Ingenuity is over. SLIM landed on the Moon, but it’s upside-down. Webb sees planets orbiting white dwarf stars. And we finally know why Starship exploded.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 Ingenuity is OVER
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165382/nasa-lost-contact-with-its-ingenuity-helicopter-briefly-but-its-back/

• 01:48 SLIM landed upside down
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165340/japans-moon-lander-touches-down-power-problem/

• 04:32 Explosive Sierra Space LIFE test
  
  

  • https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-advances-its-revolutionary-commercial-space-station-technology/

• 06:44 Dangers of Space Salad
  
  

  • https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/january/harsh-bais-kali-kniel-noah-totsline-spacegrown-plants-foodborne-infections/

• 08:23 JWST sees planets around white dwarf stars
  
  

  • https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13153

• 10:12 Mystery of the ancient light
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165310/the-jwst-solves-the-mystery-of-ancient-light/

• 12:23 Vote results
  
  

  • https://youtu.be/F12KfPkrjuk

• 12:57 Planets around Proxima Centauri
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165383/what-could-the-extremely-large-telescope-see-at-proxima-centauris-planet/

• 15:10 Patreon Club Exclusives

• 15:58 Why Starship Exploded
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165353/now-we-know-why-starships-second-flight-test-failed/

• 17:17 China's reusable booster test
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165401/chinese-firm-successfully-tests-a-new-reusable-booster/

• 18:47 Inflatable space habitats

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