[Space Bites+] Titan Dragonfly Assembly // Extra Long-Distance Software Update // New Exoplanet Detection Method

<html><p>BONUS PART START STARTS AT 18:21</p><p>Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="youtu.be/JMSfLchB5hI"; target="_blank">youtu.be/JMSfLchB5hI</a>; </p><p>Interview with Dr. Noelia Noël about painting satellites black <a href="youtube.com/watch?v=1yQegWQWtUo"; target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=1yQegWQWtUo</a></… is taking shape. A new exoplanet at Beta Pictoris. Hera gets a software upgrade mid-flight. And new features hiding in the Orion Nebula. On Space Bites Plus, how we can paint satellites black to reduce light pollution. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.</p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:20 Dragonfly Takes Its Shape <a href="science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2026/07/09/na…; target="_blank">science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2026/07/09/na… </a></p></li><li><p>03:41 Software Update for HERA <a href="universetoday.com/articles/rebooting-a-spacecr…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/rebooting-a-spacecr…; </p></li><li><p>06:11 New Exoplanet at Beta Pictoris <a href="universetoday.com/articles/this-exoplanet-hid-…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/this-exoplanet-hid-…; </p></li><li><p>09:36 Missing Link for Black Holes <a href="universetoday.com/articles/a-relativistic-jet-…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/a-relativistic-jet-…; </p></li><li><p>11:51 Vote results </p></li><li><p>12:13 Ancient astronomers were right about Theta Eridani <a href="universetoday.com/articles/to-ancient-astronom…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/to-ancient-astronom…; </p></li><li><p>14:41 New Features Hiding in the Orion Nebula <a href="universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-ne…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-ne…; </p></li><li><p>16:15 Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-… </p></li><li><p>17:54 More space news </p></li><li><p>18:21 BONUS <a href="universetoday.com/articles/ultra-black-coating…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/ultra-black-coating… How do you do, fellow kids?</p></li></ul><p></p></html>