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But what exactly are they? 5IE4jD1WhG4 the-crisis-in-cosmology-could-black-holes-explain-dark-energy The Crisis in Cosmology | Could Black Holes Explain Dark Energy? Hello and welcome to this episode of Night Sky News for November 2024. This is the show where we chat about what you should look out for in the night sky in the next month, and what’s been happening in space news in the past month. q7jlmtxSUuQ weve-just-found-a-new-type-of-star-and-its-terrifying We've Just Found a New Type of Star and it's Terrifying Not saying: "Without further Odoo, lets get back to the video" should be a crime... LXaDfW-9gcs a-journey-to-our-closest-planets-in-the-solar-system A Journey to Our Closest Planets in the Solar System Scientists have been observing the universe for many decades. Thanks to technological advancement, we have been able to peer into the furthest reaches of space, discovering thousands of exoplanets and countless distant stars. 31g2MOcanBU spacerip-the-age-of-hubble SpaceRip | The Age of Hubble A fleet of high-tech telescopes, led by the NASA and ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has delivered an unprecedented chain of discoveries about how galaxies like the Milky Way took shape, how stars live and die, the influence of black holes, and the birth of the planets and the solar system. waMlxV_Oed4 spacerip-searching-for-planet-9 SpaceRip | Searching for Planet 9 For decades, students were taught that the ninth planet was Pluto. Now, since Pluto is officially a "dwarf planet," there are only eight. 4BB4KRgkZRE dr-becky-the-search-for-life-on-jupiters-moon-europa Dr. Becky | The search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa Where are we likely to find life in our Solar System outside of Earth? Mars, Venus, or maybe even Europa? A moon of Jupiter. T tZ2o2IwS54Q startalk-why-the-sun-is-bigger-than-you-think StarTalk | Why The Sun is Bigger Than You Think What really is the diameter of the sun? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the different diameters of the sun and the electromagnetic spectrum. tOUWrBy0a4c dr-becky-the-nearest-most-massive-black-hole-found Dr. Becky | The Nearest Most Massive Black Hole Found In this month’s Night Sky News episode we’re chatting about how to spot the conjunction of Mars & Jupiter, the Moon occult Saturn, and the Pleiades meteor shower. wy8fi77t8zU startalk-what-happened-to-planet-x StarTalk | What Happened to Planet X? Where did Planet X go? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the case of Planet X and whether there could be more planets lurking in our solar system. lUYNQDAa3cI astrum-what-happens-at-the-end-of-the-universe Astrum | What Happens at the End of the Universe Astrum looks into the theories surround the end of the our universe. nkYeHYDneHU dr-becky-every-most-distant-galaxy-known-from-1925-2024 Dr. Becky | Every Most Distant Galaxy Known from 1925-2024 The current most distant galaxy known is JADES-GS-z14-0, which was found in a JWST image. But there’s a whole long list of galaxies that have come before it from1925 onwards. In this video we’re going through the science history of which galaxies once held the title of "the most distant galaxy known". biaMMfvlxp4 the-drama-of-our-planets-origins-the-birth-of-our-solar-system The Drama of our Planet's Origins | The Birth of our Solar System Beyond our imagination... wFTGP7-n3J8 astrum-mars-without-this-video-my-channel-wouldnt-exist Astrum | Mars, without this video, my channel wouldn't exist Everything you could want to know about Mars. A refresh of the Astrum ‘Our Solar System’ series, updated to reflect all we’ve learned about our planetary neighbourhood in the last few years. IZJlQ-DmM9M fexl-why-the-bootes-void-terrifies-astronomers Fexl | Why the Boötes Void Terrifies Astronomers Although the void appears completely dark to our eyes, solving its mysteries could paradoxically shine a light on outstanding problems in our theories of the universe’s evolution, structure, and perhaps even the nature of the elusive dark matter itself. 5esZGf3HjUw dr-becky-jwst-breaks-most-distant-galaxy-record-again Dr. Becky | JWST Breaks Most Distant Galaxy Record Again In this episode of Night Sky News for June 2024 we’re chatting about how to spot the Milky Way, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn in the sky this month, how on 5th July Earth reaches aphelion (its furthest distance from the Sun in its orbit), the issues with Boeing's Starliner, the solar storm and aurora on Mars that the Curiosity Rover spotted, how the Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running but only with one gyroscope now operating, and a galaxy spotted by JWST which could be the most distant galaxy ever found with the light taking 13.4 billion years to get to us. 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We're talking about the elusive "ninth planet," which, according to the latest estimates, should weigh in at 5 to 10 times the mass of Earth. P_Brfn9Lquw dr-paul-m-sutter-why-is-it-so-hard-to-return-to-the-moon Dr. Paul M. Sutter | Why is it so Hard to Return to The Moon? If we went to the Moon already, why can’t we go back so easily? What technology have we lost? What are we trying to do differently? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! qB_3ZgDNkL8 bbc-earth-science-mysteries-of-the-moon BBC Earth Science | Mysteries of the Moon Gary Lofgren, a geologist at NASA, studies samples of lunar rocks to understand where the moon came from. Explore the two theories which breakdown how the moon was formed. 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Discover the colossal power of supermassive black holes and their role in shaping quasars. 7qyKZz844o0 bbc-saturn-the-solar-systems-greatest-jewel BBC Earth Science | Saturn: The Solar System’s Greatest Jewel From rupturing moons to walls of rubble 2 miles high, the dramatic transformations of the Ringed Planet are phenomenal to behold. 0MeOtXo1jsU bbc-earth-science-exploring-our-mind-blowing-universe BBC Earth Science | Exploring our Mind-Blowing Universe Embark on a fascinating journey through the wonders of our universe in this mind-expanding exploration of celestial marvels and cosmic mysteries. zbIIEVjuMTw planet-nine-might-be-something-far-stranger-than-a-planet Planet Nine Might Be Something Far Stranger Than a Planet Beyond Neptune, a new class of KBOs with semimajor axes exceeding 250 astronomical units displays orbital anomalies sparking speculation about an undiscovered ninth planet.