[Space Bites+] Io's Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought

BONUS STORY starts at 15:34 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: Patreon Q&As Pandora interview with Dr Ben Hord Curiosity gets a rock stuck to its drill. NASA releases over 12,000 images of the Artemis II mission. The new Pandora Space Telescope sees first light. How Io's lava lakes are hotter than we thought. And in Space Bites+, a meteorite that is very similar to the planet Mercury. 00:00 Intro ]00:19 NASA Releases 12,000 Artemis II Photos 02:15 Curiosity Lifting Rocks on Mars 03:33 Pandora's first light 05:31 ESPRESSO Telescope 07:42 Io's superhot 09:30 Radar drones 11:25 Vote results 11:51 Subaru on 3I/ATLAS 13:20 Superionic ice inside ice giants 15:34 BONUS STORY 17:40 My current obsessions

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[Space Bites+] Io's Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought is an episode from Universe Today Guide to Space Audio by Universe Today Podcast.

This episode is 21:33 long.

This episode was published on May 8, 2026.

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