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

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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

📺 VIDEO VERSION
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Interviews:

• Dr Brian Keating https://youtu.be/NpopOD2DcX8
• Lee McIntyre https://youtu.be/DrlsuLMnQ2I
• Les Johnson https://youtu.be/vZhDbzdqAWQ

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