BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:26

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A planetary system that breaks all the rules. Colliding worlds reminds us of the Earth and the Moon. A super solar storm hit Mars too. An explanation for a seven-hour gamma ray burst. And in Space Bites Plus, thousands of stellar siblings found.

🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Planetary System that Breaks All Rules https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cheops-discovery-defies-planetary-formation-rules

• 02:41 A Special Rocky World https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-isnt-just-another-rocky-world-orbiting-a-red-dwarf-this-ones-special

• 04:32 Worlds Colliding https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-find-evidence-of-worlds-colliding-11000-light-years-away

• 06:21 Plans for a Moon in a Bag https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/a-private-space-company-has-a-radical-new-plan-to-bag-an-asteroid/

• 07:47 Lunar Magnetic Mystery Solved https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-60-year-old-mystery-about-the-moons-magnetosphere-is-finally-solved

• 09:47 Vote results 10:12 Solar Superstorm Hit Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esas-mars-orbiters-watch-solar-superstorm-hit-the-red-planet

• 12:00 Nobody Could Explain This https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-seven-hour-explosion-nobody-could-explain

• 15:26 Something’s Changing the Small Magellanic Cloud https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-is-changing-the-small-magellanic-cloud

• 15:26 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-suns-great-escape

• 17:41 Vibe coding

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51

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Could the Sun have a binary companion, are we the only observers in the Universe, will lunar bases be close to each other? And in Q&A+, could we grow crops in asteroid regolith?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@SantiagoT75] Can the Sun be orbiting another star we just haven’t yet noticed?

• 04:54 [@silasmiller4417] Are we really the only true observer in the Universe?

• 07:25 [@terryhardaway3285] How hard would it be to put the ISS in lunar orbit or on the Moon?

• 10:00 [@Space_Whales42] How close do you think the Chinese base on the moon will be to the American base?

• 12:14 [@Noonyuh] What sort of internet bandwidth should we expect on our moon bases?

• 13:51 [@Squigglyboi] Did they test growing crops in asteroid regolith?

• 17:01 Outro

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BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49

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If the robots take over, what would our biosignatures look like? is a galaxy's rotation tied to its black hole? what would happen to the Universe if dark matter disappeared? And in Q&A+, which scifi universe would I like to live in?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@AriasThirdOfHisName] What will be left of us if robots take over?

• 04:52 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Is the rotation of a galaxy tied in any way to the rotation of its black hole?

• 06:09 [@EdSceptic-y2e] What would happen if all the dark matter dissappeared?

• 11:19 [@christiandesalliers4663] Why does material must shead it's angular momentum before falling into a black hole?

• 14:58 [@BigC799] What three questions would I ask the Universe?

• 15:49 [@kimbarron4239] Which fictional universe would I like to live in?

• 17:40 Outro

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BONUS PART START AT 28:49

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Little Red Dots are one of the biggest mysteries from JWST so far. They could be galaxies. They could be supermassive black holes. But they also could be supermassive stars. In fact, this suggestion could help solve another big cosmological mystery about globular clusters. More details on that in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. John Chisholm https://www.chisholmjohn.com/

📜 Little Red Dots as Globular Clusters in Formation https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.15935

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:41 Finding LRDs in JWST data

• 07:05 Probably not black holes

• 13:08 Globular clusters as possible descendants

• 18:56 The evidence for supermassive stars

• 28:49 Deepest JWST image yet

• 42:59 Current obsessions

• 45:10 Final thoughts

How does Vera Rubin's data stream work? Why are there data brokers and what's their function? Who can use the data and how you can do that? How will the discoveries be made and who will have naming rights? Finding the answers in this interview.

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Tom Matheson

https://antares.noirlab.edu/

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:34 How Rubin's data pipeline works

• 04:41 Data brokers

• 08:45 Who can access the data

• 10:02 How discoveries will work

• 15:55 How can one tap in the data

• 21:46 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 21:25

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Starshades for ground-based telescopes, DART proved that asteroids share material, a new way to measure the age of the Universe, Webb sees Jupiter’s auroras. And in Space Bites+, how Dyson Spheres and Stellar Engines could be stable.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:18 Starshades for Telescopes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/starshade-concept-could-reveal-earth-like-exoplanets

• 03:38 Proba-3's problems https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Work_ongoing_to_restore_contact_with_Proba-3_s_Coronagraph

• 05:19 More from DART https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-find-the-first-direct-evidence-of-binary-asteroids-sharing-material

• 08:28 New way to measure the age of the Universe https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-answer-is-written-in-the-stars

• 11:51 JWST Reveals Surprises in Jupiter’s Auroras https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-reveals-some-puzzling-surprises-in-jupiters-northern-aurora

• 13:13 New Findings About The Sun https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-that-never-flips

• 14:57 Sun's Heartbeat https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-has-a-heartbeat 16:34 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 17:11 This Could be Masking The Signals from Aliens https://www.universetoday.com/articles/aliens-might-have-their-radio-signals-blurred-by-their-stars-solar-wind

• 19:09 Detecting Binary SMBHs Without Gravitational Waves https://www.universetoday.com/articles/looking-for-supermassive-black-hole-binaries-with-a-flash-of-starlight

• 20:40 Cosmic Hawk https://www.universetoday.com/articles/vlt-image-captures-a-cosmic-hawk-spanning-its-wings

• 21:25 Stabe Dyson Spheres https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-study-says-theres-a-way-to-make-dyson-bubbles-and-stellar-engines-stable

• 22:49 Thoughts on YouTube Premium

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:13

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Which different types of astronomers exist? If Mars flat? Is there a gravitational limit for planets? And in Q&A+, could other civilizations be frozen in time?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@paigepotter4682] How do telescopes decide where to look?

• 03:34 [@drZab] How can neutrinos from a supernova arrive faster than light?

• 07:05 [@luboinchina3013] Is there a gravitational limit for planets to launch rockets from?

• 10:01 [@RP1_4breakfast] is Mars flat too?

• 10:31 [@fstrelniece] Which flavours do Astronomers come in?

• 12:37 [@Justchris6436] Would the perception of us from far away be the same?

• 13:34 [@silasmiller4417] How powerful could gravitational waves get on earth?

• 15:13 [@bryce.lochlan] Could most civilizations we see still be frozen in a time before they even evolved?

• 18:37 Outro

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:15

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What will Vera Rubin find? Can life on Tau Ceti be found? Why do we find galaxies of different age at same angular size? And in Q&A+, which is the closest planet we could find life at?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@pete.runde.j] Will Vera Rubin find planet 9?

• 02:03 [@joshmiller7870] Is Vera Rubin currently scanning in the direction we suspect Planet 9 might be?

• 04:29 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Can Vera Rubin find a terrestrial world at Tau Ceti?

• 05:55 [@FLPhotoCatcher] Why do interferometers need insane time sync?

• 10:34 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Why can very different galaxies look the same in a telescope?

• 14:15 [@jackseabranch7960] Which is the closest star system that might contain intelligent life?

• 17:26 Outro