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Satellite maps GPS jamming zones & Satellites confirm El Niño’s return - Space News (Jun 18, 2026)

4 min · 18 de jun de 2026
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Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Prezi: Create AI presentations fast - https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily [https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily] - SurveyMonkey, Using AI to surface insights faster and reduce manual analysis time - https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad [https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad] - Discover the Future of AI Audio with ElevenLabs - https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad [https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad] Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily [https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily] TODAY'S TOPICS: SATELLITE MAPS GPS JAMMING ZONES - AN EXPERIMENTAL LEO SATELLITE CALLED PULSAR-0 MAPPED WIDESPREAD GPS INTERFERENCE ACROSS EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, REVEALING DISRUPTION ON A FAR LARGER SCALE THAN EXPECTED. THE FINDINGS HIGHLIGHT RISING RISKS TO NAVIGATION, TIMING, AND EVEN SATELLITE OPERATIONS IN JAMMED CORRIDORS. SATELLITES CONFIRM EL NIÑO’S RETURN - NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY IMAGERY AND NOAA ANALYSIS INDICATE EL NIÑO IS UNDERWAY, WITH PERSISTENT WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE WATERS ACROSS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC. SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND SEA LEVEL PROVIDE EARLY WARNING FOR GLOBAL WEATHER SHIFTS THAT CAN AFFECT FLOODS, DROUGHTS, AND AGRICULTURE. ARIANE 6 LOFTS RECORD PAYLOAD - EUROPE’S ARIANE 6 LAUNCHED 36 AMAZON LEO BROADBAND SATELLITES IN ITS HEAVIEST ARIANE PAYLOAD EVER, MARKING A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THE ROCKET’S GROWING COMMERCIAL CADENCE. THE MISSION UNDERSCORES BOTH THE PROMISE OF GLOBAL SATELLITE INTERNET AND THE INCREASING CROWDING OF LOW EARTH ORBIT. POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA REMNANT NEAR CORE - NASA’S ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY SHOWCASED A CANDIDATE SUPERNOVA REMNANT NEAR THE MILKY WAY’S CROWDED GALACTIC CENTER, SEEN IN PAN-STARRS OPTICAL DATA. IF CONFIRMED, IT OFFERS CLUES ABOUT RECENT STELLAR EXPLOSIONS, ELEMENT RECYCLING, AND ENERGETIC PROCESSES NEAR OUR GALAXY’S CORE. DRAGON RETURNS ISS RESEARCH SAMPLES - A SPACEX DRAGON CARGO SPACECRAFT SPLASHED DOWN OFF CALIFORNIA AFTER DEPARTING THE ISS, BRINGING BACK BIOPRINTED TISSUE SAMPLES, CRYOGENIC FUEL STORAGE RESEARCH, AND ADVANCED MATERIALS EXPERIMENTS. THE RETURN HIGHLIGHTS HOW THE STATION FUNCTIONS AS A CONTINUOUSLY SERVICED MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY WITH TANGIBLE EARTH BENEFITS. Episode Transcript Satellite maps GPS jamming zones First up: a new look at a very modern problem—GPS interference. An experimental satellite called Pulsar-0, operated by Xona Space Systems, has been used to map GPS jamming and related disruption across large parts of Europe and the Middle East. What stood out is the sheer extent: reporting describes disruption stretching from France all the way toward the borders of Pakistan, and the mission team said it was more widespread than they expected. The big takeaway is that this isn’t just a nuisance for pilots or ship crews on the ground—satellites in low Earth orbit can also experience a degraded GPS environment, which matters because so many spacecraft use GPS for positioning and precise timing. Satellites confirm El Niño’s return Next: climate monitoring from orbit, with El Niño officially back in the picture. NOAA has declared an El Niño event is underway after sea surface temperatures in key regions stayed at least about half a degree Celsius above long-term averages for months. NASA’s Earth Observatory highlighted the shift with satellite-based maps showing warmer-than-usual water across the equatorial Pacific—exactly the kind of large-scale pattern that’s hard to grasp without a global view from space. El Niño can reshape weather around the world, so these satellite measurements act as an early diagnostic that helps governments, researchers, and communities prepare for downstream impacts like altered rainfall patterns, drought risk, and coastal effects linked to changes in ocean heat and sea level. Ariane 6 lofts record payload In launch news: Ariane 6 just hit a major milestone with a record-breaking payload. On June 17, Europe’s Ariane 6 flew carrying 36 satellites for Amazon’s Leo broadband constellation, and coverage notes this was the heaviest payload ever lofted by an Ariane rocket. Arianespace also frames the mission as a key step in Ariane 6’s operational ramp-up—an important signal in a market where launch reliability and cadence are everything. For listeners, this is one of those stories with two sides: on one hand, more satellites can mean broader internet access in remote regions; on the other, every big deployment adds to the growing challenge of managing traffic and safety in an increasingly crowded low Earth orbit. Possible supernova remnant near core Now, a quick trip to deep space via NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. The June 18 feature spotlights a “possible supernova remnant” near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center, built from optical observations by the Pan-STARRS survey telescopes. If this structure is truly the aftermath of a stellar explosion, it represents a relatively young remnant on cosmic timescales—described as roughly 1,700 years old—and it’s a reminder that galaxies are constantly being reshaped by violent events that seed space with heavy elements. The Galactic Center is notoriously difficult to study in visible light because of dust and dense star fields, so an optical candidate like this is especially intriguing and likely a target for multiwavelength follow-up. Dragon returns ISS research samples Finally today: a human spaceflight logistics update with real science payloads attached. NASA reports that a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the CRS-34 resupply mission undocked from the International Space Station on June 16 and splashed down in the Pacific off California near Oceanside early on June 17. Dragon brought back research samples including bioprinted organ and cartilage tissue, results from cryogenic fuel storage experiments, and DNA-inspired materials research aimed at future applications that could include new cancer-treatment approaches. It’s a good snapshot of what the ISS does best: use microgravity as a testbed, then return hardware and samples for detailed analysis on Earth. 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episode June solstice: geometry meets skywatching & Sunspots, flares, and asteroid tracking - Space News (Jun 21, 2026) artwork

June solstice: geometry meets skywatching & Sunspots, flares, and asteroid tracking - Space News (Jun 21, 2026)

Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - KrispCall: Agentic Cloud Telephony - https://try.krispcall.com/tad [https://try.krispcall.com/tad] - SurveyMonkey, Using AI to surface insights faster and reduce manual analysis time - https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad [https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad] - Discover the Future of AI Audio with ElevenLabs - https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad [https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad] Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily [https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily] TODAY'S TOPICS: JUNE SOLSTICE: GEOMETRY MEETS SKYWATCHING - JUNE 21, 2026 BRINGS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE’S LONGEST DAY AS THE SUN REACHES ITS NORTHERNMOST POINT. WE BREAK DOWN THE SOLSTICE’S EXACT TIMING, WHAT IT MEANS FOR DAYLIGHT AND OBSERVING WINDOWS, AND THE STANDOUT JUNE SKYWATCHING TARGETS. SUNSPOTS, FLARES, AND ASTEROID TRACKING - SPACE WEATHER STAYED RELATIVELY QUIET, BUT A NEW BETA-GAMMA SUNSPOT REGION RAISED FLARE ODDS, WITH A CORONAL-HOLE SOLAR WIND STREAM FORECAST TO ARRIVE DAYS LATER. WE ALSO COVER THE GROWING CATALOG OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS AND WHY DAILY MONITORING MATTERS. JWST COSMIC-NOON CLUSTER SURPRISES - NEW JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE RESULTS DESCRIBE AN UNUSUALLY MATURE, MASSIVE GALAXY CLUSTER AT “COSMIC NOON,” INCLUDING THE MOST DISTANT STRONG GRAVITATIONAL LENSING CLUSTER YET OBSERVED. THE FINDINGS PRESSURE-TEST MODELS OF HOW QUICKLY DARK MATTER AND GALAXIES ASSEMBLE. EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES: METHANE AND SALT - JWST-ERA EXOPLANET SCIENCE KEEPS EXPANDING: TOI-199B APPEARS SURPRISINGLY TEMPERATE WITH METHANE IN ITS ATMOSPHERE, WHILE GJ 504B MAY HOST SALTY CLOUDS. THESE RESULTS REFINE HOW WE MODEL CHEMISTRY AND CLOUDS ON GIANT PLANETS ACROSS A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE. MARS IMAGERY AND STARLINK LAUNCH CADENCE - FROM MARS EXPRESS VALLEY VIEWS AND DUST DEVILS TO CURIOSITY’S FRESH MID-JUNE IMAGE SET, MARS REMAINS AN ACTIVE SCIENCE TARGET. MEANWHILE, RAPID STARLINK LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS—AND GROWING ASTRONOMICAL AND ORBITAL-MANAGEMENT TRADEOFFS—OF MEGA-CONSTELLATIONS. Episode Transcript June solstice: geometry meets skywatching First up: the June solstice. On June 21, 2026 at 8:25 UTC, Earth’s tilt places the Sun at its northernmost point in our sky—directly overhead at local noon along the Tropic of Cancer. For the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the longest day and the shortest night, with sunrise and sunset hitting their most northerly points on the horizon. For observers, that also means a shorter window of true darkness, especially at higher latitudes, but it’s still a great time to plan summer targets like the Summer Triangle—Vega, Altair, and Deneb—and deep-sky showpieces nearby. NASA’s June skywatching guide also spotlights earlier-month highlights like the Venus–Jupiter pairing, Mercury joining the lineup, and a June 17 lunar occultation of Venus for parts of the Americas. Sunspots, flares, and asteroid tracking Now to the Sun and near-Earth hazards. Space-weather monitoring on June 21 showed moderate solar activity: a sunspot number of 73, and attention on new active region AR4473 with a beta-gamma magnetic setup that can be more flare-prone. Even with relatively calm geomagnetic conditions—low K-index values—forecasters flagged an equatorial coronal hole that could send a faster solar-wind stream toward Earth around June 26. And on the planetary-defense front, the running count of known potentially hazardous asteroids reached 2,349, a reminder that improved surveys steadily expand the catalog even when nothing is on an imminent impact trajectory. JWST cosmic-noon cluster surprises From our neighborhood to deep time: the James Webb Space Telescope is spotlighting an unusually evolved galaxy cluster at “cosmic noon,” roughly 10 to 11 billion years ago when star formation peaked across the universe. Researchers describe a massive, surprisingly mature cluster with dense structure—and crucially, strong gravitational lensing, making it the most distant cluster known to produce that kind of dramatic magnification and distortion of background galaxies. Strong lensing at this epoch implies an early, compact mass assembly—visible matter and dark matter together—potentially earlier than some models would expect. Webb’s infrared data also suggests a mix of actively star-forming galaxies and members that appear already quenched, raising fresh questions about how quickly dense environments can shut down star formation. Exoplanet atmospheres: methane and salt In exoplanet news, JWST observations are broadening what “normal” looks like for giant-planet atmospheres. One highlight is TOI-199b, a Saturn-sized world more than 330 light-years away, with an atmosphere estimated around 175 degrees Fahrenheit—cooler than the classic hot-Jupiter targets—and a transmission spectrum consistent with methane. There are also hints of ammonia and carbon dioxide that need more confirmation, but methane at these temperatures is an important chemistry clue. Another headline involves GJ 504b, the so-called “Pink Planet,” where JWST-based analyses have been summarized as suggesting salty clouds—an unexpected candidate for cloud particles that could reshape assumptions about condensates and cloud physics on cooler, massive gas giants. Mars imagery and Starlink launch cadence Finally, Mars and spaceflight. Mars Express has returned new orbital views of Martian valleys alongside visible dust devils, pairing ancient geology with present-day atmospheric activity. On the ground, Curiosity’s June 12 through 18 image set continues the mission’s long-running visual record of layered rocks, textures, and changing surface conditions in Gale Crater. Back at Earth, launch activity remains intense: SpaceX flew Starlink 17-28 from Vandenberg on June 20, placing 24 satellites into orbit, and schedules pointed to yet another Starlink opportunity on June 21. The pace underscores how routine constellation-building has become—while also amplifying debates over orbital congestion and the growing impact of satellite streaks and sky brightness on astronomy. 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episode Milky Way relic uncovered & Fermi finds sibling supernovas - Space News (Jun 20, 2026) artwork

Milky Way relic uncovered & Fermi finds sibling supernovas - Space News (Jun 20, 2026)

Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - KrispCall: Agentic Cloud Telephony - https://try.krispcall.com/tad [https://try.krispcall.com/tad] - Discover the Future of AI Audio with ElevenLabs - https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad [https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad] - Consensus: AI for Research. Get a free month - https://get.consensus.app/automated_daily [https://get.consensus.app/automated_daily] Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily [https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily] TODAY'S TOPICS: MILKY WAY RELIC UNCOVERED - ASTRONOMERS USING NASA'S JAMES WEBB AND HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES HAVE REVEALED THAT TERZAN 5, LONG THOUGHT TO BE A STANDARD GLOBULAR CLUSTER, IS ACTUALLY A RELIC REMNANT OF A MUCH LARGER SYSTEM THAT HELPED BUILD THE MILKY WAY'S CENTRAL BULGE, PRESERVING MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF STARS IN ONE PLACE.[12] KEYWORDS: TERZAN 5, JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE, HUBBLE, MILKY WAY FORMATION, STELLAR POPULATIONS. FERMI FINDS SIBLING SUPERNOVAS - NEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM NASA'S FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE DESCRIBE A PAIR OF 'POSSIBLE SIBLING' SUPERNOVA REMNANTS WHOSE SIMILAR HIGH-ENERGY SIGNATURES SUGGEST A SHARED HISTORY, OFFERING FRESH CLUES ABOUT HOW MASSIVE STARS EXPLODE AND SEED THE GALAXY WITH HEAVY ELEMENTS.[7] KEYWORDS: FERMI, GAMMA RAYS, SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS, STELLAR DEATH. SPACEX LAUNCHES NROL-179 - SPACEX HAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE CLASSIFIED NROL-179 MISSION FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, MARKING ANOTHER ON-TIME FALCON 9 LIFTOFF AND BOOSTER REUSE IN THE COMPANY’S GROWING PORTFOLIO OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAUNCHES.[15] KEYWORDS: SPACEX, FALCON 9, NROL-179, VANDENBERG, NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. SATURN MOON DANCE AND PLANETS - SKYWATCHERS IN THE LAST DAY HAVE ENJOYED SATURN’S MOON DIONE PASSING DUE NORTH OF THE RINGED PLANET BEFORE DAWN, WHILE EVENING OBSERVERS ARE TREATED TO A STRIKING LINE OF THE MOON, BRIGHT PLANETS, AND KEY STARS IN THE WESTERN SKY AS THE SUMMER SEASON BEGINS.[2][9][8] KEYWORDS: SATURN, DIONE, PLANETARY ALIGNMENT, REGULUS, BEEHIVE CLUSTER, SKYWATCHING. HONORING ANNIE EASLEY AT NASA - NASA AND SPACE MEDIA ARE SPOTLIGHTING ANNIE EASLEY, A PIONEERING BLACK COMPUTER SCIENTIST AND ROCKET ENGINEER WHOSE WORK ON EARLY COMPUTING AND ROCKET TECHNOLOGY HELPED LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR MODERN SPACE MISSIONS, A TIMELY REMINDER OF HER LEGACY DURING THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY PERIOD.[5][3][6] KEYWORDS: ANNIE EASLEY, NASA, DIVERSITY IN STEM, JUNETEENTH, ROCKET SCIENCE. ASTEROID NAMED FOR ELLIOTT SMITH - A NEWLY SHARED UPDATE CELEBRATES THAT AN ASTEROID HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LATE SINGER-SONGWRITER ELLIOTT SMITH, THANKS TO A PROPOSAL LED BY FILMMAKER ORLANDO CAMPOPIANO, UNDERSCORING HOW ASTRONOMICAL NAMING TRADITIONS OFTEN HONOR INFLUENTIAL FIGURES FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE.[17] KEYWORDS: ELLIOTT SMITH, ASTEROID NAMING, INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION, SPACE CULTURE, MINOR PLANET. Episode Transcript Milky Way relic uncovered First up, that remarkable update from the center of our own galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have shown that Terzan 5, a dense, crowded group of stars in the Milky Way’s central bulge, is not a normal globular cluster as once thought.[12] For years, Terzan 5 was puzzling because its stars did not all share the same age and chemical makeup, which is what you typically see in classic globular clusters that formed in a single burst early in the universe.[12] By combining Webb’s infrared capabilities with Hubble’s long record of optical observations, researchers have now teased apart the different stellar populations inside Terzan 5 with much greater precision.[12] What they find is a complex history written in starlight. The new analysis confirms not just two, but up to four distinct generations of stars inside Terzan 5, forming roughly 12.5, 4.7, 3.8, and 2.5 billion years ago.[12] That spread in ages and the way the stars’ chemical elements are distributed suggest that Terzan 5 is a self-contained, self-enriching stellar system that managed to hold onto gas and form new stars multiple times, something small globular clusters cannot usually do.[12] The most likely explanation is that we are looking at the surviving core of a much more massive building block that once helped form the Milky Way’s central bulge, before most of its outer stars were stripped away over cosmic time.[12] In other words, this object is a fossil remnant of the chaotic era when our galaxy was assembling its inner regions. This matters because direct evidence of those early building blocks is rare; most of them were torn apart and mixed into the Milky Way long ago.[12] Terzan 5 gives astronomers a unique nearby laboratory to study how stars formed, evolved, and chemically enriched their surroundings in the first billion years after the Big Bang.[12] It also shows the power of combining Hubble’s long baseline of data with Webb’s sharp infrared vision, which can peer through dust toward the galactic center. As more such relics are identified and studied, we should get a much clearer picture of how spiral galaxies like ours grew from smaller pieces into the grand structures we see today.[12] Fermi finds sibling supernovas Staying in the realm of distant, energetic events, NASA has also highlighted new work from its Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. In its latest science roundup, NASA points to a discovery of “possible sibling” supernova remnants that share remarkably similar high-energy signatures.[7] Supernova remnants are the expanding shells of gas and dust left behind when massive stars explode, and they glow in gamma rays when shock waves accelerate particles to near light speed.[7] By comparing the gamma-ray emission from different remnants, scientists can look for patterns that hint at common origins, such as stars born in the same region or exploding under similar conditions. In this case, the Fermi data suggest that at least two remnants may be more closely related than most. NASA’s description of them as “possible sibling supernova remnants” reflects the idea that they may have formed from similar types of massive stars, or even from stars that lived and died in the same stellar family, although more work is needed to pin that down.[7] The significance lies in what this can tell us about how massive stars end their lives and how efficiently these explosions pump high-energy particles into the galaxy.[7] Better understanding those processes feeds directly into models of cosmic rays, the chemical evolution of galaxies, and even the environments that later generations of stars and planets are born into. It is a reminder that our own solar system formed in a galaxy constantly reshaped by such powerful, short-lived giants. SpaceX launches NROL-179 From deep space, let’s come closer to home and talk launches. In the early hours of June 19th local time, SpaceX successfully launched the NROL-179 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.[15] Liftoff came at about 1:50 a.m. Pacific time, right on schedule, sending a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office into orbit.[15] Shortly after launch, the mission team confirmed successful stage separation, indicating that the rocket performed as planned through the early phases of flight.[15] Because this is a national security mission, details about the exact orbit and the satellite’s purpose are not being shared publicly. Even with that secrecy, the launch is still notable for a couple of reasons. First, it continues a steady cadence of Falcon 9 flights from both U.S. coasts, reflecting how routine orbital launches have become for SpaceX.[10][15] Second, the booster flying this mission had a relatively short turnaround time between flights, underscoring the company’s emphasis on reusability to keep costs down and availability high.[15] For the National Reconnaissance Office, tapping into this commercial launch capability helps ensure reliable, flexible access to space-based assets that support everything from reconnaissance to secure communications. For the broader launch industry, each successful mission like this reinforces the trend toward frequent, reusable flights as the new normal. Saturn moon dance and planets Now, if you are the kind of person who likes to simply step outside and look up, there has been plenty to enjoy in the sky over the last day or so. Early on June 19th before dawn, observers along the U.S. West Coast had a chance to watch Saturn’s small moon Dione pass due north of the ringed planet.[2] A couple of hours before sunrise, Dione appeared just northeast of Saturn, gradually drawing closer as the night wore on.[2] By shortly before 4:30 a.m. Pacific time, the moon’s apparent path took it directly north of the planet, creating a delicate pairing in the eyepiece for those equipped with a telescope and clear skies.[2] While other, fainter moons like Enceladus may have been harder to spot, this close approach of Dione was a nice reminder of how dynamic the Saturn system looks even from Earth. If you missed that, there is still plenty happening in the evening sky. Astronomy guides this week highlight a striking scene in the western sky after sunset, where a line of bright objects stretches upward from the horizon.[9] Near the top of that line, the Moon passes near the bright star Regulus in Leo, while brilliant Venus sits in the constellation Cancer, not far from the Beehive Cluster, also known as M44.[9] Slightly lower, you can spot Jupiter, and lower still, closer to the horizon, is Mercury, which is faint but visible if you have a clear, unobstructed view west.[9] When the sky is dark enough, binoculars can reveal the sparkling stars of the Beehive Cluster next to Venus, making for a picturesque combination of planet and star cluster in one field of view.[9] NASA’s own June skywatching guide has been pointing to this broader stretch of planetary activity throughout the month, including the earlier conjunction of Venus and Jupiter and the arrival of the June solstice, which marks the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere.[8] As the evenings grow warmer, the familiar Summer Triangle of bright stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb climbs higher, bringing with it deep-sky targets like the Ring Nebula and the Dumbbell Nebula for those with telescopes or cameras.[8] It is a good time of year to reconnect with the night sky, whether you are tracking planetary alignments or simply enjoying the Milky Way rising later at night. Honoring Annie Easley at NASA Space news is not just about rockets and distant galaxies; it is also about the people who made it possible. One of the human stories highlighted in the last day is a renewed look at Annie Easley, featured as a NASA-related photo of the day and described as a hero of the agency.[5] Easley was a computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket engineer who worked at NASA and its predecessor agency starting in the mid-twentieth century, contributing to software that supported early rocket and energy technologies.[5] She helped develop and analyze code for the Centaur rocket stage, which eventually became a key part of launching many scientific and commercial missions, even though her name was not widely known outside aerospace circles for many years.[5] Her career unfolded in the context of segregation and limited opportunities for Black women in technical fields, making her achievements all the more significant. This recognition comes right as the United States observes Juneteenth, the June 19th holiday that marks the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas in 1865 and the broader end of slavery in the country.[3][6] Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday in 2021, and many communities use it as a moment to reflect on both progress and remaining gaps in equality, including in science and engineering.[3][6] Linking Annie Easley’s story to this period highlights how crucial diverse voices have been, and continue to be, in space exploration. As NASA and other institutions push toward ambitious goals like lunar missions and Mars exploration, they are building on foundations laid in part by people like Easley, whose work quietly shaped the tools and techniques used today.[5] Asteroid named for Elliott Smith We will wrap up with a small but charming item that sits at the crossroads of space and culture. An update making the rounds notes that an asteroid has been officially named after the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, known for his introspective, influential music.[17] The post credits Orlando Campopiano, an independent filmmaker based in Edinburgh, with helping to bring about the naming, which follows the established process of submitting naming proposals for numbered minor planets to the International Astronomical Union.[17] Once approved, such names give these otherwise anonymous chunks of rock a bit more personality, connecting the world of planetary science with the broader arts community. This is not unusual in astronomy: many asteroids honor scientists, artists, writers, and other cultural figures, turning the asteroid belt into a kind of celestial hall of fame. In Elliott Smith’s case, it offers fans a poetic image of their favorite musician now being literally written into the sky, orbiting the Sun among countless other named and unnamed bodies.[17] For astronomers, the scientific work on the asteroid—tracking its orbit, measuring its properties—continues as usual. But for the public, this kind of story is a reminder that space is not just a technical frontier; it is also a place where our culture, our history, and our imagination all find new ways to leave a mark. 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20 de jun de 202613 min
episode Seafloor plutonium traces neutron-star crash & Falcon 9 launches NROL-179 - Space News (Jun 19, 2026) artwork

Seafloor plutonium traces neutron-star crash & Falcon 9 launches NROL-179 - Space News (Jun 19, 2026)

Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - KrispCall: Agentic Cloud Telephony - https://try.krispcall.com/tad [https://try.krispcall.com/tad] - Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more with Gamma - https://try.gamma.app/tad [https://try.gamma.app/tad] - Lindy is your ultimate AI assistant that proactively manages your inbox - https://try.lindy.ai/tad [https://try.lindy.ai/tad] Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily [https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily] TODAY'S TOPICS: SEAFLOOR PLUTONIUM TRACES NEUTRON-STAR CRASH - RESEARCHERS FOUND TINY AMOUNTS OF PLUTONIUM-244 EMBEDDED IN A PACIFIC SEAFLOOR CRUST, POINTING TO DEBRIS FROM AN ANCIENT NEUTRON-STAR MERGER. THE DISCOVERY OFFERS RARE, EARTH-BASED EVIDENCE FOR HOW THE UNIVERSE FORGES AND DISTRIBUTES ITS HEAVIEST ELEMENTS. FALCON 9 LAUNCHES NROL-179 - A SPACEX FALCON 9 IS SET TO LAUNCH THE CLASSIFIED NROL-179 MISSION FROM CALIFORNIA FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. THE FLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS HOW RAPIDLY DEPLOYED SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS AND REUSABLE ROCKETS ARE RESHAPING ACCESS TO ORBIT FOR NATIONAL-SECURITY MISSIONS. THIRTY DUST DEVILS ON MARS - NEW MARS IMAGERY CAPTURES ROUGHLY THIRTY DUST DEVILS THREADING THROUGH MARTIAN VALLEYS AT ONCE. THE SCENE UNDERSCORES HOW ACTIVE MARS’ THIN ATMOSPHERE CAN BE AND WHY DUST MOVEMENT IS CENTRAL TO THE PLANET’S CLIMATE AND SURFACE CONDITIONS. TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR SEEN FROM SPACE - NASA SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS TRACKED TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR, THE FIRST NAMED ATLANTIC STORM OF THE 2026 SEASON, AS IT BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TOWARD THE U.S. GULF COAST. THE STORY SHOWS HOW SPACE-BASED INSTRUMENTS UNDERPIN MODERN STORM MONITORING AND FORECASTING. APOD REIMAGINES VAN GOGH SKY - NASA’S ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY FEATURES “STARRY NIGHT II,” A MODERN ASTRONOMICAL HOMAGE TO VAN GOGH’S ICONIC PAINTING. IT’S A REMINDER OF HOW SCIENCE IMAGERY AND CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PULL MORE PEOPLE INTO ASTRONOMY. Episode Transcript Seafloor plutonium traces neutron-star crash First up, a story that sounds like science fiction but starts with something very ordinary: a rock. Scientists analyzing a ferromanganese crust collected from the Pacific seafloor found traces of plutonium-244—just a few hundred atoms—distributed through the rock’s layers. Because plutonium-244 is a rare, long-lived isotope tied to extreme element-making events, the team argues this is fallout from an ancient neutron-star merger, with material arriving at Earth over a span on the order of a hundred million years. It’s a striking example of “cosmic archaeology,” where deep-ocean geology becomes a detector for violent events far beyond the solar system. Falcon 9 launches NROL-179 Now to spaceflight: a Falcon 9 is slated to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s coast carrying the classified NROL-179 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. While payload details and orbits are typically kept under wraps, the larger pattern is clear—this is another increment in a growing reconnaissance architecture that emphasizes frequent coverage and constellation-style resilience. The mission also reflects how reusable launch operations have made major national-security flights feel routine in cadence, even when the spacecraft themselves remain secret. Thirty dust devils on Mars Let’s shift to weather on another world. A new Mars “photo of the day” highlights an unusually busy scene: around thirty dust devils visible at once as they wind through Martian valleys. Dust devils are basically rotating columns of rising air that lift surface dust—small on Earth, but on Mars they can become tall, dramatic structures because dust is so easily mobilized in the thin atmosphere. Beyond the spectacle, they matter because they help drive Mars’ planet-wide dust cycle, influencing temperatures, visibility, and conditions for surface missions. Tropical Storm Arthur seen from space Back on Earth, satellite imagery is also telling today’s story: Tropical Storm Arthur has formed as the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA’s Earth-observing view highlights cloud structure and rainfall, with forecasts pointing to the potential for very heavy totals in parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast. This is the practical side of “space news” that shows up in everyday life—space-based instruments fill in crucial gaps over oceans and feed models that support warnings, response planning, and flood risk awareness. APOD reimagines Van Gogh sky And to close with something lighter: NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day features “Starry Night II,” a modern astronomical nod to Van Gogh’s famous scene. The concept is simple but effective—real sky imagery arranged to echo a cultural icon, reminding us that astronomy isn’t just measurement and math; it’s also perspective. If you’ve got a moment later, it’s the kind of image that’s best appreciated with your eyes, not just your ears. 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19 de jun de 20263 min
episode Satellite maps GPS jamming zones & Satellites confirm El Niño’s return - Space News (Jun 18, 2026) artwork

Satellite maps GPS jamming zones & Satellites confirm El Niño’s return - Space News (Jun 18, 2026)

Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Prezi: Create AI presentations fast - https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily [https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily] - SurveyMonkey, Using AI to surface insights faster and reduce manual analysis time - https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad [https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad] - Discover the Future of AI Audio with ElevenLabs - https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad [https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad] Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily [https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily] TODAY'S TOPICS: SATELLITE MAPS GPS JAMMING ZONES - AN EXPERIMENTAL LEO SATELLITE CALLED PULSAR-0 MAPPED WIDESPREAD GPS INTERFERENCE ACROSS EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, REVEALING DISRUPTION ON A FAR LARGER SCALE THAN EXPECTED. THE FINDINGS HIGHLIGHT RISING RISKS TO NAVIGATION, TIMING, AND EVEN SATELLITE OPERATIONS IN JAMMED CORRIDORS. SATELLITES CONFIRM EL NIÑO’S RETURN - NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY IMAGERY AND NOAA ANALYSIS INDICATE EL NIÑO IS UNDERWAY, WITH PERSISTENT WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE WATERS ACROSS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC. SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND SEA LEVEL PROVIDE EARLY WARNING FOR GLOBAL WEATHER SHIFTS THAT CAN AFFECT FLOODS, DROUGHTS, AND AGRICULTURE. ARIANE 6 LOFTS RECORD PAYLOAD - EUROPE’S ARIANE 6 LAUNCHED 36 AMAZON LEO BROADBAND SATELLITES IN ITS HEAVIEST ARIANE PAYLOAD EVER, MARKING A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THE ROCKET’S GROWING COMMERCIAL CADENCE. THE MISSION UNDERSCORES BOTH THE PROMISE OF GLOBAL SATELLITE INTERNET AND THE INCREASING CROWDING OF LOW EARTH ORBIT. POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA REMNANT NEAR CORE - NASA’S ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY SHOWCASED A CANDIDATE SUPERNOVA REMNANT NEAR THE MILKY WAY’S CROWDED GALACTIC CENTER, SEEN IN PAN-STARRS OPTICAL DATA. IF CONFIRMED, IT OFFERS CLUES ABOUT RECENT STELLAR EXPLOSIONS, ELEMENT RECYCLING, AND ENERGETIC PROCESSES NEAR OUR GALAXY’S CORE. DRAGON RETURNS ISS RESEARCH SAMPLES - A SPACEX DRAGON CARGO SPACECRAFT SPLASHED DOWN OFF CALIFORNIA AFTER DEPARTING THE ISS, BRINGING BACK BIOPRINTED TISSUE SAMPLES, CRYOGENIC FUEL STORAGE RESEARCH, AND ADVANCED MATERIALS EXPERIMENTS. THE RETURN HIGHLIGHTS HOW THE STATION FUNCTIONS AS A CONTINUOUSLY SERVICED MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY WITH TANGIBLE EARTH BENEFITS. Episode Transcript Satellite maps GPS jamming zones First up: a new look at a very modern problem—GPS interference. An experimental satellite called Pulsar-0, operated by Xona Space Systems, has been used to map GPS jamming and related disruption across large parts of Europe and the Middle East. What stood out is the sheer extent: reporting describes disruption stretching from France all the way toward the borders of Pakistan, and the mission team said it was more widespread than they expected. The big takeaway is that this isn’t just a nuisance for pilots or ship crews on the ground—satellites in low Earth orbit can also experience a degraded GPS environment, which matters because so many spacecraft use GPS for positioning and precise timing. Satellites confirm El Niño’s return Next: climate monitoring from orbit, with El Niño officially back in the picture. NOAA has declared an El Niño event is underway after sea surface temperatures in key regions stayed at least about half a degree Celsius above long-term averages for months. NASA’s Earth Observatory highlighted the shift with satellite-based maps showing warmer-than-usual water across the equatorial Pacific—exactly the kind of large-scale pattern that’s hard to grasp without a global view from space. El Niño can reshape weather around the world, so these satellite measurements act as an early diagnostic that helps governments, researchers, and communities prepare for downstream impacts like altered rainfall patterns, drought risk, and coastal effects linked to changes in ocean heat and sea level. Ariane 6 lofts record payload In launch news: Ariane 6 just hit a major milestone with a record-breaking payload. On June 17, Europe’s Ariane 6 flew carrying 36 satellites for Amazon’s Leo broadband constellation, and coverage notes this was the heaviest payload ever lofted by an Ariane rocket. Arianespace also frames the mission as a key step in Ariane 6’s operational ramp-up—an important signal in a market where launch reliability and cadence are everything. For listeners, this is one of those stories with two sides: on one hand, more satellites can mean broader internet access in remote regions; on the other, every big deployment adds to the growing challenge of managing traffic and safety in an increasingly crowded low Earth orbit. Possible supernova remnant near core Now, a quick trip to deep space via NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. The June 18 feature spotlights a “possible supernova remnant” near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center, built from optical observations by the Pan-STARRS survey telescopes. If this structure is truly the aftermath of a stellar explosion, it represents a relatively young remnant on cosmic timescales—described as roughly 1,700 years old—and it’s a reminder that galaxies are constantly being reshaped by violent events that seed space with heavy elements. The Galactic Center is notoriously difficult to study in visible light because of dust and dense star fields, so an optical candidate like this is especially intriguing and likely a target for multiwavelength follow-up. Dragon returns ISS research samples Finally today: a human spaceflight logistics update with real science payloads attached. NASA reports that a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the CRS-34 resupply mission undocked from the International Space Station on June 16 and splashed down in the Pacific off California near Oceanside early on June 17. Dragon brought back research samples including bioprinted organ and cartilage tissue, results from cryogenic fuel storage experiments, and DNA-inspired materials research aimed at future applications that could include new cancer-treatment approaches. It’s a good snapshot of what the ISS does best: use microgravity as a testbed, then return hardware and samples for detailed analysis on Earth. 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18 de jun de 20264 min
episode Venus disappears behind daylight Moon & Ariane 6 flies record Kuiper - Space News (Jun 17, 2026) artwork

Venus disappears behind daylight Moon & Ariane 6 flies record Kuiper - Space News (Jun 17, 2026)

Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - SurveyMonkey, Using AI to surface insights faster and reduce manual analysis time - https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad [https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad] - Prezi: Create AI presentations fast - https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily [https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily] - Invest Like the Pros with StockMVP - https://www.stock-mvp.com/?via=ron [https://www.stock-mvp.com/?via=ron] Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily [https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily] TODAY'S TOPICS: VENUS DISAPPEARS BEHIND DAYLIGHT MOON - A RARE DAYTIME LUNAR OCCULTATION WILL HIDE VENUS BEHIND A THIN CRESCENT MOON ON JUNE 17, 2026 FOR PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. THE EVENT IS ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST CHALLENGING NAKED-EYE SKYWATCHING OPPORTUNITIES AND IS BEST ATTEMPTED WITH CAREFUL, SAFE BINOCULAR OR TELESCOPE VIEWING. ARIANE 6 FLIES RECORD KUIPER - EUROPE’S ARIANE 6 IS SET TO LAUNCH ITS HEAVIEST PAYLOAD STACK EVER, CARRYING 36 AMAZON PROJECT KUIPER BROADBAND SATELLITES TO LOW EARTH ORBIT FROM KOUROU. THE MILESTONE UNDERSCORES EUROPE’S RETURN TO HEAVY-LIFT COMMERCIAL LAUNCHES AND AMAZON’S PUSH TO BUILD A RIVAL TO OTHER LEO INTERNET CONSTELLATIONS. FALCON 9 LAUNCHES BLUEBIRD TRIO - SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AND DEPLOYED THREE AST SPACEMOBILE BLOCK 2 BLUEBIRD SATELLITES—BLUEBIRD 8, 9, AND 10—AFTER A RECENT IN-ORBIT LOSS OF BLUEBIRD 7. THE MISSION ADVANCES EFFORTS TO DELIVER DIRECT-TO-SMARTPHONE CONNECTIVITY FROM LOW EARTH ORBIT. DRAGON CARGO DEPARTS THE ISS - NASA IS COORDINATING THE DEPARTURE OF A SPACEX DRAGON CARGO SPACECRAFT WRAPPING UP THE CRS-34 RESUPPLY MISSION, RETURNING CRITICAL RESEARCH SAMPLES AND HARDWARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. DOWNMASS CAPABILITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR TURNING MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS INTO RESULTS BACK ON EARTH. JUNE SKYWATCHING: PLANETS AND SOLSTICE - JUNE 2026 REMAINS ACTIVE FOR CASUAL SKYWATCHERS, WITH RECENT PLANET GROUPINGS AFTER SUNSET AND THE APPROACH OF THE JUNE 21 SOLSTICE. AFTER THE VENUS-MOON SPECTACLE, OBSERVERS CAN LOOK FOR SEASONAL FAVORITES LIKE THE SUMMER TRIANGLE RISING INTO PROMINENCE. Episode Transcript Venus disappears behind daylight Moon First up: the rare daytime lunar occultation of Venus. For observers along the right path across parts of North America—and in portions of South America—the Moon will pass directly in front of Venus in mid-afternoon, briefly hiding the planet in plain daylight. If you try to watch it, the safest approach is using binoculars or a small telescope only when you can keep well away from the Sun—many observers use a building to physically block sunlight while keeping the Moon and Venus in view. Ariane 6 flies record Kuiper On the launch front, Europe is preparing a major Ariane 6 mission carrying what’s being described as the heaviest payload stack ever launched on an Ariane rocket. The payload is 36 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, part of a planned mega-constellation intended to provide broadband internet from low Earth orbit. Beyond the record mass, it’s a big signal moment: Europe showcasing Ariane 6 capability, and Amazon spreading Kuiper deployments across multiple launch providers to keep schedules and risk under control. Falcon 9 launches BlueBird trio Meanwhile in Florida, SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 carrying three AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird satellites—BlueBird 8, 9, and 10—and successfully deployed them in low Earth orbit. The story matters because AST SpaceMobile is pursuing direct-to-smartphone connectivity, aiming to link ordinary handsets without specialized terminals, and this flight comes soon after the company lost BlueBird 7 in orbit. It’s a fast return-to-flight narrative: a setback, then an immediate push forward with three more spacecraft to keep the constellation’s momentum. Dragon cargo departs the ISS NASA also has an important low Earth orbit milestone: a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is departing the International Space Station to wrap up the CRS-34 resupply mission. Dragon isn’t just delivering supplies—it’s one of the few vehicles that can bring substantial cargo back to Earth, including time-sensitive research samples and hardware that scientists need in terrestrial labs. It’s the quiet end of a mission that makes a huge difference in how quickly ISS experiments can turn into real-world results. June skywatching: planets and solstice And a quick wider skywatching note for June: the Venus-and-crescent-Moon pairing fits into a busy month that’s included recent planet groupings after sunset and now heads toward the June 21 solstice. As nights progress, the Summer Triangle—Vega, Altair, and Deneb—becomes more prominent, opening the door to classic warm-season observing targets for anyone with binoculars, a small telescope, or a camera. 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