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.

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• 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

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