Lucy made an incredible discovery. One of the strangest exoplanetary systems ever seen. Understanding the Universe with slime mold. And the most powerful ion engine passes the test.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Dinkinesh's contact binary moon
https://www.universetoday.com/164152/what-wow-that-new-asteroid-image-from-lucy-just-got-even-more-interesting/
01:36 Polar Circumbinary Planet Disk
https://www.universetoday.com/164077/this-is-a-first-an-exoplanet-in-a-polar-circumbinary-disc-surrounding-two-stars/
03:37 JWST sees CO2 on a centaur
https://www.universetoday.com/164066/jwst-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-a-centaur-for-the-first-time/
05:28 Slime mold and the Universe
https://www.universetoday.com/164120/what-can-slime-mold-teach-us-about-the-universe/
07:23 Vote results
https://youtu.be/xubOa8xR2lw
07:54 Can Gaia detect gravitational waves
http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03474
09:37 Most powerful ion engine test
https://www.universetoday.com/164072/the-most-powerful-ion-engine-ever-built-passes-the-test/
11:30 Newsletter
https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter
12:13 Euclid's first images https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_first_images_the_dazzling_edge_of_darkness
13:46 Water Map
15:00 Apple Podcasts reviews
17:22 More on asteroids and space exploration
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