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Universe Today Podcast

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Universe Today Podcast
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    [Space Bites+] A Big UN-DISCOVERY for Europa

    23/05/2026 | 20 mins.
    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32
    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IQPyYFCTn5Q
    Maybe Europa doesn't have plumes after all. A new way to detect dark matter. Maybe exo-venuses are more common than exo-earths. A private flight around the moon and Mars? And in Space Bites+, how the solar cycle influences space junk. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
    00:00 Intro

    00:17 No Plumes After All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all

    03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave

    05:08 Weird Wheels https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface

    06:41 More Venus-Like Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths

    08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars

    10:40 Vote results

    11:09 Getting to Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible

    14:02 Psyche at Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target

    15:31 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries

    17:34 Unidiscoveries in science
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    [Q&A+] We Were Promised a Flood of Vera Rubin Discoveries. Where Are They?

    22/05/2026 | 17 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dzgbXfW2BMQ
    Channels mentioned:  
    @JustHaveaThink 

    @SimonClark 

    @ProfessorDaveExplains 

    @potholer54 

    Timecodes
    00:00 Intro

    00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon?

    06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star?

    11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries?

    12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next?

    14:38 My opinions
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    [Q&A+] There Are Only 6,286 Known Exoplanets. Why Hasn’t JWST Observed Them All?

    20/05/2026 | 18 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jNGaC5ltB2E
    00:00 Intro

    00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do?

    02:39 [@SnusKing] Why can't JWST just look at all known exoplanets?

    08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target?

    10:46 [@earthlingfire7168] Gaia data release 4 when?

    12:39 [@paigepotter4682] Why do Q&A+?

    15:02 Japan
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    [Space Bites+] Green Bank Telescope Took This Image of Orion

    15/05/2026 | 20 mins.
    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8QJnq45tm3Q
    Dr Paul Sutter: https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter

    Dr Brian Koberlein https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian

    Alan Boyle https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog

    Matthew Williams https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams

    Carolyn Collins Petersen https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen

    A Kuiper Belt object with an atmosphere. The moon that became Saturn's rings. Tracking the Artemis mission from Earth. And it's Space Bites Plus, 3000 new brown doors discovered. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
    00:00 Intro

    00:15 Trans-Neptunian atmosphere https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery-for-astronomers

    02:13 Saturn’s Ring’s Origin https://www.universetoday.com/articles/saturns-icy-rings-likely-formed-from-lost-moon-chrysalis

    03:41 Four People in a Pixel https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-people-in-a-pixel

    05:21 X-Ray dot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-an-x-ray-key-to-the-red-dot-mystery

    07:51 Vote results

    08:24 Black holes' lifetimes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/black-holes-dont-live-forever-but-they-might-live-long-enough-to-look-like-white-holes

    11:36 One Graph to Rule Them All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-graph-attempts-to-connect-every-object-in-the-universe

    13:02 Scanning the Sky for Aliens for 10 years https://www.universetoday.com/articles/weve-been-listening-for-ten-years-heres-what-we-heard

    15:24 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/citizen-scientists-may-have-just-doubled-the-number-of-known-brown-dwarfs

    17:07 More space news

    17:43 Team's projects
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    [Q&A+] What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon?

    14/05/2026 | 18 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gTTqqXj-REs
    00:00 Intro

    00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon?

    03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia?

    05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith?

    06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS?

    08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?

    11:53 [@webfiji7346] How to apply coding skills for astronomy?

    15:46
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