Solar Flares, Bizarre Hot Jupiters, and NASA’s Soccer Ball Moon Mission
Astronomy Daily S05E130 — Thursday, July 2, 2026 A quick update on Swift's third launch scrub, a solar flare that could spark aurora for July 4th weekend, a hot Jupiter breaking the rules of physics, Amazon Leo's final Atlas V flight, patriotic Chandra imagery, a look back at a third galaxy missing its dark matter, and NASA's cheeky World Cup wager involving the Moon. In This Episode ● Swift/LINK rescue mission scrubbed again, third attempt targeted for today ● X1.1 solar flare triggers G2 geomagnetic storm watch for July 3 ● CoRoT-2 b: the hot Jupiter that isn't tidally locked ● Amazon Leo's…
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