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Starshades for ground-based telescopes, DART proved that asteroids share material, a new way to measure the age of the Universe, Webb sees Jupiter’s auroras. And in Space Bites+, how Dyson Spheres and Stellar Engines could be stable.

00:00 Intro
00:18 Starshades for Telescopes
universetoday.com/articles/starshade-concept-could-reveal-earth-like-exoplanets
03:38 Proba-3's problems
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Work_ongoing_to_restore_contact_with_Proba-3_s_Coronagraph
05:19 More from DART
universetoday.com/articles/scientists-find-the-first-direct-evidence-of-binary-asteroids-sharing-material
08:28 New way to measure the age of the Universe
universetoday.com/articles/the-answer-is-written-in-the-stars
11:51 JWST Reveals Surprises in Jupiter’s Auroras
universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-reveals-some-puzzling-surprises-in-jupiters-northern-aurora
13:13 New Findings About The Sun
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14:57 Sun's Heartbeat
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16:34 Vote results
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17:11 This Could be Masking The Signals from Aliens
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19:09 Detecting Binary SMBHs Without Gravitational Waves
universetoday.com/articles/looking-for-supermassive-black-hole-binaries-with-a-flash-of-starlight
20:40 Cosmic Hawk
universetoday.com/articles/vlt-image-captures-a-cosmic-hawk-spanning-its-wings
21:25 More space news
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