Proving Einstein, Birth of a Gas Giant, and SpaceX's Milestones
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Proving Einstein, Birth of a Gas Giant, and SpaceX's Milestones

Gravitational Waves Confirm Einstein and Hawking's Predictions: In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have confirmed key predictions made by Einstein and Hawking regarding black holes through gravitational waves detected by LIGO. The collision of two black holes 1.3 billion light years away not only validated Hawking's area theorem but also demonstrated that the merged black hole aligns with Einstein's Kerr metric, showcasing the accuracy of general relativity in extreme cosmic events.SpaceX Launches Nusantara Lima Satellite: On September 11, 2025, SpaceX successfully launched the Nusantara Lima satellite for Indonesian telecom company PSN, marking the Falcon 9's 23rd successful landing. This mission enhances telecommunications for Indonesia's vast archipelago, providing over 160 gigabits per second of bandwidth to connect millions across its 17,000 islands.First Observations of a Baby Planet: Astronomers have made history by observing a baby planet, Wispit2b, in the act of forming around its star, Wispit 2 TYC 5709 354. This gas giant, five times the mass of Jupiter, is carving out gaps in its surrounding dusty disk, providing direct evidence of planetary formation and confirming decades of theoretical work.Perseverance Rover's Exciting Discoveries on Mars: NASA's Perseverance rover has found complex organic molecules in Jezero Crater's ancient river delta, hinting at potential biosignatures. Using advanced laser spectroscopy, Perseverance is preparing samples for future return missions, which could revolutionize our understanding of Mars and the potential for past life.Mind-Bending Predictions of Exploding Primordial Black Holes: Researchers at UMass Amherst have predicted a 90% chance of observing an exploding primordial black hole within the next decade. This new model suggests these black holes could explode much more frequently than previously thought, potentially leading to revolutionary discoveries in particle physics.For more cosmic updates, visit our website at astronomydaily.io. Join our community on social media by searching for #AstroDailyPod on Facebook, X, YouTubeMusic Music, TikTok, and our new Instagram account! Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.Thank you for tuning in. This is Anna and Avery signing off. Until next time, keep looking up and exploring the wonders of our universe.✍️ Episode References
Gravitational Waves Discovery
[Nature](https://www.nature.com/)
SpaceX Launch Information
[SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/)
Baby Planet Discovery
[NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)
Perseverance Rover Findings
[NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)
Primordial Black Hole Research
[UMass Amherst](https://www.umass.edu/)
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Anna: Welcome to Astronomy Daily, the podcast

00:00:03 --> 00:00:05 that brings you the latest discoveries from

00:00:05 --> 00:00:08 across the cosmos. I'm Anna.

00:00:08 --> 00:00:10 Avery: And I'm Avery. We've got an

00:00:10 --> 00:00:13 absolutely incredible episode for you today.

00:00:13 --> 00:00:15 We're talking about black holes that are

00:00:15 --> 00:00:17 proving Einstein and hawking right.

00:00:18 --> 00:00:21 SpaceX's latest mission success. And for

00:00:21 --> 00:00:23 the first time ever, astronomers have

00:00:23 --> 00:00:26 actually caught a baby planet in the act

00:00:26 --> 00:00:27 of being born.

00:00:28 --> 00:00:30 Anna: Plus, we'll explore a mind bending

00:00:30 --> 00:00:33 prediction about exploding primordial

00:00:33 --> 00:00:36 black holes that could revolutionize

00:00:36 --> 00:00:38 physics. So grab your favorite

00:00:38 --> 00:00:41 beverage and let's dive into the wonders of

00:00:41 --> 00:00:42 the universe.

00:00:42 --> 00:00:45 Avery: Alright, Anna, let's start with what might be

00:00:45 --> 00:00:48 the most significant gravitational wave

00:00:48 --> 00:00:50 discovery since LIGO first detected

00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 these cosmic ripples. Scientists have now

00:00:53 --> 00:00:56 confirmed some of Einstein and Hawking's

00:00:56 --> 00:00:59 most important predictions about black holes.

00:00:59 --> 00:01:00 Tell us what happened.

00:01:01 --> 00:01:03 Anna: This is absolutely fascinating,

00:01:03 --> 00:01:05 avery. Back in January

00:01:05 --> 00:01:08 2025, LIGO detected

00:01:08 --> 00:01:10 gravitational waves from two black holes

00:01:10 --> 00:01:13 colliding 1.3 billion light

00:01:13 --> 00:01:16 years away. But what makes this discovery

00:01:16 --> 00:01:18 special isn't just the detection

00:01:19 --> 00:01:21 itself. It's what the scientists were

00:01:21 --> 00:01:24 able to prove using the data.

00:01:24 --> 00:01:27 Avery: Right. They actually confirmed Hawking's area

00:01:27 --> 00:01:29 theorem, which states that a black hole

00:01:29 --> 00:01:32 surface area can never decre.

00:01:32 --> 00:01:34 That's pretty remarkable when you think about

00:01:34 --> 00:01:37 it. We're talking about testing theoretical

00:01:37 --> 00:01:40 physics on some of the most extreme objects

00:01:40 --> 00:01:41 in the universe.

00:01:41 --> 00:01:43 Anna: Exactly. The numbers are

00:01:43 --> 00:01:46 staggering too. Before the collision,

00:01:46 --> 00:01:49 the combined surface area of both black

00:01:49 --> 00:01:52 holes was about 240

00:01:52 --> 00:01:55 square kilometers. After they merged,

00:01:55 --> 00:01:58 the final black hole had a surface area

00:01:58 --> 00:02:00 of 400 square kilometers.

00:02:01 --> 00:02:03 So even though these massive objects crashed

00:02:03 --> 00:02:06 together and merged, the total surface area

00:02:07 --> 00:02:10 actually increased, just as Hawking

00:02:10 --> 00:02:10 predicted.

00:02:10 --> 00:02:13 Avery: What I find incredible is that they also

00:02:13 --> 00:02:16 confirmed the merged black hole matches

00:02:16 --> 00:02:19 Einstein's Kerr metric. This provides

00:02:19 --> 00:02:21 the strongest evidence yet that these

00:02:21 --> 00:02:24 astrophysical black holes behave exactly

00:02:24 --> 00:02:26 as general relativity predicts. We're

00:02:26 --> 00:02:29 literally watching Einstein's equations play

00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 out on a cosmic scale.

00:02:31 --> 00:02:34 Anna: It's mind blowing to think that theories

00:02:34 --> 00:02:36 developed nearly a century ago are being

00:02:36 --> 00:02:39 proven correct by observations of events

00:02:39 --> 00:02:42 that happened over a billion years ago.

00:02:42 --> 00:02:44 Science is truly amazing.

00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 Avery: Speaking of impressive achievements, let's

00:02:48 --> 00:02:50 talk about SpaceX's latest success.

00:02:50 --> 00:02:53 On September 11, 2025, they

00:02:53 --> 00:02:56 launched the Nusantara Lima satellite for

00:02:56 --> 00:02:59 Indonesian telecom company psn.

00:03:00 --> 00:03:02 Anna, uh, this wasn't just an ordinary

00:03:02 --> 00:03:02 launch.

00:03:04 --> 00:03:06 Anna: Not at all, Avery. This launch had

00:03:06 --> 00:03:09 some impressive milestones. First, they

00:03:09 --> 00:03:12 had to deal with three days of weather delays

00:03:12 --> 00:03:14 at Cape Canaveral, which shows how

00:03:14 --> 00:03:17 seriously SpaceX takes safety conditions.

00:03:17 --> 00:03:20 But when they finally launched the Falcon

00:03:20 --> 00:03:23 9 first stage made its 23rd

00:03:23 --> 00:03:26 successful landing on the drone ship. A

00:03:26 --> 00:03:28 shortfall of gravitas 23

00:03:28 --> 00:03:29 flights for.

00:03:29 --> 00:03:32 Avery: A single rocket booster. I still get

00:03:32 --> 00:03:34 amazed by the reusability SpaceX has

00:03:34 --> 00:03:36 achieved. And, um, this Boeing built

00:03:36 --> 00:03:38 satellite is going to make a real difference

00:03:38 --> 00:03:40 for people in Indonesia, right?

00:03:41 --> 00:03:43 Anna: Absolutely. Indonesia has over

00:03:43 --> 00:03:46 17 islands, so

00:03:46 --> 00:03:49 providing reliable telecommunications across

00:03:49 --> 00:03:51 such a geographically challenging region

00:03:52 --> 00:03:55 is no small feat. The Nusantara

00:03:55 --> 00:03:57 Lima satellite will operate from

00:03:57 --> 00:04:00 geosynchronous orbit with a capacity of over

00:04:00 --> 00:04:02 160 gigabits per second.

00:04:03 --> 00:04:05 That's enough bandwidth to connect millions

00:04:05 --> 00:04:07 of people across these REM island

00:04:07 --> 00:04:08 communities.

00:04:08 --> 00:04:10 Avery: And this was SpaceX's

00:04:10 --> 00:04:13 114th Falcon 9 mission

00:04:13 --> 00:04:16 of 2025. That's more than two

00:04:16 --> 00:04:18 launches per week on average. The pace

00:04:18 --> 00:04:21 of space activity these days is just

00:04:21 --> 00:04:21 incredible.

00:04:22 --> 00:04:25 Anna: Now, Avery, let's move to what might be

00:04:25 --> 00:04:28 my favorite story of the day. For the

00:04:28 --> 00:04:30 first time ever, astronomers have actually

00:04:31 --> 00:04:34 observed a baby planet carving out

00:04:34 --> 00:04:36 gaps in the dusty disk around its

00:04:36 --> 00:04:39 newborn star. This is like catching

00:04:39 --> 00:04:40 planet formation in the act.

00:04:41 --> 00:04:44 Avery: This is absolutely groundbreaking, Anna.

00:04:44 --> 00:04:47 Uh, the planet's called Wispit2b,

00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 and it's orbiting a star with the Wonderfully

00:04:49 --> 00:04:52 complex name Wispit 2

00:04:53 --> 00:04:55 TYC 5709

00:04:56 --> 00:04:58 354, located

00:04:58 --> 00:05:01 434 light years away. What

00:05:01 --> 00:05:03 makes this discovery so special?

00:05:04 --> 00:05:06 Anna: Well, for decades, astronomers have theorized

00:05:06 --> 00:05:09 about how planets form by accreting, uh,

00:05:09 --> 00:05:12 material from these dusty disks around young

00:05:12 --> 00:05:15 stars and how they carve out gaps

00:05:15 --> 00:05:18 as they grow. But we've never actually seen

00:05:18 --> 00:05:20 it happening in real time. This baby

00:05:20 --> 00:05:23 planet is a gas giant about five times the

00:05:23 --> 00:05:26 mass of Jupiter, orbiting 54

00:05:26 --> 00:05:28 astronomical units from its star.

00:05:28 --> 00:05:31 Avery: The technology they use to spot this is

00:05:31 --> 00:05:34 incredible, too. They used the Mag

00:05:34 --> 00:05:36 AOX adaptive optics system on the

00:05:36 --> 00:05:39 Magellan telescope, and they actually

00:05:39 --> 00:05:41 detected H Alpha light from hot

00:05:41 --> 00:05:44 hydrogen gas falling onto the forming

00:05:44 --> 00:05:47 planet. That's like watching a cosmic

00:05:47 --> 00:05:48 construction site in action.

00:05:49 --> 00:05:51 Anna: What I love about this discovery is that it

00:05:51 --> 00:05:54 confirms decades of theoretical work.

00:05:55 --> 00:05:56 Scientists have been modeling planetary

00:05:56 --> 00:05:59 formation for so long, and now

00:05:59 --> 00:06:02 we're finally seeing direct evidence that our

00:06:02 --> 00:06:04 understanding is correct. And it's like

00:06:04 --> 00:06:07 watching a baby take its first steps. Except

00:06:07 --> 00:06:10 the baby is a gas giant five times bigger

00:06:10 --> 00:06:11 than Jupiter.

00:06:11 --> 00:06:14 Avery: And this opens up so many possibilities for

00:06:14 --> 00:06:16 studying planetary formation in other

00:06:16 --> 00:06:19 systems. We might be able to watch entire

00:06:19 --> 00:06:22 solar systems being born and understand

00:06:23 --> 00:06:25 how common different types of planetary

00:06:25 --> 00:06:26 architectures really are.

00:06:27 --> 00:06:30 Anna: And speaking of new discoveries, Avery, I

00:06:30 --> 00:06:31 think our listeners would love to hear about

00:06:31 --> 00:06:33 some of the other incredible breakthroughs

00:06:33 --> 00:06:35 happening in space exploration right now.

00:06:36 --> 00:06:38 We've Been focusing a lot on the distant

00:06:38 --> 00:06:40 universe, but there's actually been some

00:06:40 --> 00:06:43 fascinating developments much closer to home

00:06:43 --> 00:06:44 on Mars.

00:06:44 --> 00:06:47 Avery: Oh, absolutely, Anna. Uh, the Perseverance

00:06:47 --> 00:06:49 rover has been making some incredible

00:06:49 --> 00:06:52 discoveries lately. As we reported yesterday,

00:06:52 --> 00:06:54 just this past month, it found organic

00:06:54 --> 00:06:56 molecules in what appears to be an ancient

00:06:56 --> 00:06:59 river delta and Jeissero Crater. But what's

00:06:59 --> 00:07:02 really exciting is that these aren't just

00:07:02 --> 00:07:04 simple organic compounds. They're complex

00:07:04 --> 00:07:06 molecules that could potentially be

00:07:06 --> 00:07:07 biosignatures.

00:07:08 --> 00:07:10 Anna: That's exactly right, Avery. And what makes

00:07:10 --> 00:07:13 this discovery even more compelling is the

00:07:13 --> 00:07:16 geological context. Perseverance has been

00:07:16 --> 00:07:18 analyzing rock samples from what scientists

00:07:18 --> 00:07:21 believe was once a vast lake system

00:07:21 --> 00:07:23 complete with flowing rivers and deltas,

00:07:23 --> 00:07:26 exactly the kind of environment where early

00:07:26 --> 00:07:28 life might have thrived billions of years

00:07:28 --> 00:07:28 ago.

00:07:29 --> 00:07:31 Avery: The technology behind these discoveries is

00:07:31 --> 00:07:33 just as fascinating as the findings

00:07:33 --> 00:07:36 themselves. Perseverance is using its

00:07:36 --> 00:07:38 supercam instrument to analyze rocks with

00:07:38 --> 00:07:41 laser spectroscopy, literally vaporizing

00:07:41 --> 00:07:44 tiny portions of Martian rocks and

00:07:44 --> 00:07:47 analyzing the resulting plasma. It's like

00:07:47 --> 00:07:49 having a complete chemistry lab rolling

00:07:49 --> 00:07:51 around on another planet.

00:07:51 --> 00:07:53 Anna: And here's where it gets really exciting for

00:07:53 --> 00:07:56 the future. Avery Perseverance has been

00:07:56 --> 00:07:58 carefully collecting and caching the most

00:07:58 --> 00:08:01 promising samples in sealed tubes that are

00:08:01 --> 00:08:03 designed to be retrieved by future missions.

00:08:04 --> 00:08:06 The Mars Sample Return campaign, a

00:08:06 --> 00:08:09 collaboration between NASA and esa, aims to

00:08:09 --> 00:08:11 bring these samples back to Earth, where they

00:08:11 --> 00:08:13 can be analyzed with instruments far more

00:08:13 --> 00:08:16 sophisticated than anything we can send to

00:08:16 --> 00:08:16 Mars.

00:08:17 --> 00:08:20 Avery: The timeline for Mars Sample return is

00:08:20 --> 00:08:22 ambitious, but achievable. We are looking at

00:08:22 --> 00:08:24 potential sample retrieval in the

00:08:24 --> 00:08:27 early2030s, which means that within

00:08:27 --> 00:08:30 this decade, we could have actual pieces of

00:08:30 --> 00:08:33 Mars sitting in laboratories here on Earth.

00:08:33 --> 00:08:35 Imagine being able to study Martian rocks

00:08:35 --> 00:08:37 with electron microscopes, mass

00:08:37 --> 00:08:40 spectrometers, and other advanced instruments

00:08:40 --> 00:08:43 that would be impossible to miniaturize for a

00:08:43 --> 00:08:43 rover mission.

00:08:44 --> 00:08:46 Anna: What I find most compelling about all these

00:08:46 --> 00:08:49 discoveries from the baby planet we discussed

00:08:49 --> 00:08:52 earlier to these potential biosignatures on

00:08:52 --> 00:08:54 Mars, is how they're reshaping our

00:08:54 --> 00:08:57 understanding of how common life might be

00:08:57 --> 00:08:59 in the universe. We're learning that the

00:08:59 --> 00:09:02 basic building blocks and conditions for life

00:09:02 --> 00:09:05 appear to be surprisingly widespread, both

00:09:05 --> 00:09:07 in our solar system and beyond.

00:09:07 --> 00:09:09 Avery: And it's not just Mars that's showing

00:09:09 --> 00:09:11 promise, Anna. Uh, we've got the Europa

00:09:11 --> 00:09:13 Clipper mission launching soon to study

00:09:13 --> 00:09:16 Jupiter's moon Europa, which likely has a

00:09:16 --> 00:09:19 subsurface ocean with more water than all

00:09:19 --> 00:09:21 of Earth's oceans combined. Then there's the

00:09:21 --> 00:09:24 Dragonfly mission to Titan, Saturn's largest

00:09:24 --> 00:09:26 moon, where we'll have a nuclear powered

00:09:26 --> 00:09:29 helicopter searching for signs of prebiotic

00:09:29 --> 00:09:32 chemistry. The next two decades are going to

00:09:32 --> 00:09:35 be absolutely incredible for astrobiology.

00:09:35 --> 00:09:36 Anna: Amazing. How's astronomy and space

00:09:37 --> 00:09:39 exploration keep expanding our perspective

00:09:39 --> 00:09:41 from searching for life in our cosmic

00:09:41 --> 00:09:44 backyard to probing the fundamental physics

00:09:44 --> 00:09:45 of the universe itself.

00:09:46 --> 00:09:49 Speaking of fundamental physics, Avery, let's

00:09:49 --> 00:09:51 shift gears to something that sounds like

00:09:51 --> 00:09:53 pure science fiction, but could become

00:09:53 --> 00:09:56 reality very soon. Our final major

00:09:56 --> 00:09:59 story today takes us into some truly

00:09:59 --> 00:10:01 mind bending theoretical physics.

00:10:02 --> 00:10:04 Researchers at UMass Amherst M are

00:10:04 --> 00:10:07 predicting a 90% chance that we'll

00:10:07 --> 00:10:10 observe an exploding primordial black

00:10:10 --> 00:10:13 hole within the next decade. This

00:10:13 --> 00:10:15 sounds like science fiction, but it's very

00:10:15 --> 00:10:16 real science.

00:10:16 --> 00:10:18 Avery: It really does sound like sci fi, Anna.

00:10:19 --> 00:10:21 These primordial black holes would have

00:10:21 --> 00:10:24 formed shortly after the Big Bang. And

00:10:24 --> 00:10:26 according to Hawkins theory, they could

00:10:26 --> 00:10:28 eventually explode through Hawking radiation.

00:10:29 --> 00:10:31 But the timeline was always thought to be

00:10:31 --> 00:10:34 incredibly long. Like once every

00:10:34 --> 00:10:35 hundred thousand years.

00:10:36 --> 00:10:38 Anna: Right. But this team has developed something

00:10:38 --> 00:10:40 called a dark QED toy model

00:10:41 --> 00:10:44 that suggests charged primordial black holes

00:10:44 --> 00:10:46 could explode much more frequently,

00:10:46 --> 00:10:49 potentially once every 10 years instead of

00:10:49 --> 00:10:52 once every hundred thousand years. That's a

00:10:52 --> 00:10:53 massive difference.

00:10:53 --> 00:10:56 Avery: The implications are staggering.

00:10:56 --> 00:10:58 If we actually observed one of these

00:10:58 --> 00:11:01 explosions, it would revolutionize our

00:11:01 --> 00:11:03 understanding of physics. We'd essentially

00:11:03 --> 00:11:06 get a complete inventory of all subatomic

00:11:06 --> 00:11:09 particles, including potentially discovering

00:11:09 --> 00:11:11 new ones we didn't even know existed.

00:11:11 --> 00:11:13 Anna: It's like having a cosmic particle

00:11:13 --> 00:11:16 accelerator that operates at energies far

00:11:16 --> 00:11:19 beyond anything we can create on Earth. If

00:11:19 --> 00:11:21 their predictions are correct, the next

00:11:21 --> 00:11:23 decade could see some of the most important

00:11:23 --> 00:11:25 discoveries in the history of physics.

00:11:26 --> 00:11:28 Avery: Before we wrap up, Anna, uh, we've got time

00:11:28 --> 00:11:31 for a few quick bonus stories that caught our

00:11:31 --> 00:11:33 attention. First up, uh, something a bit

00:11:33 --> 00:11:36 different. Darth Vader's lightsaber from

00:11:36 --> 00:11:39 the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the

00:11:39 --> 00:11:41 Jedi just sold at auction for

00:11:41 --> 00:11:44 $3.6 million.

00:11:44 --> 00:11:47 Anna: That's an astronomical price for a movie

00:11:47 --> 00:11:50 prop. But I have to admit, Star wars

00:11:50 --> 00:11:52 has inspired countless people to pursue

00:11:52 --> 00:11:55 careers in science and space exploration. And

00:11:55 --> 00:11:57 speaking of space exploration, scientists are

00:11:57 --> 00:12:00 proposing that rectangular telescopes could

00:12:00 --> 00:12:02 help us find Earth Earth 2.0 by providing

00:12:02 --> 00:12:05 better resolution for exoplanet detection.

00:12:05 --> 00:12:07 Avery: Rectangular telescopes. Who would have

00:12:07 --> 00:12:10 thought? And here's one more quick story

00:12:10 --> 00:12:13 that's pretty incredible. New research shows

00:12:13 --> 00:12:15 that solar flares can reach temperatures of

00:12:15 --> 00:12:18 108 million degrees, which

00:12:18 --> 00:12:20 is six times hotter than scientists

00:12:20 --> 00:12:23 previously thought. That's absolutely mind

00:12:23 --> 00:12:25 boggling when you think about the energies

00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 involved.

00:12:26 --> 00:12:29 Anna: Before we sign off, Avery, I want to take a

00:12:29 --> 00:12:31 moment to reflect on something that really

00:12:31 --> 00:12:34 strikes me about today's stor. We've

00:12:34 --> 00:12:36 covered discoveries Spanning from the very

00:12:36 --> 00:12:39 formation of the universe with primordial

00:12:39 --> 00:12:42 black holes to the birth of new worlds

00:12:42 --> 00:12:45 to the search for life itself. What

00:12:45 --> 00:12:47 amazes me is that all of these breakthroughs

00:12:47 --> 00:12:50 are happening simultaneously right

00:12:50 --> 00:12:53 now in what future historians might call the

00:12:53 --> 00:12:55 golden age of astronomy.

00:12:55 --> 00:12:58 Avery: You're absolutely right, Anna. Uh, and what's

00:12:58 --> 00:13:00 particularly exciting is how these

00:13:00 --> 00:13:03 discoveries are interconnected. The same

00:13:03 --> 00:13:05 gravitational wave detectors that confirmed

00:13:05 --> 00:13:08 Einstein's predictions about black holes are

00:13:08 --> 00:13:10 the ones that might detect exploding

00:13:10 --> 00:13:12 primordial black holes. The same

00:13:12 --> 00:13:15 spectroscopic techniques we use to study

00:13:15 --> 00:13:17 exoplanets are helping us analyze potential

00:13:17 --> 00:13:20 biosignatures on Mars. The telescopes

00:13:20 --> 00:13:23 observing baby planets forming are also

00:13:23 --> 00:13:25 searching for signs of life in other solar

00:13:25 --> 00:13:26 systems.

00:13:26 --> 00:13:29 Anna: It really demonstrates how astronomy is

00:13:29 --> 00:13:31 becoming increasingly interdisciplinary.

00:13:32 --> 00:13:34 We're not just astronomers anymore. We're

00:13:34 --> 00:13:37 astrobiologists, particle physicists,

00:13:37 --> 00:13:40 geologists, and atmospheric scientists,

00:13:41 --> 00:13:43 all working together to understand our place

00:13:43 --> 00:13:46 in the cosmos. And perhaps most

00:13:46 --> 00:13:49 importantly, we're sharing these discoveries

00:13:49 --> 00:13:52 with everyone, inspiring the next generation

00:13:52 --> 00:13:54 of scientists who will make even more

00:13:54 --> 00:13:57 incredible discoveries in the decades to

00:13:57 --> 00:13:59 come. What an incredible journey through the

00:13:59 --> 00:14:02 cosmos we've had today, Avery. From

00:14:02 --> 00:14:04 confirming Einstein and Hawking's predictions

00:14:04 --> 00:14:07 with gravitational waves, to watching

00:14:07 --> 00:14:10 planets being born, to the possibility of

00:14:10 --> 00:14:13 observing exploding black holes in the next

00:14:13 --> 00:14:14 decade, it really.

00:14:14 --> 00:14:17 Avery: Shows how dynamic and exciting astronomy

00:14:17 --> 00:14:20 is right now. Anna. We're living in a golden

00:14:20 --> 00:14:22 age of discovery, with new technologies

00:14:22 --> 00:14:25 allowing us to observe phenomena that were

00:14:25 --> 00:14:27 purely theoretical just a few years ago.

00:14:28 --> 00:14:31 Anna: Thank you for joining us on Astronomy Daily.

00:14:31 --> 00:14:33 Keep looking up, keep asking questions,

00:14:34 --> 00:14:36 and remember, the universe is full of

00:14:36 --> 00:14:39 wonders waiting to be discovered. And

00:14:39 --> 00:14:40 remember to visit our

00:14:40 --> 00:14:43 website@astronomydaily.IO

00:14:43 --> 00:14:46 to check out these stories in more detail and

00:14:46 --> 00:14:48 catch up on the latest news with our

00:14:48 --> 00:14:51 continually updating Space News feed.

00:14:51 --> 00:14:54 Avery: Until next time, this is Avery and Anna

00:14:54 --> 00:14:56 signing off. Clear skies, everyone.