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Venus might not be completely dead. Evidence of liquid flowing on the surface of Pluto. Can primordial black holes cause supernova? And on Space Bites Plus, what happened to Neptune's rings and moons when Triton showed up?
00:00 Intro
00:18 Three Worlds Not One
universetoday.com/articles/the-asteroid-that-may-be-three-worlds
02:22 Venus Isnβt Dead
universetoday.com/articles/venus-isnt-dead-after-all
06:04 Liquid on Pluto
science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/08/05/nasas-new-horizons-finds-evidence-of-recent-liquid-on-plutos-surface
07:47 Charon Was Spinning Much Faster
universetoday.com/articles/charons-mountains-reveal-moon-once-spun-10x-faster
09:00 Primordial Black Holes and Supernovae
universetoday.com/articles/primordial-black-holes-can-trigger-type-ia-supernovae-and-astronomers-should-be-able-to-find-them
12:05 SpaceX Slams a Rocket Into The Moon
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13:53 Vote results
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14:48 Voyager 2 Avoids Shutting Down More Instruments
17:05 Quick Update on New Glenn
https://x.com/davill/status/2085074404627915059
18:07 Rescuing the Rescuer
arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/heres-how-engineers-plan-to-save-the-satellite-sent-to-save-nasas-swift-mission
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20:50 Hank Green's AI controversy
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Venus might not be completely dead. Evidence of liquid flowing on the surface of Pluto. Can primordial black holes cause supernova? And on Space Bites Plus, what happened to Neptune's rings and moons when Triton showed up?
00:00 Intro
00:18 Three Worlds Not One
universetoday.com/articles/the-asteroid-that-may-be-three-worlds
02:22 Venus Isnβt Dead
universetoday.com/articles/venus-isnt-dead-after-all
06:04 Liquid on Pluto
science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/08/05/nasas-new-horizons-finds-evidence-of-recent-liquid-on-plutos-surface
07:47 Charon Was Spinning Much Faster
universetoday.com/articles/charons-mountains-reveal-moon-once-spun-10x-faster
09:00 Primordial Black Holes and Supernovae
universetoday.com/articles/primordial-black-holes-can-trigger-type-ia-supernovae-and-astronomers-should-be-able-to-find-them
12:05 SpaceX Slams a Rocket Into The Moon
universetoday.com/articles/spacex-junk-hits-the-moon-not-a-good-sign
13:53 Vote results
youtube.com/@frasercain/posts
14:48 Voyager 2 Avoids Shutting Down More Instruments
17:05 Quick Update on New Glenn
https://x.com/davill/status/2085074404627915059
18:07 Rescuing the Rescuer
arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/heres-how-engineers-plan-to-save-the-satellite-sent-to-save-nasas-swift-mission
19:40 More space news
20:50 Hank Green's AI controversy
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![An Asteroid Surprised Astronomers // Limits of Relativity // Milky Way Disk Flipped
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Bad news for the planets of Barnard Starr. Measuring the atmosphere on a rocky world within the habitable zone. Identifying the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. How the Milky Way flipped its disk. And on Space Bites Plus, how global Martian dust storms can be even worse.
00:00 Intro
00:19 Bad news for Barnards Star exoplanets
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-determine-that-exoplanets-around-barnards-star-are-extremely-uninhabitable
02:27 Rocky + Habitable Zone + Atmosphere
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-first-breath-of-another-world
04:11 Testing the Limits of Relativity
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-star-orbiting-our-galaxys-supermassive-black-hole-tests-the-limits-of-relativity
06:24 Milky Way Flipped Its Disk
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-milky-way-flipped-its-disk-billions-of-years-ago
07:54 The Type of Meteorite that Killed the Dinosaurs
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-narrow-down-the-type-of-meteorite-that-killed-the-dinosaurs
09:07 Vote results
09:29 Asteroid Turned Out To Be a Comet
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-catch-a-dark-comet-red-handed
11:45 Van Gogh in Space
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-dark-energy-cameras-new-image-is-reminiscent-of-van-gogh
13:01 Psyche flyby
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-captured-a-time-lapse-video-of-its-mars-flyby
14:16 More space news
15:44 Problem with YouTube
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![NASA Made A Bold Decision About Artemis 3. Its Not What We Expected
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Meet the crew for Artemis III, Weighing a dormant black hole, evidence for a long-gone early planet, how robot probes could take over the galaxy, and in Space Bites+, scanning 3I/ATLAS for alien signals.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Artemis III Updates
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/nasa-assigns-crew-for-artemis-iii-sets-aggressive-timeline-for-flying-it/
04:13 Weighing a Dormant Black Hole
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/orbiting-stars-give-clues-to-a-quiescent-black-holes-mass
05:43 How SMBHs Gain Weight
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-is-how-supermassive-black-holes-feed-themselves
07:22 Sgr A* Wind
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/theyve-been-searching-for-the-milky-ways-black-hole-wind-for-50-years-and-finally-found-it
08:42 Vote results
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09:18 Evidence for an Early Planet
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-meteorite-just-revealed-a-lost-mars-sized-planet-from-the-dawn-of-the-solar-system
11:44 Observing Protoplanetary Diskβs Rotation
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-make-live-observation-of-a-nearby-protoplanetary-disks-rotation
13:16 Cosmic Web Like Youve Never Seen it Before
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-cosmic-web-like-youve-never-seen-it-before
15:14 David Kipping Has a New Take on the Existence of Advanced Life
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/david-kipping-has-a-new-take-on-the-existence-of-advanced-life-in-the-universe-and-the-numbers-are-n
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19:04 Matt Williams podcast
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![Half Of Our Galaxy Is Hotter Than The Other (We Finally Know Why!)
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New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons.
00:00 Intro
00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own
04:04 NASA tests new ion engine
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/
06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts
https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat/
07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved
09:46 Vote results
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10:15 Milky Wayβs Hot Side
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why
11:56 Wheres the edge of the Milky Way
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc
13:52 Disappearing exoplanets
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight
16:02 Thats no moon
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans
18:20 More space news
19:46 Working with Vera Rubin data
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![Astronomys Secret Weapon for Exomoon Search
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We know exomoons should exist but so far none are confirmed. This is one the hottest search areas for astronomy. But how can we find them and what can we expect from the future discoveries? Finding out in this interview.
π£ Guest: Dr. Thomas Winterhalder
https://www.towinterhalder.com/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15304
00:00 Intro
01:21 Current state of exomoons
06:67 Interferometers and the GRAIVTY instrument
10:07 Which exomoons can we expect?
22:38 Why didnt we find exomoons yet?
25:05 Interferometers
32:38 Whats next?
34:16 Current obsessions
38:58 Final thoughts
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![What Happens When The Speed of Light Is Broken? | Q&A 427
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Why dont they just charge the shell of the spaceship to repel radiation? What happens when something breaks the speed of light? What weird thing did James Webb recently find? And in Q&A+, whats up and whats down in space?
00:00 Intro
00:36 [@LBTurner56] What did JWST find recently?
02:27 [@doogle4144] Can you just charge the surface of a spaceship?
08:07 [@cagmuer] What happens when something breaks the speed of light?
10:14 [@rebokfleetfoot] Is the Universe complex on purpose?
13:29 [@Jason-Darkholm] The universe is not obligated to make sense
16:12 Why do human spaceflight?
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![Alien Megastructures or Microbes? | Q&A 449
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Which are we more likely to find, alien megastructures or alien microbes? Why is the US racing racing China to the Moon? Will mining the asteroid belt ever become a reality? And in Q&A+, will we ever make a mega-cut video again?
00:00 Intro
00:28 [@paigepotter4682] Are we closer to discovering alien microbes or alien megastructures?
03:09 [@MelindaGreen] Why is the US even racing China to the moon?
06:05 [@darthex0] Is a space station cheaper if communists do it?
07:03 [@bladesolar1] Will mining at the asteroid belt ever be a reality?
10:23 [@goatlord51] If an amateur uses the Vera Rubin data to find planet nine do they get to name it?
12:07 Final thoughts
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![All You Need to Know About JWSTs Discoveries in 2026
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JWST is still up there and working 24/7. There are papers coming out every day based on the results from Webb. Whats the current status of JWST? What are the latest discoveries? What should we expect next from it? Finding out in this interview.
π£ Guest: Dr. Andreas Faisst
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~afaisst/
π Young Galaxies Grow Up Fast
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00:00 Intro
01:41 How JWST changed Cosmology
05:36 Surprising findings from Webb
13:50 The role of super-massive black holes
17:09 The mystery of little red dots
21:57 What to watch for
28:39 Current obsessions
32:47 Final thoughts
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