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![Ios Lava Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought
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Curiosity gets a rock stuck to its drill. NASA releases over 12,000 images of the Artemis II mission. The new Pandora Space Telescope sees first light. How Ios lava lakes are hotter than we thought. And in Space Bites+, a meteorite that is very similar to the planet Mercury.
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00:19 NASA Releases 12,000 Artemis II Photos
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1778194875140121
02:15 Curiosity Lifting Rocks on Mars
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/
03:33 Pandoras first light
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/first-images-from-the-pandora-exoplanet-mission
05:31 ESPRESSO Telescope
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-paranal-solar-espresso-telescope-a-new-tool-for-finding-exoplanets
07:42 Ios superhot
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-might-have-massively-underestimated-ios-thermal-output
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https://www.universetoday.com/articles/drones-scanning-earths-glaciers-are-paving-the-way-for-future-mars-helicopters
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13:20 Superionic ice inside ice giants
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-quasi-1d-state-of-matter-could-be-hiding-inside-ice-giant-planets
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![Moons Q&A Special | Q&A 392
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How would a rover for an icy moon look like? Which moon should we replace the Moon with? Why put a telescope on the Moon? And whats the probability of Artemis II launching this February? All this and more in this weeks Q&A.
00:00 Start
00:24 [@kasieream1248] How would rovers for icy moons look like?
06:29 [@walleyeottagofishingchanne3960] Replacing the Moon with other moons from the Solar System
08:23 [@AEFisch] Why put a telescope on the Moon?
10:42 [@doogle4144] Will Artemis II launch this February?
12:26 [@georgegherghinescu] AI software in rovers and space probes
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![Whats The Lowest Possible Moon Orbit? [Q&A Livestream]
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![What Are The Candidates for Dark Matter? [Q&A Livestream]
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![Ring Galaxies Origin, Project Orion, Comet Hitting The Moon | Q&A 412
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How did the ring galaxies get their weird shape? Could we redirect a comet to hit the Moon? Could Project Orion ever launch? And in Q&A+, how bad did AI hit astronomy jobs?
00:00 Intro
00:23 [@billionsandbillionsofstars] Can we expect a meteor storm in our lifetime?
02:48 [@CynicExtraordinaire] Will Project Orion ever work?
05:03 [@PhoboScorpio] Can you power a spaceship with Jupiter?
09:48 [@vistotutti6037] Could we redirect a comet into the Moon?
12:33 [@EdSceptic-y2e] How did ring galaxies form?
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![What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon? | Q&A 423
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What would happen if we had another Earth as a binary companion? Will the Moon become the new ISS? Will humanity ever try panspermia? And in Q&A+, how to apply your coding skills for astronomy?
00:00 Intro
00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon?
03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia?
05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith?
06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS?
08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?
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![Moon Base Basics, HWO Targets, Mars Nuclear Reactor| Q&A 416
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How will we power the Moon bases? Which places will be the primary targets for the Habitable World Observatory? Which nuclear reactor is the new NASA proposal about? And in Q&A+, how long will it take to clear the L2 Lagrange point?
00:00 Intro
00:26 [@Noonyuh] Could moonquakes or marsquakes cause problems for humans?
02:44 [@rJaune] Are there promising battery technology?
04:08 [@1000dots] Which nuclear reactor will NASA use for its new Mars mission?
09:20 [@smkolins] Is anyone setting up a public access list of new finds of Vera Rubin?
11:24 [@TestingTesting-1234] Where will HWO look first?
14:46 [@Matthew...1979] Could we see other planets in realtime?
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![Why Didnt The Universe Collapse? [Q&A Livestream]
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![Where Did the Sun Come From? [Q&A Livestream]
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![How Moons Ridges Reveal Secrets About Its Geology
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How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know whats going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Cole Nypaver
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📜 Smithsonian Planetary Scientists Discover Recent Tectonic Activity on the Moon
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00:00 Intro
01:44 Is the Moon dead?
08:44 What created the faults
14:04 Returning to the Moon
24:24 Beyond just the Moon
26:58 Boulders on the Moon
33:37 Current obsessions
38:42 Final thoughts
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