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Earth Has Been Shielding the Moon | Today's Space News
Astronomy Daily: Space News UpdatesJuly 23, 202600:24:17

Earth Has Been Shielding the Moon | Today's Space News

Starship gets a second attempt at Flight 13 — though the schedule may not hold. The first samples ever returned from the far side of the Moon show that Earth has been shielding the near side from the solar wind for billions of years. Astronomers debate whether the far side should be closed to commercial activity. The Milky Way's only known helium nova finally emerges from twenty-five years behind its own dust. And evidence that our entire galaxy may once have turned over.
Plus: why you should watch the Delta Aquariids this week rather than waiting for the peak — and a new sunspot region with the highest possible magnetic complexity.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open and welcome
02:00 Starship Flight 13 — launch day, with a caveat
06:00 Chang'e-6: Earth has been shielding the Moon's near side
09:30 Should the lunar far side be reserved for science?
13:00 V445 Puppis — the galaxy's only helium nova unmasked
16:45 Did the Milky Way flip its disc?
20:15 Skywatch — Delta Aquariids and a complex sunspot
22:45 Sign-off
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