Finally, A NASA Mission To Explore Lava Tubes

Fraser Cain
Fraser Cain
Oct 9, 2026

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A Moon lava tube mission. Remnants of the Moon’s magnetosphere. Where are the wondering supermassive black holes. And on Space Bites+, why Mars’ ice caps are mostly dust free.

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00:00 Intro
00:14 Finally, A Moon Lava Tube Mission
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-selects-gimli-to-search-the-marius-lunar-pit-for-a-potential-lunar-base-site
03:06 Possible lunar dynamo
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-buried-volcano-on-the-moon-hints-at-an-ancient-lunar-dynamo
06:11 Pulsar Feeding from a Companion's Stellar "Wind"
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/xrism-makes-first-ever-detection-of-a-pulsar-feeding-from-a-companions-stellar-wind
07:45 Origin of Mars and Earth
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-study-shows-that-earth-and-mars-had-different-origins
10:10 Vote results
10:36 Wandering Black Holes
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/wandering-black-holes-may-hold-clues-to-the-evolution-of-the-universe
12:30 Searching for black holes
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/thousands-of-black-holes-could-be-lurking-in-our-backyardand-you-can-help-find-them
14:57 Hubble's 200,000th orbit
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-hubble-marks-its-200000th-orbit-by-watching-lensed-supernova
16:09 Supernova near Sag A*
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chandra-x-ray-observatory-drops-new-view-of-our-galaxys-unruly-centre
17:14 More space news
18:14 Final thoughts

Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov

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