[Space Bites] Betelgeuse Has a Companion // Blow Against Planet X // Huge SMBH Discovery

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Betelgeuse has a companion star, Vera Rubin discovered the third interstellar object accidentally, the first evidence of direct collapse supermassive black holes, and in Space Bites+ developing plans to help humanity deal with finding an extraterrestrial intelligence.

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00:00 Intro

00:24 Betelgeuse's companion star

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/betelgeuse-isnt-alone-it-has-a-very-dim-companion

03:17 Vera Rubin discovered 3I/ATLAS accidentally

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/apparently-vera-rubin-captured-images-of-3iatlas-before-it-was-even-discovered

05:09 Even more 3I/ATLAS

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/gemini-north-sees-brightening-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-in-detail

06:34 "Unicorn" object

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-identify-an-object-that-defies-astrophysics

08:29 Direct collablse SMBH

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole

11:28 Low-mass black holes in an early universe

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-plenty-of-low-mass-black-holes-in-the-early-universe

12:51 Vote results

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13:23 A blow against Planet X

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-object-found-deep-in-the-kuiper-belt

15:34 Double tidal disruption

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/do-supermassive-black-holes-play-with-their-food

16:46 Great images

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-newborn-planet-is-carving-out-a-home-in-its-protoplanetary-disk

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/seeing-the-exact-moment-when-new-planets-started-forming

18:55 Guide to space newsletter

19:53 Bonus story

20:29 BIG SUMMER PROMO

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Betelgeuse has a companion star, Vera Rubin discovered the third interstellar object accidentally, the first evidence of direct collapse supermassive black holes, and in Space Bites+ developing plans to help humanity deal with finding an extraterrestrial intelligence.

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00:00 Intro

00:24 Betelgeuse's companion star

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/betelgeuse-isnt-alone-it-has-a-very-dim-companion

03:17 Vera Rubin discovered 3I/ATLAS accidentally

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/apparently-vera-rubin-captured-images-of-3iatlas-before-it-was-even-discovered

05:09 Even more 3I/ATLAS

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/gemini-north-sees-brightening-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-in-detail

06:34 "Unicorn" object

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-identify-an-object-that-defies-astrophysics

08:29 Direct collablse SMBH

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole

11:28 Low-mass black holes in an early universe

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-plenty-of-low-mass-black-holes-in-the-early-universe

12:51 Vote results

https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community

13:23 A blow against Planet X

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-object-found-deep-in-the-kuiper-belt

15:34 Double tidal disruption

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/do-supermassive-black-holes-play-with-their-food

16:46 Great images

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-newborn-planet-is-carving-out-a-home-in-its-protoplanetary-disk

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/seeing-the-exact-moment-when-new-planets-started-forming

18:55 Guide to space newsletter

19:53 Bonus story

20:29 BIG SUMMER PROMO

https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/M0wy9F9kEoM

📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter

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🎧 PODCASTS

Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/

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frasercain@gmail.com

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