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Interview with Vasiliy Kokorev about Little Red Dots youtu.be/zoHtCmCbcEU
Interview with Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess about JWST youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M
Interview with Lee Feinberg about HWO and LIFE Telescopes youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M

We have more pictures of the Falcon 9 crater on the moon. Starship arrives at port after landing in the ocean. The Link mission to save Swift has failed. Another reusable Chinese rocket lands. And in Space Bites Plus, a really clever way to redirect an asteroid with a nuclear weapon. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.

00:00 Intro
00:37 The Falcon Crater
science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-lro-images-falcon-9-crater-on-moon-learns-new-details
03:08 Starship Arrives to a Port
arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/its-christmastime-at-spacex-as-company-salvages-starship-from-indian-ocean
05:33 Mars' Field of Polygons
universetoday.com/articles/mars-curiosity-rover-discovers-massive-field-of-polygons
07:41 Link Failed. Swift Will Die Soon
nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-updates-next-steps-for-commercial-swift-boost-mission
08:59 China Lands A Rocket (Again)
arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-floodgates-are-open-after-another-chinese-company-lands-a-reusable-rocket
10:41 Fastest Star In The Milky Way
universetoday.com/articles/the-fastest-star-in-the-milky-way-will-test-relativity
13:21 LRD = Black Hole Star?
universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-little-red-dots-could-be-black-hole-stars
15:47 Early Galaxies Are Bigger Than We Thought
universetoday.com/articles/whoa-the-jwsts-ancient-galaxies-are-much-more-massive-than-thought
17:56 Three Supermassive Black Holes
universetoday.com/articles/another-first-for-the-jwst-it-detects-three-supermassive-black-holes-in-the-same-galaxy
19:20 JWST Looks at Callisto
universetoday.com/articles/jwst-peeks-at-callistos-ancient-scars
20:49 Vote results
21:45 Star Formation is Slowing Down in the Andromeda Galaxy
universetoday.com/articles/hubble-reveals-that-star-formation-is-slowing-down-in-the-andromeda-galaxy
23:35 Helix Nebula
universetoday.com/articles/mothra-shows-us-a-star-being-recycled-in-the-helix-nebula
24:38 Carina Nebula
universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-the-treasure-chest-at-the-heart-of-the-carina-nebula
25:49 Lion Nebula
universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-clearest-image-yet-of-the-lion-nebula
26:33 More space news
28:03 Final thoughts


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