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Universe Today Podcast — [Space Bites+] Vera Rubin Finally Delivers Its First Big Discovery
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[Space Bites+] Vera Rubin Finally Delivers Its First Big Discovery

Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 23:19 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Vera Rubin finds a new dwarf planet, while Webb sees dwarf planets colliding in another system, Valles Marineris might still be volcanically active, and Hera gets its first…

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