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Space is hard: IM2 Failure, Starship 8 explosion, Mars Sample Return delays, and more

EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News

Release Date: 04/09/2025

Happy Space News! Aurorae, Planet 9, and weird things that make us say Happy Space News! Aurorae, Planet 9, and weird things that make us say "it's not aliens"

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This week, we take a closer look at the weirdly twisty search for a possible planet in our outer solar system. We'll also take in the happy science of aurorae here, at Jupiter, and over Neptune, as well as a bunch of weird discoveries that has some people screaming "It's Aliens!" (it's not aliens). 

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A failing look at Earth, a first look at other worlds, and more show art A failing look at Earth, a first look at other worlds, and more

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In this week’s closer look we are going to look at the earth-facing missions that are getting dragged down by our atmosphere and will be forcibly retired by physics in the next few years, again with no replacements in the works. These missions allow us to do long term monitoring of our planet, its atmosphere, and the variables that help us understand everything from weather to climate change. We also look at cool new exoplanet discoveries, the beautiful death of a star, and tales from the launch pad.

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Federal Budget Cuts: An extinction-level event show art Federal Budget Cuts: An extinction-level event

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This week we look at how the elimination of science programs, projects, datasets, and funding may be shaping into an extinction-level event for US Space-related sciences. Come cry with us.

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From the beginning of the universe to the beginning of spring, it's all science show art From the beginning of the universe to the beginning of spring, it's all science

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Let's take a fast-paced journey through all that's new in space and astronomy, including dark energy news, the death of supersymmetry, a closer look at remoting sensing in Earth science, and tales from the launch pad.

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Space is hard: IM2 Failure, Starship 8 explosion, Mars Sample Return delays, and more show art Space is hard: IM2 Failure, Starship 8 explosion, Mars Sample Return delays, and more

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Let's take a fast-paced journey through all that's new in space and astronomy, including new results from Perseverance Rover, Venusian Volcanism, Mars Sample Return (or not), Intuitive Machines' failure to land upright, Firefly Aerospace's amazing success with Blue Ghost, and tales from the launch pad.

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The Book of Mars, Star Formation, and More show art The Book of Mars, Star Formation, and More

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Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including DESI takes a census of central blackholes, star formation in clusters, and updates on Europa Clipper, along with a deep dive into Mars science, and tales from the launch pad.

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Temperatures That Kill show art Temperatures That Kill

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Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including a potentially killer asteroid, a new look at the history of Earth's water, and a mini-quasi-moon, along with a deep dive into climate change, and tales from the launch pad.

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Space stories of joy show art Space stories of joy

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It's the kind of week where we feel the need to put joy into the world, and we've made the decision to just find stories to bring a smile and share them with you. And also rockets, we're bringing you all the rocket news.

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Science Here & Far: The Moon, Asteroids, Dark Comets... & Dark Energy show art Science Here & Far: The Moon, Asteroids, Dark Comets... & Dark Energy

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Let's take a fast-paced journey thru new discoveries planetary science and Cosmology. We look at Dark Comets, Io's gooey mantle, the colonization of a Ryugu sample by Earth bacteria, galaxies growing too fast too early, and more. As always, we'll also bring you tales from the launch pad.

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Searching for Dark Energy in Black Holes show art Searching for Dark Energy in Black Holes

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From baby planets to ancient black holes, let's look at the week's space news, including the discovery of a planet around a still-forming star, our Sun's massive outbursts as measured by tree rings, a new catalog of white dwarfs in binary systems, and a deep dive into the possibility that black holes create dark energy. As always, we'll also bring you tales from the launch pad.

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Let's take a fast-paced journey through all that's new in space and astronomy, including new results from Perseverance Rover, Venusian Volcanism, Mars Sample Return (or not), Intuitive Machines' failure to land upright, Firefly Aerospace's amazing success with Blue Ghost, and tales from the launch pad.