Psyche's Mars Flyby Happening RIGHT NOW + SETI's Stunning 10-Year Results

About this episode

This episode covers NASA's Psyche Mars flyby, SETI's decade-long search results, and various astronomical discoveries.

Sponsor Link: To check out the fabulous money saving deal from NordVPN - Click Here! It's happening right now — NASA's Psyche spacecraft is executing a close Mars flyby at over 12,000 mph, using the Red Planet's gravity to slingshot toward a metallic asteroid. We've got live coverage of this extraordinary moment, plus the landmark results of a decade-long SETI search across 70,000 stars, Perseverance reaching the oldest Martian terrain ever explored, Hubble paving the way for the Roman Space Telescope launching this September, AI making supernova distance measurements four times more precise, and the James Webb Space Telescope finding a galaxy in the early universe that simply doesn't spin. All that and your southern hemisphere skywatching guide — on Astronomy Daily, Season 5, Episode 103. Chapter Timestamps 00:00: Cold Open — Psyche Mars Flyby Teaser 00:45: Introduction & Episode Overview 01:15: Story 1: Psyche's Mars Flyby — It's Happening Right Now 04:45: Story 2: UCLA SETI — 10 Years, 70,000 Stars, Zero Aliens Yet 08:45: Story 3: Perseverance Reaches Mars' Oldest Terrain 13:15: Mid-Roll Break 14:15: Story 4: Hubble Paves the Way for the Roman Space Telescope 17:45: Story…

Topics covered

• Mars flyby
• SETI results
• Perseverance rover
• Hubble telescope
• AI in astronomy
• James Webb Space Telescope
• skywatching

Keywords

• Psyche spacecraft
• Mars flyby
• SETI
• Perseverance
• Hubble
• AI supernova
• James Webb
• galaxy
• skywatching

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Organizations: NASA, SETI, UCLA, Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope

Products: NordVPN

Places: Mars, southern hemisphere

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