Opening
Zyx: Greetings from the shimmering rings of Xylos-5! I'm Zyx.
Aria: And I'm Aria. We're so happy you joined us at the tavern tonight.
How You Squeeze Planetary Minerals Changes Everything
Reported by Universe Today
Zyx: Leading off tonight, how you squeeze planetary minerals changes everything.
Zyx: Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Johns Hopkins University found that the direction of compression affects magnesium oxide behavior under extreme pressures and temperatures.
Zyx: The experiments simulated pressures up to 572 GPa and temperatures up to 13,000 K, observing that one direction of laser compression leads to disordered and irregular crystal growth, according to Universe Today.
Aria: So even minerals like a little direction in their lives!
JD Vance MOCKS James Talarico as ‘extraterrestrial’ being
Reported by Fox News
Aria: Our next story: JD Vance mocks James Talarico as 'extraterrestrial' being.
Aria: JD Vance mocked James Talarico in a televised appearance, a story also covered by X, reports Fox News. X is on this story too.
Zyx: Well, if being 'extraterrestrial' is an insult, he hasn't met us!
It's a Ghost! No, It's a Stellar Crèche!
Reported by Universe Today
Zyx: Up next, it is a ghost, or rather, a stellar crèche.
Zyx: Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a ghostly cloud in the Carina Nebula that is actually a region actively forming new stars.
Zyx: The discovery shows how radiation from nearby stars can shape star-forming regions by creating cometary knots, that is from Universe Today.
Aria: How beautiful that even ghosts can be nurseries for stars.
Space station experiment to probe plant disease risks for future moon and Mars missions
Reported by Phys.org
Aria: This just in: a space station experiment will probe plant disease risks for future moon and Mars missions.
Aria: The University of Florida's MVP-Plant-02 experiment on the International Space Station aims to study how Arabidopsis thaliana responds to the fungus Golovinomyces cichoriaearum in microgravity, according to Phys.org.
Aria: Using the Multi-Use Variable-g Platform, researchers will see if microgravity affects plant defenses.
Zyx: We must protect the space gardens at all costs!
NASA's new UV space telescope will launch in 2031
Reported by Phys.org
Zyx: Now, to NASA's new UV space telescope set to launch in 2031.
Zyx: The UVEX mission, led by Caltech, will conduct an all-sky survey in near- and far-ultraviolet light to help understand galaxy evolution, according to Phys.org. Universe Today is on this story too.
Zyx: It will be up to 100 times more sensitive than GALEX.
Aria: I cannot wait to see those ultraviolet vistas.
Pilots spot mysterious 'Tic Tac' UFO at 41,000 feet over US, but radar detects nothing
Reported by r/UFOs
Aria: Our next story: Pilots spot mysterious 'Tic Tac' UFO at 41,000 feet over US, but radar detects nothing.
Aria: Pilots described a vertically positioned, silver-colored cylinder, at least 30 feet tall, passing within two miles of their jet near Tiffin, Ohio, according to the UFO subreddit.
Aria: The object had no wings or flashing lights, and the National UFO Reporting Center investigated the incident.
Zyx: A giant pill in the sky? How whimsical!
1958 UFO Sighting: Paul Carr
Reported by The Baltimore Banner
Zyx: Up next, a look back at a 1958 UFO sighting by Paul Carr.
Zyx: The Baltimore Banner reports on this sighting from 1958.
Aria: The classics never go out of style.
Sign-off
Aria: That's all for our broadcast tonight. Goodnight, everyone!
Zyx: Sleep well among the stars!