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[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World Nov 08, 2024

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Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build your own radio telescope

[Q&A] How Loud Was The Big Bang? Does Planet Spin Matter? Can Black Holes Revert to Stars? Nov 05, 2024

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[Space Bites] Is Sgr A* Image Wrong? // New Voyager-1 Problems // Another Sub-Surface Ocean Nov 01, 2024

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Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion.

[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan Oct 29, 2024

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How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

[Space Bites] New Hope for TRAPPIST-1 // ISS Successor // Milky Way Particle Accelerator Oct 25, 2024

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What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black hole.

[Interview] How JWST Changed Our Understanding of Star Formation Oct 23, 2024

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We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers have been using JWST to find out.

Guest: Adam Rubinstein

[Q&A] Shrinking Sgr A*, Prime Directive for Mars, Dark Energy Detectors Oct 22, 2024

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Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

[Space Bites] Europa Clipper Liftoff // What's Next for Starship // Jiggly Great Red Spot Oct 18, 2024

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Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot.

[Overtime Q&A] Jupiter's Ultimate Faith, New Targets for New Horizons, My Favourite Moons Oct 16, 2024

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What's the best way to do science communication? Will Jupiter expand when the Sun dies? How would aliens experience their environment? Can New Horizons get new targets in future? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.

[Special] ABSOLUTE Success! Full Analysis of SpaceX's Crazy Starship IFT-5 Oct 16, 2024

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SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for SpaceX? What to expect from IFT-6 now?

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