Artemis II Gets Its Launch Date: April 1 | Magnetar Born | Planets Collide | S05E62

Astronomy Daily: Space News UpdatesMarch 13, 202600:18:16

Artemis II Gets Its Launch Date: April 1 | Magnetar Born | Planets Collide | S05E62

It’s Friday the 13th — and space couldn’t care less. We’ve got six extraordinary stories including a CONFIRMED LAUNCH DATE for Artemis II, the first-ever observed birth of a magnetar, and two planets caught smashing into each other 11,000 light-years from Earth.
In this episode:
• 00:00 — Cold Open & Intro
• 01:20 — Artemis II: NASA gives the green light for April 1 launch
• 07:00 — A magnetar is born: first-ever observation confirmed in Nature
• 13:10 — Two planets collide in real time around star Gaia20ehk
• 18:45 — Asteroid 2026 EG1 buzzes past Earth — closer than the Moon
• 22:30 — Aurora alert: solar wind incoming today
• 25:50 — KM3NeT neutrino mystery: blazars may be the answer
• 29:00 — Outro
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