Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

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The Universe Today Podcast is an independent resource of space and astronomy news. Fraser Cain is the host and content creator for the main website and YouTube channel. He's passionate about explaining all aspects of space and astronomy, from the Big Bang theory to interstellar objects.

Space fans can enjoy new podcast episodes throughout the week. The Universe Today Podcast has a variety of exciting topics. The show has interviews, Q&As with the community, and "Space Bites" for news updates. Fraser invites experts to join, including Dr. Clancy James from an Australian University. Dr. James shares new research on fast radio bursts. Fraser talks to him about what they are and what this new research means.

Another Universe Today Podcast interview focuses on space exploration in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Expert Mohsen Al Alwahdi joins to talk about the program in the UAE and what they're working on for the future. They also discuss what it was like to see the first images back from Mars as part of their exciting program.

"Space Bites" episodes feature all the latest news. One reveals the discovery of an ultra-massive black hole, which has astronomers excited. How does this differ from a super-massive black hole? And how did they find it? This podcast explains the difference. Another episode reveals active volcanoes on the surface of Venus. Fraser compares this intriguing planet to Earth. He also examines its development over the years.

Through Q&A episodes, listeners can hear from the space community. Fan questions include whether technology like ChatGPT can help with astronomy. How would the Milky Way appear from the International Space Station, known as ISS? Plus, why are dwarfs ruled out as the source of dark matter? There are also fun questions, such as what a science reporter should ask an alien!

The Universe Today Podcast combines information and commentary on the world of space. Host Fraser shares the latest news and debates the implications of discoveries. It's an entertaining and informative guide to the world through a space telescope.

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[Overtime Q&A] Conspiracy Theories in School, Preserving History, JWST Restrictions

[Overtime Q&A] Conspiracy Theories in School, Preserving History, JWST Restrictions

Should they teach conspiracy theories in schools? How can we preserve history? How restricted is JWST because of its sunshield? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Watch our videos with no ads 👉 Get additional audio episodes of Overtime https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Should conspiracy theories be taught in school? 08:13 How much does the sunshield block JWST? 10:19 How can we protect history? 14:27 Will we find ancient civilizations on other planets? 18:03 Why not use the proper name for the Sun and Moon? 18:55 Is there a Moon timezone? 19:56 Is the edge of the Observable Universe set by aliens? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/vPzWeZydMbE 📰 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)

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[Overtime Q&A] Conspiracy Theories in School, Preserving History, JWST Restrictions

[Overtime Q&A] Conspiracy Theories in School, Preserving History, JWST Restrictions

Should they teach conspiracy theories in schools? How can we preserve history? How restricted is JWST because of its sunshield? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Watch our videos with no ads 👉 Get additional audio episodes of Overtime https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Should conspiracy theories be taught in school? 08:13 How much does the sunshield block JWST? 10:19 How can we protect history? 14:27 Will we find ancient civilizations on other planets? 18:03 Why not use the proper name for the Sun and Moon? 18:55 Is there a Moon timezone? 19:56 Is the edge of the Observable Universe set by aliens? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/vPzWeZydMbE 📰 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)

[Interview] Can Anybody Stop SpaceX Now? (with Eric Berger)

[Interview] Can Anybody Stop SpaceX Now? (with Eric Berger)

Will SpaceX be able to deliver Starship in time for Artemis? Will Elon and Donald cancel SLS and replace it with Falcon Heavy? Is there any chance for real competition with SpaceX? How serious is the space race with China? Finding out the answers in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Eric Berger https://arstechnica.com/author/ericberger/ 🦄 UT Extra: Future of Space Journalism https://patreon.com/universetoday 📖 Eric Berger's New Book "Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205309521-reentry 00:00 Intro 01:12 Reentry and the rise of SpaceX 10:24 What happens to SLS 20:17 The state of Starship 30:45 Blue Origin and other competition 35:29 Space race with China 42:11 Questions from the Patreon Community 53:22 Current obsessions 55:11 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/_igVSf6tyJs 📰 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)

[Interview] How The Moon's Bumpy Gravitational Field Can Help Launch Things From Its Surface

[Interview] How The Moon's Bumpy Gravitational Field Can Help Launch Things From Its Surface

Moon has a non-uniform bumpy gravitational field. We can use these anomalies to launch stuff off the surface of the Moon with electromagnetic launchers. How exactly can we do it? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Pekka Janhunen https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169 📜 Launching mass from the Moon helped by lunar gravity anomalies https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09616 📜 Terraforming the dwarf planet: Interconnected and growable Ceres megasatellite world https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.07487 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday More interviews: 🌞 Solar Gravitational Lens with Slava Turushev: https://youtube.com/live/lqzJewjZUkk?feature=share 🚀 Realistic Interstellar Travel with Andrew Higgins https://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI 🏡 Asteroid Habitats with Adam Frank https://youtu.be/Z-hH3-z56cg 00:00 Intro 02:51 Electrostatic sail updates 07:15 Launching stuff from the Moon 14:46 Finding trajectories 18:44 Practical applications 30:56 Mining Ceres 38:32 Future of humanity 42:53 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/VP4fn0_cb24 📰 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)

[Space Bites] Zone of Avoidance Defied // Big Meteor Storm's Coming // Ozone Hole Shrinks

[Space Bites] Zone of Avoidance Defied // Big Meteor Storm's Coming // Ozone Hole Shrinks

Some good environmental news, the Roman Space Telescope gets its mirror, astronomers defy the zone of avoidance, and moving stars halfway across the Milky Way 📸 New Zealand Astrophotography Competition: https://www.universetoday.com/169293/our-breathtaking-cosmos-new-zealand-astrophotography-winners-announced/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 Good news! https://www.universetoday.com/169251/good-news-the-ozone-layer-hole-is-continuing-to-shrink/ 02:41 Nancy Grace Roman gets its mirror https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/telescope-for-nasas-roman-mission-complete-delivered-to-goddard 05:01 Leonides https://www.universetoday.com/169124/is-an-off-year-leonid-outburst-in-the-cards-for-november/ 06:27 Trash compactor https://www.universetoday.com/169229/a-trash-compactor-is-going-to-the-space-station/ 07:43 Astronomers defy the Zone of Avoidance https://www.universetoday.com/169287/astronomers-defy-the-zone-of-avoidance-to-find-hundreds-of-new-galaxies/ 10:07 Finding black holes by their light echoes https://www.universetoday.com/169227/using-light-echoes-to-find-black-holes/ 11:33 Vote results 12:11 Life under ice on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/169296/how-life-could-live-under-the-ice-on-mars/ 13:46 Stellar engine https://www.universetoday.com/169255/a-spider-stellar-engine-could-move-binary-stars-halfway-across-a-galaxy/ 16:08 Habitable worlds observatory 17:05 More space news stories 17:49 New Zealand astrophotography competition 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/d3eNRzrJRqY 📰 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)

[Interview] Are Membrane Telescopes The Future of Space-Based Astronomy?

[Interview] Are Membrane Telescopes The Future of Space-Based Astronomy?

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169 📜 Membrane Space Telescope: Active Surface Control with Radiative Adaptive Optics https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.07741 00:00 Intro 02:27 Adaptive optics in space 05:17 Membrane-based telescopes 22:48 Taking membrane telescopes to space 32:54 A practical next step 34:02 Questions from patrons 36:54 Working with ELT 44:30 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/36t-UGXfllk 📰 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)

[Q&A] Spin Limit of Earth, True Colours of Exoplanets, Danger from Space Samples

[Q&A] Spin Limit of Earth, True Colours of Exoplanets, Danger from Space Samples

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space agencies use standardized platforms for their missions to save costs? 00:00 Start 01:05 How fast can the Earth spin not to tear apart? 05:19 Is bringing samples from space objects dangerous? 09:56 Can we make space probes standard? 14:34 Why is it so hard to go to other star systems? 19:01 What happens to time dilation in an Alcubierre drive? 21:32 Can our Oort cloud exchange material with Alpha Cen? 24:05 How would true colour images of exoplanets look like? 26:19 Are goofy thumbnails the zeitgeist of science channels? 29:41 Electromagnetic mass drivers on the Moon? 33:31 How long can satellites stay in orbit? 36:09 Why we don't expect life around M dwarf stars? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/uibgztL2wEA 📰 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)

[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World

[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World

Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build your own radio telescope 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:13 Starship IFT-6 Launch Date 03:27 Satellite surviving a collision 05:12 Ultra-thin space telescopes 07:42 Aftermath of a neutron star collision 09:48 Steam world 11:25 Vote results 11:58 Black hole that's eating too fast 13:33 The end for Skylon? 15:39 Build your own telescope 17:16 Guide to Space 17:59 Questions for the interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/yNGAB7i8prI 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Q&A] How Loud Was The Big Bang? Does Planet Spin Matter? Can Black Holes Revert to Stars?

[Q&A] How Loud Was The Big Bang? Does Planet Spin Matter? Can Black Holes Revert to Stars?

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:27 [Alaris] How loud was the Big Bang? 04:06 [Ardena] Can black holes become neutron stars again? 07:35 [Asuria] Why send missions to Europa, not Enceladus? 12:17 [Belote] Will humans feel weird on a planet spinning opposite to Earth? 13:33 [Belsa] Did we see globular clusters gain or lose stars? 15:40 [Cartego] What would a Moon or Mars cars look like? 19:03 [Chulak] Can Ganymede and Titan be considered planets? 21:51 [Dakara] How loud would the Sun be? 22:40 [Edora] Can we use lasers for solar sails? 27:30 [Goronak] How does mass cross the event horizon? 30:28 [Hadante] How do we predict the lifetime of stars? 33:45 [Hebridan] Could we send mass to space to change our orbit and stop global warming? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/eHKXwlDhWxA 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Space Bites] Is Sgr A* Image Wrong? // New Voyager-1 Problems // Another Sub-Surface Ocean

[Space Bites] Is Sgr A* Image Wrong? // New Voyager-1 Problems // Another Sub-Surface Ocean

Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:13 Retake for the Sgr A image? https://www.universetoday.com/169025/the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-photo-might-need-a-retake/ 02:32 Scanning Vega for planets https://www.universetoday.com/169041/webb-scans-vega-for-planets/ 04:20 "Alien signal" decoded https://www.universetoday.com/169047/remember-that-alien-signal-sent-by-the-exomars-orbiter-last-year-its-just-been-decoded/ 06:00 NASA's solar sail damaged https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-solar-sail-spacecraft-damaged-spinning 07:47 New problems for Voyager-1 https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/10/28/after-pause-nasas-voyager-1-communicating-with-mission-team/ 09:48 Vote results 10:28 Sub-surface ocean on Miranda https://www.universetoday.com/169058/theres-another-ocean-moon-candidate-uranus-tiny-moon-miranda/ 12:23 Titan's icy crust https://www.universetoday.com/169048/titan-may-have-a-methane-crust-10-km-thick/ 14:08 Space Dandelion https://www.universetoday.com/169031/this-ancient-supernova-remnant-looks-like-a-stellar-dandelion/ 16:04 The Guide to Space 16:45 Remote telescope testing 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/QbleoKUuwAg 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan

[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan

How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:29 [Alaris] What are the weird rocket noises? 04:54 [Ardena] Could we be forever trapped on Earth because of its spin? 08:29 [Asuria] How to take pictures of auroras? 11:54 [Belote] How big is the Solar System? 15:16 [Cartego] How hard would it be to do a sample return from Europa? 21:37 [Chulak] Why worry about contaminating space probes? 25:25 [Dakara] What are the plans to explore lava tubes on Moon/Mars? 28:36 [Edora] How strong are the winds on Titan? 30:32 [Goronak] Will there be legs of Starships that go to Moon and Mars? 31:51 [Hadante] What are the chances of Europa Clipper finding plumes and sampling them? 34:20 [Hebridan] Any news on Starshot? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/K344oQzUWVU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Space Bites] New Hope for TRAPPIST-1 // ISS Successor // Milky Way Particle Accelerator

[Space Bites] New Hope for TRAPPIST-1 // ISS Successor // Milky Way Particle Accelerator

What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black hole. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Vast Heaven-2 https://www.vastspace.com/haven-2 03:38 First results from Euclid https://www.universetoday.com/168912/check-out-this-sneak-peek-of-the-euclid-missions-cosmic-atlas/ 05:49 Laser communication https://www.universetoday.com/168954/nasa-achieves-impressive-bandwidth-with-its-new-laser-communications-system/ 08:28 Mirrors for LISA https://www.universetoday.com/168976/nasa-is-building-telescopes-for-the-lisa-mission/ 09:46 Hope for TRAPPIST-1 https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/10/23/rocky-planets-orbiting-small-stars-could-have-stable-atmospheres-needed-to-support-life/ 11:25 Triple system with a black hole https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/first-black-hole-in-a-triple-star-system-found 13:10 Vote results 14:23 Particle accelerator at the center of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/168982/theres-a-particle-accelerator-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way/ 16:43 Heat shields for different atmospheres https://www.universetoday.com/168977/testing-heat-shields-for-different-atmospheres/ 19:03 Guide to space 19:36 Return of Virtual Star Parties 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Lln1KXx2ZYM 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Interview] How JWST Changed Our Understanding of Star Formation

[Interview] How JWST Changed Our Understanding of Star Formation

We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers have been using JWST to find out. 🟣 Guest: Adam Rubinstein 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 02:39 Young stars 11:55 Going from not-a-star to a star 14:22 JWST data 33:51 Working with JWST 45:54 Current obsessions 50:12 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/T_tHtWngvTA 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Q&A] Shrinking Sgr A*, Prime Directive for Mars, Dark Energy Detectors

[Q&A] Shrinking Sgr A*, Prime Directive for Mars, Dark Energy Detectors

Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:29 [Alaris] What about Dark Energy detectors? 08:40 [Ardena] Why don't we see different constellations during the year? 11:15 [Asuria] When will Sagittarius A start shrinking? 13:42 [Belote] Can we build a space station observatory? 18:44 [Belsa] How do we see objects falling into black holes? 20:14 [Cartego] How will interstellar communication work? 21:48 [Chulak] Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? 26:18 [Dakara] Does Mars have meteors from Earth? 27:32 [Edora] Why do comets leave tails? 29:03 [Goronak] Can black holes explode? 30:43 [Hadante] Does liver damage make Mars trips impossible? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/KFsIuE4BiaQ 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Space Bites] Europa Clipper Liftoff // What's Next for Starship // Jiggly Great Red Spot

[Space Bites] Europa Clipper Liftoff // What's Next for Starship // Jiggly Great Red Spot

Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Starship IFT-5 03:11 Europa Clipper launch 06:41 Uranus seen from both sides 08:41 China's space plans 11:06 Jiggling Great Red Spot 13:08 Vote results 13:56 Possible Volcanic exomoon 15:41 Giant cluster spitting out stars 17:37 Axiom's spacesuit design 18:44 Guide to Space 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/IIT-n9-HlfA 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Overtime Q&A] Jupiter's Ultimate Faith, New Targets for New Horizons, My Favourite Moons

[Overtime Q&A] Jupiter's Ultimate Faith, New Targets for New Horizons, My Favourite Moons

What's the best way to do science communication? Will Jupiter expand when the Sun dies? How would aliens experience their environment? Can New Horizons get new targets in future? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:59 How can Hawking radiation escape a black hole? 03:47 Will Jupiter also expand when the Sun expands? 05:08 Why don't astronomers use the exoplanet names? 07:05 Will the Indians beat everyone to the Moon? 08:11 Do I feel threatened by ChatGPT? 10:28 What's the best way to do science communication? 11:48 How would aliens experience their environment? 14:19 Is the surface of the Moon littered with minerals? 15:43 What is the Universe orbiting? 16:03 Will New Horizons find new targets? 16:44 Would I go back to school to become an astronomer? 17:31 What are China's plans for the Moon? 20:07 Thoughts on the newer aerospike engines? 21:53 Should we spread life in the Solar System? 23:16 What are my favorite moons? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/32_zjx-dHRw 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Special] ABSOLUTE Success! Full Analysis of SpaceX's Crazy Starship IFT-5

[Special] ABSOLUTE Success! Full Analysis of SpaceX's Crazy Starship IFT-5

SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for SpaceX? What to expect from IFT-6 now? 📺 Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley 📺 Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse 🚀 IFT-4 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ecMlV4W_CLU 🚀 IFT-3 Analysis: https://youtu.be/EVic941kQ44 🚀 IFT-2 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ReXZvXPak4U 🚀 IFT-1 Analysis: https://youtu.be/RGcdjJj-f4g 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:05 Flight 5 02:25 Initial plan for the test 03:54 Liftoff 05:50 Hot staging 10:04 Super Heavy catch 16:01 What were the odds 20:38 Future versions of Starship 23:42 Starship's re-entry and splashdown 37:38 The aftermath 42:28 Flight 6 58:11 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Flv1W6AR-cU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Space Bites] Enormous Space Structure // Asteroid Inspector Launched // Starship Flight 5 Date

[Space Bites] Enormous Space Structure // Asteroid Inspector Launched // Starship Flight 5 Date

A new spacecraft is going to look at the aftermath from the DART mission, the Milky Way is part of a much, much larger structure, an early galaxy that’s similar to the Milky Way, and Starship test flight five could be just around the corner. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:16 Nancy Grace Roman tests 02:09 Hera mission launched 04:02 Milky Way part of a much larger structure 06:12 Earliest spiral galaxy 07:19 JWST looks at Charon 09:50 Vote results 10:29 Water on the Moon 12:44 Super compact triple star system 14:02 Starship Flight 5 coming soon 16:22 Guide to Space 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/LI7R-LM3Ifw 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Q&A] Why No Missions to Mars' Poles? What Does X-37B Really Do? Why Continue With SLS?

[Q&A] Why No Missions to Mars' Poles? What Does X-37B Really Do? Why Continue With SLS?

How old is the Universe? Why do no missions go to Mars' ice poles? What does X-37B actually do? Why not abandon the SLS? Can Starship solve the problems Starlinks create? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:39 [Alaris] How old is the Universe? 08:12 [Ardena] Why do no missions go to Mars' ice poles 11:04 [Asuria] What's the distance limit of a black hole's influence? 13:37 [Belote] What does X-37B actually do? 16:06 [Belsa] Why not abandon the SLS? 21:37 [Cartego] Is the Universe infinite or finite? 23:49 [Chulak] What's going on with Europa clipper? 27:45 [Dakara] Can Starship solve the problems Starlinks create? 31:53 [Edora] How often does the Earth capture another moon? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/ZUw7HvtRZfc 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Space Bites] ISS Leaks // Crew Dragon's Backup Plan // Planet at Barnard's Star

[Space Bites] ISS Leaks // Crew Dragon's Backup Plan // Planet at Barnard's Star

Planets at Bernard’s Star, Chinese lunar spacesuits, Voyager 2 Has to power down one of its instruments, and a comet seen from space. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:12 Planets found around the Barnard's star 02:13 Asymmetrical exoplanet 03:26 Crew Dragon's propulsive landing 04:29 Views from Polaris Dawn 05:11 China's new lunar spacesuits 06:25 ISS leaks. Again. 07:51 Vote results 08:26 Voyager-2 turns off one more instrument 10:10 Space balloon test 11:41 Black hole jet 13:07 Comet from space 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/BID90zOyZA4 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

[Q&A] New Voyagers, Disc Golf on Mars, Limits of Future Telescopes

[Q&A] New Voyagers, Disc Golf on Mars, Limits of Future Telescopes

What are the limits for the telescopes of the future? Can you play disk golf on Mars or the Moon? Will all galaxies eventually fade away? When will we launch Voyagers v2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:27 [Alaris] What are the limits for future telescopes? 06:47 [Ardena] Can you play golf on Moon or Mars? 09:21 [Asuria] Why don't all rockets launch from the equator? 12:21 [Belote] Which telescopes should we be launching on Starship? 16:16 [Belsa] Will all galaxies eventually fade away? 19:01 [Cartego] Does Hawking radiation affect dark matter? 21:38 [Chulak] Will there be another Voyager mission? 24:55 [Dakara] Do we live forever? 28:12 [Edora] Have we seen Oort clouds of other solar systems? 30:54 [Goronak] Will earth resources be enough for SpaceX? 35:13 [Hadante] Will I cover theories that don't have a Big Bang origin? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/5wnrAo_RmC8 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)