Chinaβs 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 Intro00:30 Mystery object discoveredhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/strange-object-is-releasing-regular-blasts-of-both-x-rays-and-radio-waves02:46 Searching for Bettel-Buddyhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-search-is-on-for-betel-buddy05:07 China's asteroid sample return mission launchedhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/chinas-tianwen-2-is-off-to-collect-an-asteroid-sample06:40 China's reusable rocket testhttps://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-29/Chinese-commercial-rocket-completes-vertical-sea-recovery-test-1DMefpHW0qQ/p.html07:50 Starship IFT-9https://www.universetoday.com/articles/after-awesome-launch-starship-spins-out-of-control09:58 Vote resultshttps://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community10:34 Black holes but in colourhttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-event-horizon-telescopes-next-feat-multi-color-pictures-of-black-holes12:44 New discoveries about M87 SMBHhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2505.1703515:00 Webb's longest exposurehttps://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-webb-captures-faint-galaxies-from-the-universes-ancient-past16:21 More space news17:31 [Space Bites+] bonus story17:46 Some people just don't understand interviewshttps://youtu.be/c_RvcTNbVs4
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