Plan
Description: ### Episode Summary Real-time images of exploding stars, a surprisingly “gentle” supermassive black hole, the return of a long-duration Soyuz crew, a packed week of launches, Subaru’s first new exoplanet and brown-dwarf finds, and a controversial plan to light up the night sky with orbital mirrors.### Timestamps & Stories 00:00 – Cold Open 00:35 – Intro 01:05 – **Story 1: Astronomers watch novae explode in real time** **Key Facts** - First-ever direct imaging of two novae as they erupted using the CHARA optical interferometer - V1674 Herculis: fastest nova on record; brightened & faded in days; showed two pe...