[Space Bites] HUGE “Life on Mars” Announcement // 3I ATLAS Grows a Tail // JWST Looks at TRAPPIST-1e

Has Perseverance found signs of life on Mars? Webb scans TRAPPIST-1e for signs of an atmosphere. 3I/ATLAS grows a tail, and could get a mission. And on Space Bites+, Webb sees a cloud of methane around the dwarf planet Makemake. 🔴 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 00:00 Intro 00:21 NASA Says Perseverance Discovered Signs of Life on Mars https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-says-mars-rover-discovered-potential-biosignature-last-year/ https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-exoplanet-trappist-1-e-takes-its-turn-in-the-jwsts-spotlight 09:18 3I/ATLAS Grows a Tail https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-gemini-south-telescope-takes-a-turn-imaging-the-interstellar-comet-3iatlas 11:18 Mission Concept to Catch 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-at-swri-produced-a-mission-concept-for-exploring-interstellar-objects-like-3iatlas 13:34 Calisto’s Footprints in Jupiter Aurora https://www.universetoday.com/articles/juno-detects-callistos-footprints-in-jupiters-aurorae 14:53 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 15:35 A Giant Burst of Energy In Need Of An Explanation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-giant-burst-of-energy-in-need-of-an-explanation 17:34 Titan Dragonfly Continues Development https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2025/09/08/nasas-dragonfly-soaring-through-key-development-test-activities/ 18:59 Amazing JWST Image https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-glittering-stellar-nursery-shines-in-new-jwst-image 20:14 More space news to your inbox 20:58 Bonus story: Methane on Makemake 21:25 State of science journalism 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/V28Tc_koO5U 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)