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[Space Bites] Mysterious Object Discovered // Starship Explodes Again // China's Asteroid Sample Return
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Episode [Space Bites] Mysterious Object Discovered // Starship Explodes Again // China's Asteroid Sample Return
China’s asteroid sample return mission launches, searching for a companion star for Betelgeuse, the 9th flight test wraps up for Starship and Superheavy, and Webb takes its longest exposure yet. And in SpaceBites+, is Venus hiding deadly asteroids.
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00:00 Intro
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00:30 Mystery object discovered
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/strange-object-is-releasing-regular-blasts-of-both-x-rays-and-radio-waves
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02:46 Searching for Bettel-Buddy
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-search-is-on-for-betel-buddy
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05:07 China's asteroid sample return mission launched
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chinas-tianwen-2-is-off-to-collect-an-asteroid-sample
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06:40 China's reusable rocket test
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-29/Chinese-commercial-rocket-completes-vertical-sea-recovery-test-1DMefpHW0qQ/p.html
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07:50 Starship IFT-9
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/after-awesome-launch-starship-spins-out-of-control
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09:58 Vote results
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https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community
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10:34 Black holes but in colour
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-event-horizon-telescopes-next-feat-multi-color-pictures-of-black-holes
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12:44 New discoveries about M87 SMBH
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17035
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15:00 Webb's longest exposure
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-webb-captures-faint-galaxies-from-the-universes-ancient-past
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16:21 More space news
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17:31 [Space Bites+] bonus story
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17:46 Some people just don't understand interviews
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- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/strange-object-is-releasing-regular-blasts-of-both-x-rays-and-radio-waves
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-search-is-on-for-betel-buddy
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chinas-tianwen-2-is-off-to-collect-an-asteroid-sample
- https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-29/Chinese-commercial-rocket-completes-vertical-sea-recovery-test-1DMefpHW0qQ/p.html
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/after-awesome-launch-starship-spins-out-of-control
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-event-horizon-telescopes-next-feat-multi-color-pictures-of-black-holes
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17035
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-webb-captures-faint-galaxies-from-the-universes-ancient-past
- https://youtu.be/c_RvcTNbVs4
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