THREE CMEs are hitting Earth today as the vernal equinox amplifies aurora potential to G2/G3 levels — could be visible as far south as Illinois. Plus: the Ohio fireball that exploded with the force of 250 tons of TNT and the meteorite hunt now underway. A stunning 14-billion-year-old star, PicII-503, carries the chemical fingerprints of the universe's very first stars. Europe's Proba-3 solar satellite phones home after a month of silence. And NASA finally solves asteroid Bennu's long-standing thermal mystery using X-ray CT scans of returned samples.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Cold Open & Episode Intro
01:30 — Story 1: Triple CME Strike & Equinox Aurora Alert
05:00 — Story 2: The Vernal Equinox — Today!
07:45 — Story 3: Ohio Fireball & Meteorite Hunt
10:30 — Story 4: Ancient Star PicII-503 — Cosmic Fossil
13:30 — Story 5: Proba-3 Phones Home
15:45 — Story 6: NASA Cracks Bennu's Boulder Mystery
18:30 — Outro
LINKS & SOURCES: astronomydaily.io/s05e68
AURORA TOOLS:
NOAA Space Weather: spaceweather.gov | My Aurora Forecast app (Android/iOS)
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