Launch day! NASA's Swift Observatory rescue mission lifts off from Kwajalein Atoll, ISS astronauts step out to fix Canadarm2, JWST finds a galaxy cluster that shouldn't exist yet, and more in today's edition.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:30 Swift/LINK: Launch Day
04:30 ISS Spacewalk: Fixing Canadarm2
07:30 JWST's Impossible Galaxy Cluster
11:00 The Milky Way's Hidden Stellar Nursery
14:00 Andromeda XXXVI Confirmed
17:00 Asteroid Day 2026
20:30 Sign-off
Links & Sources
• NASA Swift Boost Mission blog — science.nasa.gov/missions/swift
• Katalyst Space Technologies — katalystspace.com
• XLSSC 122 study — The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2026)
• Andromeda XXXVI — Astronomy & Astrophysics (2026)
• Asteroid Day — asteroidday.org
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