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BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:33 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AgjqeseL6U4 How bad and dangerous is the Chinese space program? How will they keep the 39-meter telescope mirror clean and dry? Can a star merger harm a human body if you get near it? And in Q&A+, is there an interstellar object yet to be announced? 00:00 Intro 00:32 [@luiscarneiro4123] How bad and dangerous is the Chinese space program? 04:10 [@psilocybe6115] Do Magnetars and Neutron Stars pose a physical threat to human tissue? 05:08 [@churchdiscography] How will they keep the 39-meter telescope mirror clean and dry? 06:29 [@davidgeorge8008] If a combination of infrared and gamma rays or ultra violet and xrays are fired or shown together, does that open up other viewing possibilities? 13:25 [@andrefoisy7310] Can you see a star merger before it happens with gravitational lensing? 17:01 [@Noonyuh] Are neutrinos affected by gravitational lensing? 17:33 [@justinkruger] Has there been an interstellar object this year that we have not announced? 19:18 Final thoughts

5-hour Patreon Q&A show: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday/posts/patreon-q-2026-174012731 Rubin finds Neptune’s trojans and two new companions to the Milky Way, China reveals more of its plans to send humans to the Moon, finding the seeds of supermassive black holes. And on Space Bites+, how Mars has microclimates near its North Pole. 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 00:00 Intro 00:18 Rubin finds Neptune's trojans https://www.universetoday.com/articles/queens-university-belfast-students-find-neptunes-elusive-trojan-asteroids 02:40 Vera Rubin finds Milky Way's neighbours https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-vera-rubin-has-found-two-more-of-the-milky-ways-dim-satellites 03:58 China unveils its Moon plans https://www.universetoday.com/articles/china-unveils-their-plan-for-a-crewed-moon-landing 05:45 Splitting a black hole https://www.universetoday.com/articles/what-could-split-a-black-hole-in-two 07:29 Seeds of supermassive black holes 10:08 Van Gogh’s Starry Night mystery solved https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-resolves-the-mystery-behind-van-goghs-the-starry-night 11:47 Vote results 12:09 Earth’s “Impenetrable” Space Radiation Shield Was Just Breached From Within https://www.universetoday.com/articles/earths-impenetrable-space-radiation-shield-was-just-breached-from-within 14:03 Cat's Head nebula https://www.universetoday.com/articles/examining-the-cats-head-nebula-with-the-hubble-and-jwst 15:23 Carina's Ghost https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-a-ghost-no-its-a-stellar-crche 16:19 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/martian-polar-crater-ice-shifts-with-seasonal-frost 18:43 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:10 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lwi6J0h2EhI What if We Can't Detect Dark Matter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXqSh5qAuA Dark Matter Is Not a Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmJkMhmrVI Is it better to put a base on the Moon or under the ocean? What Astronomy can you do from a light polluted city? Can a martian base realistically evolve to a martian city? And in Q&A+, thought on the LIFE mission. 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@Borg_Terraformers] Moon, Mars or ocean floors? 03:33 [@David Fries] Doing amateur astronomy in a big bright city 08:12 [@CoinPatrol] How will Japan's Phobos rover work? 09:56 [@Roderick Beck] Can a Martian city evolve out of a research base? 17:10 [@aidenweatherbee9529] Thoughts on the LIFE mission 21:52 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:53 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jiCigIHzyI8 City on Mars Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ8sZtg-Kdc Clearly, a journey to Mars and back is the next huge leap for human space flight. We know we need new rockets, new spaceships, new technology, etc. But are the human bodies ready for that? Can humans pull it off? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Mark Shelhamer, ScD https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/ https://www.jhuhsl.space/ Are We Ready for Mars? https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54095/are-we-ready-mars 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:52 SciFi vs reality for space travel 00:08:18 Dangers of going to Mars 00:13:02 Mitigation strategies 00:24:33 Beyond the magnetosphere 00:43:53 Bonus part 00:54:33 Current obsessions 01:03:04 Final thoughts

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BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:46 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DIqlwbuEE4g Which space event would I want to observe firsthand? How will artificial gravity systems work? What’s the direction for future space telescopes? And in Q&A+, how does astronomy adopt AI? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@paigepotter4682] A space event to observe firsthand 01:55 [@TelephoneJack] How will artificial gravity systems combat the Coriolis effect? 09:06 [@caerdwynmagni] Bigger mirrors VS interferometers? 15:46 [@p0tatobiden350] How does Astronomy adopt AI? 21:20 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 23:19 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Vera Rubin finds a new dwarf planet, while Webb sees dwarf planets colliding in another system, Valles Marineris might still be volcanically active, and Hera gets its first picture of Didymus and Dimorphus. And on Space Bites+, a planet that shouldn't have an atmosphere, but does. Matt’s METI seriesPart 1: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-brief-ish-history-of-meti-part-i-early-ideas-and-experiments Part 2: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-brief-ish-history-of-meti-part-ii-from-interplanetary-to-interstellar Timecodes:00:00 Intro 00:21 Rubin’s First Dwarf Planet Candidate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-rubin-observatory-finds-its-first-dwarf-planet-candidate 02:56 Colliding Dwarf Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/colliding-dwarf-planets-created-a-cats-tail-1000-astronomical-units-long 05:54 Dead Planets Orbiting a Dead Star https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dead-planets-orbiting-a-dead-star 08:54 Largest Canyon in The Solar System is Still Active https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-largest-canyon-in-the-solar-system-is-still-tectonically-active 11:23 Even More Evidence of The BetelBuddy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/betelgeuse-is-disturbed-by-its-companion-star 13:17 Vote results 13:43 NASA’s Next UV Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-new-uv-space-telescope-will-launch-in-2031 17:38 Potential Targets For The Lazuli Private Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/27-exoplanet-targets-for-the-worlds-first-private-space-telescope 20:07 Hera’s Almost There https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/First_light_Hera_resolves_two_asteroids_instead_of_one 21:32 More space news https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-brief-ish-history-of-meti-part-i-early-ideas-and-experiments 23:19 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-oddbal-reflective-lava-world-is-challenging-to-understand 26:06 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:12 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DCUndRxFz7M 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@iancudmore9795] when do we get research on what low G does to our health as compared to micro gravity? 05:27 [@JacobBouchard] Could we use Buoyancy Tests to simulate low gravity? 07:28 [@604Nighthawk] and can humanity breed in low gravity? 08:28 [@alextruffle] Space nukes vs space lasers 12:06 [@kimbarron4239] Could you 'drop' a bomb from orbit? 13:12 [@alextruffle] What is the next upcoming best celestial event that can be seen with the naked eye? 16:59 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:25 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YLR1oYfXD3Q Which cool telescopes are coming after Nancy Grace Roman? Is the Planet 9 data already taken and is waiting to be discovered? Do we have the supermassive black hole or does it have us? And in Q&A+, is there anything in the Universe that's static? 00:00 Intro 00:27 [@iancudmore9795] Next telescopes to be excited about 07:34 [@smkolins] Any update on Vera Rubin pics for the public? 10:39 [@darthex0] do we have a supermassive black hole in the milky way, or does it have us? 11:59 [@joeyhoser] Is planet 9 already in the Rubin data? 14:02 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] So someone with Vera Rubin gets to name it right? 16:25 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 20:35 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B9P_8oZ4rCA The Japanese mission is off to Phobos. Actually, there are green stars. Explaining the most mysterious cloud on Mars. Euclid discovers a comet. And in Space Bites+, how the shrinking Moon could be a danger for astronauts. 00:00 Intro 00:17 MMX Goes to Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jaxas-martian-moons-exploration-mission-is-on-its-way-to-mars-and-phobos 03:09 Self-Interacting Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-distant-supercluster-of-galaxies-points-to-self-interacting-dark-matter 06:25 Actually, there are Green Stars https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/astronomers-reveal-true-colours-of-white-dwarf-stars/ 08:08 Mars’s Most Mysterious Cloud https://www.universetoday.com/articles/marss-most-mysterious-cloud-might-be-defying-textbook-cloud-physics 10:06 Euclid Discovers a Comet https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-esas-euclid-space-telescope-has-discovered-a-new-comet 12:21 How the Milky Way's Disk Formed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-stubborn-question-answered-new-research-reveals-how-the-milky-ways-disk-formed 14:40 Vote results 15:06 Microblazar Confirmed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/achievement-unlocked-microblazar-confirmed 17:39 Cool pictures https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-stars-in-the-early-stages-of-life-in-a-nearby-stellar-nursery https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2625/?lang 20:35 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-moon-is-still-shrinking-as-it-cools-that-could-create-a-hazard-for-lunar-mission 23:59 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:54 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a0t-G4LKiMU What does "the present" mean in space? Why do we have the laws of Physics we have? Was there a rime when all the Universe was accessible? And in Q&A+, are all black holes perfect spheres? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@idodekkers9165] Was there a time when all the universe was visible? 06:02 [@madmillion91920110] Does the 'present' actually mean anything a cosmic scale? 09:42 [@LDEKSOCH] Why these particular laws of physics? 14:54 [@georgegherghinescu] Do event horizons of fast rotating black holes have a flattened sphere shape? 17:43 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARST AT 21:45 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sx-qjgeslfQ A new mission that was just proposed to NASA is an extreme UV telescope that will observe hundreds of stars to find the conditions for planets with atmospheres. How exactly will it work? Finding out in this interview. Interview with Lee Feinberg about the HWO https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M?si=DhJxA32PyHr3ypUh Huge interview about TRAPPIST-1 system https://youtu.be/B8H4EnbKkgU?si=_mGhpuR5w2G0bCtX 🟣 Guest: Dr. Allison Youngblood https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/allison.a.youngblood 📜 ESCAPE: a small explorer mission to study the stellar drivers of exoplanet evolution https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.00683 00:00 Intro 02:19 M-dwarf stars and their planets 07:10 ESCAPE mission 17:27 Next steps 21:45 TESS 30:40 Current obsessions 35:46 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:22 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MhJFyC_vdtk Why are there no binary planets? Should you buy into dark energy and dark matter? What apps are best for stargazing? And in Q&A+, why don't NASA just bring put wipers on Mars solar panels? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Why are there no binary planets? 02:39 [@andrewczski1969] Do you buy into dark matter? 08:46 [@alcalbg] Does total dark energy increase as space expands? 10:11 [@Noonyuh] What are your favorite apps or sites for real-time maps of the sky? 15:22 [@andrewczski1969] just couldn't send along swiffers, huh? 20:00 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 14:37 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qpthhx9svK8 Do hypernovae actually exist? The science is in from the Artemis 2 mission. A second generation planet found around a white dwarf. Starship 40 finally makes it home. And Space Bites Plus, a red dwarf feasting on a brown dwarf. 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 00:00 Intro 00:17 Hypernovae May Be All Hype, No Nova https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hypernovae-may-be-all-hype-no-nova 02:19 Artemis 2 Lunar Science Report https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-preliminary-lunar-science-report-for-artemis-ii-is-out 04:00 Potential Second Generation Planet https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-detect-potential-second-generation-planet-around-dying-stellar-white-dwarf 06:45 Supernova Remnant https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-uncover-more-intriguing-detail-in-an-ancient-supernova-remnant 08:28 Vote results 08:53 Primordial Helium https://www.universetoday.com/articles/primordial-helium-further-confirms-our-understanding-of-the-big-bang 11:02 Ship 40 Made it Home 11:53 Jupiter from Juno https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-data-from-the-juno-spacecraft-reveals-that-jupiters-has-a-rippling-wavy-magnetodisk 12:54 Limb Darkening on Other Stars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-observe-the-limb-darkening-effect-on-nearby-stars 14:37 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-red-dwarf-is-taking-its-time-eating-a-brown-dwarf 17:32 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:25 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/99euKNYNKIE Are interferometers the future of telescopes? Can we aim at stars by knowing only where they were billions of years ago? Is the Apophis asteroid still dangerous? And in Q&A+, can we just sent the SG-1 to it? 00:00 Intro 00:37 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Are Interferometers the future of space telescopes? 03:36 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] If we can see stars a billion light years away can we guesstimate where they are now? 05:29 [@PeterYannick] Where do we have to aim a laser if we want to sent a message to Alpha Centauri? 07:19 [@andrewczski1969] Apophis in 2029 can shut the WHOLE show down, no? 12:43 [@kairon156] Are there any plans on getting rock samples from Mar's moons? 14:25 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Can’t we just send SG-1 to face Apophis? 18:20 Final thoughts