Sensing space junk, and other stellar stories
Quirks and Quarks

Sensing space junk, and other stellar stories

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 14, 202654 min
  • Interview
  • Science

From filming a black hole to flaming hot water ice on Neptune, we revisit some of our favourite space-related stories from the past season.

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Hi, I'm Bob McDonald. Welcome to the Best of Quirks and Quarks. Space must be my favorite topic. I grew up during the space race when we were first going to the moon. And now we're heading back there. We've had a spectacular year in space science with the success of Artemis II mission that flew Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hanson and his fellow crewmates around

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the moon in April. So today's episode features some of our favorite space stories from the past season. Like the smashing success of NASA's mission to deflect an asteroid, catching a black hole on video, ID'ing the cosmic collider that kicked up our moon, and discovering a new type of water that may be inside icy planets. But first, how earthquake sensors could be

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used to track down incoming space junk. All this today on the best of Quarks and Quarks. Space is getting really crowded these days. We've got satellites, research payloads, and spent rockets floating around our planet. And as these things start breaking apart, they create even more of a mess in orbit.

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