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[Space Bites] HUGE “Life on Mars” Announcement // 3I ATLAS Grows a Tail // JWST Looks at TRAPPIST-1e
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Has Perseverance found signs of life on Mars? Webb scans TRAPPIST-1e for signs of an atmosphere. 3I/ATLAS grows a tail, and could get a mission. And on Space Bites+, Webb sees a cloud of methane around the dwarf planet Makemake.
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00:00 Intro
00:21 NASA Says Perseverance Discovered Signs of Life on Mars
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-says-mars-rover-discovered-potential-biosignature-last-year/
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-exoplanet-trappist-1-e-takes-its-turn-in-the-jwsts-spotlight
09:18 3I/ATLAS Grows a Tail
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-gemini-south-telescope-takes-a-turn-imaging-the-interstellar-comet-3iatlas
11:18 Mission Concept to Catch 3I/ATLAS
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-at-swri-produced-a-mission-concept-for-exploring-interstellar-objects-like-3iatlas
13:34 Calisto’s Footprints in Jupiter Aurora
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/juno-detects-callistos-footprints-in-jupiters-aurorae
14:53 Vote results
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15:35 A Giant Burst of Energy In Need Of An Explanation
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-giant-burst-of-energy-in-need-of-an-explanation
17:34 Titan Dragonfly Continues Development
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2025/09/08/nasas-dragonfly-soaring-through-key-development-test-activities/
18:59 Amazing JWST Image
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-glittering-stellar-nursery-shines-in-new-jwst-image
20:14 More space news to your inbox
20:58 Bonus story: Methane on Makemake
21:25 State of science journalism
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