BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:37

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China Lands a Reusable Rocket, Spacecraft visit two asteroids up close. How spaceflight makes you older. And using permanent magnets to protect astronauts from radiation. And on Space Bites Plus, extending inflatable tunnels for the surface of Mars.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:18 China Lands a Reusable Rocket https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rmmx86pdo

• 02:04 Two Close Asteroid Encounters https://www.universetoday.com/articles/another-success-for-hayabusa-2-as-it-completes-a-flyby-of-asteroid-torifune https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c10760422/content.html

• 06:11 Milky Way’s Arms Are Bigger Than We Thought https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-milky-ways-arms-reach-out-further-than-we-thought

• 07:36 Spaceflight Makes you Older https://www.universetoday.com/articles/does-space-speed-up-ageing-a-new-study-says-yes

• 10:24 Permanent Magnets Protect Astronauts? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-permanent-magnets-protect-astronauts-from-solar-storms

• 13:00 Vote results

• 13:35 Blue Origin’s Plan for LC-36 Repairs https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-return-to-flight

• 15:16 Quasars from Euclid https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-euclid-space-telescope-has-found-31-new-ancient-quasars-including-the-most-ancient-one-ever-foun

• 16:32 JWST's 4th anniversary https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_reveals_millions_of_stars_in_nearby_galaxy

• 17:37 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/university-team-proposed-retractable-pressurized-tunnels-for-missions-to-mars

• 20:48 More space news

• 21:14 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:55

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Will the Sun consume the Earth or not? Should we trade feet for arms to live in microgravity? How good is the peer review process in Astronomy? And in Q&A+, what happened to the Parker Solar Probe?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@TimPointing] Will the Sun consume the Earth or not?

• 04:40 [@jeffhans1] Should we trade legs for arms to live in microgravity?

• 07:26 [@vrstovsek] How loud is the Sun?

• 08:21 [@JJsQuest] How good is the peer review process in Astronomy?

• 11:55 [@darrengreen8000] What happened to the Parker Solar Probe?

• 15:07 Interviews

BONUS PART starts at 29:32

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We're pretty familiar with orbits around the Earth. But as we start putting more and more things on the Moon, it means we'll need to cover more and more orbits that go to and around the Moon. And it's actually much trickier than you think.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Aaron Rosengren https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3654

📜 The Astrodynamics Primer on Cislunar and Translunar Space https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26367

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:51 New operating volume in space

• 03:58 Lunar orbits during the Apollo era

• 09:42 Lagrange points

• 14:07 Artemis orbits

• 25:34 Kessler syndrome in cislunar space

• 29:32 Risks of crushing things into the Moon

• 39:00 Current obsessions

• 41:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:11

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Is Helium-3 the real reason for the modern-day space race? Could there be an undetectable death ray coming towards us? Where's the best place to stargaze? And in Q&A+, where will Artemis missions land?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@Ravi_GoodBetterBestNLIR] Is Helium 3 is the real reason for this new moon base race?

• 05:09 [@slowboyfuelpump5438] What is the best place in the US for sky gazing?

• 07:30 [@d.o.6769] What is my favorite naked eye or low mag observation?

• 10:16 [@kevinjelesnianski2260] Could there be an undetectable death ray coming towards us?

• 14:11 [@paigepotter4682] Where will future Artemis missions land?

• 16:20 My media

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:33

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SAVE STARGATE: https://www.change.org/p/save-stargate-with-martin-gero

Would the Sun be poisoned by iron if the Earth crashed into it? What happens to a binary companion when a supernova goes off? Which rocket is my favourite? And in Q&A+, could JWST pay more attention to the little red dots?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@psilocybe6115] Would the Earth poison the Sun?

• 04:31 [@paulmichaelfreedman8334] My favorite rocket or space vehicle?

• 09:56 [@tomholroyd7519] What happens when a binary companion goes supernova?

• 12:33 [@abdwyer] Could JWST be “focused” on the Little Red Dots?

• 15:43 Take action!

Vera Rubin survey is underway. Could a spare Perseverance rover be going to the moon? Two planets that are less dense than cotton candy. A vast connected magma system on Mars.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:16 Vera Rubin's 10-year Survey Finally Begins https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-finally-begun-the-vera-rubin-observatory-creating-what-will-be-the-greatest-movie-ever-made

• 03:04 NASA Moon Updates https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-more-moon-base-science-previews-new-opportunities/

• 07:49 Planets Lighter Than Candy Floss https://www.universetoday.com/articles/two-planets-lighter-than-candy-floss

• 09:59 Not Ice Giants (Maybe) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/uranus-neptune-may-be-magma-worlds-not-ice-giants

• 12:04 Vote results 12:36 Another Galaxy With No Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-discover-another-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter

• 14:58 Possible Vast Underground Magma System on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-may-have-vast-magma-systems-beneath-its-surface

• 16:47 More space news

• 18:19 Isaacman's NASA

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:05

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Can we put a structure on the Moon to be seen with a naked eye? Which telescope to get under 200 bucks? Which telescope should get a priority? And in Q&A+, exactly where are we in the Milky Way?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@jeffhans1] Which telescope should get a priority?

• 04:50 [@clivewarren3227] Can we put a structure on the Moon to be seen with a naked eye?

• 07:10 [@unlimitedmind69] Which telescope to get under 200 bucks?

• 11:05 [@kennywoodward9862] Where are we in the Milky Way exactly?

• 15:06 Update on my Top-100 scifi movies

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:12

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Dr Paul Sutter https://www.pmsutter.com/

How can black holes be hot when all they do is suck in everything around them? Why is the Oort cloud so perfectly spherical? How do astronomical measurements work? And in Q&A+, can small Moon impacts be a threat to Earth?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@MistSoalar] Why is the Oort cloud spherical?

• 03:09 [@rJaune] Could we detect the Oort Clouds, or Kuiper Belts of exo-systems?

• 03:45 [@nephilim20111] How hot black holes are?

• 08:05 [@d.o.6769] What are the various units and how do they relate to each other?

• 15:12 [@-Blackberry] Can small Moon impacts be a threat to Earth

• 17:06 Dr Paul Sutter