What the Heck Is This Planet?

In today’s episode, Anna and Avery cover six stories from across the space and astronomy world — including a seismic shift in NASA’s Artemis program, a jaw-dropping Webb telescope discovery, fresh imagery of an interstellar comet, and the debut of a powerful new reusable rocket from China.   🚀 IN THIS EPISODE •       NASA officially redesigns Artemis 3 — no Moon landing, and SpaceX’s Starship may not even fly on the mission •       The James Webb Space Telescope discovers PSR J2322-2650b: a lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a pulsar every 7.8 hours, with a carbon-rich atmosphere that defies all known planetary science •       A new ‘stochastic siren’ method using gravitational waves from merging black holes could finally resolve the Hubble tension — one of physics’ deepest mysteries •       ESA’s JUICE spacecraft captures its first detailed image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing a glowing coma and sweeping tail •       This week’s global launch roundup: Japan’s Kairos rocket makes its third attempt, and SpaceX eyes its 600th Falcon booster recovery •       China’s CAS Space prepares to debut Kinetica-2, a reusable heavy-lift rocket targeting late March   🔗 LEARN MORE •       Full episode details and blog post: astronomydaily.io •       NASA Artemis updates: nasa.gov/artemis •       Webb telescope news: science.nasa.gov/mission/webb   ⭐ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review — it helps other space enthusiasts find the show. New episodes every weekday.   Find us: astronomydaily.io • @AstroDailyPod • Bitesz.com Podcast Network

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