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Another Test of SpaceX Starship Superheavy combo, another analysis of the flight with Scott Manley and Marcus House! 📺 Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley 📺 Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse 🚀 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 00:44 The plan for IFT-3 02:18 Liftoff and hot staging 04:34 Booster return 10:38 Starship in orbit 17:26 Starship's re-entry 28:22 More interesting stuff 33:25 What's next 36:58 Artemis 3 plans 43:18 Scott and Marcus 45:11 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/EVic941kQ44 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 01:41 Fire in space 03:56 Saffire Experiment 11:55 Conclusions 15:50 Firefighting in space 20:16 Future experiments 26:46 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/haOm94GJOwM 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 02:00 JWST 09:25 Parker Solar Probe 15:55 Future missions 25:58 International projects 40:06 New job at Zurich Space 41:45 Current obsessions 54:16 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/An0M5Za0U-M 📰 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)
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. 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER https://universetoday.com/newsletter 👉 Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 🦄 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 00:18 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 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/767SgId7MW4 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 [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? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/f3JrIf3Lu_U 📰 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)
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. 📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf stars https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07102-y 🦄 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 01:16 What are White Dwarfs 08:59 Why white dwarfs stop cooling 23:03 Pollution of white dwarfs 29:29 Perfect white dwarf telescope 35:59 Current obsessions 38:25 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/nkXR7bpmy7Q 📰 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)
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. 📜 Hypervelocity impact induced light flash experiments on single and dual layer Kapton targets to develop a time of flight space dust and debris detector https://kar.kent.ac.uk/104841/ 👉 We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Why https://youtu.be/Q3W-0LecU5k 🦄 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 02:07 Firing tardigrades from a gun 05:32 Enceladus 13:14 How fast can we go 21:07 Optimal mission to Enceladus 32:35 Exploring Io 41:43 Sampling interstellar objects 47:55 Dust in interstellar space 51:19 Current obsessions 01:01:04 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/xB1Tr3MWKKw 📰 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)
Understanding the surface of Betelgeuse, James Webb’s third observing cycle has been announced, Starship’s upcoming third test, and the most massive pair of black holes ever seen. 👉 Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 🦄 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 Betelgeuse is boiling https://www.universetoday.com/166044/betelgeuses-surface-is-boiling-furiously/ 02:55 JWST Cycle 3 https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2024/stsci-announces-the-jwst-cycle-3-general-observer-program 04:43 Where Hubble and JWST are looking https://spacetelescopelive.org/ 05:57 Starship OFT-3 Launch Date https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3 07:37 Asteroids falling on white dwarves https://www.universetoday.com/165997/astronomers-can-see-the-impact-site-where-an-asteroid-crashed-into-a-white-dwarf/ 09:03 Vote results 09:51 ISS Surgery Robot 11:27 Oxygen on Europa https://www.universetoday.com/166005/juno-measures-how-much-oxygen-is-being-produced-by-europa/ 13:27 LIFE telescope https://www.universetoday.com/166002/the-life-telescope-passed-its-first-test-it-detected-biosignatures-on-earth/ 16:02 Biggest black hole pair ever found https://www.universetoday.com/166002/the-life-telescope-passed-its-first-test-it-detected-biosignatures-on-earth/ 17:44 Carbon emissions reach 420 https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152519/emissions-from-fossil-fuels-continue-to-rise 18:44 Newsletter 19:55 JWST time allocation 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/RozsR3TWvH8 📰 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)
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. 👉 Ad Astra Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@adastraspace 👉 Oxygen Bottleneck paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01160 🦄 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 00:26 [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? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Pu_4G76Jp4s 📰 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)
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. 👉 Realistic Scenario of Interstellar Travel https://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI 🦄 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 02:07 How sustainable is the Moon 07:44 Self-replicating robots 32:11 How would a mission look like 39:14 Going beyond the Moon 45:19 Realistic future scenario 59:28 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/vo8630SIo 📰 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)
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. 👉 Dr Craig Walton: https://craigwaltongeosci.wordpress.com/ 👉 How Did Early Earth Get The Ingredients for Life? https://youtu.be/SkWNmkoCelY 🦄 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 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:43 What is dust 00:08:43 Dust falling on Earth 00:16:05 Dust and the origin of life 00:46:30 Dust on other worlds across the Universe 01:03:29 Current obsessions 01:08:16 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/GeuxmuzZ_xs 📰 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)
We’ve 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. 🦄 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 00:15 What really happened with Odysseus https://www.universetoday.com/165896/odysseus-moon-lander-pictures/ 03:19 SLIM woke up! https://www.universetoday.com/165890/surprise-japan-slim-moon-lander-wakes-up/ 04:56 JWST big discovery https://www.universetoday.com/165936/dwarf-galaxies-banished-the-darkness-and-lit-up-the-early-universe/ 08:57 Vote results https://youtu.be/i9DTgdR2vtc 09:43 Three new moons https://www.universetoday.com/165910/new-moons-found-at-uranus-and-neptune/ 10:52 New space telescope https://www.universetoday.com/165825/a-new-space-telescope-will-map-the-universe-and-help-protect-the-earth-from-asteroids/ 12:40 Support what we do 13:16 NASA test Starship docking system https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-spacex-test-starship-lunar-lander-docking-system/ 14:20 Last pics of Ingenuity https://www.universetoday.com/165931/ingenuity-wont-fly-again-because-its-missing-a-rotor-blade/ 15:33 Varda's descent from space https://www.universetoday.com/165935/watch-the-varda-capsules-entire-fiery-atmospheric-re-entry/ 16:32 Success of failure 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/qUahxtDwe8I 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 01:49 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 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/XQikGtRUEdc 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 00:25 [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? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/BvcymmjVwbg 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 00:17 USA's first Moon landing in 21st century https://www.universetoday.com/165834/intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander-moon/ 05:01 Lunar bricks from China https://www.universetoday.com/165771/chinas-change-8-mission-will-try-to-make-bricks-on-the-moon/ 06:39 Perseverance has a problem https://www.universetoday.com/165742/nasa-is-trying-to-fix-a-problem-with-one-of-perseverances-instruments/ 08:32 JWST finds a neutron star https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-112 10:40 Kuiper Belt might be bigger than we thought https://www.nasa.gov/missions/new-horizons/nasas-new-horizons-detects-dusty-hints-of-extended-kuiper-belt/ 13:07 Vote results 13:48 Space-grown drugs return to Earth 15:34 OSIRIS-REx sample mass https://www.universetoday.com/165748/osiris-rexs-final-haul-121-6-grams-from-asteroid-bennu/ 17:16 Interviews 17:54 New Glenn goes vertical https://www.universetoday.com/165850/finally-blue-origins-new-glenn-goes-vertical-on-the-launch-pad/ 19:07 Euclid begins its mission https://www.universetoday.com/165755/euclid-begins-its-6-year-survey-of-the-dark-universe/ 20:40 Moon landings 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/i9DTgdR2vtc 📰 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)
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. 🦄 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 [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? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/zVOkhTi88kM 📰 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)
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. 👉 Dr Christopher Glein https://www.christopherglein.com/ 📜 Measurement of D/H and 13C/12C Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake: Evidence for Internal Activity https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05085 📜 Moderate D/H Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake as Evidence of Hydrothermal or Metamorphic Processes in Their Interiors: Geochemical Analysis https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05549 🦄 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 01:10 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 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/eIO69E3Rqoo 📰 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)
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. 📜 BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecraft https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11226 🦄 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 01:08 Thousands of tiny solar sails 03:58 Deployment plan 10:28 Timeframe 11:58 Communication with Earth 15:15 How far can you go 17:58 Long-term potential of solar sails 26:37 Current obsessions 29:10 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/5p6Ur7V4ZVM 📰 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)
More oceans across the Solar System. The Event Horizon Telescope zooms into an active galactic nucleus. Another lunar lander sets off to the Moon. 🦄 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 Mimas has an ocean https://www.universetoday.com/165722/saturns-death-star-moon-mimas-probably-has-an-ocean-too/ 02:37 Eris and Makemake geothermal activity https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets 04:02 Water on asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/165696/water-found-on-the-surface-of-an-asteroid/ 05:45 Intuitive Machines Odysseus lander launch https://www.universetoday.com/165738/intuitive-machines-odysseus-moon-lander/ 07:29 Testing spacesuits https://www.universetoday.com/165698/next-generation-spacesuit-gets-tested-in-weightlessness/ 09:28 Vote results https://youtu.be/q0XKwvuK8pk 10:11 Confirmation of JUMBOs https://public.nrao.edu/news/astronomers-discover-jupiter-sized-objects/ 12:16 Lasers for the Deep Space Network https://www.universetoday.com/165700/one-of-nasas-radio-dishes-can-now-track-space-lasers-too/ 14:02 Weekly email newsletter https://universetoday.com/newsletter 14:34 A new image from EHT https://www.universetoday.com/165669/the-event-horizon-telescope-zooms-in-on-a-black-holes-jet/ 17:09 What happened after DART https://www.universetoday.com/165690/what-happened-to-all-those-boulders-blasted-into-space-by-dart/ 18:39 More moons thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/bGnxKXD8USE 📰 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)
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. 📖 Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust in an Age of Doubt https://www.pmsutter.com/store/yourplace-zrd55 👉 Paul M. Sutter's website: https://www.pmsutter.com/ 👉 Paul M. Sutter's YouTube: @PaulMSutter 👉 Ask A Spaceman podcast: https://www.pmsutter.com/shows/askaspaceman 🦄 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 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:57 What's wrong with modern science 00:04:14 Fraud in publications 00:11:40 Funding 00:16:01 Careers 00:23:38 Politics 00:39:19 Know-it-alls 00:42:15 Science communication 00:50:42 Diversity 00:54:20 How to fix that 01:02:14 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/517Msi3wDJ4 📰 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)
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Abi

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