Universe Today Podcast

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:01

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Can someone launch a regular small telescope into space? Are Moon caves stable enough for a permanent base? What happened to the Swift rescue mission? And in Q&A+, was the asteroid belt a planet at some point?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:41 [@Noonyuh] Could affordable consumer smart telescopes be easily retrofitted to survive in space?

• 05:06 [@user-kx2fc2mw5v] Are Moon caves stable enough to build in them?

• 08:47 [@surrender_monkey] What happened to the Swift rescue mission?

• 15:01 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Is the asteroid belt a destroyed planet or is it forming into a planet or neither?

• 18:15 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:05

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Is this a supernova ready to explode, or is it just a trick of the light. A mission to Halley’s Comet in 2060. An amazing new image from Vera Rubin. Webb fails to find an exomoon. And in Space Bites Plus, some black holes formed much faster than their galaxies. All this and more in this week’s Space Bites.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:36 Supernova Impostor https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-unmask-a-supernova-impostor

• 03:10 No Exomoon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-ruled-out-finding-tiny-moons-around-an-exoplanet-thats-great-news

• 05:20 Possible Rendezvous With Halley's Comet In 2061 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-ruled-out-finding-tiny-moons-around-an-exoplanet-thats-great-news

• 07:31 Remember 3I/ATLAS? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-revelations-about-the-origin-of-interstellar-comet-3iatlas

• 09:02 Largest 2-D Map of the Universe https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-desi-legacy-imaging-survey-releases-the-largest-2-d-map-of-the-universe

• 10:32 The 20th Data Release of the SDSS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-20th-data-release-dr-20-of-the-sloan-digital-sky-survey-sdss-is-here

• 12:04 Vote results 12:28 Chang’e-7 Postponed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/china-postpones-the-change-7-mission

• 13:18 Firing Lasers At An Asteroid https://www.universetoday.com/articles/japans-hayabusa2-achieves-first-ever-laser-ranging-experiment-with-an-asteroid

• 14:28 Rubin Peers Deep Into the COSMOS Field https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rubin-observatory-peers-deep-into-the-famous-cosmos-field

• 16:05 Bonus Story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/some-black-holes-grow-much-faster-than-their-galaxies

• 18:58 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:32

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Should SpaceX be concerned about China's reusable rocket designs? Have we ever found meteorites coming from Mercury? Why is it called the speed of light, not the speed of gravity? And in Q&A+, when should we start building a Monolith?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@rwarren58] What would it take to image the surface of a planet at Proxima Centauri?

• 03:07 [@churchdiscography] Does SpaceX mind that China basically duplicated the Falcon 9 design for a reusable rocket?

• 07:54 [@paigepotter4682] Have we ever found anything from Mercury on Earth like we have from the Moon and Mars?

• 09:33 [@Mefodon] Why is the speed of light not called the speed of gravity?

• 13:32 [@geohondo] What should we leave behind?

• 17:45 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 33:01

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🟣 Guest: Mat Kaplan https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio

Mat Kaplan is a huge inspiration for me. We talked about the Planetary Society, his career hosting The Planetary Radio, most exciting upcoming missions, destinations we should visit and much more.

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:31 Meet Mat Kaplan

• 11:47 The Planetary Society

• 22:03 Interesting mission ideas

• 27:54 Which places should we explore

• 33:01 Science communication

• 48:03 Current obsessions

• 52:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:31

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Will new telescopes continue bringing up new discoveries? Why doesn't the CMB get blocked by galaxies? Where did the first stars form? And in Q&A+, the truth about Roman's mirror.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@XxMyNameIsTAOxX] Will new telescopes bring new discoveries?

• 07:18 [@Zeldaborg_Galactic_Defender] Why don't galaxies block the CMB?

• 10:33 [@MistSoalar] Were first gen stars were born in opaque dust clouds behind CMB?

• 16:31 [@MistSoalar] The truth behind Roman's mirror

• 21:26 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:53

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Nancy Grace Roman has launched. Webb sees little red dots merging. Black holes make a mess when eating, there's a 10 sided feature at Saturn South Pole. And on Space Bites Plus, figuring out how a supermassive black hole got kicked out of its galaxy.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:18 Nancy Grace Roman launched https://www.universetoday.com/articles/roman-rises-five-things-to-know-about-nasas-new-space-telescope

• 05:28 Merging LRDs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-little-red-dots-about-to-merge

• 08:12 Mars’ Temperature Differences https://www.universetoday.com/articles/marss-interior-is-400c-hotter-under-southern-hemisphere

• 10:35 Black Hole Burping https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-catch-black-hole-spewing-matter-after-feeding

• 12:58 Saturn’s Decagon https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-tracks-new-decagon-encircling-saturns-south-pole/

• 14:22 Vote results 14:55 Surprising Result in the Search for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-intrigued-by-a-surprising-result-in-the-search-for-dark-matter

• 17:45 BepiColombo Arrives at Mercury https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Latest_updates_BepiColombo_s_arrival_at_Mercury

• 18:53 Bonus Story. Runaway SMBHs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/physicists-determine-cause-of-runaway-supermassive-black-hole

• 21:28 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:06

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How much stuff falls on the Moon every day? What if Von Neumann probes had AI? How did studying the Universe change my world views? And in Q&A+, should I grind my own telescope mirror?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@BMichaelNeal] If Von Neumann probes had independent AI, would they be Von Neumann probes?

• 04:24 [@christiandesalliers] The meteorite problem for a future moon base

• 09:06 [@paigepotter4682] Has studying the universe changed any of my personal philosophies or values? How?

• 14:06 [@sciencecompliance235] Do I have plans to grind my own telescope mirror?

• 17:53 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:48

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There soon will be tens of thousands of satellites in orbit. Possibly, even millions. Does it mean that ground-based Astronomy is a lost cause? How can we make it work? Also, how is New Horizons doing?

🟣 Guest: Dr. Alan Stern https://alanstern.space/

New Horizons: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-horizons/

LUCY: https://lucy.swri.edu/

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:57 How's New Horizons doing

• 02:17 Next target

• 08:43 More science for New Horizons

• 11:07 Possible follow-up missions

• 13:18 Funding issues

• 19:05 New Horizons continues to do science

• 23:48 LUCY mission

• 30:00 Mega-constellations vs ground-based astronomy

• 46:06 Current obsessions

• 50:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:23

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Can you DYI a binocular telescope at home? Which binoculars should you get for stargazing? How many supernovae it took to create the Solar System? And in Q&A+ what happens is the Voyagers come back?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@evandotpro] Does it make sense to DIY a binocular telescope?

• 03:30 [@JackRay-1] What magnification level and lens size would be good for binoculars used to stargaze?

• 08:24 [@szolosiseb773] How many stars went supernova before the formation of our current Solar System?

• 11:23 [@OneOfAMineRocks] What Happens When We See Voyager Coming Back From The Other Direction?

• 17:30 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 25:06

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Japan’s Phobos mission is almost ready to launch and so is Roman, NASA needs help re-inventing the wheel, why Earth is inevitable, and on Space Bites+, melting diamonds to learn more about ice giant interiors. All this and more in this week’s Space Bites.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 MMX Is Ready

• 03:18 Possible Origin of Deimos https://www.universetoday.com/articles/marss-funky-moon-deimos-was-shaped-by-an-impact

• 05:36 Phobos Transit https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/perseverance-captures-another-phobos-transit/

• 07:09 Starship aboard https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:255286

• 08:40 SpaceX's $100B expansion plan https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/spacex-intends-to-invest-up-to-100-billion-in-massive-louisiana-spaceport/

• 10:30 Reinventing the Wheel for NASA https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/nasa-challenge-tests-wheel-designs-for-moon-base-mobility/

• 13:20 Skyfall Drones https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-skyfall-mars-helicopters-will-feature-a-revolutionary-antenna-design

• 16:45 More Leads for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-distant-stream-of-stars-may-offer-new-clues-to-dark-matter

• 18:56 Vote results

• 19:34 Earth is inevitable https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-solar-system-models-show-earth-is-no-fluke

• 21:33 Roman's ready to launch

• 23:23 New image of Betelgeuse https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/audiences/alma-reveals-long-lived-hotspots-on-betelgeuses-bubbling-surface/

• 25:06 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-melted-a-diamond-and-cracked-a-secret-of-ice-giants

• 27:08 More space news

• 27:56 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:37

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How much of the Universe's life has already passed? Is the Universe spinning? How do binary planets work? And in Q&A+, does solar wind influence the orbits of planets?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@adamredwine774] What percent of the Universe's total lifetime have already passed?

• 05:41 [@DamingoFlave] Do you think that Deja Vu and Dreams could be glimpses into our multiverse versions of our lives we live?

• 07:45 [@ragetail3] Is the idea of adding a slingshot connected to earth for slinging rockets in to space a realistic idea?

• 12:26 [@HudsonAnsley] How do binary planets work??

• 14:37 [@danielguite3914] Do solar winds influence planet orbits?

• 17:23 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 20:51

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Sanjoy Som https://www.bluemarblespace.org/

📜 Multistage Rocket Optimization, Geophysics, and the Spacefaring Envelope of Habitable Super-Earths https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02691

Rockets fight against gravity to help us as a civilization escape into space. But what if a planet is much heavier? How big and dense does it need to get before a civilization gets permanently trapped and can't go to space?

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:16 Escaping the gravity well

• 06:53 Limiting factors

• 09:47 Rockets

• 15:18 Can a civilizations get trapped

• 20:51 Geology-driven civilization

• 32:54 Current obsessions

• 39:11 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 21:21

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Couldn’t we use the entire moon as a data center? Does the vastness of space ever scare me? Do solar systems have Lagrange points? And in Q&A+, will we ever get to a Jetsons reality?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@rwarren58] Couldn’t we use the entire moon as a data center?

• 03:58 [@jonathanchamberlain6260] Is the vastness of space and the unknown nature ever unnerving for you. I love space content but sometimes it gives me major anxiety.

• 11:16 [@ashstar42] How do you stay motivated when the world seems to be turning its back on progress?

• 20:04 [@DamingoFlave] Do Solar Systems have Lagrange points?

• 21:21 [@Stanton415] How quickly do you believe the robots will be able to give us Jetsons reality?

• 25:04 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 26:33

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

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:37 The Falcon Crater https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-lro-images-falcon-9-crater-on-moon-learns-new-details/

• 03:08 Starship Arrives to a Port https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/its-christmastime-at-spacex-as-company-salvages-starship-from-indian-ocean/

• 05:33 Mars' Field of Polygons https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-curiosity-rover-discovers-massive-field-of-polygons

• 07:41 Link Failed. Swift Will Die Soon https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-updates-next-steps-for-commercial-swift-boost-mission/

• 08:59 China Lands A Rocket (Again) https://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 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-fastest-star-in-the-milky-way-will-test-relativity

• 13:21 LRD = Black Hole Star? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-little-red-dots-could-be-black-hole-stars

• 15:47 Early Galaxies Are Bigger Than We Thought https://www.universetoday.com/articles/whoa-the-jwsts-ancient-galaxies-are-much-more-massive-than-thought

• 17:56 Three Supermassive Black Holes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/another-first-for-the-jwst-it-detects-three-supermassive-black-holes-in-the-same-galaxy

• 19:20 JWST Looks at Callisto https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-peeks-at-callistos-ancient-scars

• 20:49 Vote results

• 21:45 Star Formation is Slowing Down in the Andromeda Galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hubble-reveals-that-star-formation-is-slowing-down-in-the-andromeda-galaxy

• 23:35 Helix Nebula https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mothra-shows-us-a-star-being-recycled-in-the-helix-nebula

• 24:38 Carina Nebula https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-the-treasure-chest-at-the-heart-of-the-carina-nebula

• 25:49 Lion Nebula https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-clearest-image-yet-of-the-lion-nebula

• 26:33 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nuking-an-asteroid-on-short-notice-could-save-us

• 30:31 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:13

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Do we go through same places in the Milky Way every rotation? How should we celebrate the first contact? Will artificial magnetosphere help creating an atmosphere on Mars? And in Q&A+, how much does YouTube really pay for views.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:27 [@JamesMcIntosh-r7j] Will an artificial magnetosphere help retain Mars' atmosphere?

• 03:36 [@1000dots] Wouldn't that cut off heat and light from the sun too?

• 04:20 [@emilianolaneri] Does the Earth always follow the same path through on the milky way?

• 07:07 [@sciencecompliance235] How should we celebrate the first contact?

• 11:16 [@drewd2] How old is the Universe if you include pre-big bang?

• 14:13 [@JohnnyApplleseed] How much does 3M views pay?

• 15:55 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:48

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How dangerous would a massive solar storm be for future Moon and Mars bases? Can more exoplanet discoveries stimulate more funding? What’s the ultimate fate of galaxy clusters? And in Q&A+, would I go on a Moon voyage?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:27 [@slowboyfuelpump5438] how devastating would a Kerrington event be to our plans for the Moon and Mars?

• 03:07 [@thomasstarkey8238] If we had more Earth 2.0 candidates, would governments increase astronomy funding?

• 05:28 [@ragetail3] @frasercain when they say the farthest galaxy we can see is 13 billion light years away, and they say it is basically right after the big bang. What would Earth 4 billion years ago have seen there?

• 08:18 [@MikeKalil-e4f] How did we get here before the light reached us here?

• 10:11 [@OneOfAMineRocks] What does dark energy imply for the gravity-bound galaxies?

• 12:48 [@iliketurtles7947] Would I be willing to live on a lunar base for some years?

• 16:49 Upcoming Nancy Grace Roman launch

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:16

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How can there be auroras on Mars? More bad news for the exploration of Europa. Watching Pluto's atmosphere. And on Space Bites Plus, could planets form right after the Big Bang?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 Auroras on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-maven-illuminates-new-understanding-of-auroras-at-mars

• 03:07 More Bad News for Europa Exploration https://www.universetoday.com/articles/europas-interior-ocean-may-harbor-life-but-could-be-hard-to-reach-says-new-research

• 05:46 Watching Pluto’s Atmosphere https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-watch-as-a-distant-worlds-atmosphere-shrinks-and-thins

• 08:14 Identifying Quasars with Machine Learning https://www.universetoday.com/articles/seven-needles-800000-haystacks

• 10:05 First “AI-Driven” Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-telescope-that-points-itself

• 11:55 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 12:41 China’s Rocket Exploded in Flight https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/one-of-chinas-workhorse-rockets-just-exploded-in-flight/

• 13:41 Moonquakes to Locate Lunar Ice https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-to-find-lunar-ice-moonquakes-to-the-rescue

• 15:40 More Good News for Swift https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/08/11/nasa-swift-boost-spacecraft-prepares-to-continue-mission/

• 17:16 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-ingredients-for-planets-turned-up-astonishingly-early

• 19:58 Solar eclipse 2026 and the Perseids

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:15

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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?

• 11:15 [@melantorja] Will there be a Lagrange point questions mega-cut?

• 14:57 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 21:56

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Mike Rubenstein

📜 Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/actively-steerable-femtosat-constellations-for-in-situ-exploration-of-saturns-rings-atmosphere-and-magnetosphere/

👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/

Saturn's rings are dense. Sending one flagship probe through them makes no sense. It'll most probably be lost. But sending a swarm of small cheap probes does. Even if a lot of them won't survive, you're still getting lots of data. This is exactly what this NIAC project is proposing.

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:22 Observing Saturn's rings

• 05:21 A swarm of satellites

• 21:56 Invisible drones

• 29:33 Current obsessions

• 31:12 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:37

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If white holes exist, could we ever see one? Do SETI researches have access to Vera Rubin? Which is the best way for the Universe to end? And in Q&A+, will the Earth eventually become tidally locked to the Sun?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@festerallday] if a civilization isn't detected by SETI did it even exist?

• 02:20 [@tommix6016] If White Holes were to exist, would they be detectable?

• 03:49 [@vistotutti6037] Does SETI have access to the Vera Rubin data stream?

• 06:26 [@setaihedron] So we are going to trust that the most corrupt government in modern history is honest about what it is filtering from the data?

• 09:00 [@MelindaGreen] How would I prefer the Universe end?

• 12:37 [@paulwilson1529] Will the Earth become tidally lock to the Sun?

• 14:56 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 19:40

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👉 Interview with Dr Matt Weller https://youtu.be/R18W6VVZMhc?si=RasWhg-Y9sfKvXys
👉 Interview with Dr Paul Byrne https://youtu.be/VXuhaJu-GNM?si=A-lFy8XUQHJLqvL-

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 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-asteroid-that-may-be-three-worlds

• 02:22 Venus Isn’t Dead https://www.universetoday.com/articles/venus-isnt-dead-after-all

• 06:04 Liquid on Pluto https://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 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/charons-mountains-reveal-moon-once-spun-10x-faster

• 09:00 Primordial Black Holes and Supernovae https://www.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 https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2085121782315446613

• 13:53 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 14:48 Voyager 2 Avoids Shutting Down More Instruments https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-engineers-help-prolong-voyager-2s-science-mission/

• 17:05 Quick Update on New Glenn https://x.com/davill/status/2085074404627915059

• 18:07 Rescuing the Rescuer https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/heres-how-engineers-plan-to-save-the-satellite-sent-to-save-nasas-swift-mission/

• 19:40 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/smashed-ice-worlds-formed-neptunes-inner-moons-and-rings

• 20:50 Hank Green's AI controversy

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:26

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Are primordial gravitational waves still coming to us? How big would a 30 billion Sun mass black hole be? Do photons start experiencing time when slowed down in a medium? And in Q&A+, can any particle pop up into existence any time anywhere?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:27 [@vistotutti6037] Are primordial gravitational waves still going?

• 04:25 [@AriasThirdOfHisName] Thoughts on charged black holes?

• 06:45 [@KnownUnknown-i8r] How large is a 30 billion solar mass black hole?

• 08:04 [@hangmann747tinmann8] Does a photon experience time when it's slowed down in a medium?

• 09:18 [@oldtimer2662] Is Andromeda traveling towards us or are we traveling towards it?

• 10:35 [@EpicQuestBio] Has anyone considered using railgun to launch ultra-high-aspect ablation-shieled microgram payloads to escape velocity from their backyard?

• 13:26 [@yonatan62] Is there a chance that any particle can pop into existence anywhere at any time?

• 17:29 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 30:33

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Austin Phoenix https://nationalsecurity.vt.edu/personnel-directory/phoenix-austin.html

📜 ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental control https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/eclipse-efficient-variable-conductivity-lunar-insulator-for-passive-surveyor-environmental-control/

👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/

The Moon is brutal. It's super hot during the day and super cold during the night. Most landers and rovers can't survive that swing. So, how do you mitigate it? One of this year's NIAC projects has a potential solution.

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:04 Why is the Moon so terrible?

• 04:56 Mitigation strategies

• 30:33 Bistable booms https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.13818

• 37:26 Current obsessions

• 45:03 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:55

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Will private companies take over the ISS? Which sci-fi stories need to be written? What's the state of Canadian rocket market? And in Q&A+, a quick rundown of all my telescopes.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@D.S.8197] Will private companies replace the ISS?

• 05:51 [@kairon156] Which SciFi stories I would like to see written?

• 09:16 [@melantorja] Thoughts on Canadian rocket companies

• 11:32 [@Matthew...1979] How do we see Proxima Centauri?

• 12:55 [@raelcohen] Which telescopes do I own?

• 18:17 Gaming hand-helds

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:36

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Does the Fermi paradox make any sense? How can we talk about life out there if all the exoplanets are just single pixels or worse? Is it all just nonsense? And in Q&A, what was my favourite part of the Artemis 2 mission?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@frankshifreen] What's the point of searching for life with our primitive instruments

• 13:36 [@ConspiracyTheoryEnthusiast] My favorite part of the Artemis 2 mission?

• 19:33 Summer media

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BONUS PART STARTS AT: 19:02

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Starship 13 flies and lands softly in the ocean. Astronomers see the companion star for Betelgeuse. A comet spun down, reversed direction and might tear itself apart. Did Webb see primordial Little Red Dots? On Space Bites+, measuring the heat working its way out of Io. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.

Interviews mentioned

• LRDs with Dr. John Chisholm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4caOfg5K8Is

• LRDs with Dr. Vasily Kokorev https://youtu.be/zoHtCmCbcEU

• OBLIVION NIAC with Jeff Nosanov https://youtu.be/U6fZ2GryNhU

Timecodes

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:22 They Are Recovering The Starship https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacexs-starship-deploys-starlink-satellites-during-13th-flight-test

• 03:45 More Evidence for Bettelbuddy https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2611/

• 05:39 Bad News, Everyone https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/07/28/commissioning-update-for-spacecraft-to-boost-nasas-swift/

• 07:22 CAPSTONE-2 for Moon Docking https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/nasa-announces-new-spacecraft-technology-demonstration-mission-at-moon/

• 09:06 Chang’e-6 Rocks https://www.universetoday.com/articles/change-6-samples-reveal-how-earth-slows-solar-wind-striking-moons-near-side https://www.universetoday.com/articles/samples-of-lunar-rock-are-leading-scientists-to-rethink-the-moons-history

• 12:05 Self-Destructing Comet https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spin-reversing-comet-may-face-self-destruction

• 13:31 Vote results 14:13 Little Red Dots https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-distant-primordial-object-may-be-a-newborn-little-red-dot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/little-red-dots-could-be-ancient-globular-clusters-each-dominated-by-a-super-massive-star

• 17:40 Almost an Exomoon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-first-confirmed-exo-satellite-challenges-our-definitions-of-planets-and-moons

• 19:02 BONUS Story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/juno-measures-the-heat-below-ios-restless-surface

• 21:36 Final thoughts

🟣 Guest: Jeff Nosanov https://orbitalvelocity.space/

🎙️ Space Madness Podcast https://orbitalvelocity.space/#podcast

📚 How to do Business with NASA: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Contractors https://a.co/d/062c8pxQ

📜 OBLIVION: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN https://www.nasa.gov/general/oblivion-observing-black-hole-light-via-intensity-correlation/

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:45 NIAC Season 2026

• 02:54 OBLIVION

• 11:06 How can it possibly work

• 16:18 Possible targets for observation

• 20:01 Alternative applications

• 26:23 Orbital Velocity LLC

• 36:28 Space Madness Pod

• 41:01 Current obsessions

• 48:25 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:58

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Why is the Universe not 13.8 Billion light-years wide? Could a black hole possibly consume the entire Universe? Where did all the metals come from? And in Q&A+, what's the best part of my job here?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@anonylity_4798] How is the Universe bigger than it's older

• 05:33 [@WendellBroadwell] Will the entire Universe inevitably fall into a giant black hole?

• 11:18 [@davidpayton7838] Where did all the heavy metals come from?

• 13:58 [@doogle4144] Do I prefer writing text articles for UT or being in front of a camera?

• 17:08 Perseids

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 14:16

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Bad news for the planets of Bernard 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 Barnard's 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 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/electrically-charged-mars-storms-threaten-future-exploration

• 17:21 Problem with YouTube

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:05

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If other Universes exist, is it even possible to detect them? What created the fields and quantum fluctuations that supposedly set off the Big bang? Could we use a long tether as a power source around Jupiter’s strong magnetic field? And in Q&A+, what is the best way to watch a SpaceX launch?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:28 [@hempfreedom3044] Could we detect other Universes if they exist?

• 03:43 [@EdSceptic-y2e] What created the fields and quantum fluctuations that supposedly set off the Big bang?

• 09:27 [@doogle4144] Could we use a long tether as a power source around Jupiter’s strong magnetic field?

• 11:05 [@HenryWarren-b6j] What is the best way to watch a SpaceX launch?

• 15:57 Star City review

👉 More interview HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/44300

BONUS PART STARTS AT 34:06

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Supernova remnants should be stable. All the action is long gone. But newly found supernovae in M87 unexpectedly show signs of rapid change. Why does this happen? Nobody really nows yet.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Roy Kilgard https://rkilgard.faculty.wesleyan.edu/

📜 NASA's Chandra Finds Unexpected Fireworks in Aftermath of Stellar Explosions https://chandra.si.edu/press/26_releases/press_061526.html

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:56 Dynamic supernovae

• 08:28 What's going on there?

• 20:11 How can we resolve this mystery

• 22:08 X-ray binaries

• 24:24 Demarkation of compact objects

• 29:17 Neutron stars becoming black holes

• 34:06 Light pollution

• 43:53 Current obsessions

• 51:25 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:12

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Is a magnetic shield the first step for a true Mars colonization?

• 04:58 [@giubl3] Does stuff near the black hole spin faster than stuff further away?

• 08:59 [@paigepotter4682] What’s the most “I can’t believe this is my job” moment I had?

• 14:12 [@Nomad77ca] Do I follow Nord Space and their new launch facilities in NFLD?

• 16:55 My sad telescope

BONUS PART START STARTS AT 18:21

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Interview with Dr. Noelia Noël about painting satellites black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yQegWQWtUo

Dragonfly is taking shape. A new exoplanet at Beta Pictoris. Hera gets a software upgrade mid-flight. And new features hiding in the Orion Nebula. On Space Bites Plus, how we can paint satellites black to reduce light pollution. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:20 Dragonfly Takes Its Shape https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2026/07/09/nasas-dragonfly-clears-key-tests-as-titan-rotorcraft-takes-shape/

• 03:41 Software Update for HERA https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rebooting-a-spacecraft-140-million-kilometres-from-home

• 06:11 New Exoplanet at Beta Pictoris https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-exoplanet-hid-for-10-years-before-astronomers-finally-found-it

• 09:36 Missing Link for Black Holes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-relativistic-jet-could-be-an-indication-of-the-missing-link-for-black-holes

• 11:51 Vote results

• 12:13 Ancient astronomers were right about Theta Eridani https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-ancient-astronomers-theta-eridani-was-brighter-for-a-thousand-years-now-we-know-why

• 14:41 New Features Hiding in the Orion Nebula https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-new-features-hiding-in-the-orion-nebula

• 16:15 Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-discovers-first-of-star-clusters-missing-black-holes/

• 17:54 More space news

• 18:21 BONUS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/ultra-black-coating-could-mitigate-light-pollution-caused-by-satellites

• 19:03 How do you do, fellow kids?

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:04

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Why not push the ISS to a high orbit instead of de-orbiting it? Will we ever send a probe to another star? Is quantum computing more promising than AI advances? And in Q&A+, how close are we to a technological singularity?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:27 [@TheLinthus] Why not push the ISS to a high orbit instead of deorbiting it?

• 06:18 [@zach_diecast_mansur] Will we ever send a probe to another star?

• 10:49 [@clivewarren3227] Is quantum computing more promising than AI advances?

• 14:04 [@slowboyfuelpump5438] How close are we to a technological singularity?

• 16:30 How your support helps

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:47

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Is Sgr A* even massive enough for a supermassive black hole? Are there galaxies around the Little Red Dots? How important is plate tectonics? And in Q&A+, what's the biggest showstopper for a interstellar crew?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@Nomad77ca] Is our BH big enough to be "super" massive?

• 01:58 [@billionsandbillionsofstars] Are the Little Red Dots supermassive black holes inside galaxies?

• 05:54 [@luiscarneiro4123] Will Euclid + JWST data force a revision of dark matter models, or could something unexpected emerge?

• 09:38 [@kcvillain87] Do we have ideas about the roll of tectonics and habitability?

• 14:47 [@Dying2play13] what's the biggest showstopper for a interstellar crew?

• 19:48 Chill out and relax

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:37

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China Lands a Reusable Rocket, Spacecraft visit two asteroids up close. How spaceflight makes you older. And using permanent magnets to protect astronauts from radiation. And on Space Bites Plus, extending inflatable tunnels for the surface of Mars.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:18 China Lands a Reusable Rocket https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rmmx86pdo

• 02:04 Two Close Asteroid Encounters https://www.universetoday.com/articles/another-success-for-hayabusa-2-as-it-completes-a-flyby-of-asteroid-torifune https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c10760422/content.html

• 06:11 Milky Way’s Arms Are Bigger Than We Thought https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-milky-ways-arms-reach-out-further-than-we-thought

• 07:36 Spaceflight Makes you Older https://www.universetoday.com/articles/does-space-speed-up-ageing-a-new-study-says-yes

• 10:24 Permanent Magnets Protect Astronauts? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-permanent-magnets-protect-astronauts-from-solar-storms

• 13:00 Vote results

• 13:35 Blue Origin’s Plan for LC-36 Repairs https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-return-to-flight

• 15:16 Quasars from Euclid https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-euclid-space-telescope-has-found-31-new-ancient-quasars-including-the-most-ancient-one-ever-foun

• 16:32 JWST's 4th anniversary https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_reveals_millions_of_stars_in_nearby_galaxy

• 17:37 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/university-team-proposed-retractable-pressurized-tunnels-for-missions-to-mars

• 20:48 More space news

• 21:14 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:55

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Will the Sun consume the Earth or not? Should we trade feet for arms to live in microgravity? How good is the peer review process in Astronomy? And in Q&A+, what happened to the Parker Solar Probe?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@TimPointing] Will the Sun consume the Earth or not?

• 04:40 [@jeffhans1] Should we trade legs for arms to live in microgravity?

• 07:26 [@vrstovsek] How loud is the Sun?

• 08:21 [@JJsQuest] How good is the peer review process in Astronomy?

• 11:55 [@darrengreen8000] What happened to the Parker Solar Probe?

• 15:07 Interviews

BONUS PART starts at 29:32

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We're pretty familiar with orbits around the Earth. But as we start putting more and more things on the Moon, it means we'll need to cover more and more orbits that go to and around the Moon. And it's actually much trickier than you think.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Aaron Rosengren https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3654

📜 The Astrodynamics Primer on Cislunar and Translunar Space https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26367

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:51 New operating volume in space

• 03:58 Lunar orbits during the Apollo era

• 09:42 Lagrange points

• 14:07 Artemis orbits

• 25:34 Kessler syndrome in cislunar space

• 29:32 Risks of crushing things into the Moon

• 39:00 Current obsessions

• 41:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:11

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Is Helium-3 the real reason for the modern-day space race? Could there be an undetectable death ray coming towards us? Where's the best place to stargaze? And in Q&A+, where will Artemis missions land?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@Ravi_GoodBetterBestNLIR] Is Helium 3 is the real reason for this new moon base race?

• 05:09 [@slowboyfuelpump5438] What is the best place in the US for sky gazing?

• 07:30 [@d.o.6769] What is my favorite naked eye or low mag observation?

• 10:16 [@kevinjelesnianski2260] Could there be an undetectable death ray coming towards us?

• 14:11 [@paigepotter4682] Where will future Artemis missions land?

• 16:20 My media

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:33

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SAVE STARGATE: https://www.change.org/p/save-stargate-with-martin-gero

Would the Sun be poisoned by iron if the Earth crashed into it? What happens to a binary companion when a supernova goes off? Which rocket is my favourite? And in Q&A+, could JWST pay more attention to the little red dots?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@psilocybe6115] Would the Earth poison the Sun?

• 04:31 [@paulmichaelfreedman8334] My favorite rocket or space vehicle?

• 09:56 [@tomholroyd7519] What happens when a binary companion goes supernova?

• 12:33 [@abdwyer] Could JWST be “focused” on the Little Red Dots?

• 15:43 Take action!

Vera Rubin survey is underway. Could a spare Perseverance rover be going to the moon? Two planets that are less dense than cotton candy. A vast connected magma system on Mars.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:16 Vera Rubin's 10-year Survey Finally Begins https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-finally-begun-the-vera-rubin-observatory-creating-what-will-be-the-greatest-movie-ever-made

• 03:04 NASA Moon Updates https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-more-moon-base-science-previews-new-opportunities/

• 07:49 Planets Lighter Than Candy Floss https://www.universetoday.com/articles/two-planets-lighter-than-candy-floss

• 09:59 Not Ice Giants (Maybe) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/uranus-neptune-may-be-magma-worlds-not-ice-giants

• 12:04 Vote results 12:36 Another Galaxy With No Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-discover-another-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter

• 14:58 Possible Vast Underground Magma System on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-may-have-vast-magma-systems-beneath-its-surface

• 16:47 More space news

• 18:19 Isaacman's NASA

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:05

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Can we put a structure on the Moon to be seen with a naked eye? Which telescope to get under 200 bucks? Which telescope should get a priority? And in Q&A+, exactly where are we in the Milky Way?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@jeffhans1] Which telescope should get a priority?

• 04:50 [@clivewarren3227] Can we put a structure on the Moon to be seen with a naked eye?

• 07:10 [@unlimitedmind69] Which telescope to get under 200 bucks?

• 11:05 [@kennywoodward9862] Where are we in the Milky Way exactly?

• 15:06 Update on my Top-100 scifi movies

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:12

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Dr Paul Sutter https://www.pmsutter.com/

How can black holes be hot when all they do is suck in everything around them? Why is the Oort cloud so perfectly spherical? How do astronomical measurements work? And in Q&A+, can small Moon impacts be a threat to Earth?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@MistSoalar] Why is the Oort cloud spherical?

• 03:09 [@rJaune] Could we detect the Oort Clouds, or Kuiper Belts of exo-systems?

• 03:45 [@nephilim20111] How hot black holes are?

• 08:05 [@d.o.6769] What are the various units and how do they relate to each other?

• 15:12 [@-Blackberry] Can small Moon impacts be a threat to Earth

• 17:06 Dr Paul Sutter

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:34

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A mission to rescue a falling space telescope. More uses for the solar gravitational lens. The Euclid Space Telescope images the center of the Milky Way. And in Space Bites+, a star ate a planet.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Rescue mission for a falling telescope https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/this-week-nasa-will-launch-a-first-of-its-kind-mission-to-save-a-space-telescope-that-has-observed-the-sky-for-nearly-22-years-180988998/

• 03:40 More Uses for the Solar Gravitational Lens https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-solar-gravitational-lens-could-map-white-dwarfs-and-black-holes

• 07:43 Six Galaxies Become One https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-spies-six-galaxies-becoming-one

• 09:44 Dying by the Wrong Rules https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-star-dying-by-the-wrong-rules

• 11:40 Vote results

• 12:07 The Secret of Early Galaxy Growth https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cosmic-dawn-fuel-discovery-unlocks-early-galaxy-growth-secrets-vla-fuel-discovery

• 13:54 The First Pair of Sibling Supernova Remnants https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-is-the-first-pair-of-sibling-supernova-remnants

• 16:07 Euclid Captures Milky Way’s Bulge https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/ESA_s_Euclid_captures_the_Milky_Way_s_crowded_heart

• 18:34 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-stellar-evidence-of-an-engulfed-planet

• 20:22 More space news

• 21:00 Bad naming in Astronomy

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:57

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The Moon is running away from Earth. How can we stop it? Why orbiting objects get tidally locked? What makes more sense, repairing Hubble or replacing it? And in Q&A+, did the Solar System produce its own interstellar objects?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@JakeGajoff] Why objects get tidally locked?

• 04:42 [@nephilim20111] How do we stop the moon from getting further away?

• 05:04 [@Leafbinder] If moon tickets were only 500$ would I go?

• 06:31 [@C.Lo.87] Which makes more sense, a new Hubble or a repair mission?

• 11:45 [@a-a-ron929] Where to look during a meteor storm?

• 13:57 [@C.Lo.87] Have we ever witnessed an object from our solar system get flung out at escape velocity?

• 16:04 Summer plans

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Could we even find von Neumann probes in the solar system? Could alien megastructures be raining down on the moon? Do we finally have an explanation for little red dots?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 Where Are Alien Probes Hiding? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-alien-probes-hiding-in-our-backyard-a-new-study-says-weve-barely-looked

• 03:15 Best Place to Look for Alien Megastructures https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-best-place-to-look-for-alien-megastructures-might-be-moon-dust

• 06:26 Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-exoplanets-choked-by-diesel-smog

• 08:20 Did we finally solve Little Red Dots https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-little-red-dots-that-turned-out-to-be-black-holes-in-disguise

• 10:55 LISA Could Double as an Asteroid Scale https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lisa-could-double-as-an-asteroid-scale

• 12:54 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 13:33 The Galaxy's Spin Is Hiding in the Hum of Gravitational Waves https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxys-spin-is-hiding-in-the-hum-of-gravitational-waves

• 15:05 Pulsar in an Almost Flawless Circular Orbit https://www.universetoday.com/articles/fast-finds-a-pulsar-in-an-almost-flawless-circular-orbit

• 16:42 The Cause of Venus’ Weird Rotation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/venus-strange-rotation-was-likely-triggered-by-a-high-velocity-moon-sized-impactor

• 18:11 More space news

• 18:39 YouTube Thumbnails

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:41

Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bWMmyQu0Zog

What does a nation gain from a continuous Moon presence? Will it ever make sense to mine asteroids? What question should we ask aliens and what should we tell them first? And in Q&A+, don't believe everything you see.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@teknophyle1] What can a nation gain from continuous presence of the Moon?

• 05:20 [@churchdiscography] What do we ask the aliens first?

• 09:23 [@floater81floats37] When will it make sense to mine asteroids?

• 13:41 [@lukeskydropper] Do not believe everything you see

• 17:56 For All Mankind

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We've seen a lot of depiction of the future of food in space in sci-fi. People eat food in space every day. But with future Moon base missions and trips to Mars, food will have to evolve as well. Which way will it go? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Tor Blomqvist https://www.deepspacefood.org/

📜 From production to food systems: A systems-level review of drivers, requirements, and integration for Lunar and Martian food systems https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652600113X

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:06 Who did space food best

• 05:35 What food will martian missions have

• 13:41 Setting up a greenhouse

• 34:01 Future missions

• 44:09 Current obsessions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:34

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How will future historians see space exploration? Did NASA handle well the 3I/ATLAS story? How fast do you really need to go to break free from the solar system? And in Q&A+, some sci-fi books recommendation.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@madmillion91920110] How did NASA handle 3I/ATLAS?

• 04:24 [@NooLoon-c1t] How fast would you need to go to leave the solar system?

• 08:43 [@paigepotter4682] What do you think future historians will get wrong about space exploration??

• 11:53 [@jeffhans1] Do you think future people will look back on us with pity for only having natural vision and hearing?

• 12:34 [@kimbarron4239] What books are people reading?

• 14:24 Future events

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:51

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David Kipping’s  @CoolWorldsLab  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT7V4gE4ZIc

Matt’s podcast https://storiesbywilliams.com/podcast-series/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/houseofwilliams

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

• 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 Disk’s Rotation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-make-live-observation-of-a-nearby-protoplanetary-disks-rotation

• 13:16 Cosmic Web Like You've 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

• 17:51 BONUS story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-seti-institute-releases-technosignature-report-on-3iatlas

• 19:47 Matt Williams' podcast https://storiesbywilliams.com/podcast-series/