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A lava tube found on Venus, China tests its new capsule and softlands a rocket, SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to the Moon, and in Space Bites+, 5 galaxies colliding in the early Universe.

00:00 Intro
00:16 New image from EHT
universetoday.com/articles/the-collaboration-that-brought-you-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole-just-released-photos-of-its-massi
02:19 Lava Tube on Venus
universetoday.com/articles/massive-venus-lava-tube-detected-using-data-from-nasas-long-defunct-magellan-spacecraft
04:43 China's Moon Rocket Test
news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-11/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDg5MDIw/index.html
06:25 SpaceX pivots from Mars to Moon
universetoday.com/articles/spacex-makes-a-huge-pivot-wants-to-build-on-the-moon-instead
08:21 Another possible explanation for Little Red Dots
universetoday.com/articles/the-little-red-dots-observed-by-webb-were-direct-collapse-black-holes
11:17 Vote results
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11:55 Possible bright comet alert
universetoday.com/articles/new-sungrazer-comet-a1-maps-could-be-bright-in-early-april-if-it-survives-perihelion
13:46 More of 3I/ATLAS
universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-mission-spots-3iatlass-bright-envelope
14:28 More space news
15:42 Why SpaceX plans make sense

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