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James Webb detects carbon dioxide on the surface of Europa. A full metal exoplanet. Searching for tiny dyson spheres. And learning how black holes eat so quickly.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Fullmetal exoplanet
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163291/this-exoplanet-is-probably-a-solid-ball-of-metal/

• 02:29 JWST sees CO2 on Europa
  
  

  • https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-finds-carbon-source-on-surface-of-jupiter-s-moon-europa

• 04:50 Technosignatures and biosignatures
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163240/if-astronomers-see-these-chemicals-in-a-planets-atmosphere-theres-likely-an-advanced-civilization-there/

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163201/we-should-be-looking-for-small-hot-dyson-spheres/

• 08:49 GRB passing through the Solar System
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163222/a-2022-gamma-ray-burst-was-so-powerful-it-was-detected-by-spacecraft-across-the-solar-system/

• 10:05 Vote results

• 10:45 Colliding galaxy clusters too big too early
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163273/a-collision-between-gigantic-galaxy-clusters-too-big-too-early/

• 12:20 Supermassive black holes affecting host galaxy chemistry
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163229/strong-evidence-that-supermassive-black-holes-affect-their-host-galaxys-chemistry/

• 14:06 How fast can black holes eat
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163305/gluttonous-black-holes-eat-faster-than-thought-does-that-explain-quasars/

• 16:15 Q&As are back

• 18:22 Lunar Starship engine test
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163257/spacex-test-fires-a-raptor-engine-simulating-a-lunar-landing/

• 19:56 Hottest summer on record
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163216/nasa-confirms-that-2023-was-the-hottest-summer-on-record/

• 20:46 Osiris-Rex bringing asteroid samples to Earth
  
  

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