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[Space Bites] JWST Problems, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points

[Space Bites] JWST Problems, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points

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[Space Bites] JWST Problems, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points

FromUniverse Today Podcast

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

James Webb has a problem with one of its most important instruments, SLS completes a crucial test before the next launch attempt, Europe wants to rival Crew Dragon and Starliner, and a new quasar is about to be born.
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00:00 - Intro
00:32 - SLS Passes Important Tanking Test
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/09/21/artemis-cryogenic-demonstration-test-concludes-all-objectives-met
02:37 - Starship Updates. Booster 7 Hot Fire with 7 Engines
03:50 - James Webb Has Problems with MIRI
https://www.universetoday.com/157695/jwst-partially-stops-observations-after-suffering-instrument-problem/
05:19 - JWST looks at Neptune and its rings
https://www.universetoday.com/157709/neptune-and-its-rings-glow-in-webb-telescopes-portrait/
06:17 - Webb also looks at Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/157675/webb-turns-its-infrared-gaze-on-mars/
07:54 - SUSIE. Europe's take on crewed capsules
https://www.universetoday.com/157666/is-europe-building-its-own-starship-not-exactly/
09:23 - A quasar about to be born
https://www.universetoday.com/157596/a-galaxy-with-ten-times-the-mass-of-the-milky-way-is-preparing-to-become-a-quasar/
10:40 - Sun-like star orbiting a black hole
https://www.universetoday.com/157655/astronomers-find-a-sun-like-star-orbiting-a-nearby-black-hole/
11:53 - Detecting exoplanets with Lagrange points
https://www.universetoday.com/157651/a-new-way-to-discover-planets-astronomers-detect-an-exoplanet-by-seeing-its-trojan-belts/
13:20 - Get ready for DART impact
https://www.universetoday.com/157509/dart-sees-asteroid-didymos-for-the-first-time-in-two-weeks-itll-crash-into-the-moon/
15:01 - Channel updates
16:32 - Outro
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Released:
Sep 23, 2022
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