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[Space Bites] Revolutionary Mercury Mission Concept // Dust Shield for the Moon // First Crewed Polar Mission

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Webb discovers auroras on Neptune, and measures the exact size of Asteroid 2024 YR4, the first Private Mission to carry humans on a polar orbit, a mission that could reach and explore Mercury using only a solar sail. And in our bonus story on Patreon, what would it take to build a sample return mission to Io?

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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:24 JWST sees Neptune's auroras
    • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-sees-neptunes-auroras-for-the-first-time
    • 01:46 Webb measures the size of asteroid YR4
      • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-scans-asteroid-2024-yr4-its-60-meters-across
      • 03:02 Private polar mission Fram-2
        • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-private-astronauts-are-about-to-make-a-polar-orbit-for-the-first-time
        • 04:36 Riding a solar sail to Mercury
          • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-mission-could-reach-mercury-on-solar-sails-alone
          • 07:37 Gaia is gone
            • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-mission-over-gaia-rides-off-into-the-sunset
            • 08:59 Vote results
              • https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community
              • 09:35 Electromagnetic dust shield
                • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-new-dust-repelling-shield-seems-to-work-well
                • 11:43 Protoplanetary disks are small
                  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/many-protoplanetary-disks-arent-much-bigger-than-earths-orbit
                  • 13:35 Cool images
                    • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-dramatic-einstein-ring-seen-by-webb
                    • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/here-are-spherexs-first-images
                    • 15:40 Guide to space
                      • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lunar-polar-regions-could-have-microbes
                      • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/subsurface-voids-could-allow-for-living-on-the-moon-and-mars
                      • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-can-we-find-cryovolcanoes-on-europa
                      • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spaceflight-weakens-our-weight-bearing-bones-the-most
                      • 17:05 Bonus story
                      • 17:33 Shows to watch

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