# \[Space Bites+\] Half Of Our Galaxy Is Hotter Than The Other (We Finally Know Why!)

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 1 May 2026, 24 min.

Audio: https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/157110505/981ac8bbf5b84f5d9348c08aaf8df51e/eyJhIjoxLCJpc19hdWRpbyI6MSwicCI6MX0%3D/1.m4a?token-hash=wDiSsZ_MHjzp44W8Jr6YzVAY5Hgqt5phYxoiq_N3vQs%3D&token-time=1794182400

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:18 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tejYwoRqG38 New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons. • 00:00 Intro • 00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own • 04:04 NASA tests new ion engine https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/ • 06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat/ • 07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved • 09:46 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts • 10:15 Milky Way’s Hot Side https://www.universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why • 11:56 Where's the edge of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc • 13:52 Disappearing exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight • 16:02 That's no moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans • 18:18 BONUS STORY • 20:45 More space news • 21:16 Working with Vera Rubin data

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