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[Space Bites] Building Blocks of Life // Giant Volcanic Activity of Io // Bacteria Outside the ISS

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The building blocks of life have been found in asteroid samples, the most volcanic activity ever seen on Io, astronauts are searching for bacteria on the outside of the space station, and Ingenuity found surprisingly fast wind speeds on Mars.

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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:19 Building blocks for life in OSIRIS-REx samples
    • https://www.universetoday.com/170693/the-building-blocks-for-life-found-in-asteroid-bennu-samples/
    • 03:08 First launch for an asteroid mining company
      • https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/astroforge-selects-target-for-high-risk-seat-of-the-pants-asteroid-mission/
      • 05:47 Record-breaking volcanic activity on Io
        • https://www.universetoday.com/170655/juno-sees-a-massive-hotspot-of-volcanic-activity-on-io/
        • 07:08 2 planets 1 star
          • https://www.universetoday.com/170673/massive-gas-giant-planets-locked-in-a-gravitational-struggle/
          • 08:39 Microbes outside the ISS
            • https://www.universetoday.com/170658/astronauts-are-going-to-check-if-there-are-microbes-on-the-outside-of-the-station/
            • 10:31 Vote results
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              • 11:04 Ingenuity and wind speeds
                • https://www.universetoday.com/170619/ingenuity-measured-windspeeds-on-mars-during-its-flights/
                • 12:43 M87 changing over time
                  • https://www.universetoday.com/170642/watching-the-changing-m87-black-hole-event-horizon/
                  • 14:45 Predicting solar flares with AI
                    • https://www.universetoday.com/170687/machine-learning-could-have-predicted-the-powerful-solar-storms-in-2024/
                    • 17:02 More space news
                    • 17:42 Flood of interviews

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