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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: Artemis II Reaches the Pad, Akatsuki's Final Farewell, and China Cracks the FRB Code
Description: Join hosts Anna and Avery for today's essential space and astronomy news roundup! πNASA's Artemis II rocket completes its journey to Launch Pad 39B, bringing humanity one step closer to returning to the Moon. We bid farewell to Japan's remarkable Akatsuki Venus orbiter after a decade of groundbreaking discoveries. China's FAST telescope solves a ten-year mystery about fast radio bursts, revealing they come from binary star systems.Β Plus, we preview the incredible space science missions launching in 2026, discuss the devastating loss of Spain's brand-new military satellite to a tiny space particle, and explore new findings showing that dwarf gala...