[Space Bites] Betelgeuse Has a Companion // Blow Against Planet X // Huge SMBH Discovery

25 Jul 2025 • 22 min • EN
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Betelgeuse has a companion star, Vera Rubin discovered the third interstellar object accidentally, the first evidence of direct collapse supermassive black holes, and in Space Bites+ developing plans to help humanity deal with finding an extraterrestrial intelligence. 😍 PROMO -57% OFF your first month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:24 Betelgeuse's companion star https://www.universetoday.com/articles/betelgeuse-isnt-alone-it-has-a-very-dim-companion 03:17 Vera Rubin discovered 3I/ATLAS accidentally https://www.universetoday.com/articles/apparently-vera-rubin-captured-images-of-3iatlas-before-it-was-even-discovered 05:09 Even more 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/gemini-north-sees-brightening-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-in-detail 06:34 "Unicorn" object https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-identify-an-object-that-defies-astrophysics 08:29 Direct collablse SMBH https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole 11:28 Low-mass black holes in an early universe https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-plenty-of-low-mass-black-holes-in-the-early-universe 12:51 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 13:23 A blow against Planet X https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-object-found-deep-in-the-kuiper-belt 15:34 Double tidal disruption https://www.universetoday.com/articles/do-supermassive-black-holes-play-with-their-food 16:46 Great images https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-newborn-planet-is-carving-out-a-home-in-its-protoplanetary-disk https://www.universetoday.com/articles/seeing-the-exact-moment-when-new-planets-started-forming 18:55 Guide to space newsletter 19:53 Bonus story 20:29 BIG SUMMER PROMO https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/M0wy9F9kEoM 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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