Plate tectonics could be incredibly rare, LEGO bricks made from actual space rocks, mapping the Milky Way’s dark matter halo, and Perseverance’s SHERLOC instrument is fully operational again.

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• 00:00 Intro
• 00:17 Rare plate tectonics
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167659/plate-tectonics-might-only-occur-on-0-003-of-planets-that-makes-earth-very-special-indeed/
• 02:44 Findings from OSIRIS-REx samples
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167594/asteroid-samples-were-once-part-of-a-wetter-world/
• 04:21 Fast internet for the ISS
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167625/the-space-station-now-has-blisteringly-fast-internet/
• 05:43 Space LEGO bricks
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167675/lego-bricks-printed-out-of-space-dust/
• 07:10 Vote results
• 08:06 Mapping Milky Way's dark natter halo
  • https://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/info/1031/9340.htm
• 10:21 Mars meteorites
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167645/basketball-sized-meteorites-strike-the-surface-of-mars-every-day/
• 11:49 Lunar swirls
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167646/mysterious-swirls-on-the-moon-could-be-explained-by-underground-magma/
• 13:02 Mars recovery
  • https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/detective-work-enables-perseverance-team-to-revive-sherloc-instrument/
• 14:49 Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought
  • https://www.universetoday.com/167661/more-evidence-that-the-kuiper-belt-is-bigger-than-we-thought/
• 16:22 Polars Dawn launch date
• 17:18 Amazing images and videos
• 19:23 More space news
• 20:06 Amazing rescues

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