BONUS PART STARTS AT 18:21

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Going to Mars means contaminating it with Earth's life. Most probably, we have already done it with our landers. But it appears, things might not be as bad as Mars could have a natural "built-in" protection against contamination. How does it work? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Corien Bakermans https://altoona.psu.edu/person/corien-bakermans-phd

📜 ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources

• 0:00 Intro

• 01:48 Fantastic Tardigrades and where to find them

• 03:25 Martian regolith vs life

• 07:13 Earth soil vs Mars regolith

• 09:10 Experimental setup

• 14:49 Contamination risks for Mars

• 17:13 What's next for the research

• 18:21 Sub-zero bacteria

• 25:08 Current obsessions

• 28:56 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:11

👉 Interviews on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE

👉 Interviews on Patreon (free for everyone) https://www.patreon.com/collection/44300?view=expanded

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

Artemis II lifts off for the moon. A comet slows down and reverses its rotation. Galaxies found without dark matter. Anti-matter goes for a ride. And in Space Bites Plus, how humanity is slowing down the rotation of the Earth.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 Artemis 2 Launched https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-artemis-generation-begins-artemis-ii-launches-for-the-moon

• 02:40 Moonfall Drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsK-ff2Mycg

• 04:33 Never Seen Before Comet Behaviour https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-detects-first-ever-spin-reversal-of-tiny-comet/

• 06:35 Another Galaxy with NO Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-a-third-galaxy-missing-its-dark-matter-validating-a-violent-cosmic-collision-theory

• 10:13 AI Helped Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scouring-tess-data-with-ai-reveals-a-hundred-new-exoplanets

• 12:12 Transporting Antimatter https://home.cern/news/press-release/experiments/base-experiment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter

• 15:04 Vote results

• 15:53 Robotic Refueling https://www.china-in-space.com/p/sustain-space-successfully-completes

• 17:20 Plants for Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-plant-growth-from-cyanobacteria-based-fertilizer

• 19:07 Celebrating Spring https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-celebrate-the-coming-of-spring-nasa-releases-images-of-blossaming-stellar-nurseries

• 20:11 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-are-slowing-down-the-planet

• 22:28 Interviews

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49

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What will we learn from going back to the Moon? Is there dark matter in the Solar System? Which telescopes would be best for Time Delay Cosmography? And in Q&A+, which planets will be left after the Sun dies?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@N.Armstrng] Which telescopes will be best for Time Delay Cosmography?

• 05:28 [@notmanyeclipsesleft] What is the most important long-term information mankind will acquire from creating a permanent presence on the moon?

• 09:24 [@jessienotot3558] Would WW3 lead to the Kessler Syndrome?

• 12:55 [@sferrin2] Why does the Universe appear to be the same size in every direction?

• 14:49 [@geohondo] Do we know if dark matter possibly in our solar system?

• 15:49 [@kasieream1248] Which planet will the sun be left with as a white dwarf?

• 17:38 Outro