Swift's rescue mission scrubs again, a solar flare sets up aurora chances for July 4th weekend, a hot Jupiter breaks the tidal-locking rulebook, Amazon Leo flies its final Atlas V mission, Chandra paints the universe red-white-and-blue, we circle back on a galaxy missing its dark matter, and NASA makes a very cheeky World Cup bet with the Moon.
Chapters
00:00 Cold Open
00:45 Swift/LINK — Third Scrub Update
02:30 Aurora Alert: X1.1 Flare & July 4 Storm Watch
05:45 The Hot Jupiter That Broke the Rules
09:15 Amazon Leo's Last Ride on Atlas V
12:00 Chandra Goes Red, White & Blue
14:45 Circling Back: The Third Galaxy Without Dark Matter
18:15 NASA's World Cup Wager
20:30 Outro
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