A bow-and-arrow galaxy 18x the width of the Milky Way. Japan's asteroid flyby next week. Ancient magma systems on Mars. Tonight's Strawberry Moon. Fresh 3I/ATLAS data. And a $5.9B NASA audit. It's Monday and the universe is delivering.
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Intro
01:00 — RAD-BAARG: The Bow-and-Arrow Galaxy
06:00 — Hayabusa2 Asteroid Flyby: One Week Away
10:00 — Mars Had Earth-Like Magmatic Systems
14:00 — Skywatching: Strawberry Moon & Mercury Retrograde
17:00 — ESA Juice: 5 Things It Revealed About 3I/ATLAS
21:00 — NASA Artemis Audit: The $5.9 Billion Question
24:00 — Sign-off
🔗 LINKS & SOURCES:
RAD-BAARG paper: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Hota et al., June 2026)
Hayabusa2 extended mission: JAXA / NASA SBAG presentation, June 2026
Mars magmatic systems: Nature Astronomy (Mackay-Champion et al., June 26, 2026)
ESA Juice/3I-ATLAS: esa.int — Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA OIG Artemis audit: NASA Inspector General memo, June 2026
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