It's the Astronomy Daily Weekend Wrap! Anna and Avery bring you the biggest space and astronomy stories of the week — two fresh stories plus four weekly highlights.
THIS WEEK:
• 🚀 NASA's Swift Boost mission launches TODAY — a daring first-of-its-kind rescue of the 22-year-old Swift Observatory
• 🌌 JWST spots six galaxies merging 12 billion light-years away, with a supermassive black hole growing at the centre
• ☄️ Asteroid Donaldjohanson wobbles on two axes — Lucy reveals its violent 155-million-year-old origin
• 🪨 Asteroid 1997 NC1 passes Earth safely today — and it's visible through amateur telescopes
• 🌠 Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries methane never seen on an interstellar object before
• 💫 The Jellyfish Nebula's long-hidden sibling supernova remnant is discovered
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – NASA Swift Boost Mission Launches Today
07:30 – JWST Catches Six Galaxies Merging
13:00 – Weekly Wrap Begins
14:00 – Lucy & Asteroid Donaldjohanson
19:30 – Asteroid 1997 NC1 Passes Earth
23:30 – Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
28:30 – The Jellyfish Nebula's Sibling
33:30 – Sign-Off
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