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Fascinating Frontiers

by Patrick · Nerra Network

Daily space and astronomy news: NASA and SpaceX missions, ESA operations, exoplanet and James Webb discoveries, and the engineering behind humanity's push into the cosmos — with ongoing story tracking across Starship, Artemis, and deep-space science. For space enthusiasts, engineers, and the curious. AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.

Latest episodes

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Ep 241: Rocket Lab is launching its 99th mission today to deliver a Japanese radar satellite that…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Rocket Lab is launching its 99th mission today to deliver a Japanese radar satellite that can image

Nov 2
9 min

Ep 240: Frost in 32 of 36 Martian polar craters changes with local conditions rather than global…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Frost in 32 of 36 Martian polar craters changes with local conditions rather than global seasons.

Nov 1
11 min

Ep 239: A new study of an ancient Martian meteorite adds fresh evidence that the planet once held…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A new study of an ancient Martian meteorite adds fresh evidence that the planet once held liquid wa

Oct 31
12 min

Ep 238: A 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite offers the oldest direct sample of the red…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite offers the oldest direct sample of the red planet's crust

Oct 30
10 min

Ep 237: Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, becomes JPL deputy director on November 30.

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, becomes JPL deputy director on November 30. Reid Wiseman Named

Oct 29
10 min

Ep 236: Hera has resolved Didymos and Dimorphos as separate asteroids 197 million kilometres away.

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Hera has resolved Didymos and Dimorphos as separate asteroids 197 million kilometres away. Top 12

Oct 28
12 min

Ep 235: Two satellites closed from 189 km to 47 km apart in four days while matching speeds at…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Two satellites closed from 189 km to 47 km apart in four days while matching speeds at jogging pace

Oct 27
10 min

Ep 234: Webb has imaged a giant planet seven point six times Jupiter's mass just twelve light…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Webb has imaged a giant planet seven point six times Jupiter's mass just twelve light-years away.

Oct 26
8 min

Ep 233: Astronomers have found evidence of a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting a brown dwarf in…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Astronomers have found evidence of a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting a brown dwarf in the CD-35

Oct 25
11 min

Ep 232: White dwarfs can appear yellow, pink or purple when trace elements in their dense…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News White dwarfs can appear yellow, pink or purple when trace elements in their dense atmospheres filte

Oct 24
8 min

Ep 231: Europe will begin independent cargo deliveries to the lunar surface from 2030 with its new…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Europe will begin independent cargo deliveries to the lunar surface from 2030 with its new Argonaut

Oct 23
8 min

Ep 230: Expansion may place entire galaxies permanently beyond any telescope's reach.

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Expansion may place entire galaxies permanently beyond any telescope's reach. Stars brewing in a n

Oct 22
10 min

Ep 229: Simulations show merging neutron stars can boost their magnetic fields more than 300 times…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Simulations show merging neutron stars can boost their magnetic fields more than 300 times in one m

Oct 21
10 min

Ep 228: A European service station on the Moon will keep experiments running for years by storing…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A European service station on the Moon will keep experiments running for years by storing solar pow

Oct 20
10 min

Ep 227: A two-million-light-year radio structure shaped like a treble clef was re-energized by a…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News A two-million-light-year radio structure shaped like a treble clef was re-energized by a galaxy clu

Oct 19
6 min

Ep 226: Four Artemis II astronauts accepted the Stephen Hawking Medal for turning their lunar…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Four Artemis II astronauts accepted the Stephen Hawking Medal for turning their lunar flight into a

Oct 18
9 min

Ep 225: Seven billion light-years away, a supercluster holding more than two quadrillion solar…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Seven billion light-years away, a supercluster holding more than two quadrillion solar masses may s

Oct 17
8 min

Ep 224: Detailed maps of young lunar faults now give the clearest measure yet of how much the moon…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Detailed maps of young lunar faults now give the clearest measure yet of how much the moon has cont

Oct 16
8 min

Ep 223: Perseverance has driven farther on Mars than any rover before it thanks to its AutoNav…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Perseverance has driven farther on Mars than any rover before it thanks to its AutoNav hazard syste

Oct 15
8 min

Ep 222: Perseverance rover just added another 91 meters to its Mars record in one day, pushing the…

Fascinating Frontiers 🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News Perseverance rover just added another 91 meters to its Mars record in one day, pushing the total di

Oct 14
7 min

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