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[Space Bites] Special Earth // Space LEGO from ESA // Amazing Perseverance Fix

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Plate tectonics could be incredibly rare, LEGO bricks made from actual space rocks, mapping the Milky Way’s dark matter halo, and Perseverance’s SHERLOC instrument is fully operational again.

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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:17 Rare plate tectonics
    • https://www.universetoday.com/167659/plate-tectonics-might-only-occur-on-0-003-of-planets-that-makes-earth-very-special-indeed/
    • 02:44 Findings from OSIRIS-REx samples
      • https://www.universetoday.com/167594/asteroid-samples-were-once-part-of-a-wetter-world/
      • 04:21 Fast internet for the ISS
        • https://www.universetoday.com/167625/the-space-station-now-has-blisteringly-fast-internet/
        • 05:43 Space LEGO bricks
          • https://www.universetoday.com/167675/lego-bricks-printed-out-of-space-dust/
          • 07:10 Vote results
          • 08:06 Mapping Milky Way's dark natter halo
            • https://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/info/1031/9340.htm
            • 10:21 Mars meteorites
              • https://www.universetoday.com/167645/basketball-sized-meteorites-strike-the-surface-of-mars-every-day/
              • 11:49 Lunar swirls
                • https://www.universetoday.com/167646/mysterious-swirls-on-the-moon-could-be-explained-by-underground-magma/
                • 13:02 Mars recovery
                  • https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/detective-work-enables-perseverance-team-to-revive-sherloc-instrument/
                  • 14:49 Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought
                    • https://www.universetoday.com/167661/more-evidence-that-the-kuiper-belt-is-bigger-than-we-thought/
                    • 16:22 Polars Dawn launch date
                    • 17:18 Amazing images and videos
                    • 19:23 More space news
                    • 20:06 Amazing rescues

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