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Universe Today Podcast[Interview] How A Realistic Mars Mission Will Play Out
How will a human Mars mission play out? Where exactly should it go? What unexpected challenges will we face? We're discussing all these aspects with Rick…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Protecting from Solar Flares, Tiny Rockets, Oldest Possible Ice
Can you maintain a stable orbit with just a solar sail? Will a Dyson sphere or swarm kill all life inside of it? Can you protect yourself from a solar flare?…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Nuclear Rocket In 2027, New JWST Problems, Starship WDR
Starship completes its wet-dress rehearsal, another problem for Webb, a nuclear rocket test is coming, and more cool NIAC grants. 🦄 Support us on Patreon…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Children In Space, Dark Forest, Mars Lava Tubes
What if two black holes with opposing spin merge? Can we use the Moon's L2 Lagrange point? How habitable are Mars's lava tubes? Can Starships compensate for…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Titan's Dragonfly Test, New Nuclear Rocket, Shadow Universe
The Titan Dragonfly is coming together, NASA is considering a new kind of nuclear rocket, getting more warning for solar flares, and pinpointing carbon…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Dark Curvature, Navigating the Oort Cloud, Future of Space Toilets
Should we change "Dark Matter" to "Dark Curvature"? How do you navigate through dense asteroid fields? What's the future of space toilets? Do aliens block…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Another Rover's Dead, Green Comet Incoming, JWST’s First Exoplanet
Keep your eyes on the sky for a comet, another Mars rover has died, the leaky Soyuz is going to be replaced, JWST dominates the American Astronomical Society…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Avoiding Kessler Syndrome
Mapping out all the space objects and understanding their orbits is the key to avoiding problems in orbit. What are the technical challenges and what's the…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Rings Around Stars, Laser Space Propulsion, Life on Cold Moons
How do we determine the velocities of objects in distant space? Can we use a laser a space engine on a spaceship? Can we find stars with rings? Is it possible…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Eruption on Io, Moon Navigation, Space-Based Power Test
NASA is looking for dangerous asteroids, Io is blasting lava into space, the solar wind could be creating water on the Moon, space power is finally getting a…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Are We Alone in The Universe? John Michael Godier's Event Horizon
This is part 2 of an interview I did with John Michael Godier on his show called Event Horizon. We talked about the Fermi Paradox and possible solutions to…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] A Realistic Way to Make Space Habitats From Asteroids
We can build space habitats from asteroids by spinning them fast enough. That's what Professor Adam Frank suggests in a recent paper he co-wrote. In this…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] 2022. Best Space Year Ever?
2022 has definitely been one of the best space years ever. James Webb, SLS, DART and many other major successes. So, let's turn around and remember what did…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Milky Way From Space, Terraforming the Moon, Visiting Mars Rovers
How can we know whether the Universe is infinite or not? Can something hide behind the Sun in Earth's L3 Lagrange point? Should we start with terraforming the…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Interstellar Travel Without Breaking Physics with Andrew Higgins
Interstellar travel can be real. And you don't need to break the laws of Physics to do it. In this interview, I discuss a realistic way we can send missions to…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] InSight Officially Dead // Detecting Warp Drives // New SLS Engine
It’s official, InSight is gone. Perseverance is putting samples onto the surface of Mars. More scientific results from James Webb, and using gravitational wave…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Dark Antimatter, Human Missions to Asteroids, Rockets and Global Warming
Does the Black Knight satellite really exist? Can JWST explore the Oort cloud? Did we hopelessly contaminate Mars with life? Would I fly on the dearMoon…
Universe Today Podcast[Breaking News] What FUSION IGNITION Really Means for The Future of Energy Production
This week we got an announcement that a historical milestone was achieved. Fusion Ignition. But what it really means for the future of energy production, what…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!
Splashdown! Artemis I has returned home. Webb has made its first Deep Field survey. Listen to the sound of a dust devil on Mars. Space journalist is going to…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Full Overview of Artemis 1
It’s been 50 years since humans set foot on the Moon. Entire generations were born after this historic accomplishment. But humanity has kept its eyes on the…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Should You Get a Degree, Straight Line Space Travel, Astronomy in 100 Years
How far away do constellations start to change? What if The Big Bang was more energetic? Which textbooks are good to learn astronomy? Is a university degree…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] John Michael Godier's Event Horizon. Can We Go Back to the Moon?
This is an interview I did with John Michael Godier on his show called Event Horizon. We talked about bringing people back to the Moon. With also discussed the…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Iconic Earthrise By Artemis 1, Rule-Breaking GRB, SpaceX Launches Starshield
Construction Begins on the Square Kilometer Array. Artemis I’s iconic crescent Earthrise picture. A gamma-ray burst that breaks all the rules. SpaceX launches…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Artificial Lights on Exoplanets, Sun's Black Dwarf Stage, Iron Asteroids | Q&A 202
Can there be habitable worlds around black holes? Where did Mars get its perchlorates from? How are iron meteorites formed? How will the Sun die? Will China…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Scientists Simulate a Quantum Wormhole, Black Hole Consumes a Star, More Moon Visitors
The best images from Artemis so far. More spacecraft are going to the Moon. Researchers have simulated a wormhole. China now has six people on board its space…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Black Holes VS Brown Dwarfs, Moon Telescopes, Galaxy Collision
Which ones are more invisible: black holes of brown dwarfs? Which cheap telescope should you get? Will the Artemis program start a new era in astronomy? What…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Space Questions Special
This time it's different. As always, it's your space questions, but not my answers. I invited my fellow space YouTubers to give their answers to help me with…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Asteroid Explodes Over Canada, Artemis I Updates, Very Large Telescope Improvements
Updates on Artemis I. Predicting an asteroid strike with stunning accuracy. Webb’s view of Titan. New adaptive optics for the Very Large Telescope.🦄 Support us…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Chance for Life After The Sun Dies with Dr Andrew Vanderburg
Is there a chance for life to continue after the Sun eventually explodes? Can we find evidence of potentially habitable planets near white dwarfs, remnants of…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Artemis 1 Launch, Secret Space Plane Returns, James Webb Protection Plan
SLS finally launches to the Moon. SpaceX get another contract from NASA. James Webb gets a protection plan from micrometeoroids. China continues to trash the…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] The Existential Threat of Solar Storms with Dr Benjamin Pope
How trees can tell us a story of previous solar storms? What are the chances of having another Carrington-scale event and what would it mean? How can we…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Harvesting Dark Energy, Making Own Telescope, Escaping Gravity Wells
How hard is it to escape the gravity wells of massive planets for other civilizations? How hard is it to make your own telescopes? How do gas clouds become…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] SLS In Trouble, James Webb Fixed, Strange Quark Star
JWST’s MIRI is fully operational again, have astronomers found the first strange star?, the first test of an inflatable heat shield, and SLS just got hit by a…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Dr Brian Keating interviews Fraser Cain
This in an interview with Dr Brian Keating that happened on his YouTube channel. We talk about how Universe Today runs, what do I want to achieve with it, how…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Quantum Computers for Astronomy, Catching Interstellar Guests, The Book Club
Can we catch the next interstellar visitor? Why do black holes' accretion disks glow? Can we make spaceships out of asteroids? How do we know that dark matter…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Worrying Solar Storm Data, Falcon Heavy is Back, Total Lunar Eclipse
Historical data about solar storms carved in trees, and it's a bit worrying. Falcon Heavy's back after 40 months of absence. There's a meteor shower and a…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] James Webb, LUVOIR and Mindblowing Future Projects
What's the current state of James Webb? What were the main technical difficulties and what does the future look like? What comes after JWST and LUVOIR? Will it…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] DART Successor, Fixing Space Debris, Viking Missions Controversy
If Moon was created with a big collision, where's the crater? Can we fix the space trash problem? Is doing Astronomy just a waste of money that can be better…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Bacteria That Can Survive on Mars for Millions of Years with Dr Michael Daly
How do we know that certain organisms can survive for millions of years in the conditions of Mars? What do we know about them? And where should we be looking…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Closest Black Hole Ever Discovered, Starlink as GPS, Early Life Killed Mars
There’s a monster black hole in our backyard (astronomically speaking). Life could survive underground on Mars for hundreds of millions of years. Starlink was…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Processing Astronomical Images with Judy Schmidt
All the nice space images you see on the web are processed. It's a complex process that takes the raw data from the instruments and turns them into a picture…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Spaceships Made of Ice, Best Space Pet, Astronomy and Photoshop
How do you clean up astronomy images and what part does Photoshop play in it? Can you make spaceships out of ice found in space? When will SpaceX carry people…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Understanding Dark Energy With Most Detailed Supernovae Survey | Dr Dillon Brout
Dark Energy will determine how the Universe will die. With the help of Pantheon+, the most detailed survey of Type 1A supernovae, astronomers can understand…
Universe Today Podcast[Meet the Team] Matt Williams, Writer
We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Matt Williams. Fraser and Matt discussed long format writing, stories about the…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] The Big Rip Averted, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Faster Than Light Jet
The Pillars of Creation revealed by JWST. It seems like Big Rip isn't happening after all. Black holes twisting spacetime into knots. Jets that seem to be…
Universe Today Podcast[The Big Q] What James Webb Discovered in Its First 100 Days
It has been exactly 100 days since we got the first images from JWST. Here's an overview of all the most important discoveries that the James Webb Space…
Universe Today Podcast[Meet the Team] Andy Tomaswick, Writer
We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Andy Tomaswick. Fraser and Andy talked about Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Huge Success with DART, JWST Sees Weird Rings, Moon's True Origin
DART’s results are in, it hammered Dimorphos, the Moon might just be a big chunk of the Earth, Webb sees bizarre rings around a star, and SLS gets a new launch…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] How Understanding The Sun Changes Entire Astronomy with Colin Stuart
How understanding the Sun can change our view of all the other stars in the Universe. What will current instruments and future mission will bring. And what are…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] JWST Worth the Hype? How to Build a Wormhole? How to Pass Van Allen Belts?
Are there alternatives to CMB? Will we ever build a space elevator? How can we see radiation coming from a black hole when nothing can escape it? Can you heat…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] The Future of Telescopes. Coronagraphs with Dr. Lucie Leboulleux
Coronographs will soon be in every major telescope. They can block the light from the star and reveal things around it, like exoplanets. There's so much…
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[Space Bites] Ads Taking Over Night Sky, DART Aftermath, Best JWST Image
Dimorphos grows a tail. More Europa pictures from Juno. The horrifying possibility of ads in night sky. Why Jupiter’s atmosphere is surprisingly hot.🦄 Support…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] True Nature of Science and Skepticism with Professor Peter Vickers
In this interview, Professor Peter Vickers and I talk about the scientific method, its true nature and its place in modern society. We talk about the…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Can JWST See Oumuamua, Why Go to The Moon, DART Images | Q&A 194
In this week's questions and answers show, I explain why a crewed mission to Venus or the Moon makes sense, if there's debris in the Lagrange Points, and why…
Universe Today Podcast[Meet The Team] Evan Gough, Writer
We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Evan Gough, who is the author of more than 1400 articles on the website. Fraser…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] SpaceX To Boost Hubble, NASA Smashes Asteroid, Exciting Enceladus Discoveries
Humanity moved an asteroid on purpose for the first time in history. Juno flies past Jupiter. A possible mission to boost Hubble, and a mysterious blob is…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Alternatives to Dark Matter by Paul Sutter
This is a bonus from my friend Paul Sutter. It is an episode from his podcast ''Ask A Spaceman'. He explains possible alternatives to Dark Matter, which is a…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Antimatter Black Holes, Wen Hop, Life Around Brown Dwarfs
In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when…
Universe Today Podcast[Meet The Team] Nancy Atkinson, Senior Editor
This week's behind the scenes interview is with Universe Today's senior editor, Nancy Atkinson. Nancy has been writing for Universe Today since the early days…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] JWST Problems, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points
James Webb has a problem with one of its most important instruments, SLS completes a crucial test before the next launch attempt, Europe wants to rival Crew…