Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:42
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What's next for Blue Origin after the explosion? Finding overly massive black holes at the early universe. Could dark matter be made of comets? A galaxy that just isn't rotating. And in Space Bites Plus, how massive can neutron stars be? All this and more on this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro

00:14 Might Be Not Than Bad (Still Pretty Bad) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-origin-issues-official-statement-on-new-glenn-explosion

02:35 Testing milestone for Blue Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-origins-lunar-lander-just-passed-its-toughest-test-yet

04:43 Roman Has a Launch Date https://www.universetoday.com/articles/roman-telescopes-massive-infrared-mirror-is-ready-to-fly

06:19 Another Take on Early SMBHs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-the-jwsts-early-overrmassive-black-holes-just-normal-range-outliers

08:43 Why Galaxies Stop Forming Stars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/heres-why-so-many-massive-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-stop-forming-stars

10:23 Could Dark Matter Be Comets (At Least Partially?) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-the-milky-ways-missing-mass-be-hiding-in-a-swarm-of-interstellar-comets

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

13:41 And Yet It’s Not Spinning https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxy-that-forgot-to-spin

14:45 First light for ngVLA https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-next-generation-very-large-array-prototype-ngvla-gathers-its-first-light

16:42 How Heavy Can a Neutron Star Get https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-heavy-can-a-neutron-star-get

18:49 More space news

19:19 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:15
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00:00 Intro

00:52 [@paigepotter4682] What’s the last thing about space you changed your mind about?

09:15 [@seanrobertson8796] I’m being sincere, maybe a bit cynical, but how do I know my telescope is actually taking the picture and not just downloading it?

10:47 My media

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51
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Ranking Solutions to the Fermi Oaradox: https://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58
What could Starship launch with its 9 meter faring? How can we possibly be ready for Mars? What happens with information in a black hole? And in Q&A+, when can we be confident that Planet 9 doesn't exist?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Biosphere 2 didn't work on our hospitable planet so how are they really gonna do it on the utterly inhospitable moon or Mars?

06:38 [@brettostrander1031] What payloads will Starship be able to launch?

09:42 [@doogle4144] Nancy Grace Roman being on schedule

11:57 [@madmillion91920110] If Hawking radiation evaporates black holes, where does the information go?

13:51 [@jonnywalker-74] When will we be able safely say that planet 9 doesn't exist if we don't find it?

16:13 I need your suggestions

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:08
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New Glenn Explodes, NASA leans in on a moon base. Starship makes its 12th flight. Have astronomers found a primordial black hole? And in Space Bites Plus, flying a plane through a rocket plume to measure its pollution.
00:00 Intro

00:13 New Glenn explodes https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-just-exploded-during-a-static-fire-test/

02:22 NASA Moon base plans https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-provides-update-on-moon-base-rovers-landers-missions/

05:19 Starship Flight 12 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacexs-next-gen-starship-doesnt-fire-on-all-engines-during-first-test

08:40 Primordial black hole candidate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-just-passed-between-us-and-a-distant-star

11:37 Early SMBH https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-weirdness-of-early-universe-smbhs-gets-even-weirder

14:32 Ultra faint galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-observe-the-most-chemically-primitive-galaxy-in-the-early-universe

16:39 Vote results

17:10 TESS sky map https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-tess-reveals-epic-all-sky-map-of-distant-worlds

19:00 Triple star system https://www.universetoday.com/articles/three-stars-one-extraordinary-system-and-a-drama-still-to-come

20:08 Rocket pollution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-satellite-megaconstellations-accidentally-geoengineering-the-earth

22:51 More space news

21:29 Reaching out to me

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:05
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Why don't they just charge the shell of the spaceship to repel radiation? What happens when something breaks the speed of light? What weird thing did James Webb recently find? And in Q&A+, what's up and what's down in space?
00:00 Intro

00:36 [@LBTurner56] What did JWST find recently?

02:27 [@doogle4144] Can you just charge the surface of a spaceship?

08:07 [@cagmuer] What happens when something breaks the speed of light?

10:14 [@rebokfleetfoot] Is the Universe complex on purpose?

13:29 [@Jason-Darkholm] The universe is not obligated to make sense

15:05 [@Timvolleydarts] Is there an up & down in space?

18:49 Why do human spaceflight?