# \[Space Bites+\] SpaceX Turns Away from Mars // Venus Lava Tube Confirmed // China's Moon Rocket Test

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 13 Feb 2026, 20 min.

Audio: https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/150697737/f12b5874618541ffabea575dde55b714/eyJhIjoxLCJpc19hdWRpbyI6MSwicCI6MX0%3D/1.m4a?token-hash=o2Hdgh7x4EQnWzNc9RIwY8XeGfzPwsm9GaC1wbxnJMg%3D&token-time=1794355200

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 14:28 A lava tube found on Venus, China tests its new capsule and softlands a rocket, SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to the Moon, and in Space Bites+, 5 galaxies colliding in the early Universe. • 00:00 Intro • 00:16 New image from EHT https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-collaboration-that-brought-you-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole-just-released-photos-of-its-massi • 02:19 Lava Tube on Venus https://www.universetoday.com/articles/massive-venus-lava-tube-detected-using-data-from-nasas-long-defunct-magellan-spacecraft • 04:43 China's Moon Rocket Test https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-11/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDg5MDIw/index.html • 06:25 SpaceX pivots from Mars to Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacex-makes-a-huge-pivot-wants-to-build-on-the-moon-instead • 08:21 Another possible explanation for Little Red Dots https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-little-red-dots-observed-by-webb-were-direct-collapse-black-holes • 11:17 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts • 11:55 Possible bright comet alert https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-sungrazer-comet-a1-maps-could-be-bright-in-early-april-if-it-survives-perihelion • 13:46 More of 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-mission-spots-3iatlass-bright-envelope • 14:28 BONUS STORY: 5 galaxy merger https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cosmic-collision-the-jwst-found-an-early-5-galaxy-merger • 16:23 Why SpaceX plans make sense

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