Episode 667: Open Space 84: Are Red Dwarf Planets Doomed? Should the Space Shuttle Have Been Built? And More

Universe Today Podcast · Jun 23, 2020 · 1h

Another week, another Open Space. In this week's questions show, I talk about planets orbiting red dwarf stars, if planets could steal moons from each other, and whether or not the space shuttle should have ever been built.02:58 Is Proxima Centauri C a gas giant?05:22 How doomed are red dwarf planets?07:37 Could a planet steal a moon?10:25 Should we sent asteroids back to Earth to mine them?14:00 Do any sunlike stars have promising planets?15:35 Why do meteors turn green?17:51 Will Starlink communicate from Earth to Mars?21:50 What if our supermassive black hole increased in mass?23:35 Will…