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The source of a powerful cosmic ray, did the late heavy bombardment actually happen? Did Titan create Saturn’s Rings? And James Webb is going to pin down the future orbit of YR4. And in Space Bites+, we might be able to intercept 3I/ATLAS.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Amaterasu Particles
universetoday.com/articles/scientists-continue-to-trace-the-origin-of-the-mysterious-amaterasu-cosmic-ray-particle
03:18 Doubts for Late Heavy Bombardment
universetoday.com/articles/new-lunar-samples-challenge-the-late-heavy-bombardment
06:58 Possible Origin of Titan and Saturn’s Ring
universetoday.com/articles/an-ancient-merger-could-have-created-titan-and-the-debris-created-saturns-rings
08:48 Fading Star
universetoday.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-fading-star
10:27 Bennu Samples Continue to Deliver Science
universetoday.com/articles/scientists-make-a-game-changing-find-in-the-bennu-asteroid
12:19 Vote results
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13:13 Rotten Eggs and Exoplanets
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15:38 Auroras on Ganymede
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/university-of-liege-scientists-reveal-similarities
16:55 The Heart of Mira A’s Latest Outburst
universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-get-to-the-heart-of-mira-as-latest-outburst
18:40 JWST to Observe YR4
19:33 Succesful Artemis II WDR
nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/19/nasa-begins-artemis-ii-launch-pad-ops-after-successful-fuel-test
21:18 More space news
22:46 Making money on YouTube
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The source of a powerful cosmic ray, did the late heavy bombardment actually happen? Did Titan create Saturn’s Rings? And James Webb is going to pin down the future orbit of YR4. And in Space Bites+, we might be able to intercept 3I/ATLAS.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Amaterasu Particles
universetoday.com/articles/scientists-continue-to-trace-the-origin-of-the-mysterious-amaterasu-cosmic-ray-particle
03:18 Doubts for Late Heavy Bombardment
universetoday.com/articles/new-lunar-samples-challenge-the-late-heavy-bombardment
06:58 Possible Origin of Titan and Saturn’s Ring
universetoday.com/articles/an-ancient-merger-could-have-created-titan-and-the-debris-created-saturns-rings
08:48 Fading Star
universetoday.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-fading-star
10:27 Bennu Samples Continue to Deliver Science
universetoday.com/articles/scientists-make-a-game-changing-find-in-the-bennu-asteroid
12:19 Vote results
youtube.com/@frasercain/posts
13:13 Rotten Eggs and Exoplanets
universetoday.com/articles/how-rotten-eggs-solved-an-exoplanet-mystery
15:38 Auroras on Ganymede
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/university-of-liege-scientists-reveal-similarities
16:55 The Heart of Mira A’s Latest Outburst
universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-get-to-the-heart-of-mira-as-latest-outburst
18:40 JWST to Observe YR4
19:33 Succesful Artemis II WDR
nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/19/nasa-begins-artemis-ii-launch-pad-ops-after-successful-fuel-test
21:18 More space news
22:46 Making money on YouTube
Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov
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![How Metamaterials Can Help Moon Rovers Survive Both Days and Nights [NIAC 2026]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bbJ3I37yS4o/mqdefault.jpg "How Metamaterials Can Help Moon Rovers Survive Both Days and Nights [NIAC 2026]
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📜 ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental control
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The Moon is brutal. Its super hot during the day and super cold during the night. Most landers and rovers cant survive that swing. So, how do you mitigate it? One of this years NIAC projects has a potential solution.
00:00 Intro
01:04 Why is the Moon so terrible?
04:56 Mitigation strategies
30:33 Current obsessions
38:11 Final thoughts
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