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[Space Bites+] Weird Starless Galaxy // Private Space Telescope // Betelbuddy's Wake
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Episode [Space Bites+] Weird Starless Galaxy // Private Space Telescope // Betelbuddy's Wake
A galaxy without stars, the wake of Betelgeuse’s companion star, a privately-funded Hubble class telescope, and could there be exomoons at TRAPPIST-1? And on Space Bites+, seeing an event horizon in 3D.
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00:00 Intro
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00:17 A galaxy with no stars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxy-that-never-was
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02:08 Hubble detects the wake of Bettelbuddy https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/
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04:31 JWST finds new objects astonomers can't explain https://www.universetoday.com/articles/as-puzzling-as-a-platypus-the-jwst-finds-some-hard-to-categorize-objects
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06:25 Private initiative for a Hubble replacement https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement/
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08:48 Problems for potential life on Europa https://www.universetoday.com/articles/europa-may-be-lifeless-and-unihabitable-after-all
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10:52 Rare lensed supernova https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-discover-a-bright-supernova-using-gravitational-lensing-for-the-first-time
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12:36 Vote results
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13:12 A mathematical solution for lunar dust problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sticky-problem-of-lunar-dust-gets-a-mathematical-solution
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15:28 Potential for exomoons in TRAPPIST-1 system https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-trappist-1s-seven-worlds-host-moons
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17:02 Decades-long supernova timelapse https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-releases-the-long-awaited-video-of-keplers-supernova-remnant
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18:16 BONUS STORY
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19:57 Pile of Spice https://www.patreon.com/posts/pile-of-spice-147346705
Links in the notes 12
- https://youtu.be/ilHG9OvMdmo
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/pile-of-spice-147346705
- https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxy-that-never-was
- https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/as-puzzling-as-a-platypus-the-jwst-finds-some-hard-to-categorize-objects
- https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement/
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/europa-may-be-lifeless-and-unihabitable-after-all
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-discover-a-bright-supernova-using-gravitational-lensing-for-the-first-time
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sticky-problem-of-lunar-dust-gets-a-mathematical-solution
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-trappist-1s-seven-worlds-host-moons
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-releases-the-long-awaited-video-of-keplers-supernova-remnant
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