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Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Can Anybody Stop SpaceX Now? (with Eric Berger)
Will SpaceX be able to deliver Starship in time for Artemis? Will Elon and Donald cancel SLS and replace it with Falcon Heavy? Is there any chance for real…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] How The Moon's Bumpy Gravitational Field Can Help Launch Things From Its Surface
Moon has a non-uniform bumpy gravitational field. We can use these anomalies to launch stuff off the surface of the Moon with electromagnetic launchers. How…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Zone of Avoidance Defied // Big Meteor Storm's Coming // Ozone Hole Shrinks
Some good environmental news, the Roman Space Telescope gets its mirror, astronomers defy the zone of avoidance, and moving stars halfway across the Milky Way
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Are Membrane Telescopes The Future of Space-Based Astronomy?
Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Spin Limit of Earth, True Colours of Exoplanets, Danger from Space Samples
How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space agencies…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World
Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Is Sgr A* Image Wrong? // New Voyager-1 Problems // Another Sub-Surface Ocean
Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion.
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan
How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] New Hope for TRAPPIST-1 // ISS Successor // Milky Way Particle Accelerator
What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] How JWST Changed Our Understanding of Star Formation
We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Shrinking Sgr A*, Prime Directive for Mars, Dark Energy Detectors
Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space?…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Europa Clipper Liftoff // What's Next for Starship // Jiggly Great Red Spot
Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot.
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] Jupiter's Ultimate Faith, New Targets for New Horizons, My Favourite Moons
What's the best way to do science communication? Will Jupiter expand when the Sun dies? How would aliens experience their environment? Can New Horizons get new…
Universe Today Podcast[Special] ABSOLUTE Success! Full Analysis of SpaceX's Crazy Starship IFT-5
SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Enormous Space Structure // Asteroid Inspector Launched // Starship Flight 5 Date
A new spacecraft is going to look at the aftermath from the DART mission, the Milky Way is part of a much, much larger structure, an early galaxy that’s…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Why No Missions to Mars' Poles? What Does X-37B Really Do? Why Continue With SLS?
How old is the Universe? Why do no missions go to Mars' ice poles? What does X-37B actually do? Why not abandon the SLS? Can Starship solve the problems…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] ISS Leaks // Crew Dragon's Backup Plan // Planet at Barnard's Star
Planets at Bernard’s Star, Chinese lunar spacesuits, Voyager 2 Has to power down one of its instruments, and a comet seen from space.
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] New Voyagers, Disc Golf on Mars, Limits of Future Telescopes
What are the limits for the telescopes of the future? Can you play disk golf on Mars or the Moon? Will all galaxies eventually fade away? When will we launch…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Explanation for Potential Dyson Spheres // Starlink Pollution // Super Heavy Recovered
Those aren’t Dyson Spheres they’re hotDOGs, the best gravitational lens in the Universe, new Starlinks are really bright in the radio, and SpaceX recovers its…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] What Happens If We Find Extraterrestrial Life?
Are we alone in the Universe? Probably, one of the most important questions one can ask. So, how are we currently trying to answer it and what happens when we…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Throwing Tools from Orbit, Sun's Place in the Galaxy, Reusing Parts of ISS
What happens if astronauts throw stuff from orbit? Can we travel through a black hole? What is our Sun's place in the Milky Way? How can human spaceflight…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] The Rings of Earth // Servicing JWST at L2 // Mission to Neptune
Could we repair missions like JWST and Gaia? Polaris Dawn returns to Earth, did Earth once have rings? and a peanut-shaped asteroid just drifted past Earth.
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Can AI Destroy the World And How Can We Prevent It
This is an unusual interview for my channel. It's mostly about AI, our current developments and the threats it poses to us.
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Gravity Assist Speed Limit, Double Gravitational Lenses, Phones in Space
What's the maximum speed you can get from a gravity assist? Can we have a double gravitational lens? What do you need to do to a phone to sent it to space?…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Historical Spacewalk // A Star with Insane Resolution // Iron Winds on a Planet
Polaris Dawn launches and completes the first private spacewalk, the surface of a giant star is resolved with incredible detail, Starliner comes home empty…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] The Interview You All Have Been Asking For. Asteroseismology
Stars oscillate. Even the Sun does. And we can learn a lot about them by studying those oscillations. How is it done and what can we learn? Finding out in this…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Bringing Voyagers Back, Europa Clipper's Power Source, JWST Deep Field
What would it take to bring the Voyagers back to Earth? When will we see a true deep field by Webb? Why is Europa Clipper solar-powered? Why do black holes…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] China’s Mars Sample Return Announced // Strange Sounds from Starliner // Asteroid Fireball
Another asteroid hit exactly where astronomers predicted, a monster asteroid rolled Ganymede over onto its side, strange sounds coming from Starliner, and…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] x1,000 Resolution of JWST But x1,000 Cheaper
Interferometers are a great tool for getting incredible resolution without building giant mirrors. Why don't all telescopes use it? What projects should we…
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] Starship Satellites, Alternatives to Black Holes, The Best Lifeform
Could entangled electrons be used for FTL communications? Will Starship enable better satellites? Could we detect radiation on another world? Are there…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Betelgeuse's Secret Companion // Starliner Fail Confirmed // New Glenn Launch Date
Is Betelgeuse a binary star? Starliner is coming home empty. New Glenn is on schedule to launch NASA’s next mission to Mars. NASA’s solar sail unfurls.
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] China's Space Science, Colour of Neutron Stars, Sun's 11-Year Cycle
Why does the Sun have an 11-year cycle? Would I rather have a Venus mission or a Jovian moon mission? Do black holes attract other black holes? Can Chinese…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Wow! Signal Solved // Consequences of DART // Blue Origin Explosion
The DART mission is going to create a meteor shower on Earth, an explanation for the Wow! Signal, big problems with New Glenn, and JUICE completes a flyby of…
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] New Space Stations, Rocket Size Limit, Surviving Mass Extinction
Have I ever messed up a recording? Are there plans for new space stations? Is there a limit to the size of an orbital rocket? Will humanity survive the next…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Can PLATO Be The Mission To Finally Find Earth 2.0?
The quest to find an Earth-sized planet around a Sun-like star continues. One of the telescopes that could achieve it is ESA's Plato mission. How will it be…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Huge Lake on Mars // Fate of Milkdromeda // Hope for VIPER Rover
Vast amounts of water found on Mars, but there’s a catch, Milky Way and Andromeda might not merge after all, a planet found before it gets destroyed, and an…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Can Dark Matter Solve One Of The Biggest Mysteries of Black Holes?
The final parsec problem is a mystery that is yet to be answered by cosmology. On paper, supermassive black holes shouldn't merge. But yet they do. Why is it…
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] Why Is Uranus On Its Side? A Telescope for $200? Can We Build More Planets?
What's the most challenging part of Astronomy? What happened to Uranus? Which telescope to get for $200? Could we detect Voyager-like spacecraft flying through…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Why Is Nobody Talking About Multi-Stage Interstellar Spaceships?
Interstellar travel might not be as impossible as most people think. Especially if we adopt the multi-stage approach that we already use in everyday rockets…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] China's Space Junk // Graphene on the Moon // Best Meteor Shower Is Here
It’s time for the Perseids meteor shower, Gaia has found hundreds of asteroid moons, Starliner is still in question, and where does the Moon’s atmosphere come…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] How Simulated Observations Help Future Telescopes
Future telescopes like Vera Rubin and Nancy Grace Roman will generate a lot of data. This will be a big challenge. To get ready for it astronomers use…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Things Falling Into Black Holes, Interstellar Medium, Beyond Science
What happens to the stuff that falls into black holes? Do supergiants have sunspots? How can you do a gravitational slingshot from the Sun? Answering all these…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] When Will James Webb Finally Reveal the TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres Results?
TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most interesting systems out there. JWST did observe them but we still don't have the results from all of them. Why is that and when…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Dark Oxygen in Deep Ocean // Solar Cycles // Starliner Suspense
We’ve learned much more from the DART mission, dark oxygen is being generated at the bottom of the ocean, Starliner is almost ready to come home, and we might…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Discussing Starship's Fifth Test Flight with John Michael Godier
John Michael Godier and Universe Today's Fraser Cain discuss the exciting developments in space exploration, focusing on Spacex and the upcoming fifth test…
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] Expanding Universe, Starship Telescopes, Quasi Stars VS Black Holes
What happened at the earliest stages of the Universe and what is it expanding into? Can they just put a telescope inside a Starship? Why do I like the NIAC…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Fluids Get Really Weird In Space. NIAC 2024
Fluids behave very differently in space. We can make good use of it. For example, a recent NIAC grant was awarded to investigate a Magnetohydrodynamic Drive…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] GAIA Damaged // Possible Signs of Life on Mars // Lava Tubes Mapped
Gaia was hit by a micrometeoroid and a solar storm, mapping a lunar lava tube from space, both Mars rovers found fascinating rocks, and a direct image of the…
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] Telescopes Shooting Lasers, Assembling Telescopes in Space, Growing Plants on Mars
What are those lasers shooting out from telescopes? Can we build a space elevator? Could we grow plants in Mars regolith? Why not assemble telescopes in space?…
Universe Today Podcast[Special] Everything NASA Discovered from YEAR 2 of JWST
It's already been two years of JWST operations. In this episode we accumulated all the major science results, all the amazing images and graphs, all the…
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Europa Clipper in Danger // NASA Cancels VIPER // Dune Style Space Suit
Europa Clipper might be delayed. NASA is cancelling its VIPER lunar rover mission. Mapping the dark matter in a dwarf galaxy. And a real-life stillsuit.
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Finding Interstellar Visitors Flying Through The Solar System
Oumuamua and Borisov were the first interstellar visitors found by humanity. There should be many more of them. How can we find it and what will it mean for…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Patreon Q&A Special. June 2024
This is an episode of our Patreon-exclusive Q&A show that I do with my producer Anton.
Universe Today Podcast[Overtime Q&A] Poison for Stars, Moon Telescope VS JWST, Solar System Killer Star
Can Iron kill stars like poison? Will a Moon telescope be better than JWST? Can a fast-moving star be fatal for the Solar System? Which worlds are the best to…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] Observing Black Holes With Just One Telescope
Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated…
Universe Today Podcast[Bonus] Pale Blue Pod Interview
This is an interview with me on the Pale Blue Pod podcast. We did talk about publishing in the space and astronomy sector. Enjoy!
Universe Today Podcast[Space Bites] Eyeball Exoplanet // Plant to Terraform Mars // Smelly Find by JWST
A strange eye ball world seen by Webb, did ancient astronomers see a kilonova in the sky, extreme moss that could handle Mars, and Ariane 6 flies successfully…
Universe Today Podcast[Q&A] Intergalactic Stars, Sun Switching Poles, A Second Sun
Can stars be born without a parent galaxy? Can quasars destroy life in an entire galaxy? Is there another planet in our Solar System after all? Did the Sun…
Universe Today Podcast[Interview] The Quest for Earth 2.0: Discovering Exoplanets by Suppressing Starlight
Seeing an Earth-like planet around a Sun-like star isn't possible with current telescopes. The difference in brightness is just too big. But future space…