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! ðŸ”
**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:**
✓ Artemis II's journey to the pad and wet dress rehearsal plans
✓ Akatsuki's remarkable comeback story and Venus discoveries
✓ How China's Sky Eye found the first binary FRB source
✓ Exciting space missions launching in 2026 to the Moon and Mars
✓ A brand-new satellite destroyed by millimeter-sized space debris
✓ Dwarf galaxies contain 2-5x more active black holes than we thought