Early Signs of Dark Matter Detection // Search for Exomoons // No Liquid Water for Mars

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Has dark matter been found? A galaxy made of the first stars, China’s reusable rocket reaches orbit but doesn’t stick the landing, a possible explanation for the matter/antimatter asymmetry, and in Q&A+, Gaia helps pin down a supernova that hit the Earth 10 million years ago.

00:00 Intro
00:18 Early signs of possible dark matter detection
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/after-a-century-of-searching-we-may-have-finally-seen-dark-matter
04:05 First Stars long after they should be gone
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-spot-first-stars-billions-of-years-after-they-were-supposed-to-die
06:15 Search for exomoons
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/did-jwst-find-an-exomoon-or-a-starspot
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/tentative-exomoon-signal-in-hd-206893-b
09:48 China launches a reusable booster but fails to land it
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-12-03/China-s-reusable-Zhuque-3-rocket-successfully-reaches-orbit-1INJnYhyqwo/p.html
12:06 Vote results
12:31 Knotty Physics problem
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-knotty-problem-of-matter-asymmetry-might-be-solved-by-extending-physics
14:53 No liquid water for Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-radar-data-dries-up-hope-for-subsurface-liquid-water-on-mars
16:38 Cool space image
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-celebrate-25-years-in-service-the-gemini-observatory-imaged-the-butterfly-nebula
18:11 More space news
19:44 What's going on at Universe Today

Host: Fraser Cain
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Editing: Artem Pozdnyakov


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