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MAY 23, 2026
[Space Bites+] A Big UN-DISCOVERY for Europa
<html><p>BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32</p><p>Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/IQPyYFCTn5Q" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IQPyYFCTn5Q</a></p><p>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.</p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:17 No Plumes After All <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all</a> </p></li><li><p>03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave</a> </p></li><li><p>05:08 Weird Wheels <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface</a> </p></li><li><p>06:41 More Venus-Like Planets <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths</a> </p></li><li><p>08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars</a> </p></li><li><p>10:40 Vote results </p></li><li><p>11:09 Getting to Asteroids <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem</a> <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible</a> </p></li><li><p>14:02 Psyche at Mars <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target</a> </p></li><li><p>15:31 BONUS STORY <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries</a></p></li><li><p>17:34 Unidiscoveries in science</p></li></ul><p></p></html>
20 MIN
MAY 22, 2026
[Q&A+] We Were Promised a Flood of Vera Rubin Discoveries. Where Are They?
<html><p>BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57</p><p>Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/dzgbXfW2BMQ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/dzgbXfW2BMQ</a></p><p>Channels mentioned: <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ" target="_blank"> </a></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ" target="_blank">@JustHaveaThink </a> </p></li><li><p><a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCRRr_xrOm66qaigIbwFLvbQ" target="_blank">@SimonClark </a> </p></li><li><p><a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC0cd_-e49hZpWLH3UIwoWRA" target="_blank">@ProfessorDaveExplains </a> </p></li><li><p><a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCljE1ODdSF7LS9xx9eWq0GQ" target="_blank">@potholer54 </a></p></li></ul><p>Timecodes</p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon? </p></li><li><p>06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star? </p></li><li><p>11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries? </p></li><li><p>12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next? </p></li><li><p>14:38 My opinions</p></li></ul><p></p></html>
17 MIN
MAY 20, 2026
[Q&A+] There Are Only 6,286 Known Exoplanets. Why Hasn’t JWST Observed Them All?
<html><p>BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39 </p><p>Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/jNGaC5ltB2E" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/jNGaC5ltB2E</a></p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do? </p></li><li><p>02:39 [@SnusKing] Why can't JWST just look at all known exoplanets? </p></li><li><p>08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target? </p></li><li><p>10:46 [@earthlingfire7168] Gaia data release 4 when? </p></li><li><p>12:39 [@paigepotter4682] Why do Q&A+? </p></li><li><p>15:02 Japan</p></li></ul><p></p></html>
18 MIN
MAY 15, 2026
[Space Bites+] Green Bank Telescope Took This Image of Orion
<html><p>BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24</p><p>Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/8QJnq45tm3Q" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/8QJnq45tm3Q</a></p><ul><li><p>Dr Paul Sutter: <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter</a> </p></li><li><p>Dr Brian Koberlein <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian</a> </p></li><li><p>Alan Boyle <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog</a> </p></li><li><p>Matthew Williams <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams</a> </p></li><li><p>Carolyn Collins Petersen <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen</a></p></li></ul><p>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.</p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:15 Trans-Neptunian atmosphere <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery-for-astronomers" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery-for-astronomers</a> </p></li><li><p>02:13 Saturn’s Ring’s Origin <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/saturns-icy-rings-likely-formed-from-lost-moon-chrysalis" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/saturns-icy-rings-likely-formed-from-lost-moon-chrysalis</a> </p></li><li><p>03:41 Four People in a Pixel <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-people-in-a-pixel" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-people-in-a-pixel</a> </p></li><li><p>05:21 X-Ray dot <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-an-x-ray-key-to-the-red-dot-mystery" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-an-x-ray-key-to-the-red-dot-mystery</a></p></li><li><p>07:51 Vote results </p></li><li><p>08:24 Black holes' lifetimes <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/black-holes-dont-live-forever-but-they-might-live-long-enough-to-look-like-white-holes" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/black-holes-dont-live-forever-but-they-might-live-long-enough-to-look-like-white-holes</a> </p></li><li><p>11:36 One Graph to Rule Them All <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-graph-attempts-to-connect-every-object-in-the-universe" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-graph-attempts-to-connect-every-object-in-the-universe</a> </p></li><li><p>13:02 Scanning the Sky for Aliens for 10 years <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/weve-been-listening-for-ten-years-heres-what-we-heard" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/weve-been-listening-for-ten-years-heres-what-we-heard</a> </p></li><li><p>15:24 BONUS STORY <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/articles/citizen-scientists-may-have-just-doubled-the-number-of-known-brown-dwarfs" target="_blank">https://www.universetoday.com/articles/citizen-scientists-may-have-just-doubled-the-number-of-known-brown-dwarfs</a></p></li><li><p>17:07 More space news </p></li><li><p>17:43 Team's projects</p></li></ul><p></p></html>
20 MIN
MAY 14, 2026
[Q&A+] What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon?
<html><p>BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53</p><p>Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/gTTqqXj-REs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/gTTqqXj-REs</a></p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon? </p></li><li><p>03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia? </p></li><li><p>05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith? </p></li><li><p>06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS? </p></li><li><p>08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?</p></li><li><p>11:53 [@webfiji7346] How to apply coding skills for astronomy? </p></li><li><p>15:46</p></li></ul><p></p></html>
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