[Space Bites+] Swift Will Now Inevitably Die // China Lands a Rocket (again) // Starship Survived

<html><p>BONUS STORY STARTS AT 26:33</p><p>Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="youtu.be/ccPtQeURDzM"; target="_blank">youtu.be/ccPtQeURDzM</a></p><p&… Vote for the best story here: <a href="youtube.com/@frasercain/posts"; target="_blank">youtube.com/@frasercain/posts</a>; </p><p>Interview with Vasiliy Kokorev about Little Red Dots <a href="youtu.be/zoHtCmCbcEU"; target="_blank">youtu.be/zoHtCmCbcEU</a>; <br/>Interview with Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess about JWST <a href="youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M"; target="_blank">youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M</a>; <br/>Interview with Lee Feinberg about HWO and LIFE Telescopes <a href="youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M"; target="_blank">youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M</a></p><p&… have more pictures of the Falcon 9 crater on the moon. Starship arrives at port after landing in the ocean. The Link mission to save Swift has failed. Another reusable Chinese rocket lands. And in Space Bites Plus, a really clever way to redirect an asteroid with a nuclear weapon.</p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:37 The Falcon Crater <a href="science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-lro-i…; target="_blank">science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-lro-i…; </p></li><li><p>03:08 Starship Arrives to a Port <a href="arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/its-christmastim…; target="_blank">arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/its-christmastim…; </p></li><li><p>05:33 Mars' Field of Polygons <a href="universetoday.com/articles/mars-curiosity-rove…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/mars-curiosity-rove…; </p></li><li><p>07:41 Link Failed. Swift Will Die Soon <a href="nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-updates-next-steps-…; target="_blank">nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-updates-next-steps-…; </p></li><li><p>08:59 China Lands A Rocket (Again) <a href="arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-floodgates-a…; target="_blank">arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-floodgates-a…; </p></li><li><p>10:41 Fastest Star In The Milky Way <a href="universetoday.com/articles/the-fastest-star-in…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/the-fastest-star-in…; </p></li><li><p>13:21 LRD = Black Hole Star? <a href="universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-little-red…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-little-red…; </p></li><li><p>15:47 Early Galaxies Are Bigger Than We Thought <a href="universetoday.com/articles/whoa-the-jwsts-anci…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/whoa-the-jwsts-anci…; </p></li><li><p>17:56 Three Supermassive Black Holes <a href="universetoday.com/articles/another-first-for-t…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/another-first-for-t…; </p></li><li><p>19:20 JWST Looks at Callisto <a href="universetoday.com/articles/jwst-peeks-at-calli…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/jwst-peeks-at-calli…; </p></li><li><p>20:49 Vote results </p></li><li><p>21:45 Star Formation is Slowing Down in the Andromeda Galaxy <a href="universetoday.com/articles/hubble-reveals-that…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/hubble-reveals-that…; </p></li><li><p>23:35 Helix Nebula <a href="universetoday.com/articles/mothra-shows-us-a-s…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/mothra-shows-us-a-s…; </p></li><li><p>24:38 Carina Nebula <a href="universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-the-t…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-the-t…; </p></li><li><p>25:49 Lion Nebula <a href="universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-clear…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-clear…; </p></li><li><p>26:33 Bonus story <a href="universetoday.com/articles/nuking-an-asteroid-…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/nuking-an-asteroid-… Final thoughts</p></li></ul><p></p></html>