Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain
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May 5, 2024 • 0sec

[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.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro02:48 Future Moon equipment13:57 Autonomous robots23:46 Machine learning revolution32:25 Self-replication38:09 Current obsessions46:13 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/j4K75MIlRz0📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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May 2, 2024 • 0sec

[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.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro00:17 Weather on an exoplanethttps://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-maps-weather-on-planet-280-light-years-away/02:26 JWST in interferometry modehttps://www.universetoday.com/166757/jwst-uses-interferometry-mode-to-reveal-two-protoplanets-around-a-young-star/04:02 One step closer to space debris removalhttps://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 modehttps://www.universetoday.com/166780/uh-oh-hubbles-having-gyro-problems-again/07:03 Black holes can halt star formation in galaxieshttps://www.universetoday.com/166763/black-holes-can-halt-star-formation-in-massive-galaxies/08:44 Vote results09:29 SLIM just refuses to diehttps://www.universetoday.com/166765/japans-lunar-lander-survives-its-third-lunar-night/10:32 Great imageshttps://www.universetoday.com/166802/first-light-from-einstein-probe-a-supernova-remnant/13:08 More space news13:59 Hubble's gyros📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/BcHNl64vEN8📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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May 2, 2024 • 0sec

[Interview] Is There Hope For TRAPPIST-1 Planets with James Webb?

Discovering the potential habitability of red dwarf stars and their planets with Evelyn Macdonald. Topics include James Webb observations, exoplanet atmospheres, planet appearances, future telescopes, and hope for red dwarf star planets. Explore current obsessions and final thoughts.
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Apr 30, 2024 • 0sec

[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.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Start00:28 [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?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/3P0H5AKuExw📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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Apr 26, 2024 • 0sec

[Space Bites] Artemis III in Jeopardy // Giant Lava Lake on Io // Voyager-1 Fixed

Juno sees a lava lake on Io, Voyager 1 isn’t spouting nonsense any more, Titan Dragonfly gets the greenlight from NASA, and TESS finds its first rogue planet.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro00:14 Giant Lava Lake on Iohttps://www.universetoday.com/166716/juno-reveals-a-giant-lava-lake-on-io/01:52 Voyager-1 restores communicationhttps://www.universetoday.com/166733/nasa-restores-communications-with-voyager-1/03:39 NASA Greenlights Titan Dragonfly06:03 TESS finds its first rogue planethttps://www.universetoday.com/166755/tess-finds-its-first-rogue-planet/08:13 Vote results08:57 Nancy Grace Roman gets reaction wheelshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Mgt2iwYgY&ab_channel=NASAGoddard10:28 NASA's solar sail goes to spacehttps://www.universetoday.com/166759/nasas-new-solar-sail-has-launched-and-deployed/12:10 Two incredible timelapses from Chandra13:16 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 news16:52 Capabilities driven explorationhttps://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nextstep-virtual-industry-forum_6nov2014_final.pdf📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/KxfqQYY-h-U📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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Apr 24, 2024 • 0sec

[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.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Start00:26 [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 hobbyists24:16 [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 overlay33:12 [Betazed] How will Japan's pressurised rover keep dust from the inside? 37:06 [Cheleb] What effects can a gamma ray burst have on Earth? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/fkF_BJTCjiA📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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Apr 19, 2024 • 0sec

[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.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro00:14 Chunk from ISS hits a house in Floridahttps://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/2306.0095304:46 Problems with Mars Sample Returnhttps://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 holehttps://www.universetoday.com/166669/the-milky-ways-most-massive-stellar-black-hole-is-only-2000-light-years-away/08:26 Vote results09:20 Moon dust shieldhttps://www.universetoday.com/166615/nasa-is-building-an-electrodynamic-shield-to-deal-with-all-that-dust-on-the-moon-and-mars/11:18 Patreon12:29 Hint for an exomoonhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/104111714:27 Mind-blowing eclipse videohttps://www.universetoday.com/166677/the-solar-eclipse-like-weve-never-seen-it-before/15:16 More space news16:07 Mars sample return📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Bf_KmyRyw-0📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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Apr 12, 2024 • 0sec

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.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro00:16 Dark Energy might be evolvinghttps://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 halveshttps://www.universetoday.com/166588/finally-an-explanation-for-the-moons-radically-different-hemispheres/08:57 Ice-melting probehttps://www.universetoday.com/166548/testing-a-probe-that-could-drill-into-an-ice-world/10:51 Vote resultshttps://youtu.be/zuuo1O93kMY11:24 Rainbows on exoplanetshttps://www.universetoday.com/166535/the-first-atmospheric-rainbow-on-an-exoplanet/13:21 Small black holehttps://www.universetoday.com/166566/a-neutron-star-merged-with-a-surprisingly-light-black-hole/14:30 Solar eclipse 2024https://www.universetoday.com/166596/here-are-the-next-three-total-solar-eclipses-coming-up/16:44 Two cool videoshttps://www.universetoday.com/166612/watch-a-satellite-reaction-wheel-melt-in-a-simulated-orbital-re-entry/18:24 Even more space news19:09 JAXA is so cool📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/8U7MbLGbArE📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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Apr 8, 2024 • 0sec

[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. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Start00:24 [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?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/5GTXejI-StE📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast
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Apr 5, 2024 • 0sec

[Space Bites] How To Watch The Eclipse // Vera Rubin's Huge Milestone // New Moon Rovers

Vera Rubin’s Camera is complete, where are rogue planets coming from, NASA chooses suppliers for its new lunar rover, and an earlier formation for 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-club00:00 Intro00:14 Vera Rubin's camera is readyhttps://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2407/01:39 Where do rogue planets come fromhttps://www.universetoday.com/166406/where-are-all-these-rogue-planets-coming-from/03:44 NASA gives contracts for new Moon rovershttps://www.universetoday.com/166500/nasa-teams-lunar-terrain-vehicle/05:32 SLIM's still alivehttps://www.universetoday.com/166431/against-all-odds-japans-slim-lander-survived-a-second-lunar-night-upside-down/06:48 Hopping on the Moonhttps://www.universetoday.com/166473/a-robot-hopper-to-explore-the-moons-dangerous-terrain/08:54 Vote results09:45 Earliest possible Moon formationhttps://www.universetoday.com/166479/whats-the-earliest-the-moon-could-have-formed/11:54 Simulating a neutron star surfacehttps://www.universetoday.com/166434/it-takes-a-supercomputer-to-properly-simulate-a-neutron-stars-surface/13:19 Newsletter13:59 How to watch the eclipse📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/zuuo1O93kMY📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

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