Turns Out Ancient Astronomers Were Right About Theta Eridani
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Dragonfly is taking shape. A new exoplanet at Beta Pictoris. Hera gets a software upgrade mid-flight. And new features hiding in the Orion Nebula. On Space Bites Plus, how we can paint satellites black to reduce light pollution. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro
00:20 Dragonfly Takes Its Shape
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2026/07/09/nasas-dragonfly-clears-key-tests-as-titan-rotorcraft-takes-shape/
03:41 Software Update for HERA
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rebooting-a-spacecraft-140-million-kilometres-from-home
06:11 New Exoplanet at Beta Pictoris
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-exoplanet-hid-for-10-years-before-astronomers-finally-found-it
09:36 Missing Link for Black Holes
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-relativistic-jet-could-be-an-indication-of-the-missing-link-for-black-holes
11:51 Vote results
12:13 Ancient astronomers were right about Theta Eridani
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-ancient-astronomers-theta-eridani-was-brighter-for-a-thousand-years-now-we-know-why
14:41 New Features Hiding in the Orion Nebula
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-new-features-hiding-in-the-orion-nebula
16:15 Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-discovers-first-of-star-clusters-missing-black-holes/
17:54 More space news
19:03 How do you do, fellow kids?
Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov
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