BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49

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What will we learn from going back to the Moon? Is there dark matter in the Solar System? Which telescopes would be best for Time Delay Cosmography? And in Q&A+, which planets will be left after the Sun dies?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@N.Armstrng] Which telescopes will be best for Time Delay Cosmography?

• 05:28 [@notmanyeclipsesleft] What is the most important long-term information mankind will acquire from creating a permanent presence on the moon?

• 09:24 [@jessienotot3558] Would WW3 lead to the Kessler Syndrome?

• 12:55 [@sferrin2] Why does the Universe appear to be the same size in every direction?

• 14:49 [@geohondo] Do we know if dark matter possibly in our solar system?

• 15:49 [@kasieream1248] Which planet will the sun be left with as a white dwarf?

• 17:38 Outro

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Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn

📜 NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141

📜 Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:12 What are Fast Radio Bursts

• 09:07 Measuring distances with FRBs

• 18:00 How to improve the accuracy of measurements

• 24:60 Cosmic Positioning System

• 43:11 Alternative use cases

• 51:18 Current obsessions

• 52:23 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:00

🎬 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space Movies https://www.patreon.com/posts/153930141

📺 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space TV Series https://www.patreon.com/posts/153997969

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Which animal would be the make the best space pet? Who has priority access to Vera Rubin’s data? Is there a limit on how many telescopes can we put in a Lagrange point? And in Q&A+, what’s the current progress with spacesuits?

Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/s9XkvvAyx9g

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@churchdiscography] What kind of animal would make a good space pet?

• 01:30 [@jamesmnguyen] Do fish care about living in a microgravity environment?

• 02:22 [@trickymick] What is the process for flagging and following up on objects reported by the Vera Rubin?

• 06:26 [@IARRCSim] Do US scientists have priority for Vera Rubin's data?

• 07:17 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Could a telescope on Earth use the moon as a star shade?

• 08:49 [@Nomad77ca] Is there a limit to how many telescopes we could put out at L1?

• 10:01 [@terryhardaway3285] Did 3I/ATLAS have any effect on objects in the Kuiper belt?

• 15:00 [@kasieream1248] Will spacesuits ever change much?

• 16:52 Outro

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The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview.

👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M
👉 Coronagraph interview with Vanessa Bailey https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M

🟣 Guest: Celeste Hagee https://www.celestehagee.com/

📜 Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) IV: Analyzing CO2 Detections in the Near-IR to Determine the Long-Wavelength Cut-off for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Coronagraph https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12353

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:43 What could HWO see

• 06:20 Celeste's research

• 19:06 Findings

• 28:16 The quest of confirming extraterrestrial life

• 35:04 Current obsessions

• 39:00 Final thoughts

This is an EMERGENCY podcast about Project Hail Mary. Fraser's joined by Producer Anton discussing the movie, as well as the recently released Top-100 lists for movies and TV shows.

⚠️‼️⛔️THIS CONTAINS SPOLERS for Project Hail Mary⚠️‼️⛔️

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:06 SPOILER ALERT

• 01:48 Project Hail Mary

• 27:51 Top-100 movies

• 35:36 Top-100 TV shows

Top 100 movies
Top 100 TV Shows

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:07

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NASA overturns its future exploration plans, Rubin pipelines are filled with juicy data, dwarf galaxies hide overmassive black holes, Titan Dragonfly is coming together. And in Space Bites+, charting the history of a galaxy’s evolution.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:16 NASA Ignition https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-lays-out-ambitious-plans-f00or-moon-base-and-nuclear-mars-mission

• 06:49 First Follow-Up On Rubin’s Alert https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rubin-alert-leads-to-first-follow-up-observations-and-detection-of-four-supernovae

• 10:04 JWST Finds Overmassive Black Holes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-finds-more-overmassive-black-holes-this-time-in-dwarf-galaxies

• 11:15 Did Triton Do It? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-moon-that-tipped-a-planet

• 13:20 Milestone for Dragonfly https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-dragonfly-rotorcraft-begins-integration-and-testing-ahead-of-mission-to-titan

• 14:41 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 15:09 Baby Planets Directly Observed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/direct-confirmation-of-two-baby-planets-forming-around-a-young-sun-like-star

• 17:12 Team-Up for Saturn https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-webb-and-hubble-telescopes-look-at-saturn-in-a-different-light

• 18:44 Crab Nebula Evolution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/watching-25-years-of-expansion-in-the-crab-nebula-with-the-hubble

• 20:07 Galactic Archeology https://www.universetoday.com/articles/extragalactic-archaeology-a-new-method-to-understand-galaxy-growth-and-evolution

• 23:16 Project Hail Mary mini-review

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:02

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Does it get dark on Venus during the night? Which propulsion tech is the best for realistic interstellar travel? Which Astrophysicist is my favourite and why? And in Q&A+, what research would I do if I were a scientist, not a journalist?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@Smo1k] Does it get dark on Venus during the night?

• 01:39 [@trickymick] Could strange orbits of the dwarf planets be caused by an ancient stellar flyby?

• 02:25 [@SuatÖzdemirci] What's the best tech for realistic interstellar propulsion?

• 04:45 [@N.Armstrng] What happens when two black holes merge?

• 06:38 [@doogle4144] Why do I do patreon interviews?

• 11:14 [@happybuttersblast8334] Who is my favorite astrophysicist and why?

• 12:02 [@Kingtad1136] If I were a scientist and not a journalist, what would I focus my research on?

• 16:13 Outro

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The number of satellites has grown dramatically and it will continue to grow. But where's the limit? How many satellites can we realistically launch? Most people think that it's the Kessler Syndrome. Saturating the orbit with space debris until a chain reaction erupts. But there might be other limiting factors. What are they? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Professor Laura Revell https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Laura-Revell/publications

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:15 What happens to satellites upon re-entry

• 10:41 Rocket fuel emissions

• 24:13 Possible nuclear wars

• 29:07 Current obsession

• 34:45 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:04

👉 Send in your questions for Patreon Q&A here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153780788

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What kind of media can we expect from Titan Dragonfly? Could you track Artemis 2 with an amateur telescope? Can moons have moons that have moons? And in Q&A+, should journalists use more storytelling?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@geohondo] What media content can we expect from the Titan Dragonfly?

• 01:19 [@DamingoFlave] Could you track Artemis 2 with an amateur telescope?

• 02:52 [@TestingTesting-1234] Should we establish Aldrin cyclers between the earth and the moon?

• 05:11 [@kirkwagner461] Does Aldrin Cycler give you any delta-v advantage?

• 05:39 [@kairon156] Is there any plan to give the moon it's own GPS?

• 07:23 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Moon with a moon with a moon

• 08:21 [@SidVicious619-d5r] Can a moon not be tidally locked to a planet?

• 09:45 [@C.Lo.87] Can a white dwarf collect enough material to restart fusion?

• 13:04 [@paigepotter4682] Do you think space journalism should ever lean more into wonder and storytelling rather than strict explanation?

• 16:10 Outro

Full livestream: https://youtube.com/live/esBOfZhJTWk

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How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know what's going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Cole Nypaver https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/cole-nypaver

📜 Smithsonian Planetary Scientists Discover Recent Tectonic Activity on the Moon https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-planetary-scientists-discover-recent-tectonic-activity-moon

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:44 Is the Moon dead?

• 08:44 What created the faults

• 14:04 Returning to the Moon

• 24:24 Beyond just the Moon

• 26:58 Boulders on the Moon

• 33:37 Current obsessions

• 38:42 Final thoughts