The White House pulls Jared Isaacman’s nomination, the 2026 NASA budget is released, the Hubble Tension might not be a problem after all, the Milky Way and Andromeda might not merge after all. And on SpaceBites+, which ozone isn’t a good biosignature.

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00:00 Intro
00:22 No Jared for NASA
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/trump-pulls-isaacman-nomination-for-space-source-nasa-is-fed/
01:57 NASA budget request
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-fy-2026-budget-request-has-been-released
04:36 ispace failed another Moon landing
05:34 Hubble tesion possible solved?
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-hubble-tension-starting-to-go-away
08:27 Milkdromeda might not happen
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-hubble-just-cancelled-the-milky-way-andromeda-collision
10:09 Pluto
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-watches-haze-rise-and-fall-in-plutos-atmosphere
11:58 Vote results
12:38 Europa
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-reveals-that-europas-surface-is-constantly-changing
14:54 Monitoring solar storms
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/advanced-orbital-constellations-for-solar-storm-defense
16:27 Starship missions to Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/missions-to-mars-starship-three-months
19:02 Newsletter
19:43 Bonus story
19:58 Realism in SciFi

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