Fascinating Frontiers

Patrick · Nerra Network
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Daily space and astronomy news: NASA and SpaceX missions, ESA operations, exoplanet and James Webb discoveries, and the engineering behind humanity's push into the cosmos — with ongoing story tracking across Starship, Artemis, and deep-space science. For space enthusiasts, engineers, and the curious. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.

  1. 10 hrs ago

    Ep 234: Webb has imaged a giant planet seven point six times Jupiter's mass just twelve light…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Webb has imaged a giant planet seven point six times Jupiter's mass just twelve light-years away. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories ESA hosts first in-person press conference with astronaut Sophie Adenot — European Space Agency Journalists can meet astronaut Sophie Adenot at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 2 November at 11:30 CET. ... Sources: blogs.esa.int · science.nasa.gov · reddit.com · phys.org · futura-sciences.com · space.com · astronomy.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 8:15 AM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsjwSGyddI If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  2. 1d ago

    Ep 233: Astronomers have found evidence of a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting a brown dwarf in…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers have found evidence of a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting a brown dwarf in the CD-35 2722 system. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories Rare Lunar Meteorites Could Fill Gaps In Moon’s Evolution — Universe Today Only 835 lunar meteorites have been verified, representing 0.7 percent of all meteorites that fall to Earth. ... Sources: universetoday.com · sciencedaily.com · satnews.com · phys.org · space.com · astronomy.com · cbsnews.com Correction to episode 232: The episode said the 3.3 percent rate of oddly coloured white dwarfs implies thousands of such stars across the galaxy. The Milky Way holds roughly ten billion white dwarfs, so the same rate would mean hundreds of millions. The study modelled 151 nearby white dwarfs and says only that there should be a lot of them. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWsTSeaA9QM If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  3. 2d ago

    Ep 232: White dwarfs can appear yellow, pink or purple when trace elements in their dense…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News White dwarfs can appear yellow, pink or purple when trace elements in their dense atmospheres filter the light they emit. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories White Dwarfs Glow Yellow, Pink or Purple in New Models — Universe Today Researchers at the University of Warwick modeled 151 white dwarfs within 20 parsecs of Earth. ... Sources: universetoday.com · phys.org · space.com Correction to episode 231: The deep dive said the magnesium oxide crystals just above Earth's core sit under a pressure equal to the weight of the whole atmosphere. That is about one atmosphere. The pressure at the base of the mantle is roughly 1.3 million times the atmospheric pressure at the surface. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvxsmwU-W0A If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  4. 3d ago

    Ep 231: Europe will begin independent cargo deliveries to the lunar surface from 2030 with its new…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Europe will begin independent cargo deliveries to the lunar surface from 2030 with its new Argonaut lander. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories Europe Funds Argonaut for Lunar Cargo Missions — European Space Agency The European Space Agency is developing Argonaut to deliver cargo and technology to the Moon starting in 2030. ... Sources: esa.int · reddit.com · space.com · universetoday.com · phys.org AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtIIp1QEyY If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  5. 4d ago

    Ep 230: Expansion may place entire galaxies permanently beyond any telescope's reach.

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Expansion may place entire galaxies permanently beyond any telescope's reach. Stars brewing in a nebulous cauldron — ESA Activities The James Webb Space Telescope captured a turbulent star-forming region named N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 161 000 light-years away. ... Sources: esa.int · science.nasa.gov · nasa.gov · notebookcheck.net · reddit.com · phys.org · universetoday.com · ua.news Correction to episode 229: The article heading and chapter placed the James Webb images of NGC 7129 in Orion's nursery. NGC 7129 is a star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus, not Orion. The audio named the region correctly. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGTBLXRlkc If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  6. 5d ago

    Ep 229: Simulations show merging neutron stars can boost their magnetic fields more than 300 times…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Simulations show merging neutron stars can boost their magnetic fields more than 300 times in one millisecond. Magnetar forms when two neutron stars touch — Phys.org High-resolution simulations on Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer tracked low-mass neutron star binaries with initial fields around 3 trillion gauss. ... Sources: phys.org · esa.int · space.com · teslarati.com · nasa.gov · universetoday.com · reddit.com · spacenews.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu1XltgMArU If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  7. 6d ago

    Ep 228: A European service station on the Moon will keep experiments running for years by storing…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A European service station on the Moon will keep experiments running for years by storing solar power for the two-week lunar night. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories ... Sources: esa.int · phys.org · science.nasa.gov · abc.net.au · universetoday.com · space.com · tech.news.am · spacenews.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh1Vv9SDA8Q If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

  8. Oct 19

    Ep 227: A two-million-light-year radio structure shaped like a treble clef was re-energized by a…

    Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A two-million-light-year radio structure shaped like a treble clef was re-energized by a galaxy cluster collision. Top 12 Space & Astronomy Stories ... Sources: science.nasa.gov · phys.org · reddit.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 2:30 PM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL-jNzNjL2I If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

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Daily space and astronomy news: NASA and SpaceX missions, ESA operations, exoplanet and James Webb discoveries, and the engineering behind humanity's push into the cosmos — with ongoing story tracking across Starship, Artemis, and deep-space science. For space enthusiasts, engineers, and the curious. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.

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    Patrick · Nerra Network
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    2025 - 2026
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