[Space Bites] Betelgeuse Has a Companion // Blow Against Planet X // Huge SMBH Discovery

Betelgeuse has a companion star, Vera Rubin discovered the third interstellar object accidentally, the first evidence of direct collapse supermassive black holes, and in Space Bites+ developing plans to help humanity deal with finding an extraterrestrial intelligence.

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00:00 Intro
00:24 Betelgeuse's companion star
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/betelgeuse-isnt-alone-it-has-a-very-dim-companion
03:17 Vera Rubin discovered 3I/ATLAS accidentally
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/apparently-vera-rubin-captured-images-of-3iatlas-before-it-was-even-discovered
05:09 Even more 3I/ATLAS
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/gemini-north-sees-brightening-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-in-detail
06:34 "Unicorn" object
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-identify-an-object-that-defies-astrophysics
08:29 Direct collablse SMBH
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole
11:28 Low-mass black holes in an early universe
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-plenty-of-low-mass-black-holes-in-the-early-universe
12:51 Vote results
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13:23 A blow against Planet X
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-object-found-deep-in-the-kuiper-belt
15:34 Double tidal disruption
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/do-supermassive-black-holes-play-with-their-food
16:46 Great images
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-newborn-planet-is-carving-out-a-home-in-its-protoplanetary-disk
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/seeing-the-exact-moment-when-new-planets-started-forming
18:55 Guide to space newsletter
19:53 Bonus story
20:29 BIG SUMMER PROMO
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