Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

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December 20, 2024[Space Bites] TRAPPIST-1b Atmosphere // 2 Landers 1 Rocket // NO Magma Ocean for Io
More landers are going to the Moon; maybe TRAPPIST 1b has an atmosphere after all; Perseverance climbs up to the rim of Jezero Crater and a supermassive black hole rolls over onto its side.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 2 Landers 1 Rocket
03:02 Trappist-1b atmosphere update
https://www.universetoday.com/170140/one-of-the-most-interesting-exoplanets-just-got-even-more-interesting/
05:03 No magma ocean for Io
https://www.universetoday.com/170123/new-research-suggests-io-doesnt-have-a-shallow-ocean-of-magma/
08:00 Eat. Rest. Repeat
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/massive-black-hole-in-the-early-universe-spotted-taking-a-nap-after-overeating
10:07 Binary star near Sgr A
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2418/
11:46 Black hole on its side
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/black-holes/nasa-finds-sideways-black-hole-using-legacy-data-new-techniques/
13:14 Vote results
https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community
13:56 Progress for Nancy Grace Roman
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasa-successfully-integrates-roman-missions-telescope-instruments/
15:12 Rim of the Jezero crater
https://www.universetoday.com/170103/nasas-perseverance-rover-reaches-the-top-rim-of-the-jezero-crater/
16:55 ISS Astrophotography from Don Petit
https://www.universetoday.com/170146/astronaut-don-pettit-is-serious-he-rigged-up-astrophotography-gear-on-the-iss/
19:15 Last minute gift
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December 19, 2024 [Q&A] Ice-Covered Moon, Nature of Spaghettification, Adapting to Mars
How bright would the Moon be if it was covered with ice not regolith? How does spaghettification happen near black holes? How will the human body adapt to Mars's gravity after the long journey? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:26 How will our body adapt to Mars after the long journey to it?

04:06 How does spaghettification happen near black holes?
07:55 Could advanced civilizations ignite stars?
10:53 How can we be in the center of a hot bubble with multiple supernovae?
13:35 What would happen if the Moon was covered with ice?
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December 18, 2024[Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond
Ion engines can be a very efficient way to travel not only through our Solar System but even beyond. What kinds of ion engines are there? How are they different? What kind of missions can we expect? Finding out in this interview.
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Dan Fries
https://engr.uky.edu/people/dan-fries
📜 Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems with Optimal Specific Impulses for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385172298_Advanced_Electric_Propulsion_Systems_with_Optimal_Specific_Impulses_for_Fast_Interstellar_Precursor_Missions
00:00 Intro
01:20 What are ion engines
11:49 Possible Missions
18:15 Solar gravitational lens
30:42 Interstellar travel
34:04 Bonus part
35:10 Current obsessions
38:19 More interviews
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December 17, 2024[Q&A] Space Base on Phobos, Starship Returning from Mars, Hibernation During Space Travel
Will we have a space base on Phobos? Will hibernation help us to cope with long-distance space travel? How will Starship be returning from Mars? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:24 Why not build a space station at Phobos?
02:33 How long would it take for live to evolve to human level again?
05:23 How to cope with radiation during long-distance space travel?
09:58 How will humans get back from Mars on a Starship?
15:01 Will hibernation help us survive during space travel?
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22min
December 13, 2024[Space Bites] Game Over for Gaia // Why Ingenuity Crashed // Humanity's First Quasar
We finally learn why Ingenuity crashed. Gaia is nearing the end of its life. NASA is planning cargo deliveries to the Moon. And a twin of the Milky Way, seen in infancy by Webb.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Why Ingenuity crashed
02:58 End of Gaia
05:52 Cargo missions for the Moon
07:34 Mass of the Milky Way
09:13 Vote results
09:47 Solar flares
12:30 Cosmic rays
14:47 Milky Way's early twin
16:25 Humanity's first quasar
17:56 Interviews
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21min
December 12, 2024[Q&A] Fighting Light Pollution, Venus Holding Its Atmosphere, Space Under New Administration
How can one fight light pollution? What will happen to space exploration in our modern political climate? Why doesn't Venus lose its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:23 How can Venus hang on to its atmosphere without a magnetic field?
02:17 What will happen to space exploration?
08:45 Would we see a Sgr A quasar from Earth if it became one?
11:54 How to fight light pollution?
15:36 What's going on with the "Crisis in Cosmology"?
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24min
December 10, 2024[Q&A] Milky Way from the ISS, Poking a Black Hole, Sun Bringing The Moon Closer
How don't comets lose all their mass really quickly? Where are all the photos of the Milky Way from the ISS? Can you reach out from orbit and poke a black hole with a stick? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:24 Comets and their tails
04:06 Where are the pictures of the Milky Way from the ISS?
08:36 Will the Sun's expansion bring the Moon closer to Earth?
11:27 Can you poke a black hole with a stick?
13:35 When did 'our' part of the Universe form?
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21min
December 09, 2024[Interview] How Black Widow Pulsars Can Be A Sign of Star-Eating Aliens
Black Widow pulsars consume their partners. But if there were advanced alien species, it could be a perfect way to produce energy and move the stars around. They could also use pulsars as a global galactic navigation system. How exactly could they achieve it? Finding out in this interview.
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Clément Vidal
https://www.clemvidal.com/
📜 The Spider Stellar Engine: a Fully Steerable Extraterrestrial Design?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05038
📜 Pulsar Positioning System: A quest for evidence of extraterrestrial engineering
https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.03316
00:00 Intro
01:33 Stellarvore
07:48 Moving stars around
17:57 Technosignatures
25:17 Pulsar galactic navigation system
29:44 Messaging system
39:43 Noosphere
43:48 Bonus part
44:08 Current obsessions
46:43 Final thoughts
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December 06, 2024 [Space Bites] Trump's New NASA Administrator // Artemis Delayed Again // No Oceans in Venus' Past
Trump announces his choice for the new NASA administrator, we’ve got a new date for Artemis III, Venus might have never had liquid oceans, and finding habitable planets around white dwarf stars.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 NASA's New Administrator
02:08 Delays for Artemis 2 and 3
05:09 More evidence for gravitational waves background
07:35 Venus' past
09:38 Potential habitable planets around white dwarfs
12:26 Vote results
12:51 Vera Rubin and interstellar visitors
14:18 Moon rescue mission
15:55 Galaxy cluster coming together
17:45 Jupiter at opposition
18:57 Gift for space enthusiasts
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21min
December 05, 2024[Q&A] JWST in Different Spectra, Milky Way Losing Stars, Mystery of the Sun's Corona
Does building more JWSTs for different parts of the spectrum make sense? Are star types predetermined at their birth? Can you cook a pizza on the Sun? Why is the Sun's corona hotter than its surface? Are there binary supermassive black holes? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:25 Does it make sense to have JWST in a different spectrum?
04:07 Are star types determined at their birth?
07:50 Thoughts about the flat Earth?
09:57 Can we see the light from the Big Bang?
11:54 Are there binary supermassive black holes?
13:59 What would a pizza cooked directly on the Sun taste like?
15:17 Why is the corona of the Sun hotter that its surface?
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