Could we repair missions like JWST and Gaia? Polaris Dawn returns to Earth, did Earth once have rings? and a peanut-shaped asteroid just drifted past Earth.
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Repairing missions at L2
03:10 Polaris Dawn returns to Earth
05:22 Peanut-shaped asteroid flyby
https://www.universetoday.com/168616/nasa-watches-a-peanut-shaped-asteroid-drift-past-earth/)
07:20 Earth might have had rings
https://www.universetoday.com/168579/earth-might-have-had-rings-half-a-billion-years-ago/)
08:56 Earth's temporary moon
https://www.universetoday.com/168574/earth-will-have-a-tiny-new-mini-moon-for-a-few-months/)
10:13 Vote results
10:54 Mission to Neptune
13:22 Building a global light pollution map
14:35 Flying to Alpha Cen
16:19 More space news
16:58 Getting involved in science
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