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[Space Bites+] Iron Appears on 3I/ATLAS // Starship Flight 11 // DNA Could Survive on Mars Oct 17, 2025

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Phosphine found in a brown dwarf for the first time, new observations measure the nickel to iron ratio of Comet 3I/ATLAS, more evidence for Betelgeuse’s companion, Starship’s Flight 11 goes according to plan. And in Space Bites+, the far side of the Moon is colder than the near side.

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[Q&A+] SOS from Betelgeuse, Taste in Space, Nearby Black Hole Telescope | Q&A 363 Oct 16, 2025

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Why do astronauts taste food differently? Do we actively look for a SOS signal for Betelgeuse? Can we use a nearby black hole as a telescope? And in Q&A+, what shape will Milkdromeda be and why?

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[Q&A+] Weird 3I/ATLAS, Weird Saturn Storm, Weird Space News | Q&A 362 Oct 14, 2025

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What's going on with the weird comet 3I/ATLAS? What's going on with the weird storm on Saturn? How do you know which space news to trust? And in Q&A+, the best space documentaries ever made.

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[Interview+] How Breakthrough Starshot Quietly Fell Apart Oct 13, 2025

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Since Breakthrough Starshot was announced back in 2006 we started hearing less and less about the cause. But now it's gone practically to zero. What happened to the most realistic attempt to send a starship to another star system? Finding out in this interview.

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The Ultimate Guide to The 3I/ATLAS Comet Oct 10, 2025

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3I/ATLAS is a mad topic surrounded by speculations about aliens and other controversial takes. But there's a lot of real science about this fascinating objects. So, in this video we put together all the major discoveries and scientific papers about 3I/ATLAS.

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[Q&A+] Super Dangerous Solar Storms, Sampling Interstellar Objects, Alpha Cen vs Tau Ceti | Q&A 361 Oct 09, 2025

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How close are we to another Carrington-style event and how bad will it be? Why do people keep calling interstellar comets alien spaceships? Why not shift our focus from Alpha Centauri to Tau Ceti? And it Q&A+, if we see the Universe in the past, do we have a model of how it looks right now?

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[Q&A+] Power from a Black Hole, My Meteorite, Oort Cloud Attachment | Q&A 360 Oct 07, 2025

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How does Oort cloud stay attached to the Solar System as it moves through space? How can you generate power using a black hole? What should you do if a meteorite falls into your yard? And in Q&A+, which upcoming NASA missions are worth advocating for?

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[Space Bites+] Artemis II Launching Soon // 3I/ATLAS YouTube Disaster // Milky Way Wave Oct 03, 2025

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Gaia finds a huge wave sweeping through the Milky Way, We’ve got a launch date for Artemis II, lava tubes might have been found on Venus. And in Space Bites+, Venus’s clouds are mostly made of water.

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[Q&A+] Possible Life Under Europa's Ice, Pilotless Alien Spaceships, Hawking Radiation Explained | Q&A 359 Oct 02, 2025

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Can fish or other marine life realistically exist under the ice of Europa or Enceladus? Can we be visited by an alien spaceship but with no pilot? What is the most common misconception about Hawking radiation? And in Q&A+, which sci-fi book best describes our world in a few hundred years?

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[Q&A+] The Next Interstellar Project, Black Hole Planets, Combining Stars into a Megastar | Q&A 358 Sep 30, 2025

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What would be the next interstellar project after the quite end of Breakthrough Starshot? Can planets exist around black holes? Why don't all stars combine into one megastar? And in Q&A+, are ion engines the future of space travel?

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