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A galaxy without stars, the wake of Betelgeuse’s companion star, a privately-funded Hubble class telescope, and could there be exomoons at TRAPPIST-1? And on Space Bites+, seeing an event horizon in 3D.

00:00 Intro
00:17 A galaxy with no stars
universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxy-that-never-was
02:08 Hubble detects the wake of Bettelbuddy
science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star
04:31 JWST finds new objects astonomers can't explain
universetoday.com/articles/as-puzzling-as-a-platypus-the-jwst-finds-some-hard-to-categorize-objects
06:25 Private initiative for a Hubble replacement
arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement
08:48 Problems for potential life on Europa
universetoday.com/articles/europa-may-be-lifeless-and-unihabitable-after-all
10:52 Rare lensed supernova
universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-discover-a-bright-supernova-using-gravitational-lensing-for-the-first-time
12:36 Vote results
13:12 A mathematical solution for lunar dust problem
universetoday.com/articles/the-sticky-problem-of-lunar-dust-gets-a-mathematical-solution
15:28 Potential for exomoons in TRAPPIST-1 system
universetoday.com/articles/could-trappist-1s-seven-worlds-host-moons
17:02 Decades-long supernova timelapse
universetoday.com/articles/nasa-releases-the-long-awaited-video-of-keplers-supernova-remnant
18:16 More space news
19:37 Pile of Spice
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Editing: Artem Pozdnyakov


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