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Wednesday 6 May 2026 | astronomydaily.io | @AstroDailyPod Episode Summary In today's episode, Anna and Avery explore six remarkable stories from across the cosmos: a tiny frozen world beyond Pluto surprises scientists with an atmosphere it should never have; NASA drops twelve thousand stunning photographs from the Artemis II mission and Artemis III preparations accelerate; Blue Origin's uncrewed moon lander Endurance passes its toughest test; new research confirms the sun actively speeds up the descent of space debris; radar-equipped drones emerge as a key tool for mapping buried Martian ice; and Comet PanSTARRS makes its debut in southern skies. Stories in This Episode 1. The Atmosphere That Shouldn't Exist Japanese astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around trans-Neptunian object 2002 XV93 — a Kuiper Belt body just 500 km across. Published in Nature Astronomy, the discovery challenges long-held assumptions about which bodies can retain atmospheres. Possible causes include cryovolcanism or a recent cometary impact. Lead researcher: Dr Ko Arimatsu, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. 2. NASA Releases 12,000+ Artemis II Photos + Artemis III Update NASA has published more than 12,000 high-resolution images from the Artemis II mission, captured using Nikon cameras and iPhone 17 devices by the crew of Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen. The archive includes lunar far-side close-ups, Earthset images, star trails, and a solar eclipse from space. Meanwhile, the Artemis III SLS core stage has arrived at Kennedy Space Center for assembly, with a mid-2027 launch targeting a 460 km Earth-orbit docking test. 3. Blue Origin's Endurance Passes NASA Vacuum Test Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 uncrewed cargo lander (nickname: Endurance) has completed thermal vacuum testing inside Chamber A at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. The lander is targeted for the Moon's south polar region later in 2026, carrying stereo cameras and a laser retroreflector array. MK1 informs the development of the crewed Blue Moon Mark 2. 4. Solar Activity Accelerates Space Debris Reentry A study published today in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences tracked 17 pieces of orbital debris through three solar cycles (1986–2024). Researchers at India's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre found that once sunspot numbers reach ~70% of their cycle peak, orbital decay rates increase sharply due to thermosphere expansion and increased drag. Lead researcher: Ayisha Ashruf. 5. Radar Drones Could Map Hidden Water Ice on Mars A new study in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets proposes using low-flying radar-equipped drones to precisely map debris-covered glaciers on Mars. Tests on Earth's Galena Creek Rock Glacier in Wyoming demonstrated the technique can resolve the ice-debris boundary with unprecedented precision — information critical for future human missions planning to use Martian water resources. 6. Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS — Now Visible from Southern Hemisphere Having passed perihelion on 19 April 2026 (at ~75 million km from the Sun) and peak northern hemisphere visibility, Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS is now emerging in southern skies. Currently in Eridanus and heading toward Orion, the comet will pass within ~2° of the Orion Nebula 10–12 May. Best viewing conditions: around new moon 16 May. The comet is on a hyperbolic trajectory and will not return. Connect With Us Website: astronomydaily.io Podcast: Available on all major podcast platforms X/Twitter: @AstroDailyPod Instagram: @AstroDailyPod TikTok: @AstroDailyPod Tumblr: @AstroDailyPod
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:02 Anna: Welcome to Astronomy Daily, your daily guide
00:00:02 --> 00:00:05 to what's happening across the universe. I'm
00:00:05 --> 00:00:06 Anna.
00:00:06 --> 00:00:08 Avery: And I'm avery. It's Wednesday 6th
00:00:08 --> 00:00:11 May, 2026. Series 5 Episode
00:00:11 --> 00:00:14 97 Big show today Avery.
00:00:14 --> 00:00:17 Anna: We've got a world beyond Pluto that has
00:00:17 --> 00:00:19 absolutely no right to have an atmosphere.
00:00:19 --> 00:00:21 And yet there it is.
00:00:21 --> 00:00:24 Avery: A rule breaker in the Kuiper Belt. I love it.
00:00:24 --> 00:00:26 We've also got 12 photographs from
00:00:26 --> 00:00:29 Artemis 2 landing on the Internet. And a
00:00:29 --> 00:00:31 quick look at where Artemis 3 is headed.
00:00:31 --> 00:00:34 Anna: Blue Origin's moon lander gets a very tough
00:00:34 --> 00:00:37 test. The sun turns out to be tidying up
00:00:37 --> 00:00:39 our orbital clutter. Drones could be the key
00:00:39 --> 00:00:41 to finding water on Mars.
00:00:41 --> 00:00:44 Avery: And a certain comet has done a handover.
00:00:44 --> 00:00:47 Northern skies, it's been emotional. Southern
00:00:47 --> 00:00:48 skies, Here it comes.
00:00:48 --> 00:00:49 Anna: Let's go.
00:00:49 --> 00:00:51 Avery: Alright, let's start with what might be my
00:00:51 --> 00:00:53 favorite story of the week. There is a little
00:00:53 --> 00:00:56 frozen world out beyond Neptune. A, uh, Trans
00:00:56 --> 00:00:58 neptunian object designated
00:00:58 --> 00:01:01 2002 XV93.
00:01:01 --> 00:01:04 And it appears to have a thin atmosphere.
00:01:04 --> 00:01:07 Anna: Which sounds nice, except that this object is
00:01:07 --> 00:01:10 only about 500km across. Way
00:01:10 --> 00:01:11 too small to hold an atmosphere.
00:01:12 --> 00:01:14 Avery: Exactly. The scientific understanding has
00:01:14 --> 00:01:17 always been that small icy bodies in the
00:01:17 --> 00:01:19 outer solar system just can't retain gases.
00:01:20 --> 00:01:22 They're too cold, their gravity is too weak.
00:01:22 --> 00:01:25 Pluto is the one exception. And Pluto is a
00:01:25 --> 00:01:27 dwarf planet. This thing is much smaller.
00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 Anna: So how did they find it?
00:01:29 --> 00:01:32 Avery: Stellar occultation. The team led by Dr.
00:01:32 --> 00:01:35 Ko Adematsu at the National Astronomical
00:01:35 --> 00:01:37 Observatory of Japan watched as
00:01:37 --> 00:01:40 2002 XV93 passed
00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 in front of a distant star. If there's no
00:01:43 --> 00:01:45 atmosphere, the star disappears instantly.
00:01:45 --> 00:01:48 Instead, the light faded gradually. That
00:01:48 --> 00:01:50 gradual change is the signature of an
00:01:50 --> 00:01:52 atmosphere bending the starlight.
00:01:53 --> 00:01:55 Anna: So what created the atmosphere? Do we know?
00:01:56 --> 00:01:58 Avery: Two leading theories. One is cryovolcanism,
00:01:58 --> 00:02:01 basically ice volcanoes venting internal
00:02:01 --> 00:02:03 gases. The other is a relatively recent
00:02:04 --> 00:02:06 comet impact that blasted material into
00:02:06 --> 00:02:09 space. If it's the latter, the atmosphere
00:02:09 --> 00:02:11 could disappear within a thousand years. We
00:02:11 --> 00:02:13 might be looking at this at an extremely
00:02:13 --> 00:02:14 lucky moment.
00:02:14 --> 00:02:17 Anna: Cosmically lucky. And the James Webb
00:02:17 --> 00:02:19 Telescope could potentially work out what the
00:02:19 --> 00:02:21 atmosphere is actually made of.
00:02:21 --> 00:02:23 Avery: That's the plan. Webb could detect the
00:02:23 --> 00:02:25 chemical signature it. And if the density is
00:02:25 --> 00:02:27 dropping over the next few years, that would
00:02:27 --> 00:02:29 point to the impact theory. If it stays
00:02:29 --> 00:02:32 stable, it's probably cryovolcanism, an
00:02:32 --> 00:02:33 ongoing process.
00:02:33 --> 00:02:35 Anna: What I love about this is that it's not just
00:02:35 --> 00:02:38 interesting, it actively changes the
00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 rulebook. If even this small world can hold
00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 an atmosphere, even temporarily. The Kuiper
00:02:44 --> 00:02:46 Belt could be a much more dynamic place than
00:02:46 --> 00:02:47 we thought.
00:02:47 --> 00:02:50 Avery: Dr. Adimatsu put it. This challenges the
00:02:50 --> 00:02:52 conventional view that small icy worlds in
00:02:52 --> 00:02:55 the outer solar system are mostly inactive
00:02:55 --> 00:02:57 and unchanging. And I think that's the story
00:02:57 --> 00:02:59 here. The outer solar system is alive.
00:03:00 --> 00:03:03 Anna: So the Artemis 2 mission ended almost a month
00:03:03 --> 00:03:05 ago. But the images just keep coming.
00:03:06 --> 00:03:08 Avery: They really do. NASA has quietly
00:03:08 --> 00:03:11 uploaded more than 12 photographs taken
00:03:11 --> 00:03:13 during the mission. The full archive is now
00:03:13 --> 00:03:16 publicly accessible on the Gateway to
00:03:16 --> 00:03:18 Astronaut Photography ofearth website.
00:03:18 --> 00:03:21 Anna: 12, that's a lot of scrolling.
00:03:21 --> 00:03:24 Avery: It is, though. Fair warning, some of them are
00:03:24 --> 00:03:27 duplicates or near identical frames. But even
00:03:27 --> 00:03:29 filtering for the standouts, there is
00:03:29 --> 00:03:31 extraordinary material in there. Close ups of
00:03:31 --> 00:03:33 the lunar farside that are the highest
00:03:33 --> 00:03:36 resolution images ever taken by a human hand.
00:03:37 --> 00:03:39 Star trails, Earth vanishing behind the moon.
00:03:39 --> 00:03:42 The Earth set shots, and they were
00:03:42 --> 00:03:45 Anna: shot on a combination of professional Nikon
00:03:45 --> 00:03:47 cameras and modified iPhone 17s.
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 The crew left all the photos unattributed. A
00:03:50 --> 00:03:53 deliberate decision to frame it as a shared
00:03:53 --> 00:03:55 human achievement, which I think is lovely.
00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 Avery: And NASA says the archive isn't just for
00:03:58 --> 00:04:00 public enjoyment. It's a foundational data
00:04:00 --> 00:04:02 set for Artemis 3 mission planning. These
00:04:02 --> 00:04:05 images will help determine where to land, how
00:04:05 --> 00:04:06 terrain looks under different lighting
00:04:06 --> 00:04:07 conditions and more.
00:04:08 --> 00:04:11 Anna: Speaking of Artemis 3, any update on that
00:04:11 --> 00:04:11 front?
00:04:12 --> 00:04:14 Avery: Yes, actually. The Artemis 3
00:04:14 --> 00:04:17 Space Launch System core stage arrived at
00:04:17 --> 00:04:20 Kennedy Space center by Barge on April
00:04:20 --> 00:04:22 28th. It's now in the vehicle assembly
00:04:22 --> 00:04:24 building. The mission is targeting
00:04:24 --> 00:04:27 mid-2027. And the plan, as
00:04:27 --> 00:04:30 confirmed recently, is to launch into a
00:04:30 --> 00:04:33 460 kilometer low earth orbit
00:04:33 --> 00:04:35 to test docking between Orion and at
00:04:35 --> 00:04:38 least one of the commercial lunar landers.
00:04:38 --> 00:04:41 That's the critical rehearsal before Artemis
00:04:41 --> 00:04:43 4 attempts the actual moon landing in
00:04:43 --> 00:04:44 2028.
00:04:45 --> 00:04:48 Anna: So we went from zero humans on the moon since
00:04:48 --> 00:04:50 1972 to Artemis II,
00:04:50 --> 00:04:53 flying a crew around the far side to already
00:04:53 --> 00:04:56 stacking the next rocket. It's been quite a
00:04:56 --> 00:04:56 run.
00:04:57 --> 00:04:58 Avery: It really has.
00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 Anna: Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark one lunar
00:05:01 --> 00:05:04 lander nicknamed Endurance has completed its
00:05:04 --> 00:05:06 thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Johnson
00:05:06 --> 00:05:08 Space Center. What does that actually
00:05:08 --> 00:05:09 involve?
00:05:10 --> 00:05:12 Avery: So thermal vacuum chamber A at
00:05:12 --> 00:05:15 Johnson is essentially a 90 foot tall
00:05:15 --> 00:05:18 can that sucks out out all the air and then
00:05:18 --> 00:05:20 cycles through extreme temperatures,
00:05:20 --> 00:05:22 simulating what a spacecraft will encounter
00:05:22 --> 00:05:25 in space and near the moon. You're recreating
00:05:25 --> 00:05:28 the environment of deep space right there on
00:05:28 --> 00:05:29 the ground in Houston.
00:05:29 --> 00:05:31 Anna: And Endurance passed.
00:05:31 --> 00:05:33 Avery: It did, which is a significant
00:05:34 --> 00:05:36 milestone because MK M1 is scheduled to
00:05:36 --> 00:05:39 fly to the moon's south polar region later
00:05:39 --> 00:05:41 this year. It's an uncrewed cargo
00:05:41 --> 00:05:44 lander. No people on board, but it's carrying
00:05:44 --> 00:05:47 a couple of interesting science payloads.
00:05:47 --> 00:05:47 Anna: What are those?
00:05:48 --> 00:05:50 Avery: There's a stereo camera array specifically
00:05:50 --> 00:05:53 designed to photograph the engine plume
00:05:53 --> 00:05:54 interacting with the lunar surface during
00:05:54 --> 00:05:57 descent. That might sound niche, but it's
00:05:57 --> 00:06:00 actually really important. Understanding how
00:06:00 --> 00:06:02 rocket exhaust disturbs the regolith helps
00:06:02 --> 00:06:04 you design safer landing approaches for
00:06:04 --> 00:06:07 crewed missions. The other payload is a
00:06:07 --> 00:06:10 laser retroreflector, which helps orbiting
00:06:10 --> 00:06:12 spacecraft precisely locate the lander.
00:06:13 --> 00:06:15 Anna: And there's a bigger picture here. MK1 is
00:06:15 --> 00:06:18 a pathfinder for MK2, the crewed version that
00:06:18 --> 00:06:21 Blue Origin is developing for future Artemis
00:06:21 --> 00:06:22 missions.
00:06:22 --> 00:06:25 Avery: Right. Every lesson learned from MK1 feeds
00:06:25 --> 00:06:28 directly into that. In the commercial lunar
00:06:28 --> 00:06:30 lander space, you really can't afford
00:06:30 --> 00:06:32 surprises when there are humans on board.
00:06:33 --> 00:06:35 Anna: Alright, moving on. New research published
00:06:35 --> 00:06:38 today in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space
00:06:38 --> 00:06:40 Sciences has confirmed something scientists
00:06:40 --> 00:06:43 have long suspected. Solar activity
00:06:43 --> 00:06:46 directly affects how quickly space debris
00:06:46 --> 00:06:47 falls back to Earth.
00:06:47 --> 00:06:50 Avery: Walk us through it. How does the Sun's
00:06:50 --> 00:06:52 activity move things in orbit?
00:06:52 --> 00:06:55 Anna: So the sun goes through an 11 year cycle of
00:06:55 --> 00:06:57 activity. At the peak, it's pumping out more
00:06:57 --> 00:07:00 radiation, which heats Earth's upper
00:07:00 --> 00:07:03 atmosphere, the thermosphere, causing it to
00:07:03 --> 00:07:06 expand. Low Earth orbit suddenly becomes
00:07:06 --> 00:07:08 a slightly thicker air environment.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:11 Objects passing through it experience more
00:07:11 --> 00:07:13 drag, which slows them down, lowers their
00:07:13 --> 00:07:16 orbit, and eventually brings them back.
00:07:16 --> 00:07:18 Avery: And the new study tracked this happening in
00:07:18 --> 00:07:19 practice?
00:07:19 --> 00:07:22 Anna: Yes. Ayesha Ashraf and colleagues at
00:07:22 --> 00:07:25 India's Vikram Sarabhai space center
00:07:25 --> 00:07:27 tracked 17 pieces of debris over
00:07:27 --> 00:07:30 38 years through three complete
00:07:30 --> 00:07:33 solar cycles. They found a really clear
00:07:33 --> 00:07:36 threshold effect. Once sunspot numbers hit
00:07:36 --> 00:07:38 roughly 70% of the cycle's peak, the
00:07:38 --> 00:07:41 debris started dropping noticeably below that
00:07:41 --> 00:07:44 threshold. The objects held their altitude
00:07:44 --> 00:07:46 above it. They steadily descended, a
00:07:46 --> 00:07:49 staircase pattern tied directly to the solar
00:07:49 --> 00:07:50 cycle.
00:07:50 --> 00:07:52 Avery: So the sun is naturally clearing some of the
00:07:52 --> 00:07:53 junk for us.
00:07:53 --> 00:07:56 Anna: In a sense, yes. And, um, the timing
00:07:56 --> 00:07:59 matters enormously. We're currently near the
00:07:59 --> 00:08:02 peak of Solar Cycle 25, which means right
00:08:02 --> 00:08:05 now is actually a period of accelerated
00:08:05 --> 00:08:07 orbital decay for a lot of debris. For
00:08:07 --> 00:08:09 mission planners dealing with the growing
00:08:09 --> 00:08:12 threat of collisions in low Earth orbit,
00:08:12 --> 00:08:15 understanding this cycle and knowing when the
00:08:15 --> 00:08:17 sun is most actively doing its housekeeping
00:08:17 --> 00:08:20 could be operationally very valuable.
00:08:20 --> 00:08:22 Avery: It's one of those stories where the universe
00:08:22 --> 00:08:24 turns out to be more interconnected than
00:08:24 --> 00:08:25 you'd expect.
00:08:25 --> 00:08:28 Anna: Always is. Now, before we move on, a quick
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00:08:43 --> 00:08:46 Avery: Next up, Mars has hidden ice. We've known
00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 that for years. But the challenge is finding
00:08:48 --> 00:08:51 exactly where it is with enough precision to
00:08:51 --> 00:08:54 actually use it. A new study says
00:08:54 --> 00:08:56 radar equipped drones could be the answer.
00:08:56 --> 00:08:59 Anna: Yes, this is from a study published in the
00:08:59 --> 00:09:01 Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets.
00:09:02 --> 00:09:04 Mars has what are called debris covered
00:09:04 --> 00:09:07 glaciers at its mid latitudes. Basically
00:09:07 --> 00:09:10 huge reservoirs of water ice buried under
00:09:10 --> 00:09:13 a blanket of rock and dust. That rock
00:09:13 --> 00:09:15 actually protects the ice from sublimating
00:09:15 --> 00:09:17 away into the thin Martian atmosphere.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:20 Avery: And um, the orbital radar CHARAD on the Mars
00:09:20 --> 00:09:23 Reconnaissance Orbiter can see the ice is
00:09:23 --> 00:09:25 there, but can't resolve the exact boundary
00:09:25 --> 00:09:28 between ice and overlying debris.
00:09:28 --> 00:09:31 Anna: Exactly. CHAROD operates from orbit and
00:09:31 --> 00:09:33 the resolution just isn't fine enough for
00:09:33 --> 00:09:36 that kind of precision. What the researchers
00:09:36 --> 00:09:39 proposed is flying a low altitude drone with
00:09:39 --> 00:09:42 a ground penetrating radar to map from much
00:09:42 --> 00:09:44 closer up. They tested this concept on Earth
00:09:45 --> 00:09:47 over a rock glacier in Wyoming and the drone
00:09:47 --> 00:09:49 could see that boundary clearly.
00:09:49 --> 00:09:52 Avery: And ingenuity already showed us that powered
00:09:52 --> 00:09:54 fly on Mars is possible.
00:09:54 --> 00:09:57 Anna: That's the key precedent. A radar equipped
00:09:57 --> 00:09:59 successor drone doing subsurface science
00:09:59 --> 00:10:02 rather than just aerial photography is a
00:10:02 --> 00:10:05 completely logical next step for any future
00:10:05 --> 00:10:08 human mission that relies on in situ water.
00:10:08 --> 00:10:11 And they probably will. This kind of precise
00:10:11 --> 00:10:13 ice mapping ahead of time could be genuinely
00:10:13 --> 00:10:14 mission critical.
00:10:15 --> 00:10:17 Avery: Finding your water supply before you arrive
00:10:17 --> 00:10:19 rather than hoping for the best.
00:10:19 --> 00:10:21 Anna: Exactly. Scout ahead. It's what
00:10:21 --> 00:10:23 explorers have always done.
00:10:23 --> 00:10:26 Avery: And we close today with a handover. Comet
00:10:26 --> 00:10:29 C 2025 R3 Pan
00:10:29 --> 00:10:31 Starrs is done with the Northern Hemisphere
00:10:31 --> 00:10:34 and it's now arriving for southern skies.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:37 Anna: For our listeners in Australia, New Zealand,
00:10:37 --> 00:10:40 South Africa, South America, this is your
00:10:40 --> 00:10:40 moment.
00:10:40 --> 00:10:43 Avery: The comet passed perihelion on April
00:10:43 --> 00:10:46 19 when it came within about 75
00:10:46 --> 00:10:49 million kilometers of the sun. It may have
00:10:49 --> 00:10:51 briefly reached naked eye visibility around
00:10:51 --> 00:10:53 that time. It's now fading, but it's also
00:10:53 --> 00:10:56 moving away from the sun in the sky, which
00:10:56 --> 00:10:58 makes it much easier to actually observe.
00:10:58 --> 00:11:01 Anna: And there are some genuinely exciting deep
00:11:01 --> 00:11:04 sky encounters coming up. From May 10th to
00:11:04 --> 00:11:07 the 12th, C 2025 R3
00:11:07 --> 00:11:09 will pass within about 2 degrees of the Orion
00:11:09 --> 00:11:12 Nebula. For anyone with a telescope or even
00:11:12 --> 00:11:15 decent binoculars, that pairing is going to
00:11:15 --> 00:11:17 be something special to photograph.
00:11:18 --> 00:11:19 Avery: How bright is it now?
00:11:19 --> 00:11:22 Anna: Fading, but still a solid binocular target.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:24 The absolute best conditions will be around
00:11:24 --> 00:11:27 the new moon on the 16th of May. That's when
00:11:27 --> 00:11:30 the skies will be darkest. Look low in the
00:11:30 --> 00:11:33 western sky after sunset. Lear Horizon
00:11:33 --> 00:11:34 is your friend.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:36 Avery: And, um, is it worth the effort? If you're a
00:11:36 --> 00:11:38 casual observer rather than a dedicated
00:11:38 --> 00:11:40 astronomer, I'd say yes.
00:11:40 --> 00:11:42 Anna: Because this comet is on a hyperbolic
00:11:42 --> 00:11:45 trajectory, it is not coming back.
00:11:45 --> 00:11:47 Once it leaves, it's gone from our solar
00:11:47 --> 00:11:50 system forever. There's something quite
00:11:50 --> 00:11:53 remarkable about that, looking at it in the
00:11:53 --> 00:11:55 sky, knowing you're watching a one way
00:11:55 --> 00:11:56 journey.
00:11:56 --> 00:11:58 Avery: A visitor from the deep that won't pass this
00:11:58 --> 00:11:59 way again.
00:11:59 --> 00:12:01 Anna: Exactly. Go see it while you can.
00:12:02 --> 00:12:04 Avery: And that's Astronomy daily for Wednesday, 6
00:12:05 --> 00:12:07 May 2026. Series 5
00:12:07 --> 00:12:10 Episode 97 what a lineup today.
00:12:11 --> 00:12:13 Anna: From a frozen world growing an impossible
00:12:13 --> 00:12:16 atmosphere to 12 photographs from
00:12:16 --> 00:12:19 the moon to a comet making its southern
00:12:19 --> 00:12:19 debut.
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