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  1. [Space Bites+] Half Of Our Galaxy Is Hotter Than The Other (We Finally Know Why!)

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    [Space Bites+] Half Of Our Galaxy Is Hotter Than The Other (We Finally Know Why!)

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:18 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tejYwoRqG38 New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons. 00:00 Intro 00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own 04:04 NASA tests new ion engine https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/ 06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat/ 07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved 09:46 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 10:15 Milky Way’s Hot Side https://www.universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why 11:56 Where's the edge of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc 13:52 Disappearing exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight 16:02 That's no moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans 18:18 BONUS STORY 20:45 More space news 21:16 Working with Vera Rubin data

    24 min
  2. [Q&A+] How Does A Telescope Made of 5000 Robots Work?

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    [Q&A+] How Does A Telescope Made of 5000 Robots Work?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:48 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/90S24jYGtd4 Latest Patreon Q&A show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156265102/ What did we really find on Mars? Could we find actual fossils there? How was the most detailed 3D-map of the Universe made? And in Q&A+, what's the deal with Iapetus and its huge ridge? Q&A 00:00 Intro 00:22 [@HanSolo__] Did we find marks of past primitive life on Mars? 05:15 [@geohondo] Could we find an actual skeletal fossil on mars? 07:18 [@louisnelsonsmith] How DESI works 15:48 [@TheGoldishFish] Why does Saturn moon Iapetus have that huge equatorial ridge? 18:03 The Q&A format

    21 min
  3. [Interview+] Removing Space Debris with Real-Life Star Trek Tech

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    [Interview+] Removing Space Debris with Real-Life Star Trek Tech

    BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:29 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GfEzOHGoAuU 🟣 Guest: Amy Haft 📜 Spacecraft electrostatic tractor using a power-constrained pulsed high-energy high-current electron beam https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027311772600075X?via%3Dihub The number of satellites constantly grows. As the result, space debris is becoming more and more of a concern. A new study suggests using practically real-life Star Trek tech to use an electron tractor beam to tug broken satellites around the orbit. 00:00 Intro 01:11 The state of space debris 04:25 Satellite tractor beam 14:07 Alternative applications 24:29 Tracking objects via plasma trails 39:23 Current obsessions 44:29 Final thoughts

    46 min
  4. [Q&A+] What If Voyager Crashed Into Something? | Q&A 418

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    [Q&A+] What If Voyager Crashed Into Something? | Q&A 418

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:23 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4uPUdm7WP9o Can we deploy a huge fleet of amateur telescopes to image a single planet? If the Voyager crashes into something, will we know that? What's the point of studying gravitational waves? And in Q&A+, does the starless galaxy have any planets? 00:00 Intro 00:27 [@liamdobbyn6167] Fleet of amateur telescopes on TRAPPIST-1 06:28 [@SpaceGeekSheri] Would we know about it if Voyager crashed into something? 08:12 [@deant6361] Will New Horizons end up leaving the solar system? 09:07 [@davidevans6487] Can we use radiation of space to power spacecraft? 11:16 [@JuanMendez-zh2ez] Why study gravitational waves? 17:23 [@christiandesalliers] Are there planets in Cloud-9? 19:18 Astronomy Cast

    23 min
  5. [Space Bites+] Moon Landing Bottleneck // China Gaining // 11,000 New Rubin Asteroids

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    [Space Bites+] Moon Landing Bottleneck // China Gaining // 11,000 New Rubin Asteroids

    Here’s what might delay Artemis, New Glenn flies again, but there’s a problem, Voyager 1 has to shut down another instrument, Vera Rubin is finding so many asteroids. And in Space Bites+, an incredible image to celebrate Hubble’s 35th birthday. 00:00 Intro 00:18 Potential bottleneck for Artemis https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/whats-the-deal-with-spacesuits-for-the-moon-will-they-be-ready-in-time/ 03:20 China Shows Off a 5-Meter Rocket Module https://www.universetoday.com/articles/china-unveils-a-massive-5-meter-composite-module-for-its-next-generation-reusable-rocket 06:20 Success and Failure of New Glenn NG-3 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/errant-upper-stage-spoils-blue-origins-success-in-reusing-new-glenn-booster/ 08:25 Voyager Shuts Down More Instruments https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/ 11:08 Vera Rubin Discovers A Lot of Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-has-discovered-11000-new-asteroids-and-its-barely-even-started 12:36 Vote results 13:06 Organics on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/msl-curiosity-found-new-organic-chemicals-on-mars-proof-that-the-planet-can-preserve-ancient-biosign 15:09 Roman’s Ready to Launch 16:51 SPHEREx Mapping the Sky https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-telescope-just-mapped-the-cosmic-ices-that-will-someday-build-planets 18:05 The Universe in X-Rays https://www.universetoday.com/articles/behold-the-solar-system-in-all-its-x-ray-glory 19:18 More space news 20:20 Complexity of the interviews

    24 min
  6. [Q&A+] Fermi Paradox Special (Vol. 2)

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    [Q&A+] Fermi Paradox Special (Vol. 2)

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:29 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ouw_AobGQ2M CosmoQuest Artemis Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhAPm8PNdY CosmoQuest: https://cosmoquest.org/ What could the great filter be? How visible is the human race to outside observers? How would astronomy work in a cosmic void? And in Q&A+, what would happen if a black hole suddenly approached?00:00 Intro 00:26 [@moosekeeto] What could the Great Filter be? 02:17 [@wookalarcentral] What do cosmic coincidences mean? 04:24 [@MikeD_] Could advanced civilizations communicate in a way we can't detect? 06:05 [@doogle4144] How 'visible' is the Human race? 08:56 [@mmorgan7212] How would astronomy work if we lived in a cosmic void? 13:40 [@AEFisch] Why do scientists call a black hole a singularity? 16:28 New citizen science project

    19 min
  7. [Interview+] We Don't See Supernovae In The Milky Way. Nobody Knows Why

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    [Interview+] We Don't See Supernovae In The Milky Way. Nobody Knows Why

    🟣 Guest: Dr. John Banovetz https://www.bnl.gov/world/ 📜 Uncovering the Next Galactic Supernova with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.12094 We should be getting 1-2 supernovae per century in a galaxy like the Milky Way. Yet, the last one observed was about 1000 years ago? Where are all the galactic supernovae? Why don't we see enough of them. Can Vera Rubin help? Finding out in this interview. 00:00 Intro 01:41 Supernovae in the Milky Way 09:33 Why don't we see the supernovae 13:32 Vera Rubin 24:37 Working with the data pipeline 39:10 Current obsessions 41:08 Final thoughts

    43 min
  8. [Q&A+] Moon Base Basics, HWO Targets, Mars Nuclear Reactor

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    [Q&A+] Moon Base Basics, HWO Targets, Mars Nuclear Reactor

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:16 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gac8HkEO9AE How will we power the Moon bases? Which places will be the primary targets for the Habitable World Observatory? Which nuclear reactor is the new NASA proposal about? And in Q&A+, how long will it take to clear the L2 Lagrange point? 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@Noonyuh] Could moonquakes or marsquakes cause problems for humans? 02:44 [@rJaune] Are there promising battery technology? 04:08 [@1000dots] Which nuclear reactor will NASA use for its new Mars mission? 09:20 [@smkolins] Is anyone setting up a public access list of new finds of Vera Rubin? 11:24 [@TestingTesting-1234] Where will HWO look first? 14:46 [@Matthew...1979] Could we see other planets in realtime? 16:16 [@C.Lo.87] How long to clear out L2? 17:22 Previously hidden content Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/6oMnUsxwsQM

    20 min
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    Fraser Cain
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