# \[Space Bites+\] "Accidental" Moon Photo // New NASA Budget Cuts // New Class of Stars

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 10 Apr 2026, 26 min.

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BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:03 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TV_kJYQctvk Artemis 2 is going well. The White House proposes to cut back NASA's budget. Webb looks at two protoplanetary systems. An entirely new class of stars. And in Space Bites Plus, Japan is planning a comet return mission. SLS IR Video • 00:00 Intro • 00:18 Artemis 2 is going really well https://www.universetoday.com/articles/artemis-ii-mission-shares-first-photo-of-earth https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-releases-images-of-artemis-iis-flight-behind-the-moon • 07:20 NASA Budget Cuts Amid Artemis 2 and Ignition Announcements https://www.planetary.org/articles/what-is-the-skinny-budget-and-what-does-it-mean-for-nasa • 09:36 Two Planets Forming https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webbs-picture-of-the-month-features-two-planet-forming-disks-and-a-few-possible-planets • 11:00 New Class of Star https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-class-of-star-merger-remnant • 13:34 Idea for a Mercury Rover https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-mercury-rover-could-explore-the-planet-by-sticking-to-the-terminator • 16:09 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts • 16:44 SuperCDMS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/supercdm-experiment-reaches-critical-temperature-bringing-it-one-step-closer-to-detecting-dark-matte • 18:22 JWST's Hidden Treasure https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-spies-once-hidden-treasures-in-the-w51-starbirth-crche • 20:03 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jaxa-plans-to-bring-back-pristine-early-solar-system-samples-from-a-comet • 21:22 Most influential space moments

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