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[Space Bites] India Lands Russia Crashes // Mystery of Neptune Clouds // Red Shift Drift Aug 25, 2023

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India lands on the Moon. Another Ring Nebula image from JWST. One of the coolest exoplanet videos you’ve ever seen. New images of Neptune.

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00:00 Intro
00:14 India's Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon
- https://www.universetoday.com/162884/chandrayaan-3-lands-successfully-on-the-moons-south-pole/
02:59 Russia's Luna-25 crashed
- https://www.universetoday.com/162856/russias-luna-25-lander-crashed-into-the-moon/
03:44 Ring Nebula from James Webb
- https://www.universetoday.com/162872/when-the-sun-dies-it-could-produce-a-fantastic-ring-in-space-like-this-new-image-from-jwst/
06:14 Space Junk hit by Space Junk creating Space Junk
- https://www.universetoday.com/162885/the-irony-clearspace-1-couldnt-clean-up-space-debris-because-its-target-already-got-hit-by-space-debris-creating-even-more-space-debris/
09:18 Red Shift Drift
- https://www.universetoday.com/162845/a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-rate-of-the-universe-redshift-drift/
13:14 Vote
- https://youtu.be/c_Sr5ID4wog
13:42 Neptune Clouds Disappeared
16:08 Support What We Do
17:11 Actual Exoplanet Orbiting a Star
- https://www.universetoday.com/162895/watch-an-actual-exoplanet-orbit-its-star-for-17-years/
19:15 Why the Hubble Tension is a good thing

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[Space Bites] True Darkness of The Universe // MOND vs Dark Matter // SETI Symposium Aug 18, 2023

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The farthest star and the farthest galaxy seen by JWST. Measuring the darkness of the Universe from deep space. New evidence for MOND vs dark matter.

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00:00 Intro
00:14 Farthest Known Star Seen by Webb
- https://www.universetoday.com/162741/jwst-turns-its-gaze-on-the-farthest-known-star-earendel/
02:06 Farthest Galaxy by JWST
- https://www.universetoday.com/162794/youre-looking-at-the-farthest-confirmed-galaxies-found-by-jwst/
04:28 SETI Symposium
- https://www.universetoday.com/162744/the-2nd-annual-penn-state-seti-symposium-and-the-search-for-technosignatures/
06:18 New evidence for modified gravity vs dark matter
- https://www.universetoday.com/162749/evidence-for-modified-gravity-found-in-the-motions-of-binary-stars/
- https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/binary-stars-prove-modified-gravity/
10:18 Measuring the darkness of the Universe
- https://www.universetoday.com/162805/new-horizons-is-so-far-away-it-can-measure-the-true-darkness-of-the-universe/
12:52 Vote
- https://youtu.be/z-wpbHns6Sc
14:01 New results from Muon g-2 experiment
- https://www.universetoday.com/162758/new-muon-g-2-result-improves-the-measurement-by-a-factor-of-2/
15:28 SLS will get bigger cubesats
17:14 Support us on Patreon
18:07 Antarctic ice
- https://www.universetoday.com/162797/weve-never-seen-antarctic-sea-ice-this-low/
20:00 Does MOND make sense

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[Space Bites] LK-99 Update // Ingenuity's Unscheduled Landing // SuperHeavy Hot Fire Test Aug 11, 2023

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Superconductor update. Contact re-established with Voyager 2. Two stars orbiting so closely they could hide inside the Sun. A field of gravitational lenses in a new JWST image.

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00:00 Intro
00:16 LK-99 Update
02:35 Fusion Breakthrough Done Again
03:45 Voyager-2 is Back
05:00 Wolf Pack of NASA Moon Rovers
- https://www.universetoday.com/162676/nasa-plans-to-unleash-a-wolf-pack-of-rovers-onto-the-lunar-surface-in-2024/
07:10 Chandrayaan-3 Enters Lunar Orbit
08:02 Unscheduled Landing for Ingenuity
- https://www.universetoday.com/162709/nasas-mars-helicopter-had-an-unscheduled-landing-but-flew-again/
10:03 Two Stars Very Close To Each Other
- https://www.universetoday.com/162692/two-stars-orbiting-each-other-so-closely-they-could-fit-inside-the-sun/
12:17 Vote
13:12 JWST Sees El Gordo
- https://www.universetoday.com/162674/jwst-sees-multiple-gravitational-lenses-in-a-massive-cluster-the-fishhook-and-the-thin-one/
14:30 Best Year for Perceids
- https://www.universetoday.com/162607/why-2023-is-a-great-year-for-the-perseid-meteors/
15:52 Booster 9 Hot Fire Test
17:38 Starship Capabilities

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[Interview] Nautilus – True Next Gen Space Telescope Aug 09, 2023

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Classical space telescopes have their limit. You can't simply build bigger mirrors all the time. Instead, you can build more mirrors and combine them into a telescope array. That's the concept behind the Nautilus Array which we discuss with Prof. Daniel Apai from The University of Arizona.

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00:00 Intro
01:45 Future Space Telescopes and their Limits
09:11 Nautilus Telescope approach
15:21 Flat Lenses
23:33 Quality VS Quantity
29:52 Capabilities of the Nautilus Telescope
37:00 Earth-size planets around Sun-like stars
39:41 Current state
48:32 When do we see one fly

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[Space Bites] Voyager-2 Lost Contact // Potential Superconductor Breakthrough // Sag A* Companion Aug 04, 2023

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NASA Loses Contact with Voyager 2 because of a mistake. Euclid sends its first images. Finally, The Ring Nebula from JWST.

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00:13 NASA Lost Contact with Voyager 2
- https://www.universetoday.com/162610/oops-nasa-accidentally-points-voyager-2s-antenna-away-from-earth-temporarily-losing-contact/
01:54 LK-99. Possible room temperature superconductor
06:00 Euclid's First Images
- https://www.universetoday.com/162631/euclid-reaches-l2-shares-its-first-test-image/
08:44 Vote!
- https://youtu.be/l2hYSn411vs
09:43 Possible Sag A companion
- https://www.universetoday.com/162636/does-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-have-a-companion/
11:34 PLATO - best future planet hunter
- https://www.universetoday.com/162538/the-plato-mission-could-be-the-most-successful-planet-hunter-ever/
13:26 Support Us
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14:27 Io and Ganymede by James Webb
- https://www.universetoday.com/162617/jupiters-moons-get-the-jwst-treatment/
16:06 Ring Nebula by JWST
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/manchester-astronomer-captures-stunning-images-of-the-ring-nebula-on-james-webb-space-telescope/
17:51 Mars Sample Return engine test
- https://www.universetoday.com/162627/watch-the-mars-sample-return-mission-test-the-rocket-thatll-leap-off-the-surface-of-mars/
19:19 Does Mars Sample Return mission make sense

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[Interview] Dealing With Space Junk Aug 01, 2023

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Dealing with space debris is an increasingly important aspect of spaceflight. Can we take it under control? What technical challenges will we need to overcome? What will it mean for the future of space infrastructure? Answering all these questions with Alex Godfrey from Astroscale.

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00:00 Intro
01:19 How bad is space debris problem
07:39 Different orbits. Different treatment
11:21 Potential solutions
15:33 Technical challenges
20:45 ELSA-d and ELSA-m
23:38 How big is the potential market
26:10 Junk cleanup as part of space infrastructure
34:03 Future of space in 30-40 years
37:00 Regulating orbits

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[Interview] Launching Rockets With Just Electricity Jul 31, 2023

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What will it take to ditch chemical rockets and make space launches fully electric? What tech will it require and when will it be reasonable to use such a system? What technical challenges are associated with it? Answering all these questions with David Dillon, the founder of Electromagnetic Launch.

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00:00 Intro
01:38 The idea behind electromagnetic launch
07:40 Quech launcher
14:45 How the system will could like
24:03 Recent partnerships and applications
33:09 Space infrastructure
36:13 What's next

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[Space Bites] UAP Coverup Controversy // NASA's 2027 Nuclear Rocket // Trillions of Rogue Planets Jul 28, 2023

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NASA reveals nuclear rocket partnership with Lockheed Martin. Witnesses claim there’s a UAP coverup. There could be trillions of rogue planets wandering the Milky Way.

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00:00 Intro
00:12 2027 Nuclear Rocket by Lockheed Martin
- https://www.universetoday.com/162560/nasa-and-darpa-award-contract-for-a-nuclear-engine-to-lockheed-martin/
03:56 UAP hearings
- https://www.universetoday.com/162544/witnesses-alien-congress-uap-ufo/
05:58 Trillions of Rogue Planets
- https://www.universetoday.com/162522/there-could-be-trillions-of-rogue-planets-wandering-the-milky-way/
07:43 Enormous Cosmological Simulation
- https://www.universetoday.com/162506/an-enormous-cosmological-simulation-wraps-up-recreating-even-more-of-the-universe/
09:27 Galaxy With Almost No Dark Matter
- https://www.universetoday.com/162441/a-massive-galaxy-with-almost-no-dark-matter/
11:27 Vote Results
- https://youtu.be/t-LrlFJTaNw
12:37 New JWST Image

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[Special] All The AMAZING SCIENCE of James Webb's First Year in Space Jul 26, 2023

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It's already been one year of JWST operations. In this episode we accumulated all the major science results, all the amazing images and graphs, all the important discoveries and controversies. Enjoy the ULTIMATE GUIDE to the first year of James Webb.

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Scientist's Perspective on Webb's First Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsZzLzixd-E
Universe-Breaking Galaxies Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPK9kF2tqfk
JWST and the Future of Telescopes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXchT7mtEao
Image Processing with Judy Schmidt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiXzfeE5EjI
John Mather Explains JWST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1dOwht6D30
00:00 Intro
01:34 Amazing Images
13:52 Early Universe
22:26 Exoplanets
29:10 Solar System
36:32 Problems
39:24 What's Next

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[Interview] Weirdest White Dwarf Ever Found. What's Going On? Jul 22, 2023

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A white dwarf was found that literally has to sides. One is Hydrogen. The other one is Helium. And it constantly rotates and changes those two sides. What's going on and how could this possibly happen? We're figuring it out with Dr Jeremy Heyl from the University of British Columbia.

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