[Space Bites] Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, James Webb's Back

Webb is fully operational again, Rolls-Royce is building a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and the space debris worst-case scenario almost happened.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 James Webb is fully operational again
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/159897/good-news-webb-is-fully-operational-again/

• 01:46 Rolls-Royce Nuclear Reactor for Space
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/159859/rolls-royce-reveals-a-nuclear-reactor-that-could-provide-power-on-the-moon/

• 03:46 Very Nasty Space Collision Almost Happened
  
  

  • https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1619057013992071168

• 07:09 Drag Sail Success
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/159903/drag-sail-success-this-satellite-wont-turn-into-space-junk/

• 08:47 Destroying Rubble Pile Asteroids
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/159766/dont-bother-trying-to-destroy-rubble-pile-asteroids/

• 11:10 Q&A with Fraser

• 12:11 Extremely Heavy Early Stars
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/159800/the-first-stars-may-have-weighed-more-than-100000-suns/

• 14:46 12-Year Exoplanets Timelapse
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/159875/watch-this-12-year-timelapse-of-exoplanets-orbiting-their-star/

• 18:33 Measuring the Mass Of A Dead Star With Microlensing
  
  

  • https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/light-bending-around-star

• 21:48 Outro

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