[Space Bites] Double Supernova // Impossible Rings // Dark Brown Dwarfs

A star detonated as a supernova, twice. Trump chooses his new NASA Administrator. Why deflecting asteroids is much more complex than we thought.And on Space Bites Plus, how your flight home could signal an alien civilization.

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00:00 Intro

00:19 Star detonated as supernova ... twice

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-star-detonated-as-a-supernova-twice

02:27 Rogue planet hiding in Hubble data

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/old-hubble-space-telescope-photos-unlock-the-secret-of-a-rogue-planet

03:44 Deflecting asteroids is harder than we thought

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/deflecting-asteroids-isnt-simple-according-to-new-data-from-dart

05:23 Dark matter in brown dwarfs

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-could-create-dark-dwarfs-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way

06:36 New interim NASA Administrator

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/sean-duffy-named-interim-nasa-administrator

07:38 2100+ Senior NASA Employees Gone

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674?utm_campaign=FIRST+UP+2025-07-10&utm_content=China+s+increasingly+sophisticated+maneuvers+in+space&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign

08:53 Vote results

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09:22 "Impossible" rings of Quaoar

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/quaoars-atmosphere-doesnt-exist-and-its-rings-shouldnt

11:08 Hubble vs JWST

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/two-powerful-space-telescopes-are-better-than-one

12:10 Sprite from the ISS

https://x.com/Astro_Ayers/status/1940810789830451563

13:30 3I/Atlas from VLT

https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2527a/

14:35 Newsletter

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15:48 Bonus story: signalling aliens about us

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-your-flight-home-could-be-broadcasting-earths-location-to-aliens

16:21 Huge Patreon Q&A

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