JWST Looks at the Next Planet in the TRAPPIST system. Could we detect colliding supermassive black holes. Hot Jupiters that flew too close to their stars.

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00:00 Intro

00:14 Second planet in Trappist-1 system by Webb

https://www.universetoday.com/162014/the-suspense-is-killing-us-the-next-planet-in-the-trappist-system-gets-the-jwst-treatment/

02:53 Detecting supermassive black holes collisions

https://www.universetoday.com/162004/astronomers-have-never-detected-merging-supermassive-black-holes-that-might-be-about-to-change/

06:02 Echo from Sgr A activity

https://www.universetoday.com/162040/the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-had-a-burst-of-activity-200-years-ago-we-just-saw-the-echo/

08:21 Starlinks are getting dimmer

https://www.universetoday.com/162002/even-though-theyre-bigger-generation-2-starlinks-are-fainter-than-gen-1/

11:44 Dealing with space junk

https://www.universetoday.com/162029/a-new-mission-will-grab-dead-satellites-and-push-them-into-the-atmosphere-to-burn-up/

13:20 Last week's vote results

https://youtu.be/yadpJxWOX8U

13:58 Hot Jupiters too close to their stars

https://www.universetoday.com/161967/this-hot-jupiter-is-leaving-a-swirling-tail-of-helium-in-its-wake/

16:19 Unexpected discovery from Parker Solar Probe

18:30 Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE

19:40 Lightning on Jupiter

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-mission-captures-lightning-on-jupiter/

20:45 Flyby of Mercury

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science

21:57 CO2 Map

23:28 Outro

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