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[Space Bites+] Weird New Planet // New Moon in A Bag // Superstorm Hit Mars

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Episode [Space Bites+] Weird New Planet // New Moon in A Bag // Superstorm Hit Mars

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BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:26

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A planetary system that breaks all the rules. Colliding worlds reminds us of the Earth and the Moon. A super solar storm hit Mars too. An explanation for a seven-hour gamma ray burst. And in Space Bites Plus, thousands of stellar siblings found.

🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

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00:00 Intro

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00:15 Planetary System that Breaks All Rules https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cheops-discovery-defies-planetary-formation-rules

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02:41 A Special Rocky World https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-isnt-just-another-rocky-world-orbiting-a-red-dwarf-this-ones-special

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04:32 Worlds Colliding https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-find-evidence-of-worlds-colliding-11000-light-years-away

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06:21 Plans for a Moon in a Bag https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/a-private-space-company-has-a-radical-new-plan-to-bag-an-asteroid/

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07:47 Lunar Magnetic Mystery Solved https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-60-year-old-mystery-about-the-moons-magnetosphere-is-finally-solved

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09:47 Vote results 10:12 Solar Superstorm Hit Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esas-mars-orbiters-watch-solar-superstorm-hit-the-red-planet

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12:00 Nobody Could Explain This https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-seven-hour-explosion-nobody-could-explain

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15:26 Something’s Changing the Small Magellanic Cloud https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-is-changing-the-small-magellanic-cloud

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15:26 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-suns-great-escape

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17:41 Vibe coding

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