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BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:23 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BWKrIT28Uk0 We orbit the Sun, Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way, but what does the Milky Way orbit? Can we still catch up with Oumuamua? Is the Big Crunch a ruled-out theory? And in Q&A+, have we seen a phenomenon we can't yet explain? 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@jonathanchamberlain6260] What does the Milky Way orbit? 04:21 [@paulwilson1529] Could we still catch up with Oumuamua? 08:28 [@bakkos_bakkos] Is The Big Crunch a ruled out theory? 13:35 [@kamleshpatel6817] Why can't gravitational waves travel faster than light? 15:23 [@paigepotter4682] Is there an astronomical phenomenon where you think we’ve probably seen the evidence already, but haven’t realized what we’re looking at yet? 18:51 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:25 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/izP3FsO9u8o PBS Spacetime video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo Professor David Kipping's channel:  @CoolWorldsLab  We've done a lot of searching for extraterrestrial life over the years. But how good was it? Did we look hard enough or deep enough? Is it too early for conclusions? Could do a better job? If so, how? Figuring out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Ben Zuckerman 📜 Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: a New Strategy To Find Nearby Alien Civilizations https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07333 00:00 Intro 01:36 SETI 05:07 How deep did we look 24:12 What could we have done differently 36:57 Most satisfying answer to the Fermi Paradox 43:25 BONUS PART: pollution of white dwarfs 53:01 Current obsessions 57:14 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:56 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cdHAMQf1Fnk When will we see the surfaces of exoplanets? What non-western telescopes should we expect? Where are all the big promised results from Vera Rubin? And in Q&A+, how to get in space journalism and is it worth it now? 00:00 Intro 00:33 [@theindianking3000] Will Roman see exoplanets better than JWST? 03:13 [@fwd79] Which non-western space telescopes are coming? 05:55 [@paulwilson1529] How packed is the asteroid belt? 07:35 [@GadZookz] Are there any calories on the Moon or Mars? 10:26 [@rilanfelnar2698] Results from Vera Rubin. When? 13:56 [@absolute-doink] Any advice for someone interested in space journalism? 20:31 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:59 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pkZ5tjeeiS0 00:00 Intro 00:33 Superflares are on the table https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-is-physically-capable-of-producing-a-superflare-according-to-a-new-study 04:10 Direct image of the youngest exoplanet ever https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-directly-image-the-youngest-exoplanet-ever 05:56 Weather report for exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-develop-a-way-to-check-the-weather-on-a-exoplanet 07:34 Zombie white dwarf https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-zombie-white-dwarf-star-is-born-again-hallelujah 08:55 More on LRDs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/little-red-dots-are-the-seeds-of-quasars-and-supermassive-black-holes 11:10 Vote results 11:35 Smashed icy moons https://www.universetoday.com/articles/smashed-icy-moons-cool-too-rapidly-to-retain-oceans 13:57 Early galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-distant-clump-of-early-galaxies-reveals-ancient-cosmic-secrets 15:59 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/earths-center-of-mass-drifts-less-than-we-thought 18:47 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:04 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XukdOeLfIgQ What does matter and antimatter annihilate into? How do we know what happened before the CMB? Is outer space dirty? And in Q&A+, initial thoughts about Seestar S50 pro. 00:00 Intro 00:48 [@SirIke49] What do matter and antimatter annihilate into? 05:00 [@nitstyles13] How do we know what happened before the CMB? 12:36 [@Wackyg6] Question from a 6 yr old. Is outer space dirty? 15:04 [@HavoJavo] Thoughts on the Seestar s50 pro 17:42 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 31:55 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OVcy19IcuIg 🟣 Guest: Dr. Dave Deboer 📜 The Lunar Farside Transients and Technology Telescope (LFT3) Mission https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.25762 https://lft3.space/ A radio telescope on the far side of the Moon should become a reality very soon. How will it operate? What science will it do? Who and how will deliver it? Finding out in this interview. 00:00 Intro 01:59 Why the far side of the Moon? 08:01 Possible science 20:47 The potential survey 23:20 Getting to the Moon 31:55 Epoch of reionization 43:27 Current obsessions 46:03 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:28 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6utGiIvm2LE Is combining multiple space telescopes the way to go? Can we detect ice-shell exoplanets? How feasible would a Starship space base be? And in Q&A+, why didn't CMB go past us? 00:00 Intro 00:39 [@estraume] Space telescopes flying in formation 08:53 [@goatlord51] Do we have anything that can detect ice shell exo-planets? 14:26 [@kipnielsen8752] How feasible would a starship space station be? 17:28 [@zephyr9673] Why didn't CMB go past us? 19:59 Final thoughts

BONUS PART START AT 15:19 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hCgllDUvjMk Interview with Martin Elvis about the Moon: https://youtu.be/CvFMw-kXIzs Astronomy Cast video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZdAB_hwPeA Maybe we won’t be living on cities on the Moon. A fresh new crater on the Moon, and it’s a biggie. Roman perfect launch adds years to its mission. Did the Sun eat a planet? And in Space Bites+, Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. 00:00 Intro 00:42 Problems for Moon Cities https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dont-get-your-hopes-up-for-a-city-on-the-moon 03:32 New Crater https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-moon-orbiter-spots-new-once-in-century-moon-crater/ 04:44 Roman Mission Already Extended https://www.universetoday.com/articles/from-10-to-22-years-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescopes-mission-has-just-been-extended https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/09/15/nasa-activates-romans-primary-instrument-checks-out-coronagraph/ 08:34 Black Hole Hair https://www.universetoday.com/articles/if-black-holes-have-hair-we-will-see-it-in-the-ringdown-of-their-mergers 10:23 Vote results 10:45 The Sun May Have Swallowed a Planet https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-may-have-swallowed-a-planet 13:17 Beauty by Webb https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-searches-for-brown-dwarfs-in-a-stunning-star-forming-region 15:19 BONUS STORY 17:40 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:07 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/koZUXaCXpYA When Kepler failed, why didn't we just build another one? Do we know about all the potentially dangerous asteroids? Could one just come out of nowhere? And in Q&A+, which planets are more difficult to visit (the answer will surprise you)? 00:00 Intro 00:22 [@paulcockerill4260] Why didn't NASA build another Kepler? 05:16 [@SeanMann-o6v] Are the near earth asteroids all known? 09:07 [@davew1959] Which planets are easier to visit? 13:49 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 32:27 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6h5It3GnTGI Titan Dragonfly is one of the most exciting missions in development. But it'll have its limits. For example, it won't go into caves on Titan. Which are super interesting. But this NIAC project will study a robot that should be able to go there. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Daniel Drew https://danieldrew.me/ 📜 Solid-state Propulsion for Autonomous Reconnaissance of Karst (SPARK) https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/solid-state-propulsion-for-autonomous-reconnaissance-of-karst-spark/ 👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/ 00:00 Intro 01:31 What is karst 05:59 The NIAC project 23:28 Alternative use cases 27:48 Earth-based version 32:27 Using robots in Hawaii 39:15 Current obsessions 46:36 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:01 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UjOkLC6N9cY Can someone launch a regular small telescope into space? Are Moon caves stable enough for a permanent base? What happened to the Swift rescue mission? And in Q&A+, was the asteroid belt a planet at some point? 00:00 Intro 00:41 [@Noonyuh] Could affordable consumer smart telescopes be easily retrofitted to survive in space? 05:06 [@user-kx2fc2mw5v] Are Moon caves stable enough to build in them? 08:47 [@surrender_monkey] What happened to the Swift rescue mission? 15:01 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Is the asteroid belt a destroyed planet or is it forming into a planet or neither? 18:15 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:05 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fA75k6U2HYg Is this a supernova ready to explode, or is it just a trick of the light. A mission to Halley’s Comet in 2060. An amazing new image from Vera Rubin. Webb fails to find an exomoon. And in Space Bites Plus, some black holes formed much faster than their galaxies. All this and more in this week’s Space Bites. 00:00 Intro 00:36 Supernova Impostor https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-unmask-a-supernova-impostor 03:10 No Exomoon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-ruled-out-finding-tiny-moons-around-an-exoplanet-thats-great-news 05:20 Possible Rendezvous With Halley's Comet In 2061 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-ruled-out-finding-tiny-moons-around-an-exoplanet-thats-great-news 07:31 Remember 3I/ATLAS? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-revelations-about-the-origin-of-interstellar-comet-3iatlas 09:02 Largest 2-D Map of the Universe https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-desi-legacy-imaging-survey-releases-the-largest-2-d-map-of-the-universe 10:32 The 20th Data Release of the SDSS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-20th-data-release-dr-20-of-the-sloan-digital-sky-survey-sdss-is-here 12:04 Vote results 12:28 Chang’e-7 Postponed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/china-postpones-the-change-7-mission 13:18 Firing Lasers At An Asteroid https://www.universetoday.com/articles/japans-hayabusa2-achieves-first-ever-laser-ranging-experiment-with-an-asteroid 14:28 Rubin Peers Deep Into the COSMOS Field https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rubin-observatory-peers-deep-into-the-famous-cosmos-field 16:05 Bonus Story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/some-black-holes-grow-much-faster-than-their-galaxies 18:58 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:32 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tdTe2acoWKc Should SpaceX be concerned about China's reusable rocket designs? Have we ever found meteorites coming from Mercury? Why is it called the speed of light, not the speed of gravity? And in Q&A+, when should we start building a Monolith? 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@rwarren58] What would it take to image the surface of a planet at Proxima Centauri? 03:07 [@churchdiscography] Does SpaceX mind that China basically duplicated the Falcon 9 design for a reusable rocket? 07:54 [@paigepotter4682] Have we ever found anything from Mercury on Earth like we have from the Moon and Mars? 09:33 [@Mefodon] Why is the speed of light not called the speed of gravity? 13:32 [@geohondo] What should we leave behind? 17:45 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 33:01 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wk7ccTP9Aag 🟣 Guest: Mat Kaplan https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio Mat Kaplan is a huge inspiration for me. We talked about the Planetary Society, his career hosting The Planetary Radio, most exciting upcoming missions, destinations we should visit and much more. 00:00 Intro 01:31 Meet Mat Kaplan 11:47 The Planetary Society 22:03 Interesting mission ideas 27:54 Which places should we explore 33:01 Science communication 48:03 Current obsessions 52:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:31 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lG_soURwfxk Will new telescopes continue bringing up new discoveries? Why doesn't the CMB get blocked by galaxies? Where did the first stars form? And in Q&A+, the truth about Roman's mirror. 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@XxMyNameIsTAOxX] Will new telescopes bring new discoveries? 07:18 [@Zeldaborg_Galactic_Defender] Why don't galaxies block the CMB? 10:33 [@MistSoalar] Were first gen stars were born in opaque dust clouds behind CMB? 16:31 [@MistSoalar] The truth behind Roman's mirror 21:26 Final thoughts