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[Space Bites] Origin of Ryugu and Bennu // JWST's Big Discovery // A Star Ate a Black Hole

Author
Fraser Cain
Published
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://universetoday.fireside.fm/1401

Ryugu and Bennu are related, a star tried to eat a black hole and it didn’t go well, using moons to save fuel, and China tests its new human lunar lander. In Space Bites+, how climate change will impact satellite orbits.

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00:00 Intro

00:20 Asteroids Siblings

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-official-asteroids-ryugu-and-bennu-are-siblings

02:16 Star Explodes While Eating a Black Hole

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-distant-star-explodes-while-swallowing-its-black-hole-companion

04:14 Moon Flybys

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/moon-flybys-could-save-fuel-on-interplanetary-missions

06:22 Universe’s Greatest Fireworks Show

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-theory-points-to-the-universes-greatest-fireworks-show

08:34 Vote results

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08:57 China Tests Its Lunar Lander

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chinas-crewed-lunar-lander-passes-key-test-milestone

10:32 Webb Finds Uranus’ 29th Moon

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/uranus-29th-moon-cant-hide-from-the-jwst

11:22 Psyche’s Version of The Pale Blue Dot

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-commanded-psyche-to-turn-around-and-capture-images-of-earth-and-the-moon

12:42 More space news

13:42 Bonus story: Climate change impacting space

13:59 Current state of NASA

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