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Superconductor update. Contact re-established with Voyager 2. Two stars orbiting so closely they could hide inside the Sun. A field of gravitational lenses in a new JWST image.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:16 LK-99 Update

• 02:35 Fusion Breakthrough Done Again

• 03:45 Voyager-2 is Back

• 05:00 Wolf Pack of NASA Moon Rovers
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/162676/nasa-plans-to-unleash-a-wolf-pack-of-rovers-onto-the-lunar-surface-in-2024/

• 07:10 Chandrayaan-3 Enters Lunar Orbit

• 08:02 Unscheduled Landing for Ingenuity
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/162709/nasas-mars-helicopter-had-an-unscheduled-landing-but-flew-again/

• 10:03 Two Stars Very Close To Each Other
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/162692/two-stars-orbiting-each-other-so-closely-they-could-fit-inside-the-sun/

• 12:17 Vote

• 13:12 JWST Sees El Gordo
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/162674/jwst-sees-multiple-gravitational-lenses-in-a-massive-cluster-the-fishhook-and-the-thin-one/

• 14:30 Best Year for Perceids
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/162607/why-2023-is-a-great-year-for-the-perseid-meteors/

• 15:52 Booster 9 Hot Fire Test

• 17:38 Starship Capabilities

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