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New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons.

00:00 Intro
00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS
universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake
universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own
04:04 NASA tests new ion engine
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars
06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts
spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat
07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery
universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved
09:46 Vote results
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10:15 Milky Way’s Hot Side
universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why
11:56 Where's the edge of the Milky Way
universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc
13:52 Disappearing exoplanets
universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight
16:02 That's no moon
universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans
18:20 More space news
19:46 Working with Vera Rubin data


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