Interstellar Object, Cheesy Nightmares, And Smooching Orcas

This week on Break It Down: We’ve just seen our third-ever interstellar object whizzing though the Solar System, eating cheese really might give you nightmares (but so might dessert), cavers are rewarded with a treasure trove of blind, mummified invertebrates including the only known cave-adapted wasp, the Neanderthal fat factory is just a delicious as it sounds, orcas caught kissing out in the wild, and if the Moon gets slapped by an asteroid as NASA predicts there’s a 4.1 percent chance it might, it would be a 1-in-5,000-years spectacle for Earth to enjoy (from a safe distance).

 

So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

 

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Interstellar object

Cheesy nightmares

Cave of mummified insects

Neanderthal fat factory

Collagen

Smooching orcas

Orcas Giving Humans Food

Asteroid about to slap the Moon

Project Hail Memory

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