[Space Bites+] Bad News for Europa Exploration // Watching Pluto’s Atmosphere Fade Away // Auroras on Mars

<html><p>BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:16</p><p>Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: <a href="youtu.be/9XGHRoVJgYA"; target="_blank">youtu.be/9XGHRoVJgYA</a></p><p&… Vote for the best story here: <a href="youtube.com/@frasercain/posts"; target="_blank">youtube.com/@frasercain/posts</a></p&… can there be auroras on Mars? More bad news for the exploration of Europa. Watching Pluto's atmosphere. And on Space Bites Plus, could planets form right after the Big Bang?</p><ul><li><p>00:00 Intro </p></li><li><p>00:17 Auroras on Mars <a href="universetoday.com/articles/nasas-maven-illumin…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/nasas-maven-illumin…; </p></li><li><p>03:07 More Bad News for Europa Exploration <a href="universetoday.com/articles/europas-interior-oc…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/europas-interior-oc…; </p></li><li><p>05:46 Watching Pluto’s Atmosphere <a href="universetoday.com/articles/scientists-watch-as…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/scientists-watch-as…; </p></li><li><p>08:14 Identifying Quasars with Machine Learning <a href="universetoday.com/articles/seven-needles-80000…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/seven-needles-80000…; </p></li><li><p>10:05 First “AI-Driven” Telescope <a href="universetoday.com/articles/the-telescope-that-…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/the-telescope-that-…; </p></li><li><p>11:55 Vote results <a href="youtube.com/@frasercain/posts"; target="_blank">youtube.com/@frasercain/posts</a>; </p></li><li><p>12:41 China’s Rocket Exploded in Flight <a href="arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/one-of-chinas-wo…; target="_blank">arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/one-of-chinas-wo…; </p></li><li><p>13:41 Moonquakes to Locate Lunar Ice <a href="universetoday.com/articles/how-to-find-lunar-i…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/how-to-find-lunar-i…; </p></li><li><p>15:40 More Good News for Swift <a href="science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/08/11/nasa-s…; target="_blank">science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/08/11/nasa-s…; </p></li><li><p>17:16 Bonus story <a href="universetoday.com/articles/the-ingredients-for…; target="_blank">universetoday.com/articles/the-ingredients-for… Solar eclipse 2026 and the Perseids</p></li></ul><p></p></html>