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Blue Origin’s TeraWave Network, Historic ISS Medical Evacuation & Buzz Aldrin Turns 96 · Space News Today

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Hey there, space fans. I'm Anna.
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>> And I'm Avery. Welcome to Astronomy
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Daily, your daily dose of space and
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astronomy news. It's Thursday, January
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22nd, 2026. And boy, do we have a packed
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episode for you today.
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>> We really do. We're covering everything
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from Blue Origins ambitious new
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satellite internet network to an update
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on that historic medical evacuation from
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the International Space Station. Plus,
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we'll celebrate a special birthday for a
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lunar legend.
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>> That's right. We've also got some
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fascinating science stories, including
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new insights into Saturn's moon
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Enceladus, surprising discoveries about
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plasma waves at Mercury, and
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groundbreaking observations of solar
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flares.
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>> So, buckle up. Let's dive right into
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today's space headlines.
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>> All right, Anna, let's kick things off
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with some major news from Blue Origin.
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Jeff Bezos's space company just
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announced a new satellite internet
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network called Terrowave. And the
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numbers are pretty staggering.
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>> They really are. We're talking about
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data speeds up to 6 terabs per second.
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That's seriously impressive. How does
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that compare to what's available now?
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Well, for context, SpaceX's Starlink
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currently maxes out at 400 megabits per
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second for consumers, though they're
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planning to upgrade to 1 GB speeds in
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the future. But 6 terabs per second,
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that's in a completely different league.
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>> So, this isn't really targeting the same
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market as Starlink then.
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>> Exactly. Blue Origin is very clear about
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this. Terra Wave is geared toward
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enterprise customers, data centers, and
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government applications. It's meant to
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add a space-based layer to existing
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network infrastructure, particularly for
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reaching locations that traditional
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methods can't access.
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>> What's the architecture looking like?
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How many satellites are we talking
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about?
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>> The constellation will use a mix of
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5,280
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satellites in low Earth orbit and 128 in
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medium Earth orbit. The low Earth orbit
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satellites will use RF connectivity with
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maximum data transfer speeds of 144
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Gbits per second, while the medium Earth
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orbit satellites will use optical links
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to achieve those incredible 6 terabs per
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second speeds.
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>> When can we expect to see this actually
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deployed?
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>> Blue Origin plans to start deploying the
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first satellites in late 2027. They
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haven't given a timeline for the full
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buildout yet, which makes sense given
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the scale of the project.
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>> This is interesting timing, too, isn't
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it? Because Jeff Bezos's other company,
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Amazon, just rebranded their satellite
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network as LEO.
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>> That's right. LEO will have around 3,000
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satellites in low Earth orbit, offering
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more traditional broadband speeds to
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consumers. So taken together, Amazon's
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LEO and Blue Origins Terrowave could
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provide pretty robust competition to
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SpaceX's Starlink across different
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market segments.
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>> Bits really shaping up to be an exciting
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era for satellite internet. The
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competition should drive innovation and
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hopefully improve service for everyone.
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>> Absolutely. And it shows how Blue Origin
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is evolving beyond just their space
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tourism flights with New Shepard. With
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the successful launches of their new
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Glenn rocket, landing the booster on
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just a second attempt. And now this
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satellite network announcement, they're
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really becoming a multiaceted commercial
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space player.
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>> Great point. All right, let's move on to
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some news from closer to home, or at
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least from low Earth orbit. Avery, we
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need to talk about the unprecedented
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medical evacuation from the
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International Space Station. This was a
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historic moment and not in a way anyone
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wanted. Well, today we have a bit of an
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update as the astronauts have made their
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first live appearance since returning to
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Earth.
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>> You're absolutely right, Anna. For the
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first time in over 25 years of
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continuous human presence on the ISS and
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the first time in NASA's entire history,
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a space mission was cut short due to a
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medical issue. The four astronauts of
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crew 11 splashed down in the Pacific
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Ocean off the coast of California on
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January 15th about a month earlier than
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planned.
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>> Can you tell us who was on this crew?
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>> The crew included NASA astronauts Zena
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Cardman and Mike Fank, Japan Aerospace
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Exploration Agency astronaut Kima Yui,
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and Russian cosminaut Oleg Platanov.
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They'd been on the station for 167 days,
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having launched back in August 2025.
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>> And NASA still hasn't disclosed which
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crew member had the medical issue or
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what the condition was.
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>> That's correct. They're protecting the
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astronaut's medical privacy. What they
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have said is that the crew member is
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stable and that this wasn't an emergency
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situation despite bringing the entire
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crew home early.
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>> How did this unfold? What were the
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warning signs? The first public
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indication came when NASA cancelled a
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planned spacew walk on January 8th due
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to a medical concern. Mike Think and
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Zena Cardman were supposed to venture
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outside the station to work on the power
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system. The next day, NASA made the
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decision to bring the entire crew home
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early.
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>> That must have been a difficult decision
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to make.
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>> Absolutely. NASA administrator Jared
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Isaacman emphasized that while they have
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medical equipment and trained crew
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members aboard the ISS, the capability
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to properly diagnose and treat this
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particular condition simply doesn't
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exist on the station. He called it a
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controlled medical evacuation, not an
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emergency de-orbit.
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>> What's particularly interesting to me is
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what the crew members said at their
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press conference yesterday. They seemed
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remarkably positive about the
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experience.
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>> They really did. Mike Frink, who was the
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ISS commander during this mission, said
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the way the crew and ground teams
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handled everything made him more
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confident about human space exploration,
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not less. He specifically mentioned this
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bodess well for the upcoming Artemis
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program.
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>> I remember reading that they used the
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portable ultrasound machine on the ISS
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during this incident.
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>> Right. Think mentioned that during the
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press conference. He emphasized that
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while the ultrasound was extremely
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helpful, the ISS doesn't have the
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capacity for larger imaging equipment
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like MRI machines. Zena Cardman also
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pointed out that as we venture beyond
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low Earth orbit to the moon and
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eventually Mars, having better
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diagnostic and treatment tools on board
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will be a critical challenge to solve.
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>> How has this affected operations on the
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ISS? All their departure left only three
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people on the station. Two Russian
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cosminauts and one NASA astronaut who'd
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arrived on a soyuse capsule in November.
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That's significantly reduced from the
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typical crew of seven, which means fewer
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experiments and less maintenance can be
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performed. The next crew rotation, crew
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12, is scheduled to launch no earlier
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than February 15th. Despite the
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challenging circumstances, this really
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demonstrates the professionalism and
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preparedness of our space programs.
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>> Exactly. As Cardman emphasized,
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astronauts are the eyes and ears for
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researchers on the ground. And this
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experience will undoubtedly inform how
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we prepare for longer duration missions
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further from Earth. All right, shall we
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move on to a much happier space story?
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>> Absolutely. This past Tuesday, January
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20th, marked the 96th birthday of Buzz
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Aldrin, the second man to walk on the
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moon and now the oldest living
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astronaut.
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>> What an incredible milestone. Buzz
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Aldrin, born Edwin Eugene Uldren Jr. on
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January 20th, 1930 in Glenrich, New
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Jersey, made history alongside Neil
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Armstrong during the Apollo 11 landing
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in 1969.
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He was 39 years old when he stepped onto
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the lunar surface.
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>> I love the story behind his nickname.
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Did you know that his sister couldn't
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pronounce brother properly and called
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him Buzzer, which got shortened to Buzz?
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>> I did, and he liked it so much he
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legally changed his first name to Buzz
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in 1988. Now, it's worth noting that
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this past year hasn't been easy for
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Aldren. He lost his wife, Anka Fowler,
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last fall after a battle with cancer.
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They'd been married on his 93rd birthday
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in 2023.
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>> That's heartbreaking, but it sounds like
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he's surrounded by family now.
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>> Yes, his family posted an update in late
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December showing he's spending time with
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his children and grandchildren in Los
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Angeles, and they're planning to move
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him closer to family in Southern
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California. Despite his age and recent
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loss, he remains a cheerleader for NASA
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and space exploration.
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>> Speaking of which, the timing of his
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birthday is pretty special with the
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Aremis 2 mission coming up. Absolutely.
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The Aremis astronauts wished him a happy
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birthday this past weekend from Kennedy
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Space Center as their Orion spacecraft a
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top the space launch system rocket
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rolled out to launch pad 39B. It's the
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same pad that launched many Apollo
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missions.
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>> The Artemis 2 crew, NASA astronauts Reed
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Wisman, Victor Glover, Christina Cutch,
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and Canadian Space Agency astronaut
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Jeremy Hansen could launch as early as
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February 6th. They'll be the first
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humans to return to the vicinity of the
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moon since 1972.
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>> And they'll make history, too. Victor
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Glover will be the first black
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astronaut, Christina Coach the first
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woman, and Jeremy Hansen the first
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non-American to travel that far from
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Earth.
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>> What really struck me was how the
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Artemis astronauts talked about their
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connections to the Apollo program.
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>> Me, too. Reed Wiseman shared this great
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story about almost missing a call from
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Apollo 10's General Tom Stafford on the
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day he was selected for Artemis 2. He
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thought it was a telemarketer, but
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Stafford called to congratulate him and
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Wiseman said the Apollo astronauts are
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just so excited that we're headed back
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to the moon.
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>> Victor Glover mentioned carrying a bag
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of wisdom quotes from Apollo 9's Rusty
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Schwiker to the space station and he's
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planning to take it to the moon as well.
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And Christina Coach talked about Fred
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Hayes from Apollo 13 teasing her about
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breaking their distance record. She said
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that moment brought her into the Apollo
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camaraderie and she promised to carry
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that spirit forward.
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>> Jeremy Hansen's story is my favorite
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though. He saw a picture of Buzz or Neil
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on the moon as a kid, turned his
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treehouse into a spaceship, and here he
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is now about to go to the moon himself.
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>> It really shows the lasting impact of
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the Apollo program. Of the 12 men who
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walked on the moon, only four are still
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alive. Buzz Aldrin at 96, David Scott at
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93, Charles Duke at 90, and Harrison
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Schmidt at 90.
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>> Buzz Aldrin truly is a living legend,
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and his enthusiasm for the future of
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space exploration is inspiring. Happy
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96th birthday, Buzz.
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>> You're here. Now, let's shift gears and
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head out to Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
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Anna, this next story is about one of
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the most exciting places in our solar
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system. When it comes to the search for
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life, Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
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>> Oh, I love Enceladus. Those gorgeous
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plumes shooting out from the South Pole
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are just mesmerizing. What's the new
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development?
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>> A team of Japanese scientists has
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developed a new method for analyzing
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those plumes that could help us
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determine whether Enceladus' subsurface
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ocean is habitable. They're proposing to
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use Raymon spectroscopy to estimate the
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pH levels of the water being ejected
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from the moon. Raymond spectroscopy. Can
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you explain what that is for our
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listeners?
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>> Sure. Rayman spectroscopy is a technique
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that uses laser light to identify the
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molecular composition of materials. It's
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been used on several planetary missions,
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including on the Perseverance rover
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currently on Mars. The technique can
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identify different chemical compounds,
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and in this case, different pH levels.
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>> And why is pH so important for
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habitability? Well, the pH level tells
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us how acidic or alkaline the water is,
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which is crucial for understanding
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whether life as we know it could
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potentially exist there. Scientists have
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estimated that Enceladus' plumes likely
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have a pH somewhere between 8 and 12,
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which is weakly to strongly alkaline.
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>> So, how did they test this method?
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>> The researchers conducted laboratory
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experiments using carbonate salty fluid
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samples at different pH levels. They
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placed these samples in a vacuum chamber
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to simulate Enceladus' surface
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conditions, letting the fluid evaporate
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and freeze, leaving only the salt
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deposits behind. Then they used ramen
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spectroscopy instruments configured to
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simulate how they'd work on a future
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space mission.
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>> And were they successful?
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>> They were. The ramen spectroscopy
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successfully identified the different pH
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levels in each of the salt deposit
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samples. The researchers concluded that
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this technique could identify carbonate
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minerals on Enceladus's surface and
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potentially estimate the pH of the
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subsurface ocean.
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>> This is particularly clever because it
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means we wouldn't necessarily need to
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drill through the ice to sample the
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ocean directly.
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>> Exactly. The plumes are constantly
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depositing material on the surface. So,
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a lander could analyze these deposits
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and learn about the ocean below. It's a
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much more accessible approach than
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trying to penetrate kilome of ice.
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>> Remind me, what do we already know about
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Enceladus from the Cassini mission?
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>> Well, Cassini discovered the plumes back
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in the mid 2000s and even flew through
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them. The mission found mostly water
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ice, but also salt rich ice grains,
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organic molecules, hydrogen gas, and
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evidence of heat, all indicative of
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active geology and a warm subsurface
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ocean. And the presence of hydrogen gas
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was particularly exciting because it
13:49
could be produced by hydrothermal vents
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on the ocean floor. Right.
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>> Exactly. That could provide a source of
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chemical energy for potential microbial
13:58
life, similar to what we see around
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hydrothermal vents in Earth's deep
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oceans. Being able to measure the pH
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more accurately would be another crucial
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piece of the habitability puzzle.
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>> This really makes me excited for future
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missions to Enceladus. Hopefully, we'll
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see a dedicated mission there in the
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coming decades.
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>> Absolutely. The technology is there. We
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just need the mission. All right, let's
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head to Mercury for our next story.
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Avery, this next story reveals some
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surprising connections between Mercury
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and Earth. It turns out these two very
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different planets have more in common
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than we thought when it comes to their
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magnetospheres.
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>> That's right, Anna. An international
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team of researchers has discovered that
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natural electromagnetic waves called
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chorus emissions occur in Mercury's
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magnetosphere with strikingly similar
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characteristics to those found around
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Earth despite Mercury having a magnetic
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field only about 100th as strong.
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>> Chorus waves. That's such an evocative
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name. Can you explain what these are?
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>> Sure. Chorus waves are plasma waves that
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sound like bird song when converted to
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audio frequencies. They're created when
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electrons in a planet's magnetosphere
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interact with electromagnetic waves,
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producing these characteristic rising
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and falling tones.
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>> And why do we care about these waves
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>> on Earth? They play a crucial role in
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the Van Allen radiation belts. They can
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both accelerate particles to create the
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belts and also cause particles to rain
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down into the atmosphere, depleting
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them. Understanding these waves is
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important for space weather forecasting
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and protecting satellites from
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radiation.
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>> So, how did researchers make this
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discovery at Mercury?
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>> They use data from the Bey Columbo
15:42
mission's magnetospheric orbiter called
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MO during six flybys of Mercury between
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2021 and 2025. They combined this with
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decades of data from Earth's Geotail
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satellite which operated from 1992 to
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2022. Why was Geotail particularly
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useful for comparison?
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>> Great question. Geotail observed Earth's
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magneto tail from about 10 Earth radi
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away, conditions that actually resemble
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Mercury's much smaller, more compact
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magnetosphere. This made it an excellent
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benchmark for comparison.
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>> What exactly did they find? The team
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identified rapid rising and falling
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frequency sweeps at Mercury, indicating
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the same kind of nonlinear coupling
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between electrons and waves that we see
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at Earth. They also found that the
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emissions were concentrated in the
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dawnside sector just like at Earth where
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energetic electrons preferentially
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stream through the magnetosphere.
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>> What surprised me about this is that
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Mercury has almost no atmosphere. I
16:47
would have thought that would make a big
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difference.
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>> That's what scientists expected too.
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Earlier theories suggested that Mercury
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wouldn't have the cold or low energy
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electrons necessary to generate chorus
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waves. But this discovery confirms
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predictions from 2025 that these
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electrons do exist around Mercury.
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>> So what does this tell us about how
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universal these plasma processes are? It
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demonstrates that the mechanisms
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responsible for generating chorus
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emissions can operate across vastly
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different planetary environments. From
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Earth with its strong magnetic field and
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thick atmosphere to Mercury with its
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weak field and virtually no atmosphere,
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it's a universal plasma process.
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>> This has implications for other planets
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too, doesn't it?
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>> Absolutely. The researchers mentioned
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that this opens up systematic
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comparative studies of auroral and
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radiation processes at multiple planets
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including Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. By
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understanding how these emissions work
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across different planetary systems, we
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can build a more complete picture of
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plasma physics throughout the solar
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system.
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>> And Mio is scheduled to enter Mercury
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orbit in late 2026. Right.
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>> That's correct. Once in orbit, Mia will
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be able to make much more detailed
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observations of how these emissions vary
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with location and how they interact with
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electron populations around Mercury. We
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should learn a lot more in the coming
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years.
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>> It's amazing how studying one planet
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helps us understand others. All right,
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let's wrap up with some solar science.
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For our final story today, Anna, we're
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heading to the sun to talk about some
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remarkable new insights into how solar
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flares actually work, courtesy of Solar
18:36
Orbiter spacecraft. Solar flares are one
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of those phenomena that everyone's heard
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of and are certainly in the news this
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week. But I think many people don't
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really understand what's happening. What
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did Solar Orbiter discover? Well,
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researchers found that solar flares
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start with what they're calling a
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magnetic avalanche. Just like a snow
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avalanche starts with a small amount of
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snow movement and then cascades into
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something much larger, solar flares
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begin with initially weak magnetic
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disturbances that rapidly become more
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violent.
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>> That's a great analogy. How are they
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able to observe this? Solar Orbiter
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captured one of its most detailed views
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of a large solar flare during its
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September 30th, 2024 close approach to
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the sun. What made this observation
19:24
special was the combination of four
19:27
different instruments working together.
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The extreme ultraviolet imager along
19:31
with spice sticks and fi.
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>> What kind of detail are we talking
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about? The highresolution imagery from
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the EUI instrument zoomed into features
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just a few hundred kilometers across in
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the sun's corona capturing changes every
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2 seconds and the team was able to watch
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the buildup to the flare for about 40
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minutes before it erupted.
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>> That's incredibly fortunate timing.
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>> It really was. Praep Chittita from the
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Max Plank Institute for Solar System
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Research who led the study said they
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were very lucky to witness the precursor
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events in such beautiful detail. These
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kinds of high cadence observations take
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up enormous amounts of memory on
20:14
spacecraft. So they can't do them all
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the time.
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>> So what actually happens during this
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magnetic avalanche? About 40 minutes
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before the main flare, the instruments
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observed a dark filament of twisted
20:27
magnetic fields connected to a
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cross-shaped structure of progressively
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brightening magnetic field lines. New
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magnetic field strands appeared every 2
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seconds or less. Each one magnetically
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contained and becoming twisted like
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ropes.
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>> And then everything becomes unstable.
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>> Exactly. Just like in a typical
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avalanche, the region becomes unstable.
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The twisted strands begin to break and
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reconnect in what's called magnetic
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reconnection. This rapidly triggers a
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cascade of further destabilizations,
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creating progressively stronger
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reconnection events and outflows of
21:04
energy visible as increasing brightness
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in the imagery.
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>> This is different from how scientists
21:09
previously thought flares work.
21:11
>> Scientists had proposed a simple
21:13
avalanche model for explaining the
21:15
collective behavior of thousands of
21:17
flares on the sun and other stars. But
21:20
it wasn't clear whether a single large
21:22
flare could be described this way. This
21:24
result shows that a flare isn't
21:26
necessarily one coherent eruption, but
21:29
can be a cascade of many interacting
21:31
reconnection events.
21:33
>> I read something about raining plasma
21:36
blobs in this study.
21:37
>> Yes, that's one of the most fascinating
21:39
parts. The team observed ribbon-like
21:42
features moving extremely quickly down
21:44
through the sun's atmosphere even before
21:47
the main episode of the flare. These
21:49
streams of what they called raining
21:51
plasma blobs are signatures of energy
21:54
deposition. They get stronger as the
21:56
flare progresses and continue even after
21:59
the flare subsides.
22:00
>> And they detected some seriously high
22:03
energy particles too. Right.
22:05
>> They did. The STIX instrument measured
22:08
X-ray emission that rose dramatically
22:11
during the flare. As reconnection events
22:13
increased, particles were accelerated to
22:15
speeds of 40 to 50% the speed of light.
22:18
That's about 430 to 540 km hour.
22:23
>> Those high energy particles can be
22:25
dangerous for satellites and astronauts,
22:27
can't they?
22:28
>> Absolutely. They can escape into
22:30
interplanetary space and pose radiation
22:32
hazards to satellites, astronauts, and
22:35
even earth-based technologies. That's
22:37
why understanding this process is
22:39
essential for forecasting space weather.
22:41
>> What surprised the researchers most
22:44
about this discovery?
22:45
>> Cheetah said they didn't expect the
22:47
avalanche process could lead to such
22:49
high energy particles. They're excited
22:51
to explore this further, but he
22:53
mentioned they'd meet even higher
22:55
resolution X-ray imagery from future
22:57
missions to really untangle all the
22:59
details.
23:00
>> What does this mean for our
23:01
understanding of flares on other stars?
23:04
>> That's a great question. Miho Janvir,
23:07
ISO Solar Orbiter co- project scientist,
23:10
called this one of the most exciting
23:12
results from Solar Orbiter so far. She
23:14
said an interesting prospect is whether
23:16
this avalanche mechanism happens in all
23:19
flares and on other flaring stars as
23:21
well. It really highlights how much we
23:23
still have to learn about our own sun
23:25
even as we explore the far reaches of
23:27
the solar system.
23:29
>> Absolutely. And that's the beauty of
23:31
space science. There's always new
23:33
mysteries to unravel. Well, that wraps
23:35
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23:38
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23:40
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23:43
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23:46
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23:48
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23:50
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23:56
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23:59
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24:01
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24:04
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24:06
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