Universe Today Podcast

More landers are going to the Moon; maybe TRAPPIST 1b has an atmosphere after all; Perseverance climbs up to the rim of Jezero Crater and a supermassive black hole rolls over onto its side. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 2 Landers 1 Rocket 03:02 Trappist-1b atmosphere update https://www.universetoday.com/170140/one-of-the-most-interesting-exoplanets-just-got-even-more-interesting/ 05:03 No magma ocean for Io https://www.universetoday.com/170123/new-research-suggests-io-doesnt-have-a-shallow-ocean-of-magma/ 08:00 Eat. Rest. Repeat https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/massive-black-hole-in-the-early-universe-spotted-taking-a-nap-after-overeating 10:07 Binary star near Sgr A https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2418/ 11:46 Black hole on its side https://www.nasa.gov/universe/black-holes/nasa-finds-sideways-black-hole-using-legacy-data-new-techniques/ 13:14 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 13:56 Progress for Nancy Grace Roman https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasa-successfully-integrates-roman-missions-telescope-instruments/ 15:12 Rim of the Jezero crater https://www.universetoday.com/170103/nasas-perseverance-rover-reaches-the-top-rim-of-the-jezero-crater/ 16:55 ISS Astrophotography from Don Petit https://www.universetoday.com/170146/astronaut-don-pettit-is-serious-he-rigged-up-astrophotography-gear-on-the-iss/ 19:15 Last minute gift 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/R8gPKu0dl20 📰 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)

How bright would the Moon be if it was covered with ice not regolith? How does spaghettification happen near black holes? How will the human body adapt to Mars's gravity after the long journey? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show. 🦄 Get the additional Overtime audio episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-118171439 00:00 Start 00:26 How will our body adapt to Mars after the long journey to it? 04:06 How does spaghettification happen near black holes? 07:55 Could advanced civilizations ignite stars? 10:53 How can we be in the center of a hot bubble with multiple supernovae? 13:35 What would happen if the Moon was covered with ice? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/y9EfiBZPoE8 📰 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)

Ion engines can be a very efficient way to travel not only through our Solar System but even beyond. What kinds of ion engines are there? How are they different? What kind of missions can we expect? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: pattern.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Dan Fries https://engr.uky.edu/people/dan-fries 📜 Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems with Optimal Specific Impulses for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385172298AdvancedElectricPropulsionSystemswithOptimalSpecificImpulsesforFastInterstellarPrecursor_Missions 00:00 Intro 01:20 What are ion engines 11:49 Possible Missions 18:15 Solar gravitational lens 30:42 Interstellar travel 34:04 Bonus part 35:10 Current obsessions 38:19 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/QgLE-tFUVow 📰 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)

Will we have a space base on Phobos? Will hibernation help us to cope with long-distance space travel? How will Starship be returning from Mars? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:24 Why not build a space station at Phobos? 02:33 How long would it take for live to evolve to human level again? 05:23 How to cope with radiation during long-distance space travel? 09:58 How will humans get back from Mars on a Starship? 15:01 Will hibernation help us survive during space travel? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/iRLrlgrK-og 📰 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)

We finally learn why Ingenuity crashed. Gaia is nearing the end of its life. NASA is planning cargo deliveries to the Moon. And a twin of the Milky Way, seen in infancy by Webb. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 Why Ingenuity crashed 02:58 End of Gaia 05:52 Cargo missions for the Moon 07:34 Mass of the Milky Way 09:13 Vote results 09:47 Solar flares 12:30 Cosmic rays 14:47 Milky Way's early twin 16:25 Humanity's first quasar 17:56 Interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/4LXb-B3gf98 📰 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)

How can one fight light pollution? What will happen to space exploration in our modern political climate? Why doesn't Venus lose its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Get the additional Overtime audio episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-117715009 00:00 Start 00:23 How can Venus hang on to its atmosphere without a magnetic field? 02:17 What will happen to space exploration? 08:45 Would we see a Sgr A quasar from Earth if it became one? 11:54 How to fight light pollution? 15:36 What's going on with the "Crisis in Cosmology"? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/3LaXmvY5BBE 📰 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)

How don't comets lose all their mass really quickly? Where are all the photos of the Milky Way from the ISS? Can you reach out from orbit and poke a black hole with a stick? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:24 Comets and their tails 04:06 Where are the pictures of the Milky Way from the ISS? 08:36 Will the Sun's expansion bring the Moon closer to Earth? 11:27 Can you poke a black hole with a stick? 13:35 When did 'our' part of the Universe form? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Jv07d5T9sQ8 📰 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)

Black Widow pulsars consume their partners. But if there were advanced alien species, it could be a perfect way to produce energy and move the stars around. They could also use pulsars as a global galactic navigation system. How exactly could they achieve it? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Clément Vidal https://www.clemvidal.com/ 📜 The Spider Stellar Engine: a Fully Steerable Extraterrestrial Design? https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05038 📜 Pulsar Positioning System: A quest for evidence of extraterrestrial engineering https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.03316 00:00 Intro 01:33 Stellarvore 07:48 Moving stars around 17:57 Technosignatures 25:17 Pulsar galactic navigation system 29:44 Messaging system 39:43 Noosphere 43:48 Bonus part 44:08 Current obsessions 46:43 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Bebhbe0DOrU 📰 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)

Trump announces his choice for the new NASA administrator, we’ve got a new date for Artemis III, Venus might have never had liquid oceans, and finding habitable planets around white dwarf stars. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🎁 Gift Universe Today Patreon membership: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday/gift 00:00 Intro 00:15 NASA's New Administrator 02:08 Delays for Artemis 2 and 3 05:09 More evidence for gravitational waves background 07:35 Venus' past 09:38 Potential habitable planets around white dwarfs 12:26 Vote results 12:51 Vera Rubin and interstellar visitors 14:18 Moon rescue mission 15:55 Galaxy cluster coming together 17:45 Jupiter at opposition 18:57 Gift for space enthusiasts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/9CN1Ymyrhyo 📰 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)

Does building more JWSTs for different parts of the spectrum make sense? Are star types predetermined at their birth? Can you cook a pizza on the Sun? Why is the Sun's corona hotter than its surface? Are there binary supermassive black holes? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:25 Does it make sense to have JWST in a different spectrum? 04:07 Are star types determined at their birth? 07:50 Thoughts about the flat Earth? 09:57 Can we see the light from the Big Bang? 11:54 Are there binary supermassive black holes? 13:59 What would a pizza cooked directly on the Sun taste like? 15:17 Why is the corona of the Sun hotter that its surface? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/-X8CiIxfDl0 📰 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)

Who will pay for the next-generation space stations that follow the ISS? How much do rockets pollute? Did James Webb make the observable Universe bigger? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Best place for a space factory? 05:21 Can stars and planets escape the Milky Way? 08:02 Did JWST make the observable universe bigger? 09:58 Do rockets pollute a lot? 13:36 Does it make sense to build a new space station? 17:32 What came before the big bang? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/4fhMZNuKpno 📰 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)

Dragonfly is taking a Falcon Heavy to Titan, What’s inside Uranus?, Russia’s cargo ship delivers a stinky smell to the station, and testing robots to go under the ice on Europa. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 A ride for Dragonfly https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-dragonfly-mission/ 01:30 Inside Uranus https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/11/25/a-clue-to-what-lies-beneath-the-bland-surfaces-of-uranus-and-neptune/ 03:51 Europa Clipper unrolls its instruments https://www.nasa.gov/missions/europa-clipper/nasas-europa-clipper-millions-of-miles-down-instruments-deploying/ 05:50 Robots for under the ice exploration https://www.universetoday.com/169887/testing-the-robots-that-might-explore-europa/ 06:56 Baby planet https://www.universetoday.com/169863/astronomers-find-a-3-million-year-old-planet/ 08:17 Vote results 08:49 Haolong haoloooong https://www.universetoday.com/169703/chinas-proposed-cargo-shuttle-the-haolong-has-entered-development/ 10:08 Russian spaceship stinks https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/after-russian-ship-docks-to-space-station-astronauts-report-a-foul-smell/ 10:50 Sombrero galaxy by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/169895/fantastic-new-image-of-the-sombrero-galaxy-from-webb/ 11:42 Alien-like Jupiter https://www.universetoday.com/169920/magnetic-tornado-is-stirring-up-the-haze-at-jupiters-poles/ 13:21 SLS fireplace https://www.universetoday.com/169912/the-holiday-fireplace-video-we-needed/ 13:55 Questions for upcoming interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/D-xKbLrJb_g 📰 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)

Why don't comets run out of "tail fuel"? If Voyager crashes into something, can we tell it apart from a regular failure? What are the chances we will drive into a lava tube? Will satellite communication become dominant at some point? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-116788920 00:00 Start 00:37 How can comets leave tails for thousands of years without running out? 02:57 Can we detect a hit to a Voyager? 04:20 How possible would it be to drive into a lava tube on the moon? 05:44 More Space Bites from website authors? 09:52 Does Moon getting farther away impact tides on Earth? 11:34 Will satellite communications overtake traditional on-ground ones? 16:01 Can we protect a Moon colony with an artificial magnetic field? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/FwLo1h8l5Oc 📰 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)

James Webb recently detected a new kind of exoplanet. It's a steam world. How did they find it and what does it mean for the future of exoplanet search? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: pattern.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Eshan Raul 📜 JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich "Steam World" Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f00 00:00 Intro 01:47 The Steam World 10:49 Steam worlds VS Hycean worlds 14:38 Exoplanet research with JWST 17:04 Questions from Patrons 23:33 Where can we find more of them? 30:09 Bonus part 30:46 Current obsessions 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/DvEQDv4yg0c 📰 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)

JUMBOs, Jupiter Mass Binary Objects. Over 500 of them were detected in the Orion Nebula by JWST. But where did they come from? How did they form and why are they in binary pairs? My guest has a good guess about it. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Jessica Diamond 📜Formation of Jupiter-Mass Binary Objects through photoerosion of fragmenting cores https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.09159 00:00 Intro 01:34 JUMBOs 14:02 Photoerosion 24:57 Questions from Patreon community 31:26 Side track 34:30 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/74ORN6ap1FU 📰 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)

Where will the money come from for the next generation of space stations? Does NASA have plans for a gravity tractor experiment for the Apophis flyby? Which part of the Milky Way can we see? Can there be different types of black holes? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:37 Which part of the Milky Way can we see? 02:41 Will space stations be economically viable? 05:50 Are there different types of black holes? 06:58 Can you un-distort images instead of using adaptive optics? 11:53 How do we know that far away objects are still there? 13:12 Does NASA have plans for a gravity tractor experiment? 15:58 Best time to watch auroras in Alaska? 18:11 How does light from far away get to us? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/sBAAoJwEaY8 📰 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)

I just wrapped up an interesting conversation over at ‪DoomDebates‬ talking about the future of artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, Great Filter, Grabby Aliens and more. Check it out and subscribe to the channel. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u07Q7WUVWo 📰 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)

If there is a faster-than-light spaceship, could we detect it? Can we use the Sun as a magnifying glass? Which telescope to get under $200? Can Juno meet Europa clipper? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:18 Can we detect FTL spacecraft? 03:26 Good telescope for under $200? 05:51 Could we use the Sun as a magnifying lens? 06:50 Will Juno still be operational when Clipper and Juice arrive? 07:23 Why did SpaceX develop Mechazilla? 10:51 How can the Universe be infinite if it started in the Big Bang? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/tNfUvoeIjog 📰 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)

Starship completes its 6th flight test, Webb analyzes a star in another galaxy and confirms the Hubble tension, again, and a new explanation for the moons of Mars. More interviews: 👉 Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology https://youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M 👉 Explanation for the Webb's "Impossible" Galaxies https://youtu.be/xPK9kF2tqfk 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 Starship IFT-6 https://www.universetoday.com/169736/starships-booster-and-donald-trump-make-a-splash-at-sixth-flight-test/ 03:47 Zoomed in star in another galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/169830/the-first-close-up-picture-of-star-outside-the-milky-way/ 05:20 Webb confirms Hubble Tension https://www.universetoday.com/169619/james-webb-confirms-hubbles-calculation-of-hubbles-constant/ 08:31 More monster galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/169692/three-more-galactic-monster-ultra-massive-galaxies-found/ 10:22 Vote results 11:03 Stars eating their planets https://www.universetoday.com/169702/up-to-a-third-of-stars-ate-some-of-their-planets/ 12:47 How Mars got its moons https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/making-mars-moons-supercomputers-offer-disruptive-new-explanation-2/ 14:37 Repurposing Mars Express camera https://www.universetoday.com/169092/how-scientists-repurposed-a-camera-on-esas-mars-express-mission/ 16:07 Guide to space 16:45 Channel updates 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/CgZWahb-TY8 📰 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)

We're still waiting for the results from JWST about the atmospheres on the TRAPPIST-1 planets. But is there a way for red dwarf planets to keep atmospheres on planets. Latest research seems to show that it might be possible. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Joshua Krissansen-Totton https://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/wordpress/profile/joshua-krissansen-totton/ 📜 The erosion of large primary atmospheres typically leaves behind substantial secondary atmospheres on temperate rocky planets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52642-6 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 02:09 Problems with M dwarfs 11:22 Holding on to atmospheres 19:46 JWST observations 24:10 Habitable worlds observatory 32:40 Trappist-1 results wen? 40:22 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION #TODO_LINK 📰 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)