Mysterious Object Discovered // Starship Explodes Again // China's Asteroid Sample Return

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China’s asteroid sample return mission launches, searching for a companion star for Betelgeuse, the 9th flight test wraps up for Starship and Superheavy, and Webb takes its longest exposure yet. And in SpaceBites+, is Venus hiding deadly asteroids.

00:00 Intro
00:30 Mystery object discovered
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/strange-object-is-releasing-regular-blasts-of-both-x-rays-and-radio-waves
02:46 Searching for Bettel-Buddy
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-search-is-on-for-betel-buddy
05:07 China's asteroid sample return mission launched
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chinas-tianwen-2-is-off-to-collect-an-asteroid-sample
06:40 China's reusable rocket test
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-29/Chinese-commercial-rocket-completes-vertical-sea-recovery-test-1DMefpHW0qQ/p.html
07:50 Starship IFT-9
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/after-awesome-launch-starship-spins-out-of-control
09:58 Vote results
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10:34 Black holes but in colour
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-event-horizon-telescopes-next-feat-multi-color-pictures-of-black-holes
12:44 New discoveries about M87 SMBH
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17035
15:00 Webb's longest exposure
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-webb-captures-faint-galaxies-from-the-universes-ancient-past
16:21 More space news
17:31 [Space Bites+] bonus story
17:46 Some people just don't understand interviews


Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov
Editing: Artem Pozdnyakov


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