Gold From a Galactic Collision — Neutron Star Crash Stuns Astronomers | Astronomy Daily S05E60

Astronomy Daily: Space News UpdatesMarch 11, 202600:17:10

Gold From a Galactic Collision — Neutron Star Crash Stuns Astronomers | Astronomy Daily S05E60

NASA discovers a neutron star collision in a location no one expected — and it might explain where your gold jewellery came from. Plus: Artemis II heads toward a Flight Readiness Review, Firefly Alpha faces yet another scrub, DART reveals asteroids throwing 'cosmic snowballs' at each other, Starship V3 is nearly ready to fly, and astronomers crack a decades-old mystery about why our neighbouring galaxies are speeding away from us.

All this and more on Astronomy Daily — S05E60, Wednesday 11 March 2026.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Introduction
01:30 — Neutron Star Crash in Unexpected Location
07:00 — Artemis II Flight Readiness Review
12:00 — Firefly Alpha 'Stairway to Seven' Scrubbed Again
17:00 — DART's Cosmic Snowball Fight
22:30 — Starship Flight 12 — V3 Era Approaching
27:00 — Giant Cosmic Sheet Around the Milky Way
32:30 — Wrap-Up & Close

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