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[Space Bites] Huge NASA Budget Cuts // 128 New Moons for Saturn // Visiting the YR4 Asteroid

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Astronomers find 128 new moons for Saturn, four mini-Earths orbiting around Barnard’s Star, a new video from Blue Ghost 1, massive science budget cuts for NASA, and in our Patreon version, a bonus story about the return of the X-37b spaceplane.

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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:20 128 new moons of Saturn
    • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/whoa-astronomers-found-128-new-moons-orbiting-saturn
    • 01:46 Four mini-Earth around Barnard's star
      • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-mini-earths-found-at-barnards-star
      • 03:48 Firefly Blue Ghost drills into the Moon
        • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/watch-blue-ghost-test-its-vacuum-and-drill-experiments-on-the-moon
        • 06:17 IM-2 Athena is over
          • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-athena-lunar-lander-also-fell-over-on-its-side
          • 07:41 Vote results
            • https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community
            • 08:16 NASA Science budget cuts
              • https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/white-house-may-seek-to-slash-nasas-science-budget-by-50-percent/
              • 10:21 Visiting the YR4 asteroid
                • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/remember-that-asteroid-that-isnt-going-to-hit-earth-we-could-send-a-mission-to-explore-it
                • 11:47 Cool images
                  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-looks-right-into-the-flame-nebula
                  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/two-protostars-work-together-to-create-an-hourglass-shape
                  • 13:56 Guide to space newsletter
                    • https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter
                    • 14:32 FREE bonus story: X37-b spaceplane
                    • 14:44 Big announcement
                      • https://youtu.be/H0uKlAHcUGk?si=TbwEeW-Vxoe9aasu

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