Euclid Finds 31 Ancient Quasars — Plus a "Snowman" Asteroid and Roman Telescope Update

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The episode discusses Euclid's discovery of ancient quasars, updates on the Roman Space Telescope, and various asteroid-related news.

S05E137: Euclid uncovers 31 ancient quasars including the two most distant ever observed, Roman Space Telescope reaches a major pre-launch milestone at Kennedy Space Center, China details its plans for a sunward asteroid early-warning network, Hayabusa2 reveals asteroid Torifune is a two-lobed “snowman” contact binary, NASA's GRITSS CubeSat launches to sharpen global positioning precision, and we close with tonight's Moon-free skywatching window. Sources • Euclid Consortium / ESA — “Euclid discovers the most ancient quasars in the Universe,” Astronomy & Astrophysics, July 6, 2026 • NASA Science — “NASA's Roman Launch Preparations Proceed,” science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman, July 9, 2026 • Space.com — “China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids,” July 9, 2026 • JAXA — “Hayabusa2 captures images of asteroid Torifune,” global.jaxa.jp, July 6, 2026 • NASA / SatNews — “NASA and ISISPACE Deploy GRITSS CubeSat to Advance Orbital Reference Frame Precision,” July 9, 2026 • Astronomy.com — “The Sky This Week, July 10–17, 2026” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-the-latest-space-news--5648921/support . Sponsor…

Topics covered

• ancient quasars
• asteroid research
• space telescopes
• NASA missions
• skywatching

Keywords

• quasars
• Roman Space Telescope
• asteroid Torifune
• GRITSS CubeSat
• skywatching

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Euclid Consortium, ESA, NASA, JAXA, NASA Science, Space.com, Astronomy.com

Places: Kennedy Space Center, China, Torifune

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