BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32

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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.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 No Plumes After All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all

• 03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave

• 05:08 Weird Wheels https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface

• 06:41 More Venus-Like Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths

• 08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars

• 10:40 Vote results

• 11:09 Getting to Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible

• 14:02 Psyche at Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target

• 15:31 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries

• 17:34 Unidiscoveries in science

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57

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Channels mentioned:

• @JustHaveaThink

• @SimonClark

• @ProfessorDaveExplains

• @potholer54

Timecodes

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon?

• 06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star?

• 11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries?

• 12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next?

• 14:38 My opinions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do?

• 02:39 [@SnusKing] Why can't JWST just look at all known exoplanets?

• 08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target?

• 10:46 [@earthlingfire7168] Gaia data release 4 when?

• 12:39 [@paigepotter4682] Why do Q&A+?

• 15:02 Japan

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24

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• Dr Paul Sutter: https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter

• Dr Brian Koberlein https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian

• Alan Boyle https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog

• Matthew Williams https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams

• Carolyn Collins Petersen https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen

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.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Trans-Neptunian atmosphere https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery-for-astronomers

• 02:13 Saturn’s Ring’s Origin https://www.universetoday.com/articles/saturns-icy-rings-likely-formed-from-lost-moon-chrysalis

• 03:41 Four People in a Pixel https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-people-in-a-pixel

• 05:21 X-Ray dot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-an-x-ray-key-to-the-red-dot-mystery

• 07:51 Vote results

• 08:24 Black holes' lifetimes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/black-holes-dont-live-forever-but-they-might-live-long-enough-to-look-like-white-holes

• 11:36 One Graph to Rule Them All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-graph-attempts-to-connect-every-object-in-the-universe

• 13:02 Scanning the Sky for Aliens for 10 years https://www.universetoday.com/articles/weve-been-listening-for-ten-years-heres-what-we-heard

• 15:24 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/citizen-scientists-may-have-just-doubled-the-number-of-known-brown-dwarfs

• 17:07 More space news

• 17:43 Team's projects

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon?

• 03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia?

• 05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith?

• 06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS?

• 08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?

• 11:53 [@webfiji7346] How to apply coding skills for astronomy?

• 15:46

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:26

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What would happen is a country claims Mars as their own? Will we have the Expanse scenario? What's a realistic timeline for Moon exploration? And in Q&A+, can we use those inflatable modules on the Moon?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@neilvonholtum2555] What happens if a country claims Mars as their own?

• 05:22 [@MikeD_] Isn't this the Expanse?

• 08:05 [@GigBossMan] After 53 years how far along would we be on the Moon?

• 14:26 [@danielwhitehouse7682] Do you think those blow up modules would work on the moon

• 17:22 Latest UFO release

BONUS STORY starts at 15:34

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Patreon Q&As https://www.patreon.com/collection/116972

Pandora interview with Dr Ben Hord https://youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU

Curiosity gets a rock stuck to its drill. NASA releases over 12,000 images of the Artemis II mission. The new Pandora Space Telescope sees first light. How Io's lava lakes are hotter than we thought. And in Space Bites+, a meteorite that is very similar to the planet Mercury.

• 00:00 Intro

• ]00:19 NASA Releases 12,000 Artemis II Photos https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1778194875140121

• 02:15 Curiosity Lifting Rocks on Mars https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/

• 03:33 Pandora's first light https://www.universetoday.com/articles/first-images-from-the-pandora-exoplanet-mission

• 05:31 ESPRESSO Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-paranal-solar-espresso-telescope-a-new-tool-for-finding-exoplanets

• 07:42 Io's superhot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-might-have-massively-underestimated-ios-thermal-output

• 09:30 Radar drones https://www.universetoday.com/articles/drones-scanning-earths-glaciers-are-paving-the-way-for-future-mars-helicopters

• 11:25 Vote results 11:51 Subaru on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/subaru-telescope-reveals-new-data-on-the-interior-composition-of-3iatlas

• 13:20 Superionic ice inside ice giants https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-quasi-1d-state-of-matter-could-be-hiding-inside-ice-giant-planets

• 15:34 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-a-meteorite-helps-explain-mercurys-chemical-makeup

• 17:40 My current obsessions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:16

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How hard is it to keep rocket fuel in space? Which is better, a Moon mission on the surface or in orbit? How would a space station look like in a binary planet system? And in Q&A+, could we launch a probe into a black hole?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@geohondo] Is it problematic to keep rocket fuel in space for extended time?

• 07:09 [@drewd2] Would a lunar base be more effective for reducing the cost of space exploration?

• 09:32 [@vistotutti6037] Are we capable of launching Voyager class probes out of our solar system today?

• 12:21 [@thelightrunner2612] Would a large space station at the barycentre of binary planets work?

• 15:16 [@JohnnyApplleseed] What could we learn from launching a probe into a black hole?

• 17:14 Science VS Religion