Meanwhile, we're saying goodbye to a spacecraft that refused to give up—Japan's Akatsuki Venus orbiter has officially ended operations after MORE THAN A DECADE of incredible science, including the discovery of the Solar System's largest gravity wave!
And in a major breakthrough, China's massive FAST radio telescope has finally solved the 10-year mystery of where fast radio bursts come from. Spoiler alert: it involves binary stars and magnetars! đź”
**TIMESTAMPS:**
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Artemis II Rocket Reaches Launch Pad
04:45 - Japan's Akatsuki Mission Ends
08:20 - China's FAST Solves Fast Radio Burst Mystery
11:40 - 2026 Space Science Preview
15:25 - Spanish Military Satellite Destroyed
17:10 - Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies
19:30 - Outro
**IN THIS EPISODE:**
âś“ Artemis II's journey to the pad and wet dress rehearsal plans
âś“ Akatsuki's remarkable comeback story and Venus discoveries
âś“ How China's Sky Eye found the first binary FRB source
âś“ Exciting space missions launching in 2026 to the Moon and Mars
âś“ A brand-new satellite destroyed by millimeter-sized space debris
âś“ Dwarf galaxies contain 2-5x more active black holes than we thought