It's Friday, July 3, 2026, and the universe didn't take the day off. NASA's daring Swift telescope rescue mission got airborne and was aborted mid-flight — we've got the latest. A real geomagnetic storm is active right now with aurora chances for both hemispheres. TESS accidentally discovered its first exoplanet using a technique it was never built for. A nearby red dwarf might be hosting one of the most promising habitable-zone worlds we know of. Astronomers warn that megaconstellation plans could wreck the night sky for good. And we close with the extraordinary story of a planet that outlived the death of its own star — and what that means for the far future of our own solar system.
CHAPTERS
• 00:00 Intro
• 00:45 Swift rescue mission grounded mid-flight
• 04:15 Solar storm watch: G2 conditions today
• 07:15 TESS's first microlensing exoplanet
• 10:15 GJ 3378b: a promising neighbour 25 light-years away
• 13:30 ESO warns on satellite megaconstellations
• 17:00 JWST solves the mystery of WD 1856b
• 21:00 Sign-off
LINKS & SOURCES
• NASA Swift blog: science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift
• NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: swpc.noaa.gov
• NASA TESS mission news: science.nasa.gov/missions/tess
• ESO study: eso.org/public/news/eso2607
• NASA Webb WD 1856b release: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb
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