Universe Today Podcast

Episode 755: Q&A 153: How High Can Bacteria Survive? And More...

07.22.2021 - By Fraser CainPlay

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In the season finale of my questions show, I talk about high-altitude bacteria, traveling into the future, does it make sense to go back to University, and more. See you all in September!

00:00 Start

01:10 How high an altitude can bacteria survive?

04:02 Should I go back to university?

06:29 Could we terraform Venus with comets?

08:49 Could we detect life in Andromeda?

11:04 Could aliens perceive time differently?

13:01 Why do spacecraft use such old hardware?

15:20 What do I think about the billionaire space race?

17:16 How many satellites can we see?

19:31 Would I cryosleep into the future?

20:30 Should we only build smaller space telescopes?

24:40 Did we used to have better knowledge of the cosmos?

27:10 How would life be different close to a black hole?

29:22 Is there a business model for Starship?

31:23 Am I disappointed Trident wasn't chosen by NASA?

33:19 Are we the generation to find life beyond Earth?

34:25 How much better will LIGO get?

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