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- 1654 - [Space Bites] Mars Methane Mystery // BepiColombo In Trouble // Crazy Auroras
A new answer for Mars methane, BepiColumbo is having thruster problems, three of the oldest stars in the Universe found nearby, and the best auroras in decades.
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00:00 Intro 00:14 Mars Methane Mystery https://www.universetoday.com/167003/new-answers-for-mars-methane-mystery/ 02:50 BepiColombo in Trouble https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Glitch_on_BepiColombo_work_ongoing_to_restore_spacecraft_to_full_thrust 04:40 Oldest Stars in the Universe https://www.universetoday.com/167001/three-of-the-oldest-stars-in-the-universe-found-circling-the-milky-way/ 06:19 Crazy Auroras https://www.universetoday.com/166955/what-a-weekend-spectacular-aurora-photos-from-around-the-world/ 07:35 Vote results 08:14 Supermassive Black Holes' Origin https://www.universetoday.com/166947/supermassive-black-holes-got-started-from-massive-cosmic-seeds/ 10:12 Bright star mystery https://www.universetoday.com/167007/a-star-became-1000-times-brighter-and-now-astronomers-know-why/ 11:36 Amazing Hubble images 12:59 More space news 13:57 How to see an aurora
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Fri, 17 May 2024 - 16min - 1653 - [Interview] Here's Why GAIA Is My Absolute Favourite Telescope
How exactly does Gaia operate? What should we expect from it in the near future? When and why will it come to an end? And what comes after Gaia? Finding out the answers with Dr Berry Holl.
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00:00 Intro 02:48 Meet Dr Berry Holl 05:02 How Gaia works 12:56 Measuring the speed of stars 22:14 Limits of Gaia 32:10 Anomalies from Gaia 40:25 When will Gaia end 48:48 What comes next 01:01:33 Current obsessions 01:02:56 Final thoughts
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Mon, 13 May 2024 - 1h 04min - 1652 - [Space Bites] Planet 9 Updates // Vera Rubin Mirror // New SpaceX EVA Suit
SpaceX announces their new spacewalking suit, China is off to the Moon again, progress on Vera Rubin, and take a one-way trip into a black hole.
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00:00 Intro 00:12 SpaceX EVA suit https://polarisprogram.com/eva-suit-unveil/ 02:15 New evidence for Planet 9 https://www.universetoday.com/166889/new-evidence-for-our-solar-systems-ghost-planet-nine/ 03:57 Vera Rubin's Mirror is done https://www.universetoday.com/166842/vera-rubins-primary-mirror-gets-its-first-reflective-coating/ 05:35 China's Chang'e-6 Moon mission https://www.universetoday.com/166876/china-is-going-back-to-the-moon-again-with-change-6/ 07:20 Vote results 08:13 NIAC phase 2 https://www.universetoday.com/166883/nasa-takes-six-advanced-tech-concepts-to-phase-ii/ 10:18 Dinkinesh's moonlet is young https://www.universetoday.com/166855/dinkineshs-moonlet-is-only-2-3-million-years-old/ 11:31 Why white dwarf stars have so much metal https://jila.colorado.edu/news-events/articles/hungry-hungry-white-dwarfs-solving-puzzle-stellar-metal-pollution 12:56 Dive into a black hole https://www.universetoday.com/166903/fall-into-a-black-hole-with-this-new-nasa-simulation/ 13:51 More space news 14:40 How science works
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Fri, 10 May 2024 - 17min - 1651 - [Interview] What Comes After ALMA? Next Gen AtLAST Observatory
How can we improve ALMA? What are the benefits of having a single big submillimeter telescope? What could we discover if the AtLAST telescope project goes through? Figuring out the answers with Dr Claudia Chicone.
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00:00 Intro 01:51 Submillimeter wavelength 06:42 ALMA 16:53 AtLAST telescope project 32:16 Submillimeter maps of the sky 36:30 What's next? 43:17 Final thoughts and more interveiws
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Wed, 08 May 2024 - 44min - 1650 - [Q&A] Messaging The Aliens, Moving the Earth, Shapes of Coronagraphs
How can we let aliens know we're here? What does a lunar eclipse look like as seen from the Moon? Can we record a supernova in real time? Why aren't coronagraphs just circles? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:37 [Andoria] Can we signal to aliens with green glass? 06:39 [Vulcan] Lunar eclipse seen from the Moon 11:24 [Risa] Can we record a supernova appearing in real-time? 16:05 [Aeturen] Why aren't coronagraphs just circles? 20:53 [Vendikar] How do astronomers determine distances to other galaxies? 25:02 [Remus] Who was my favourite interview? 28:01 [Janus] How do astronomers determine the age of stars? 31:11 [Cait] Can we move Earth by the time the Sun will die? 34:31 [Betazed] Why does the Moon look bigger and yellow sometimes?
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Tue, 07 May 2024 - 39min - 1649 - [Interview] How Robots Will Help Humans Conquer The Moon
When humans will return to the Moon they will need a lot of assistance to set up a settlement and carry out all the missions. They will need a lot of robots to do that. How exactly will it pan out? Figuring out with Professor Yang Gao from King's College London.
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00:00 Intro 02:48 Future Moon equipment 13:57 Autonomous robots 23:46 Machine learning revolution 32:25 Self-replication 38:09 Current obsessions 46:13 Final thoughts and more interviews
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Sun, 05 May 2024 - 48min - 1648 - [Space Bites] Big Space Debris Milestone // JWST Spies Exoplanet Weather // Immortal SLIM
Webb sees weather on an exoplanet, takes a new image of the horsehead nebula, and a satellite takes a close up image of a piece of space debris.
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00:00 Intro 00:17 Weather on an exoplanet https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-maps-weather-on-planet-280-light-years-away/ 02:26 JWST in interferometry mode https://www.universetoday.com/166757/jwst-uses-interferometry-mode-to-reveal-two-protoplanets-around-a-young-star/ 04:02 One step closer to space debris removal https://astroscale.com/astroscale-unveils-worlds-first-image-of-space-debris-captured-through-rendezvous-and-proximity-operations/ 05:26 Hubble goes in and out of safe mode https://www.universetoday.com/166780/uh-oh-hubbles-having-gyro-problems-again/ 07:03 Black holes can halt star formation in galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/166763/black-holes-can-halt-star-formation-in-massive-galaxies/ 08:44 Vote results 09:29 SLIM just refuses to die https://www.universetoday.com/166765/japans-lunar-lander-survives-its-third-lunar-night/ 10:32 Great images https://www.universetoday.com/166802/first-light-from-einstein-probe-a-supernova-remnant/ 13:08 More space news 13:59 Hubble's gyros
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Thu, 02 May 2024 - 16min - 1647 - [Interview] Is There Hope For TRAPPIST-1 Planets with James Webb?
What are the limits of James Webb when it's looking for Earth-like atmospheres? What can we possibly find out? Is there any hope for red dwarf stars and their planets to have a potential for habitability? Finding out the answers with Evelyn Macdonald.
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01:39 Current observations with Webb
06:14 What could we see in exoplanet atmospheres
12:08 What do planets actually look like
17:41 Future telescopes
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Thu, 02 May 2024 - 28min - 1646 - [Q&A] Effects of Planet Alignment, Protecting Antimatter Spaceships from Dust, JWST Deep Fields
How can we protect antimatter-powered rockets from space dust? Will curing cancer solve deep space travel? What happens when planets align? Does dark matter lose angular momentum? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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00:00 Start 00:28 [Andoria] How can we protect antimatter-powered spaceships from space dust? 06:34 [Vulcan] What will happen if all planets aligned? 09:59 [Risa] Does dark matter lose angular momentum? 15:09 [Aeturen] Are there any advantages to non-Dobsonians for rookies? 21:03 [Vendikar] Why are JWST's deep field images not dramatically better than Hubble's? 23:52 [Remus] Will space still be dangerous when we cure cancer? 25:38 [Janus] How realistic is the concept of sophons from the Three Body Problem? 27:36 [Cait] Do gravity waves come in different flavours? 30:51 [Betazed] How big can a space telescope be if it's assembled in space? 34:36 [Cheleb] Could aliens have created black holes? 37:45 [Nimbus] What's the deal with Sedna?
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Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 43min - 1645 - [Space Bites] Artemis III in Jeopardy // Giant Lava Lake on Io // Voyager-1 Fixed
Juno sees a lava lake on Io, Voyager 1 isnโt spouting nonsense any more, Titan Dragonfly gets the greenlight from NASA, and TESS finds its first rogue planet.
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00:00 Intro 00:14 Giant Lava Lake on Io https://www.universetoday.com/166716/juno-reveals-a-giant-lava-lake-on-io/ 01:52 Voyager-1 restores communication https://www.universetoday.com/166733/nasa-restores-communications-with-voyager-1/ 03:39 NASA Greenlights Titan Dragonfly 06:03 TESS finds its first rogue planet https://www.universetoday.com/166755/tess-finds-its-first-rogue-planet/ 08:13 Vote results 08:57 Nancy Grace Roman gets reaction wheels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Mgt2iwYgY&ab_channel=NASAGoddard 10:28 NASA's solar sail goes to space https://www.universetoday.com/166759/nasas-new-solar-sail-has-launched-and-deployed/ 12:10 Two incredible timelapses from Chandra 13:16 Downscale for Artemis III? https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-may-alter-artemis-iii-to-have-starship-and-orion-dock-in-low-earth-orbit/ 15:58 More space news 16:52 Capabilities driven exploration https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nextstep-virtual-industry-forum_6nov2014_final.pdf
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Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 20min - 1644 - [Q&A] Bigger JWST for Starship, Day on A Gas Planet, Real Science Gatekeepers
Why don't they just build a bigger version of James Webb for Starship? What's the pressure inside Europa's oceans? How can you measure a day on a planet without a surface? Answering all these questions and more in this week's question show.
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00:26 [Andoria] What's the pressure in Europa's ocean?
04:45 [Vulcan] Should they build another JWST for the Starship?
09:53 [Risa] How long is a day on a gas planet?
13:45 [Aeturen] How does a total solar eclipse look like from the Moon?
16:17 [Vendikar] Suggestions for backyard telescope hobbyists
24:16 [Remus] Who are the real science gatekeepers?
28:05 [Janus] What would I do differently for the next eclipse?
30:55 [Cait] Phone apps with sky overlay
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 42min - 1643 - [Space Bites] ISS Debris Hit Florida House // Crisis for Mars Sample Return // Closest Black Hole
A piece of the ISS smashed into a house in Florida. Evidence for the first stars in the Universe. NASA is having to rethink its Mars Sample Return mission.
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00:00 Intro 00:14 Chunk from ISS hits a house in Florida https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/04/15/nasa-completes-analysis-of-recovered-space-object/ 01:45 Did JWST find Pop III stars? https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00953 04:46 Problems with Mars Sample Return https://www.universetoday.com/166658/the-current-mars-sample-return-mission-isnt-going-to-work-nasa-is-going-back-to-the-drawing-board/ 07:00 Closest black hole https://www.universetoday.com/166669/the-milky-ways-most-massive-stellar-black-hole-is-only-2000-light-years-away/ 08:26 Vote results 09:20 Moon dust shield https://www.universetoday.com/166615/nasa-is-building-an-electrodynamic-shield-to-deal-with-all-that-dust-on-the-moon-and-mars/ 11:18 Patreon 12:29 Hint for an exomoon https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041117 14:27 Mind-blowing eclipse video https://www.universetoday.com/166677/the-solar-eclipse-like-weve-never-seen-it-before/ 15:16 More space news 16:07 Mars sample return
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Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 19min - 1642 - Evolving Dark Matter // JAXA's Moon Rover for NASA // Eclipse Experience
New measurements show dark energy may be evolving, Japan is joining Artemis with a pressurized rover, why the Moon has two different faces, and my experience with the total solar eclipse.
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00:00 Intro 00:16 Dark Energy might be evolving https://www.universetoday.com/166508/a-new-map-shows-the-universes-dark-energy-may-be-evolving/ 04:44 JAXA's Moon rover https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-japan-advance-space-cooperation-sign-agreement-for-lunar-rover/ 06:52 Moon's two different halves https://www.universetoday.com/166588/finally-an-explanation-for-the-moons-radically-different-hemispheres/ 08:57 Ice-melting probe https://www.universetoday.com/166548/testing-a-probe-that-could-drill-into-an-ice-world/ 10:51 Vote results https://youtu.be/zuuo1O93kMY 11:24 Rainbows on exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/166535/the-first-atmospheric-rainbow-on-an-exoplanet/ 13:21 Small black hole https://www.universetoday.com/166566/a-neutron-star-merged-with-a-surprisingly-light-black-hole/ 14:30 Solar eclipse 2024 https://www.universetoday.com/166596/here-are-the-next-three-total-solar-eclipses-coming-up/ 16:44 Two cool videos https://www.universetoday.com/166612/watch-a-satellite-reaction-wheel-melt-in-a-simulated-orbital-re-entry/ 18:24 Even more space news 19:09 JAXA is so cool
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Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 22min - 1641 - [Q&A] Interstellar Propulsion, Uranus-Type Exoplanets, AGI Solving Space Mysteries
What engine type will the first manned interstellar mission use for propulsion? Will AI help solve any mysteries of space? Why do we have exoplanet types named after Neptune but not Uranus? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:24 [Andoria] What will happen to the orbits of planets when the Sun expands? 03:54 [Vulcan] What can we learn from the dust in the Solar system? 08:05 [Risa] How does Venus keep its atmosphere? 12:09 [Aeturen] What does the Unruh effect mean? 14:30 [Vendikar] Why exoplanet types aren't called after Uranus? 16:14 [Remus] How will the first interstellar manned mission look like? 21:07 [Janus] What do JWST observations of organics around protostars mean? 25:26 [Cait] Are aliens limited by the transit method? 30:16 [Betazed] Will AGI help us solve the mysteries of space? 35:19 [Cheleb] Did JWST really find city lights 7 trillion miles away?
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Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 43min - 1640 - [Space Bites] How To Watch The Eclipse // Vera Rubin's Huge Milestone // New Moon Rovers
Vera Rubinโs Camera is complete, where are rogue planets coming from, NASA chooses suppliers for its new lunar rover, and an earlier formation for the Moon.
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Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 16min - 1639 - [Q&A] Supernova VS Nova, Orientation of the Moon, Gravitational Lensing of the CMB
Does gravitational lensing affect the CMB? Can the Great Attractor solve the Hubble tension? Why don't we put a Deep Space Network antenna in space? What's the difference between a nova and a supernova? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 44min - 1638 - [Special] Where Are All The Aliens? We Ranked Every Explanation
The Fermi paradox has many solutions. Many explanations for the fact that we don't see any signs of intelligent life in the Universe. We ranked all the major ones and put them into tiers from S to D.
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 1h 58min - 1637 - [Space Bites] New EHT Image of Sgr A* // VERITAS is back // Supernova in Almost Real Time
See the magnetic fields twisting around the Milky Wayโs supermassive black hole, a supernova was seen in almost real time, NASA announces its planetary science goals for Artemis III and Gaia finds two ancient building blocks of the Milky Way.
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00:00 Intro 00:18 New EHT image of Sag A https://www.universetoday.com/166327/new-view-reveals-magnetic-fields-around-our-galaxys-giant-black-hole/ 02:45 Supernova caught in almost real time https://keckobservatory.org/sn2023ixf/ 04:55 Artemis 3 planetary science goals https://www.universetoday.com/166321/nasa-reveals-its-planetary-science-goals-for-artemis-iii/ 07:12 Gaia finds ancient streams of stars https://www.universetoday.com/166303/gaia-finds-ancient-streams-of-stars-that-formed-the-milky-way/ 08:29 Veritas mission is back in business https://www.universetoday.com/166299/nasas-veritas-mission-breathes-new-life/ 10:11 Vote results 10:53 China's Moon relay satellite 12:18 Hubble sees two newly born stars https://www.universetoday.com/166359/hubble-sees-a-star-about-to-ignite/ 14:32 Live Starlink map https://www.universetoday.com/166319/watch-a-real-time-map-of-starlinks-orbiting-earth/ 15:39 More news 16:28 Venus
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Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 18min - 1636 - [Q&A] True Color of The Moon, Capturing Sunspots, Constellation of Almost Hubbles
Can we harvest energy from the Moon's temperature difference? Why don't we just launch multiple telescopes like Hubble? Why is the Moon grey? Why are sunspots black? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show!
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10:26 [Aeturen] Will we still be 'alone' if we find life on Europa?
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26:44 [Cait] Why not build a very big spacecraft in orbit?
31:06 [Betazed] Will humans ever fly on solar sails?
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 41min - 1635 - [Space Bites] Mystery of Supernova 1987a // End of Chandra // JWST Exomoons Update with @CoolWorldsLab
Planning trains on the Moon, Chandra is getting shut down, the future of Mars helicopters, and an update on exomoons with Dr. David Kipping.
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00:00 Intro 00:12 Trains on the Moon https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-to-develop-concept-for-lunar-railroad 02:29 Chandra in trouble https://www.universetoday.com/166247/nasa-is-planning-to-shut-down-one-of-the-great-observatories-to-save-money/ 05:33 De-icing Euclid https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Operations_begin_to_de-ice_Euclid_s_vision 07:30 More helicopters on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/166212/the-mars-science-helicopter-could-be-an-airborne-geologist-on-mars/ 09:44 Vote results 10:33 Explanations for SN 1987a https://www.universetoday.com/166188/finally-an-explanation-for-the-string-of-pearls-in-supernova-1987a/ 13:03 One hit, a billion craters https://www.universetoday.com/166223/one-impact-on-mars-produced-more-than-two-billion-secondary-craters/ 14:19 Shape of Dimorphos https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-study-asteroids-orbit-shape-changed-after-dart-impact 16:03 Exomoons update with Dr David Kipping 22:32 Newsletter 23:28 Defunding telescopes
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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 25min - 1634 - [Q&A] Largest Stars, Dark Matter In The Solar System, Science Being Slow
How heavy are the biggest stars in the Universe and how do they compare to the Sun? Why would aliens be grabby? Is there more space for science communicators? What's the minimum size for an object to have an atmosphere? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:28 [Andoria] How big are the biggest stars? 05:35 [Vulcan] How fast should colonising the Universe happen? 10:27 [Risa] Why would aliens be grabby? 13:51 [Aeturen] The difference between humans and aliens 16:14 [Vendikar] A star approaching us from the Large Magellanic cloud? 20:27 [Remus] Is the scientific discovery process slow? 24:06 [Janus] How do we know what happened before recombination? 28:19 [Cait] Is there more room for science communicators? 33:13 [Betazed] What are my interest outside of space and science? 36:17 [Cheleb] How fast do different galaxies move away from us? 37:38 [Nimbus] How much dark matter is there in our solar system? 38:31 [Belos] How big does an object need to be to hold an atmosphere?
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 42min - 1633 - [Special] What Went Wrong With Starship's Third Test Flight
Another Test of SpaceX Starship Superheavy combo, another analysis of the flight with Scott Manley and Marcus House!
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 47min - 1632 - [Interview] NASA Set Its Spaceship on Fire. Here's Why
What did NASA learn from setting their Cygnus spaceships on fire? Is fire more dangerous in space than on Earth? Finding out with Dr. David Urban, Branch Chief from NASA Glenn Research Center.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 29min - 1631 - [Interview] The Secret Behind NASA's Recent Success
What drives NASA's most successful projects like James Webb, Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, etc? What's going on with international cooperation? How will future missions be planned and executed? Finding out with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, former Associate Administrator of NASA Sciecne Mission Directorate.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 57min - 1630 - [Space Bites] Starshipโs Third Flight // Schrodingerโs Voyager // Start of Milkdromeda
Starship reaches orbit in a new test, NASA regains contact with Voyager 1 (sort of), are the Milky Way and Andromeda already exchanging stars, and two new incredible images to replace your desktop wallpaper.
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00:00 Intro 00:18 Starship IFT-3 https://www.universetoday.com/166137/starship-orbit-spacex-third-test-breaks-up/ 06:38 Voyager-1 not dead yet https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2024/03/13/nasa-engineers-make-progress-toward-understanding-voyager-1-issue/ 08:03 Did Milkdromeda already start forming? https://www.universetoday.com/166116/are-andromeda-and-the-milky-way-already-exchanging-stars/ 10:30 White Dwarfs https://www.universetoday.com/166082/white-dwarfs-might-be-less-dead-than-we-thought/ 13:15 Vote results https://youtu.be/RozsR3TWvH8 13:58 Painting telescopes black https://www.universetoday.com/166119/ultrablack-coating-could-be-ideal-for-telescopes/ 16:50 Amazing images https://www.universetoday.com/166129/webb-sees-a-star-forming-region-blowing-vast-bubbles/ https://www.universetoday.com/166152/this-is-a-1-3-gigapixel-image-of-a-supernova-remnant/ 19:36 Cyborg jellyfish https://www.universetoday.com/166096/cyborg-jellyfish-could-help-explore-oceans-autonomously/ 21:26 Even more space news 22:24 Distances and time
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 24min - 1629 - [Q&A] How Cold Are Moon Shadows, Why Are Dark Matter Halos Spherical, War For The Moon
How cold does it get in the shadows on the Moon? What's going on with dark matter research? Can we chase Oumuamua with a solar sail spacecraft? Will we ever face a war for the Moon? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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00:00 Start 00:29 [Andoria] How cold do shadows on the Moon get? 05:34 [Vulcan] Why are dark matter halos spherical? 08:48 [Risa] Are we alone in the Universe? 12:26 [Aeturen] Will there be a war for the Moon? 15:40 [Vendikar] Current obsessions 19:58 [Remus] What's going on with dark matter? 23:52 [Janus] Can we catch Oumuamua with a solar sail? 29:07 [Cait] What are the Hawking radiation particles? 29:52 [Betazed] What caused the Big Bang? 29:57 [Cheleb] How to transfer energy from space down to Earth? 33:49 [Nimbus] Will dark energy eventually decline? 36:44 [Belos] Is the risk of solar flares overblown or unappreciated?
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 42min - 1628 - [Interview] Why White Dwarf Stars Unexpectedly Stop Cooling Down
White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 40min - 1627 - [Interview] Getting Samples From Enceladus Is Harder Than You Think
How do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes? How fast does it need to go? Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft? Figuring out the answers with Professor Mark Burchell from the University of Kent.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 1h 03min - 1626 - [Space Bites] Furious Boiling of Betelgeuse // Robot-Surgeon on the ISS // Biggest Black Holes Ever Seen
Understanding the surface of Betelgeuse, James Webbโs third observing cycle has been announced, Starshipโs upcoming third test, and the most massive pair of black holes ever seen.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 22min - 1625 - [Q&A] Mars Rovers On The Moon, Satellite Management, Life Near Blue Giants
Why won't NASA send a copy of Perseverance to the Moon? Can life exist on a planet around a blue giant star? How do satellites stay safe in orbit and don't collide with each other? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:26 [Andoria] Why won't NASA send Mars-style rovers to the Moon? 05:15 [Vulcan] How to get your discovery to the scientific community? 09:56 [Risa] Can life exist near blue giant stars? 13:41 [Aeturen] Can fire be the solution the Fermi paradox? 16:13 [Vendikar] Should you study journalism in a university? 19:26 [Remus] Robin Hanson's grabby aliens 24:21 [Janus] How do satellites stay safe in orbit? 28:39 [Cait] How do supermassive black holes form? 32:56 [Betazed] Will we become a Kardashev Type I civilization? 37:20 [Cheleb] Shape of the Universe 39:43 [Nimbus] Why some planets have no surface? 41:59 [Belos] Should we preserve Earth or find another home?
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 47min - 1624 - [Interview] How Close Are We To Self-Replicating Robots Conquering Space
Self-replicating space robots seems as an obvious way to explore the Universe. How close are we to such a scenario and what do we need to fill outer space with Von Neumann probes? Figuring out with Professor Alex Ellery.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 1h 01min - 1623 - [Interview] Was Cosmic Dust Responsible for Life on Earth?
What is cosmic dust? What is it made of and what can it tell us about the Universe? Could cosmic dust be responsible for life starting on Earth? Figuring it all out with Dr Craig Walton from Cambridge University.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 1h 10min - 1622 - [Space Bites] Odysseus Moon Landing Verdict // JWST Breakthrough // SLIM Surprise
Weโve learned what happened to the Odysseus Lander. SLIM survived the lunar night. Experience a fiery trip from orbit to the Utah desert. James Webb completes one of its major science goals.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 19min - 1621 - [Interview] How Should We Handle Space Weapons
How serious is the threat from space weapons? How should we handle the situation with international treaties? Is there a way to ensure the enforcement of them and what are the risks if somebody breaks them? Figuring out the answers with Dr Matthew Powell from the University of Portsmouth.
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00:00 Intro 01:49 How serious is the threat from Russia 08:37 Weapons in space 13:13 Consequences 18:12 Space-based anti-satellite weapons 25:58 The next version of outer space treaty 48:00 Current obsessions 52:55 Final thoughts
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 54min - 1620 - [Q&A] Refuelling the Sun, Rogue Planets Auroras, Space Nukes
Where do auroras come from on rogue planets? Can we refuel the Sun to make it last longer? What's going on with space nuke tests? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:25 [Andoria] Where do auroras come from on rogue planets 05:54 [Vulcan] How can we get water on the Moon? 09:37 [Risa] What about space nukes? 13:35 [Aeturen] What happens with space laser communication? 17:05 [Vendikar] Are we alone in the Universe? 17:11 [Remus] Why is it so difficult to get to the Sun? 20:26 [Janus] How will Starship change space probes? 25:46 [Cait] Could we refuel the Sun? 29:05 [Betazed] How the Webb and Hubble pics are made? 36:25 [Cheleb] Could we detect life at the nearest star? 40:41 [Nimbus] Is the dark forest solution for the Fermi paradox any good?
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 45min - 1619 - [Space Bites] USAโs Crazy Moon Landing // Problems for Perseverance // New Glenn Goes Vertical
Odysseus lands successfully on the Moon, China is planning to build bricks on the lunar surface, James Webb finds the neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987 A, and Blue Origins finally rolls out New Glenn.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 22min - 1618 - [Q&A] JWST vs Apollo Landing Sites, TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres, Chinese Space Program
Why doesn't JWST look at Apollo landing sites? What happened to TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres? What's the biggest thing we can measure our velocity relative to? Will the Universe ever start bouncing back? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:27 [Andoria] What's the biggest thing we can measure our velocity relative to? 02:40 [Vulcan] Why doesn't JWST look at Apollo landing sites? 05:12 [Risa] How can we make Moon regolith safer? 09:13 [Aeturen] What do I think about smart telescopes? 13:25 [Vendikar] When is the Universe expected to bounce back like an elastic band ? 15:56 [Remus] Thoughts on the samples from OSIRIS-REx? 19:29 [Janus] What is dark matter? 20:10 [Cait] Can they still fly Ingenuity? 21:45 [Betazed] What happened to atmosphere of the TRAPPIST-1 planets? 23:43 [Cheleb] What comes next after satellites in space economy? 27:01 [Nimbus] Can we create an atmosphere on the Moon? 29:00 [Belos] Thoughts on the achievements of the Chinese space program? 33:02 [Lyar] Is dark matter just dust and gas we can't see? 36:04 [Zalcon] Will the public be informed if JWST suffers more damage? 39:07 [Arret] Is a nuclear ion engine a thing?
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 43min - 1617 - [Interview] Discovery of The Decade for Dwarf Planets? Eris and Makemake Geothermal Activity
Huge Kuiper Belt discovery! With James Webb astronomers were able to see that Eric and Makemake show signs of geothermal activity. How exactly did that happen? Figuring out with Dr Christopher Glein, Lead Scientist at Southwest Research Institute.
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00:00 Intro 01:10 JWST's images of Eris and Makemake 05:46 Unique flavours of methane 12:21 Findings 21:16 Implications for other worlds 24:45 What's next 26:21 Current obsessions 32:51 Final thoughts and more interviews
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 34min - 1616 - [Interview] Swarms of Cheap Spacecraft for Solar System Exploration
Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. How can we do that? Figuring it out with Alexander Alvara.
๐ BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecraft
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Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 30min - 1615 - [Space Bites] Unexpected Mimas Discovery // Moon Mission Launch // New EHT Image
More oceans across the Solar System. The Event Horizon Telescope zooms into an active galactic nucleus. Another lunar lander sets off to the Moon.
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Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 21min - 1614 - [Interview] What's Wrong With Modern Science And How To Fix It
What are the main problems of modern-day science? Why there's a growing trust gap between the scientists and the public? How can we fix those problems and restore the trust? Figuring out with Dr. Paul M. Sutter.
๐ Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust in an Age of Doubt
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Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 1h 04min - 1613 - [Interview] Deepest Ever Deep Field. Where Are The Limits of James Webb?
We all know the Hubble Deep Field as one of the most important astronomy images of all time. But when will we get a similar attempt from Webb? What will we be able to get from it and what are the limits of JWST? Finding out with Dr Viraj Pandya from NASA.
๐ Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology
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00:00 Intro 01:43 Galaxy classification 08:20 Hubble's observations and biases 19:53 Breadstick galaxies 31:07 Wen JWST Deep Field 43:58 What is the limit of Webb 52:03 Final thoughts
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Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 54min - 1612 - [Q&A] Trusting Asteroid Strike Probabilities, Propulsion Breakthrough, Methane on Mars
How sure can astronomers be when estimating asteroid strikes? Why is Jupiter so radioactive? What happened to the methane on Mars story? Are black holes 2D or 3D? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:24 [Andoria] Can you prove that there's no life in the Universe? 04:14 [Vulcan] How certain ca we be about asteroid strikes? 08:52 [Risa] Why is Jupiter so radioactive? 10:36 [Aeturen] Is there gravitational lensing for planets from their own stars? 13:45 [Vendikar] Wouldn't it be cheaper to send multiple satellites to deep space at a single time versus one at a time? 18:10 [Remus] What's my opinion on the shape of the Universe? 22:01 [Janus] What happened to methane on Mars? 24:27 [Cait] Will a major propulsion breakthrough happen soon? 28:26 [Betazed] Does Jupiter protect us from asteroids? 30:08 [Cheleb] Are black holes 2D or 3D? 32:28 [Nimbus] What's the most important resource on the Moon apart from water? 34:37 [Belos] How do gravitational wave detectors know where the signal came from? 37:50 [Lyar] Do Sun-like stars with tidally locked planets make sense?
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Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 46min - 1611 - [Space Bites] NASA in Trouble // More Impossible Galaxies from JWST // Final Goodbye to Ingenuity
Big layoffs at NASAโs Jet Propulsion Lab. Testing spacesuits for the Moon. Another flyby of Io. And our final look at Ingenuity.
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Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 18min - 1610 - [Interview] NASA JPL Layoffs. Artemis and Mars Sample Return in DANGER?
BREAKING NEWS. JPL is laying off about 530 people. Why did that happen and what it means for major NASA missions like Artemis and Mars Sample Return? Figuring it out with Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society.
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Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 1h 11min - 1609 - [Interview] Why JWST Avoids Searching For Exomoons with Dr. David Kipping
If exoplanets exist, so should exomoons. However, to this day we still did not find any. Even more than that, there's a pretty big controversy regarding the potential discovery of exomoons. What's going on and what can we do about it? Finding the answers with Dr David Kipping.
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Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 1h 39min - 1608 - [Q&A] Kuiper Belt Orbiter, Naming Planet 9, Most Perfect Spheres
Could we detect life on Earth from Neptune's orbit? Is the Moon shrinking over time? Why don't we send an orbiter the the Kuiper belt? What should we call Planet 9 if we find it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:24 [Andoria] Could we detect Earth life from Neptune's orbit? 04:47 [Vulcan] Will we ever send an orbiter to the Kuiper belt? 07:57 [Risa] Is the Moon shrinking? 11:23 [Aeturen] Plans for the April eclipse? 13:25 [Vendikar] What happens when gravitational waves collide? 14:18 [Remus] Do photons experience time? 16:04 [Janus] What would be considered an unequivocal biosignature? 21:13 [Cait] What should we name Planet 9? 22:07 [Betazed] How soon can we recycle space junk? 25:04 [Cheleb] Did sci-fi become less compelling? 27:22 [Nimbus] How did Moon effect evolution on Earth? 30:28 [Belos] Are event horizons most perfect spheres in the Universe? 32:14 [Lyar] Is it possible to move from our current universe to the previous one? 35:36 [Zalcon] Why can't dark matter be objects?
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Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 41min - 1607 - [Interview] Venus Could Harbour Non-Water Based Life
Whenever we search for life, we're searching for 'life as we know it". But are there alternative options? Non-carbon based life? Or life that doesn't use water as a solvent? It turns out, things like that can be as close as on Venus. Figuring it out with Dr William Bains.
๐ Venus' Atmospheric Chemistry and Cloud Characteristics Are Compatible with Venusian Life
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๐ Finding Alien Life. A Step-By-Step Instruction
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Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 58min - 1606 - [Interview] What a REAL City On Mars Will Look Like
Science fiction taught us that Mars cities are inevitable. That we will sooner or later have those cool looking glass domes with spaceports and stuff. But the world is a cruel place and reality is unforgivable. So, how will a realistic Mars habitat of the future will look like? Discussing it with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.
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00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 Space sucks. The Reality of living in space 00:09:35 Why go to space 00:22:28 Minimum size of the population 00:30:30 Fascination with the apocalypse 00:33:51 Simulating Mars missions 00:38:12 Childbirth is space 00:40:24 Technological progress 00:44:32 Economical growth 01:01:38 Current obsessions 01:05:21 More thoughts and more interviews
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Sun, 04 Feb 2024 - 1h 07min - 1605 - [Interview] How Nancy Grace Roman Will Help Understand Dark Matter
Understanding dark matter is one of the most interesting challenges in modern cosmology. Upcoming new telescopes, such as Nancy Grace Roman, can help us solve this mystery. How exactly will it happen? Finding out with Dr Christian Aganze from Stanford University.
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00:00 Intro 00:48 How Do We See Dark Matter 08:30 Shape of Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo 15:40 What NGR will change
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Sat, 03 Feb 2024 - 35min - 1604 - [Space Bites] Giant Forest Telescope // GO for LISA // Thoughts on YouTube Retirement
SLIM woke up but briefly., Turning a forest into a giant particle detector. Another explanation for that hycean world. And some stunning new pictures from Webb.
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Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 19min - 1603 - [Interview] An Exoplanet With A Comet-Like Giant Tail
Recently astronomers made an unexpected discovery. They found a planet called WASP-69b with a giant comet-like gas tail that was bigger than ever. What's causing such behaviour and what can we learn about hot Jupiters? Finding out with Dakota Tyler from the University of LA.
๐ WASP-69b's Escaping Envelope Is Confined to a Tail Extending at Least 7 Rp
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00:00 Intro 01:24 Planet with a tail 13:14 Hot Jupiters 18:13 What's next for planets with tails 26:15 Current obsessions 32:24 Final thoughts and more interviews
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Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 34min - 1602 - [Interview] How Space-Based Reflectors Can Change Solar Energy
Solar energy is simple the best energy source we have access to. But how can we make it even better? With space tech, of course! In this interview I'm talking about a project that suggests putting giant solar reflectors in orbit to extend daytime for solar farms on Earth with my guest, Dr Onur Celik.
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01:19 Space reflectors
14:59 Reflectors vs more traditional ideas
20:21 How it will look from the ground
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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 40min - 1601 - [Q&A] Lunar Starship VS Saturn V, Max Size of Black Holes, ISS Replacement
Why can't Starship reach the Moon without refuelling? How big can black holes get? What space station will replace the ISS? How big do Lagrange points get? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:26 [Andoria] What are my thoughts on panspermia? 06:02 [Vulcan] Which upcoming Earth-based telescopes are most exciting? 09:54 [Risa] What would it take to send a telescope to the SGL focus? 12:36 [Aeturen] Do supermassive black holes have a max size limit? 12:58 [Vendikar] Should money spent on habitable planets be spent elsewhere? 16:07 [Remus] What are my thoughts on China vs ESA and NASA? 21:07 [Janus] How did science communication change over last 30 years? 26:16 [Cait] How big is a Lagrange point? 30:00 [Betazed] How to communicate with Proxima Centauri probes? 31:24 [Cheleb] How will we replace the ISS? 33:33 [Nimbus] Can we achieve interstellar travel if we really want to? 34:55 [Belos] How accurate is the habitable zone around stars? 37:32 [Lyar] Starship vs Saturn V 41:31 [Zalcon] Does international rivalry produce real space progress?
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Tue, 30 Jan 2024 - 45min - 1600 - [Interview] Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology
The Hubble Tension is one of the most exciting mysteries in modern day science. Different methods give different results for the expansion of the Universe. So, how can we solve this and can James Webb help us with that? Or will it make things even worse? Finding out with Physics Nobel Prize laureate, Dr Adam Riess.
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Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 1h 05min - 1599 - [Space Bites] Ingenuity Is OVER // Destructive Test by Sierra Space // Why Starship Exploded
Ingenuity is over. SLIM landed on the Moon, but itโs upside-down. Webb sees planets orbiting white dwarf stars. And we finally know why Starship exploded.
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Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 21min - 1598 - [Q&A] Is Mars Worth Exploring, Imaging Our Galaxy, Rogue Planets
How can we possibly know how does the Milky Way look like? Is Marth worth further exploration after not finding any life there for years? How can we realistically settle on the Moon? All this and more in the week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:43 [Andoria] Multiple rogue planets discovered by JWST 04:58 [Vulcan] How did we take a photo of our own galaxy? 08:10 [Risa] Why did The Big Bang not collapse under gravity? 10:13 [Aeturen] Why waste money on Mars? 17:23 [Vendikar] Realistic ways to settle on the Moon? 20:58 [Remus] How to interest kids in space? 23:59 [Janus] Any updated on Artemis? 27:25 [Cait] How can galaxies move away faster than light? 28:30 [Betazed] Black hole naming problem 31:22 [Cheleb] Is Moon better than the ISS? 34:38 [Nimbus] The Zoo hypothesis VS dinosaurs 37:28 [Belos] Will we ever see a proper Neptune mission?
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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 44min - 1597 - [NIAC 2024] Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back
When we'll be sending probes to other stars, getting there will be only one part of the challenge. How do we get the data back? So, NASA just funded a research that will be aiming to solve this problem through the NIAC program.
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00:00 Intro 00:56 Applying for NIAC 02:54 The Idea 25:43 Imaging planets 30:06 Using tech in the Solar System 38:24 Laser technology 45:30 The reality of NIAC 51:19 Final thoughts
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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 53min - 1596 - [Space Bites] Hycean VS Lava Worlds //Japan's Moon Landing // NASA's Supersonic Breakthrough
News about two lunar landers, Webb helps rule out one explanation for the Hubble Tension, NASAโs new quiet supersonic plane, and lots of exoplanet news.
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00:00 Intro 00:14 Two Lunar Landers 02:20 Hycean or Lava https://www.universetoday.com/165263/is-k2-18b-covered-in-oceans-of-water-or-oceans-of-lava/ 04:19 Two-face world https://www.universetoday.com/165216/half-of-this-exoplanet-is-covered-in-lava/ 05:31 Plomet? Conet? https://www.universetoday.com/165251/a-hot-jupiter-with-a-comet-like-tail/ 06:50 Vote results 07:31 Two giant structures https://www.universetoday.com/165223/two-giant-structures-have-been-found-billions-of-light-years-away/ 09:41 One fewer explanation for Hubble tension https://www.universetoday.com/165266/astronomers-rule-out-one-explanation-for-the-hubble-tension/ 12:41 Support us 14:03 NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic plane https://www.universetoday.com/165239/shhh-nasa-reveals-its-new-quiet-supersonic-aircraft/ 15:30 Milky Way's magnetic fields https://www.universetoday.com/165297/astronomers-have-mapped-the-milky-ways-magnetic-fields-in-3d/ 16:30 Exoplanet discovery chaos
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Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 19min - 1595 - [Q&A] TRAPPIST-1 vs Alpha Cen, Catching The Voyagers, Lunar Space Elevator
Why it's easier for James Webb to observe TRAPPIST-1 than Alpha Centauri? Is a lunar space elevator possible at all? What would my ideal space mission look like? Can we build a telescope the size of a solar system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:47 [Andoria] Why it's easier for JWST to see Trappist-1 rather than Alpha Centauri systems? 07:16 [Vulcan] Is lunar space elevator possible? 12:09 [Risa] What would my dream space mission be? 16:28 [Aeturen] Any update on JWST's TRAPPIST-1 observations? 20:54 [Vendikar] Are we building a solar system sized telescope any time soon? 23:06 [Remus] Can we catch up to Voyagers if we need to? 27:03 [Janus] What will Artemis-2 be doing at the Moon? 29:38 [Cait] Can sub-surface oceans be a source for life on planets around red dwarfs? 32:55 [Betazed] How can we predict Betelgeuse exploding?
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Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 40min - 1594 - [Bonus] Modern Day Skeptics
This is an episode I did with Brian Dunning, host of The Skeptoid podcast and Richard Saunders, host of The Skeptic Zone podcast. Enjoy!
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Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 50min - 1593 - [Bonus] Where are all the aliens?
This is an episode I did with Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid and producer and director of THE UFO MOVIE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE and Richard Saunders, host of The Skeptic Zone. Enjoy!
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Sun, 14 Jan 2024 - 43min - 1592 - [Space Bites] TRUE Colour of Neptune // Moon Landing Failure // Major Missions Delays
We finally learn the true color of Neptune. Vulcan succeeds while Peregrine fails. Delays for Artemis missions. A rocket that eats itself for more thrust.
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00:00 Intro 00:14 True Color of Neptune https://www.universetoday.com/165118/uranus-and-neptune-are-actually-pretty-much-the-same-color/ 01:52 Diamond Rain on Ice Giants https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-01-08-diamond-rain-icy-planets-offers-clues-magnetic-field-mysteries 03:20 Vulcan succeeds, Peregrine fails https://www.universetoday.com/165127/the-first-launch-of-ulas-vulcan-goes-smoothly-but-theres-a-problem-with-its-lander-payload/ 05:42 Artemis 2 and 3 officially delayed https://www.universetoday.com/165158/nasa-is-pushing-back-its-moon-landings-to-2026/ 07:50 MMX got delayed too 09:13 OSIRIS-REx samples unboxing is over https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2024/01/11/nasas-osiris-rex-team-clears-hurdle-to-access-remaining-bennu-sample/ 10:15 Self-eating rocket https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1033908_en.html 11:52 Vote results https://youtu.be/GlvqhST1wOs 12:36 The faintest galaxy https://greenbankobservatory.org/astronomers-accidentally-discover-dark-primordial-galaxy/ 13:40 Titan's "magic" islands https://www.universetoday.com/165108/titans-magic-islands-could-be-floating-blobs-of-organic-solids/ 14:53 Support Universe Today 15:39 Brown dwarf aurora https://www.universetoday.com/165156/a-solo-brown-dwarf-found-with-auroras/ 16:57 Giant star eruption https://www.universetoday.com/165154/a-giant-star-is-fading-away-but-first-it-had-an-enormous-eruption/ 18:27 How to see a rocket launch https://youtu.be/XpQ_MbwNdQA?si=eU-zHGk8QMBMRISg
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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 20min - 1591 - [Bonus] Why 2024 Will Be a Major Year For Space Exploration
This is a bonus episode from John Michael Godier's Event Horizon podcast. We discussed JWST, Artmeis, Parker Solar Probe and many other things to be excited about in 2024.
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Sat, 06 Jan 2024 - 1h 05min - 1590 - [Space Bites] Lunar Starship Elevator Test // Accurate Ancient Star Map // Io Close Flyby
Junoโs closest flyby of Io, Hubble studies an exoplanet atmosphere for 3 years, astronauts test out Starshipโs elevator, and more evidence for quark stars.
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00:00 Intro 00:16 Juno's Closest Flyby of Io https://www.universetoday.com/165047/juno-makes-its-closest-flyby-of-io/ 02:31 Hubble studies exoplanet atmosphere for 3 years https://www.universetoday.com/165088/hubble-watches-an-exoplanet-atmosphere-change-over-three-years/ 04:56 An Ancient Stone With An Accurate Sky Map https://www.universetoday.com/165037/an-ancient-stone-found-in-italy-is-an-accurate-map-of-the-night-sky/ 06:30 Solar Flares https://www.universetoday.com/165033/the-sun-just-blasted-its-strongest-flare-in-6-years-get-ready-for-auroras/ 07:38 NIAC Awards 2024 https://www.nasa.gov/general/niac-2024-selections/ 08:17 Vote results https://youtu.be/gUMKJayKYDU 09:08 Canadarm hit by meteorite https://www.universetoday.com/164960/ouch-canadarm2-took-a-direct-hit-from-a-micrometeorite/ 10:24 Lunar Starship's Elevator Test https://www.universetoday.com/164983/nasa-astronauts-are-trying-out-the-starship-lunar-elevator/ 11:25 2023 in review 12:49 Quark Stars https://www.universetoday.com/165045/the-most-massive-neutron-stars-probably-have-cores-of-quark-matter/ 14:26 Gorgeous Images https://www.universetoday.com/164928/youll-need-all-the-internet-to-download-the-full-resolution-of-this-new-running-chicken-nebula-image/ 16:41 How to see an aurora
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Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 19min - 1589 - [Interview] What Is JWST Really Capable Of
Where are the limits of James Webb's capabilities? What can we expect from it in terms of exoplanet research and how can we get there? Finding out with Dr Luis Welbanks.
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Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 1h 01min - 1588 - [Space Bites] Game-Changing Space Test // Black Hole Core Stars // Toxic Enceladus Plumes
Thereโs toxic gas flowing out of Enceladus that could be the key to life. Could there be black holes inside stars? NASA tight beams a cat video from space.
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Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 20min - 1587 - [Interview] Mysteries of Io NASA Hasn't Solved Yet
Io is the by far the most volcanically active place in our Solar System. However, there were not too many missions studying it. What could we learn about Io if we did launch a mission to it? Finding out the answers with Dr Ashley Davies from NASA JPL.
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Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 46min - 1586 - [Interview] How Did JWST Discover Methane On An Exoplanet WASP-80b
One of the discoveries done by James Webb was the presence of methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet WASP-80b. How exactly did they do it and what will JWST be able to do with similar cases in the future? Looking for answers with Dr Taylor J. Bell from NASA Ames Research Center.
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00:00 Intro 01:05 What is WASP-80 b 04:32 How to find methane 12:23 Where does the methane come from 15:19 Was it a fluke 22:35 Diversity of exoatmospheres 28:30 TRAPPIST-1 system 39:29 Biosignatures 50:38 Current obsessions 57:26 Final thoughts and more interviews
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Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 59min - 1585 - Voyager-1 Is DOWN // Nearby Kilonova // Giant Stream of Stars
Hubbleโs Back, but Voyager 1 is Down. An absolutely stunning supernova picture from Webb. How talking whales will teach us to talk to aliens.
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00:00 Intro 00:12 Voyager-1 is down https://www.universetoday.com/164791/voyager-1-has-another-problem-with-its-computer-system/ 01:49 Hubble is back online https://www.universetoday.com/164754/hubble-returns-to-science-operations/ 03:19 Giant steam of stars https://www.universetoday.com/164718/a-giant-stream-of-stars-is-flowing-in-deep-space/ 04:34 No exomoons https://www.universetoday.com/164738/exomoons-defy-discovery/ 06:49 Cassiopeia-A by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/164739/jwst-delivers-a-fantastic-new-image-of-supernova-remnant-cassiopeia-a/ 08:56 Vote results 09:45 Amateur astronomer finds planet collision https://www.universetoday.com/164731/amateur-astronomers-found-planets-crashing-into-each-other/ 11:23 Tiny telescope big science https://www.universetoday.com/164839/a-tiny-telescope-is-revealing-hot-jupiter-secrets/ 13:04 Interviews 14:24 Nearby kilonova https://www.universetoday.com/164716/scientists-found-evidence-of-a-nearby-kilonova-3-5-million-years-ago/ 16:08 SETI talking to whales https://www.universetoday.com/164832/trying-to-communicate-with-whales-is-like-talking-to-extraterrestrials/ 18:35 End of Voyagers
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Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 21min - 1584 - [Interview] Confirming Extraterrestrial Life. A Step-By-Step Instruction
What is a realistic scenario of finding life outside Earth? What steps to we need to take to get there and how can we prove it's there. Looking for answers with Dr Harrison Smith and Dr Cole Mathis.
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Thu, 14 Dec 2023 - 53min - 1583 - [Q&A] Extremophiles on Mars, Galaxy Bars, Artemis VS SpaceX
Where do the galaxy bars come from and how do they stay stable? Will humanity ever become a Type-II civilization? When will we get more info about the TRAPPIST-1 system from JWST? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 00:58 [Andoria] Where do the galaxy bars come from? 04:46 [Vulcan] Wen TRAPPIST-1 system info? 09:13 [Risa] Will we become a Type-II civ? 12:58 [Aeturen] What can I look at with a telescope? 17:28 [Vendikar] Is the Solar system tilted compared to galactic plane? 21:08 [Remus] Could extremophiles survive on Mars? 25:32 [Janus] Does gravity go to infinity at the event horizon? 26:53 [Cait] Will Artemis continue to the Moon? 31:26 [Betazed] Do we have UAP tech already? 33:16 [Cheleb] What could grabby aliens possibly eat? 35:50 [Nimbus] What is the ideal planet type for a spacefaring species? 39:27 [Belos] Will competition with China advance the US space program?
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Tue, 12 Dec 2023 - 44min - 1582 - [Interview] How Did Early Earth Get The Ingredients for Life
We still don't know how did life start on Earth. But in order to do so, Earth had to have all the building blocks for life, such as organic molecules. How could they get to Earth? Looking for a solution to this problem with Dr Richard Anslow.
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Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 42min - 1581 - [Space Bites] Starship Refuelling Test Imminent // Perfect Resonance System // Intergalactic Star
What Will Starship Test on its Next Flight? A 6-Planet System in Perfect Resonance. And Betelgeuse Might Not be Rotating at all.
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00:00 Intro 00:11 Starship refuelling test https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/nasa-wants-to-see-gas-stations-in-space-but-so-far-its-tanks-are-empty/ 02:28 Perfect resonance https://www.universetoday.com/164579/a-planetary-system-with-six-sub-neptunes-locked-in-perfect-resonance/ 04:02 Hypernebula's FRB https://www.universetoday.com/164642/another-fast-radio-burst-is-coming-from-a-hypernebula-also-hypernebulae-are-a-thing/ 05:57 Chandrayaan's final surprise https://www.universetoday.com/164664/for-its-final-trick-chandrayaan-3-brings-its-propulsion-module-to-earth-orbit/ 07:22 Does Betelgeuse even rotate https://www.universetoday.com/164602/does-betelgeuse-even-rotate-maybe-not/ 08:53 Vote results 09:31 Intergalactic star in Milky Way's heart https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2023/20231204-subaru.html 10:44 Hubble tension explanation https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-2023 12:07 Newsletter 12:44 Red Sprites from space https://www.universetoday.com/164626/red-sprites-are-best-seen-from-space/ 14:21 Largest iceberg on the run https://www.universetoday.com/164594/after-stalling-out-for-40-years-the-largest-iceberg-in-the-world-is-on-the-move/ 15:18 Orbital refuelling https://youtu.be/5EXvEXfY1ts
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Fri, 08 Dec 2023 - 18min - 1580 - [Interview] When Did Evolution Start on Earth
How did life begin on Earth? It's one of the most important questions ever. Clearly, we don't have an answer yet, but how can we even approach it? What methods and studies can we use to come closer to the answer? Figuring all this out with Dr Sukrit Ranjan, Assistant Professor at University of Arizona.
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00:00 Intro 01:33 Where does the Theory of Evolution start 06:21 The earliest organism 08:26 Testing the theories 16:41 Biosignatures 28:41 Where to look 37:50 Technosignatures 39:50 Inhabited Universe 46:14 Current obsessions 50:22 Final thoughts
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Thu, 07 Dec 2023 - 52min - 1579 - [Q&A] NASA's Take on Starship Progress, Farthest Naked Eye Object, Galactic Lagrange Points
What is the farthest object you can see with the unaided eye? Do galaxies have Lagrange points like stars or planets? What does NASA think about Starship's last flight attempt? Which future space telescopes are the most exciting? How will Starship fly without a crew escape system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start 01:01 [Andoria] How will Starship fly humans without a crew escape system? 07:03 [Vulcan] Do galaxies have Lagrange points? 10:43 [Risa] What do I hope JWST discovers next? 12:41 [Aeturen] What's the farthest unaided-eye object? 13:53 [Vendikar] Is life common in the Universe? 15:17 [Remus] How accurate was The Martian? 20:13 [Janus] Are Von Neumann probes doable with current level of technology? 23:11 [Cait] What's the shape of the known Universe? 25:07 [Betazed] Can aliens see dinosaurs? 25:17 [Cheleb] Will the next Starship reach orbit? 26:52 [Nimbus] What will be the next big space telescopes? 30:25 [Belos] What does NASA think about Starship's IFT-2?
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Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 34min - 1578 - [Interview] Black Holes Spin. Now, How Can We Measure That?
Black holes are defined by only three parameters: mass, charge and spin. We know that black holes spin. But how can we measure that? What tools and methods are at our disposal? Answering these questions with Dr Ruth Daly, Professor of Physics at Penn State University.
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Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 34min - 1577 - [Space Bites] Hubble Entered Safe Mode // Protoplanetary Disk in Another Galaxy // Dragonfly Delay
Hubble is down right now. JWST sees the first protoplanetary disk in another galaxy. Titan Dragonflyโs delay. The first full image of the Chinese Space Station from orbit.
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00:00 Intro 00:17 Artificial contact binary https://www.universetoday.com/164541/contact-binary-asteroids-are-common-but-weve-never-seen-one-form-so-lets-make-one/ 02:12 Hubble is down https://www.universetoday.com/164574/hubble-is-offline-because-of-a-problem-with-one-of-its-gyros/ 04:25 Double protostar https://www.universetoday.com/164514/jwst-reveals-a-newly-forming-double-protostar/ 06:05 Protoplanetary Disks in a Nearby Star Cluster https://www.universetoday.com/164470/jwst-reveals-protoplanetary-disks-in-a-nearby-star-cluster/ 07:17 Protoplanetary disk in another galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/164546/a-protoplanetary-disc-has-been-found-in-another-galaxy/ 08:39 Vote results https://youtu.be/tEdSYwSN7NE 09:32 Second most powerful cosmic ray https://www.universetoday.com/164485/the-second-most-energetic-cosmic-ray-ever-found/ 12:13 Double planets https://www.universetoday.com/164456/where-are-all-the-double-planets/ 13:43 Interviews https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 14:35 Dragonfly's Delayed https://www.universetoday.com/164532/titan-dragonfly-is-go-for-phase-c/ 15:52 Horizon of Mars https://www.universetoday.com/164517/odyssey-gives-us-a-cool-new-view-of-mars/ 17:08 Tiangong from orbit https://www.universetoday.com/164513/chinas-space-station-seen-from-orbit/ 17:33 Starship reactions
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Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 19min - 1576 - [Interview] Astronautโs Perspective On How Space Shuttle Shaped Spaceflight
What was it like to fly on the Space Shuttle? What made this vehicle so important for the history of spaceflight? What stories can it tell? Answering all these questions with NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut, Tom Jones.
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35:35 Servicing the Hubble
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Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 52min - 1575 - [Q&A] Real Danger from Solar Flares, Lagrange Interferometers, Interstellar Communications
How bad can a solar flare really be for the Earth? What would evolution in an isolated star system look like? What damage can a rogue planet flying through the Solar System cause? When will we have Lagrange point interferometers? What's the speed limit for gravitational assists? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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09:12 [Risa] How bad can solar flares really be?
13:56 [Aeturen] Lagrange point interferometers. Wen?
17:00 [Vendikar] Do stars go up and down the galactic plane?
19:47 [Remus] How can amateur astronomers contribute to science?
23:58 [Janus] Speed limit from gravity assists?
27:18 [Cait] Can we solve interstellar communication?
31:36 [Betazed] Top 5 science YouTube channels?
34:00 [Cheleb] What's my favourite aspect of cosmology?
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Tue, 28 Nov 2023 - 40min - 1574 - [Special] What Does Starship Launch Success Mean for SpaceX Now
It happened! Starship and SuperHeavy Did Launch for the second time. All 33 raptors were working. Hot staging went as planned. But then both the Booster 9 and Ship 25 were lost. What exactly went wrong and what does it mean for the future of Starship? Finding out with Scott Manley and Marcus House.
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Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 1h 06min - 1573 - [Space Bites] China's Moon Secret Revealed // Starship Success // The Real Asteroid Danger
SpaceX Starship launches again. Webb finds methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet and reveals a star forming region near the center of the Milky Way. The overwhelming logistics of dealing with an asteroid threat.
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https://www.universetoday.com/164331/spacex-tested-its-starship-again-successful-launch-but-both-vehicles-were-destroyed/
04:36 JWST finds methane on an exoplanet
https://www.universetoday.com/164405/wow-jwst-just-found-methane-in-an-exoplanet-atmosphere/
06:27 JWST looks into Milky Way's center
https://www.universetoday.com/164355/webbs-infrared-eye-reveals-the-heart-of-the-milky-way/
08:11 Secret Chinese payload
https://www.universetoday.com/164379/a-chinese-booster-and-additional-secret-payload-caused-a-double-crater-on-the-moon/
10:02 Vote results
https://youtu.be/tqsRBKgpJsI
11:00 More plutonium for NASA
https://www.universetoday.com/164407/nasa-is-getting-the-plutonium-it-needs-for-future-missions/
13:29 Missing Spiral Galaxies
https://durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2023/11/supergalactic-planes-missing-spiral-galaxies/
15:01 Q&A Show
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16:50 Zone of Avoidance
https://www.universetoday.com/164328/the-universe-cant-hide-behind-the-zone-of-avoidance-any-longer/
18:21 Real Danger of an Asteroid Threat
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Fri, 24 Nov 2023 - 22min - 1572 - [Q&A] More To Come From JWST, Starlink Interferometer, TESS vs Kepler
Did James Webb already reach its full potential or is there more to come from it? How does TESS compare to Kepler? Can we use Starlinks as a giant space-based interferometer? Can we rip a black hole apart to see what's inside? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A!
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07:15 [Vulcan] Are black holes the same with very early Universe?
09:28 [Risa] TESS vs Kepler
12:18 [Aeturen] Can starlinks be used as an interferometer?
15:23 [Vendikar] Can meteors from Venus be on Moon or Mars?
17:40 [Remus] Bogus discoveries
21:38 [Janus] Will a Dyson sphere be unstable?
25:51 [Cait] Have we found aliens yet?
25:57 [Betazed] Did JWST show its full potential?
28:46 [Cheleb] Can we rip a black hole to see what's inside?
30:39 [Nimbus] Can we mine a neutron star?
32:35 [Belos] Rogue exoplanets found in the Orion nebula
35:12 [Lyar] Do I get bored of my job?
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Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - 47min - 1571 - Mars Samples By 2031 // Starship's GO For Launch // Oumuamua NOT Interstellar?
China is planning a Mars Sample Return Mission. James Webb tracks water moving towards planets. The Hubble Tension has gotten even more tense.
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00:12 China's Mars Sample Return Mission
https://www.universetoday.com/164186/china-wants-to-retrieve-a-sample-of-mars-by-2028/
02:36 Active Oort Cloud
https://www.universetoday.com/164213/the-oort-cloud-might-be-more-active-than-we-thought/
04:40 Amateur supernova discovery
https://www.universetoday.com/164136/an-amateur-astronomer-discovered-one-of-a-kind-supernova-remnant/
06:54 Vote results
07:29 JWST sees water transfer
https://www.universetoday.com/164249/jwst-shows-ice-covered-pebbles-delivering-water-to-new-planets/
09:13 Lunar swirls
https://www.universetoday.com/164277/the-lunar-swirl-mystery-deepens/
10:42 Regolith landing problem
https://www.nasa.gov/general/rocket-exhaust-on-the-moon-nasa-supercomputers-reveal-surface-effects/
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12:48 Hubble Tensions gets worse
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14:24 Starship Launch
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Fri, 17 Nov 2023 - 17min - 1570 - [Interview] 35 Million Galaxies in One Catalog to Understand Dark Energy
How large surveys of our galactic neighbourhood can help us better understand dark energy? What more can we learn from them? What instruments and techniques are used for this? Answering all these question and more with Dr John Moustakas.
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05:58 Siena Galaxy Atlas
10:38 New Era in Astronomy
16:10 Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
31:06 How can we solve Dark Energy
51:01 Obsessions
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Thu, 16 Nov 2023 - 58min - 1569 - [Q&A] New Space Race, Dyson Spheres in Cosmic Voids, Protection from Solar Storms
Can dark energy be just empty space and nothing else? Is there a new space race going on? Why is NASA so slow with its Moon plans? Is there an upper limit for a star? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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06:29 [Vulcan] Canadian accent
08:48 [Risa] What if a nebula collapsed back on its central neutron star?
12:11 [Aeturen] Why not use a satellite on a cycler orbit for high-bandwidth data transfer?
16:25 [Vendikar] Is a new space race on?
21:20 [Remus] How can NASA be so slow?
23:57 [Janus] Can space voids actually be Dyson spheres?
26:25 [Cait] What's the upper limit of star mass?
28:42 [Betazed] How can we protect against solar flares?
32:14 [Cheleb] Controversial topics among science discoveries
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Tue, 14 Nov 2023 - 40min - 1568 - [Interview] Early Dark Energy and Other Possible Solutions for The Crisis in Cosmology
The so-called Crisis in Cosmology didn't go anywhere. Different methods are giving different values for the Hubble Constant creating one of the most interesting mysteries in Astronomy. What possible solutions do we have? Discussing them with Dr Sunny Vagnozzi.
๐ Seven hints that early-time new physics alone is not sufficient to solve the Hubble tension
Sunny Vagnozzi
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10:45 Consistency of Lambda-CDM
17:37 Early ISW effect
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Mon, 13 Nov 2023 - 54min - 1567 - [Space Bites] INCREDIBLE Discovery From Lucy // Most Powerful Ion Engine // Slime Mold Universe
Lucy made an incredible discovery. One of the strangest exoplanetary systems ever seen. Understanding the Universe with slime mold. And the most powerful ion engine passes the test.
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00:15 Dinkinesh's contact binary moon
https://www.universetoday.com/164152/what-wow-that-new-asteroid-image-from-lucy-just-got-even-more-interesting/
01:36 Polar Circumbinary Planet Disk
https://www.universetoday.com/164077/this-is-a-first-an-exoplanet-in-a-polar-circumbinary-disc-surrounding-two-stars/
03:37 JWST sees CO2 on a centaur
https://www.universetoday.com/164066/jwst-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-a-centaur-for-the-first-time/
05:28 Slime mold and the Universe
https://www.universetoday.com/164120/what-can-slime-mold-teach-us-about-the-universe/
07:23 Vote results
https://youtu.be/xubOa8xR2lw
07:54 Can Gaia detect gravitational waves
http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03474
09:37 Most powerful ion engine test
https://www.universetoday.com/164072/the-most-powerful-ion-engine-ever-built-passes-the-test/
11:30 Newsletter
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12:13 Euclid's first images https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_first_images_the_dazzling_edge_of_darkness
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15:00 Apple Podcasts reviews
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Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 19min - 1566 - [Interview] The LIFE Telescope. Next Gen Planet Hunter
You asked for it, so it's here. A big interview about a proposed mission called LIFE that could help us revolutionise planet hunting. My guest is Dr Daniel Angerhausen from EHT Zurich.
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๐ Weird Gap in Exoplanet Sizes
https://youtu.be/MuH2BlHdAyw
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01:26 Search for habitable planets
06:19 The LIFE mission
07:45 Nulling
19:44 Biggest challenges
21:16 What can we expect
32:46 Technosignatures and Biosignatures
38:21 Current status of LIFE
43:55 Obsessions
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Thu, 09 Nov 2023 - 49min - 1565 - [Q&A] Things to See Before You Die, Reigniting A Dead Star, Types of Black Holes
How do we know that Psyche is a metal asteroid? Did primordial gravitational waves stretch when inflation happened? When do we finally get more Trappist-1 data from JWST? Can a dead star possibly reignite?
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00:53 [Andoria] Why is the Ice Cube Observatory at the South Pole?
05:49 [Vulcan] Can a dead star reignite?
09:51 [Risa] What about asteroid mining?
15:18 [Aeturen] How do we know Psyche is a metal asteroid?
17:40 [Vendikar] Are there different types of black holes?
21:13 [Remus] How to monitor auroras?
24:30 [Janus] How fast do gravitational waves go?
26:23 [Cait] How many black holes are there?
29:40 [Betazed] What if you go too close to a gravitational wave event?
31:45 [Cheleb] Astronomy bucket list?
35:13 [Nimbus] Trappist-1d and 1e from JWST. Wen?
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Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - 43min - 1563 - [Space Bites] Ancient Planet Inside Earth // HUGE Exoplanet Discovery // Cannibal Betelgeuse
A new system found with 7 Earth and Super-Earth Sized planet, the remains of another planet inside the Earth, and itโs time to replace your wallpaper again with this new image of the Crab Nebula from JWST.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - 18min - 1562 - [Interview] Did Venus Have Plate Tectonics?
Plate tectonics might be the key to why Venus had become the hell it is right now. Some think that it just never had it. But recent studies suggest that Venus did have plate tectonics at the same time Earth did. Why is it important? Figuring it out with Dr Matt Weller.
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Tue, 31 Oct 2023 - 38min - 1561 - [Q&A] AI Pilots for Space Missions, A New Big Bang, Falsifiable Dark Matter
Could another Big Bang happen in our existing Universe? Is dark matter theory falsifiable? Should we allow AI to control spacecraft? How many things can you put in a Lagrange point? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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00:00 Start 01:50 [Andoria] Should we put satellites on a supersynchronous orbit? 06:23 [Vulcan] Should we use AI to pilot spacecraft? 08:02 [Risa] Could another Big Bang happen in our Universe? 11:11 [Aeturen] Where did the Weekly Space Hangout go? 15:00 [Vendikar] Is dark matter falsifiable? 22:47 [Remus] What's going on with phosphine on Venus? 25:50 [Janus] Can you fit multiple spacecraft in a Lagrange point? 28:16 [Cait] Can a supernova destroy its star companions? 32:31 [Betazed] Where's the future the futurists of the sixties promised us? 34:57 [Cheleb] Is the L3 point good for anything?
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Tue, 31 Oct 2023 - 40min - 1560 - [Interview] Event Horizon Telescope. But 10 Times Better
We got two images of supermassive black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope. But can we make it better? How can we take the telescope to the next level and resolve a photon ring of a black hole? Finding out with Ben Hudson, System Engineer from KISPE Space.
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00:00 Intro 01:50 What is a photon ring 04:56 Structure around black holes 08:36 How can we resolve the photon ring 12:51 Making the Event Horizon Telescope bigger 44:28 What can we learn from the photon ring 53:10 Final thoughts and more interviews
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Mon, 30 Oct 2023 - 55min - 1559 - [Space Bites] Three Stars Disappeared // So Much JWST News // Io's Global Magma Ocean
Three stars mysteriously vanished. So much JWST new. Hundreds of volcanoes on Io. Starship is ready to fly again.
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00:00 Intro 01:53 Three Stars Vanished https://www.universetoday.com/163820/in-1952-a-group-of-three-stars-vanished-astronomers-still-cant-find-them/ 04:34 Fomalhaut's companions http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15028 06:28 Jupiter's new weather feature https://www.universetoday.com/163817/a-new-weather-feature-was-hiding-in-jwsts-picture-of-jupiter/ 07:59 Detailed look at Ganymede http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13982 10:34 Planet debris found in a stellar disk https://www.universetoday.com/163832/jwst-looks-at-the-debris-disc-around-a-white-dwarf/ 12:35 Vote https://youtu.be/whE6wd-cXEc 13:12 Global magma ocean on Io https://www.universetoday.com/163811/io-has-266-active-volcanic-hotspots-linked-by-a-global-magma-ocean/ 14:43 Lagest simulation of the Universe https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/astronomers-carry-out-largest-ever-cosmological-computer-simulation 16:26 Interviews https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 17:37 JWST and the galaxy core https://www.universetoday.com/163810/astronomers-want-jwst-to-study-the-milky-way-core-for-hundreds-of-hours/ 19:04 Starship WDR https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1716979479845953646?t=n1pJe6mEeu7yW_Z-hxeVQA&s=19 20:01 Jupiter's Halloween face https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/just-in-time-for-halloween-nasas-juno-mission-spots-eerie-face-on-jupiter/ 21:07 More on Io
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Fri, 27 Oct 2023 - 23min - 1558 - [Interview] You Don't Understand The Fermi Paradox
Are we alone in the Universe? How can we approach this question with a real scientific perspective? What would life even look like if it existed somewhere? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Adam Frank.
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00:00 Intro 01:15 When did we start thinking of aliens 03:47 Misunderstanding of the Fermi Paradox 10:44 End state of alien civilisation 28:33 Are aliens here 32:14 How to properly explore UFOs 36:02 Accepting that we might be alone 39:42 Best way to search for technosignatures 47:54 Current obsessions
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Thu, 26 Oct 2023 - 55min - 1557 - [Q&A] How Dark Does Space Get, Mining Psyche, Danger from Rogue Planets
Can you reconstruct an image that was gravitationally lensed? How dark can outer space become? Will we ever be able to mine an asteroid? Answering all these questions and much more in this week's Q&A.
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00:00 Start 01:27 [Andoria] How dark can space be? 05:42 [Vulcan] Can you reconstruct gravitationally lensed images? 09:58 [Risa] How big does a parallax need to be for a meaningful improvement? 13:12 [Aeturen] Will we ever be mining Psyche? 15:30 [Vendikar] Which planet would I be spending my last seconds on? 18:02 [Remus] How long does it take a nebula to become a star? 20:53 [Janus] What do amino acids on asteroids really mean? 23:15 [Cait] Are rogue planets a threat for Earth? 25:28 [Betazed] What will be the first entirely space-based manufacturing industry? 26:40 [Cheleb] How with the Starship be refuelled on Mars? 29:31 [Nimbus] Why there was no warfare in space yet? 32:07 [Belos] Was I surprised finding out that antimatter falls down with gravity? 33:51 [Lyar] Do all solar systems have an Oort cloud?
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Tue, 24 Oct 2023 - 38min - 1556 - [Interview] Can Life Exist Around Red Dwarf Stars?
Red Dwarfs will be the longest living stars in the Universe. Many of them have planetary systems, like the famous Trappist-1. But there is a big problem, as red dwarfs can emit mega-flares which could render planets uninhabitable. Finding out, if there is any hope for finding life and how can we study red dwarfs better with Dr Ward Howard.
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00:00 Intro 01:31 How bad are red dwarf flares 16:28 How to solve the flares problem 21:43 Lifecycle of red dwarfs and their planets 30:02 Any hope for life? 35:25 Brown dwarfs 36:40 Our place in the Universe 41:21 Future of explanatory research 48:58 More interviews and final thoughts
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Mon, 23 Oct 2023 - 51min - 1555 - Deadly Supercontinent // Pluto Super-volcano // Most Powerful Solar Storm
See the latest solar eclipse from space. A future supercontinent will wipe out the mammals. Juno makes a close flyby of Io. A planet with clouds made of sand.
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00:00 Intro 00:13 Eclipse from space https://www.universetoday.com/163767/nasa-mission-had-the-perfect-view-for-the-recent-solar-eclipse/ 03:30 Deadly supercontinent https://www.universetoday.com/163694/in-250-million-years-a-single-supercontinent-will-form-wiping-out-nearly-all-mammals/ 05:57 Juno's flyby of Io https://www.universetoday.com/163766/juno-completes-its-closest-flyby-of-io-yet/ 07:54 Planet with sand clouds https://www.universetoday.com/163749/an-exoplanet-so-hot-it-has-clouds-made-of-quartz/ 09:26 Vote https://youtu.be/Zc8W77btzA8 10:30 Possible supervolcano on Pluto 13:40 JWST looks at Kuiper Belt https://www.universetoday.com/163483/jwst-observes-the-kuiper-belt-sedna-gonggong-and-quaoar/ 15:57 Newsletter 16:56 Powerful solar storms https://www.universetoday.com/163712/a-monster-solar-storm-struck-earth-14300-years-ago/ 19:55 Cosmic rays https://www.universetoday.com/163711/air-showers-ruin-astrophotos-but-they-could-be-a-new-method-for-studying-the-universe/ 21:31 More on solar storms
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Fri, 20 Oct 2023 - 24min - 1554 - [Interview] Can Dark Matter Be Explained by Dark Photons
Dark matter is one of the most exciting mysteries in Astronomy. We can see its effects but we don't know what exactly it is. One of the proposed solutions is dark photons. What are they and what do we need to find them? Finding the answers with Nicholas Hunt-Smith.
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00:00 Intro 01:52 What is a dark photon 06:35 Importance of naming 08:00 What properties should it have 14:59 How dark matter fits into the standard model 20:20 How we could find dark photons 24:38 What's next 40:07 Current obsessions 42:34 More interviews
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