ScientistPankaj: This Week In Space podcast: Episode 137

SpaceX launching 1st mission for India's space agency today | Space Quiz! Which of the following are effected by Earth's magnetic field? | This Week In Space: Episode 137 - Strange New Worlds

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November 18, 2024

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The Launchpad

SpaceX launching 1st mission for India's space agency today

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SpaceX is set to launch its first-ever mission for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today (Nov. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying ISRO's GSAT-N2 communications satellite is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today during a two-hour window that opens at 1:31 p.m. EST (1831 GMT). If it goes at the beginning of that window, it will be the third launch in 27 hours for Elon Musk's company.

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Space Quiz! Which of the following are effected by Earth's magnetic field?

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This Week In Space: Episode 137 - Strange New Worlds

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On Episode 137 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Jason Steffen, a professor of physics at UNLV and a member of the science team for the Kepler Space Telescope mission. This mission finally ended in 2018, but the discoveries keep coming. Kepler returned so much data that it was like "drinking from a firehose," Jason tells us.

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Put Interest On Ice Until Nearly 2026

Did you know some credit cards can actually help you get out of debt faster? Yes, it sounds crazy. But it's true. The secret: Find a card with a "0% intro APR" period for balance transfers. Then, transfer your debt balance and pay it down as much as possible during the intro period. No interest means you could pay off the debt faster. Find out more

Skywatching

Last supermoon of 2024 wows skywatchers around the world

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The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Moon of November, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend with a stunning night sky sight.

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Spaceflight

Blue Origin flight will launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli

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We now know who's going up on Blue Origin's next suborbital space tourism mission. The six crewmembers for the flight include TV host and best-selling author Emily Calandrelli, known as "The Space Gal," as well as two repeat customers, Blue Origin announced in a statement today (Nov. 15).

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Science & Astronomy

Where did the universe's magnetic fields come from?

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How the universe got its large magnetic fields has remained one of the stickiest outstanding problems in astrophysics. Now, researchers have proposed a novel solution: a giant "dust battery" operating when the first stars appeared.

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SpaceX

What to expect during Starship flight 6 tomorrow

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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 19) for the launch of its sixth Starship flight test. The upcoming test flight is expected to lift off on Nov. 19 during a 30-minute window that opens at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT). The Starship megarocket, which consists of two fully reusable elements — a huge first stage called Super Heavy and an upper-stage spacecraft known as Starship, or simply "Ship" — will launch from the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. You'll be able to watch the launch live on Space.com, courtesy of a SpaceX simulcast, beginning 30 minutes before liftoff. Follow our Starship live updates for more mission milestones.

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Search for Life

UFOs 'not attributable to foreign adversaries," Pentagon says

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A release today of the Department of Defense annual report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) comes one day after a witness-based Congressional hearing on the topic. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office's Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena is required by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, as amended by the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2023.

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