Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.

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January 20, 2025 [Interview] Life in Space WITHOUT Planets
We're used to look for life on exoplanets. But what if we're looking in the wrong place? Can life exist without a planet? Finding out in this interview.
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Robin Wordsworth
https://eps.harvard.edu/people/robin-wordsworth
📜 Self-sustaining living habitats in extraterrestrial environments
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.14477
00:00 Intro
00:59 Life on Earth
03:57 Life without a planet
27:32 Finding life with no planet
35:50 Terraforming Mars
35:50 Current obsessions
42:00 Bonus part and more interviews
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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January 17, 2025[Space Bites] Gaia Is Dead // Two MegaRockets in One Day // JWST’s Biggest Mystery Solved
The Gaia mission is over, New Glenn gets to orbit, SpaceX catches SuperHeavy but loses Starship, and we finally get an explanation for little red dots.
🚀 Ask your questions:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/patrons-send-in-120156795
00:00 Intro
00:18 Gaia is over
https://www.universetoday.com/170452/the-gaia-missions-science-operations-are-over/
02:51 SpaceX Starship IFT-7
04:53 Blue Origin New Glenn NG-1
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-ng-1-mission v
06:54 Double Moon Launch
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/blue-ghost-lunar-lander-heads-to-the-moon/
08:16 Flares from Sgr A
https://www.universetoday.com/170444/astronomers-see-flares-coming-from-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/
09:58 Vote results
https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community
10:37 Explanation for the Little Red Dots
https://www.universetoday.com/170430/webb-provides-an-explanation-for-little-red-dots/
14:15 Origin of Earth's latest quasimoon
https://www.universetoday.com/170427/earths-temporary-moon-might-have-come-from-the-moon/
15:39 Observing the changing Universe
https://www.universetoday.com/170412/the-webb-shows-us-where-cosmic-dust-comes-from/
17:24 NIAC 2025
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-2025-selections/
18:17 Guide to Space newsletter
18:57 Ask your questions
📺 VIDEO VERSION
#TODO_LINK
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21min
January 16, 2025[Q&A] Humanity's First Megaproject, Will NASA Skip the Moon for Mars, Other Local Groups
Are there any other local groups of galaxies out there? Did the high temperature of the Universe create life? Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.
🦄 Additional Overtime episode:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-120001337
00:00 Start
00:25 Do we know of other 'local groups' of galaxies?
05:05 Did the temperature of the Universe create life?
08:37 What would be the first megaproject in space?
11:46 Can we move dirty production to the Moon?
16:09 Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars?
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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[email protected]
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23min
January 15, 2025[Interview] What Will It Take to Find All The Exoplanets? MAUVE and Beyond
How will the upcoming MAUVE telescope fit into the search for exoplanets? What science goals will it have? How will future instruments and telescopes help? Finding out in this interview.
🦄 Get the extra part for free here:

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Emily Rickman
https://www.emilyrickman.com/
📜 MAUVE: Mission to Analyze the UltraViolet universE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04164
👉 More interviews:
Nancy Grace Roman's Coronagraph https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M
Habitable Worlds Observatory's Coronagraph https://youtu.be/pk9dLIw3IEM
Searching for planets around red dwarf stars https://youtu.be/p8X_qrtxPm8
Plato mission https://youtu.be/TofP5yeqNLg
Gaia mission https://youtube.com/live/iHcLBZaC5x4
JWST & Quantum Telescopes https://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao
00:00 Intro
02:05 UV astronomy
08:21 What is MAUVE
18:28 Science goals
26:16 Future instruments
35:35 Current obsessions
40:21 Bonus part
41:03 More interviews
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter
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43min
January 14, 2025[Q&A] First Terrestrial Planets, Expanding Universe VS Gravity, Black Hole Lagrange Points
When did the first terrestrial planets form? How can galaxies collide when the Universe is expanding? Do black holes have Lagrange points? Answering all these questions and more.
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
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00:00 Start
00:25 When would the first terrestrial planets have formed?
04:40 Did humanity stall with spaceflight?
11:44 If the Universe is expanding, how can galaxy crash into each other?
15:12 How can a teenager help in space exploration?
19:06 Do black holes have Lagrange points?
21:15 Can we watch alien TV?
24:53 Are we alone in the Universe?
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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33min
January 13, 2025 [Interview] 10 Year Search for Dark Matter in Antarctica
How can neutrinos help us find dark matter? How a 10-year search can give null results and what significance does it have? What's next for this direction? Finding out in this interview.
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
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00:00 Intro
01:34 Why Neutrinos
14:03 High energy VS low energy search
17:04 Bonus Part: Null results
18:15 What's next
32:27 Current obsessions
34:54 More interviews
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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[email protected]
⚖️ LICENSE
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37min
January 10, 2025[Space Bites] BIG Mars Sample Return Update // Three HUGE Launches // EPIC Comet Incoming
We’ve got two new options for NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission, an explanation for why Mars can get planet-wide dust storms, stealing secrets from Conan the Bacterium, and we could see a really bright comet next week.
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00:00 Intro
00:18 Two options for Mars Sample Return mission
https://www.universetoday.com/170329/nasa-lays-out-two-new-options-for-mars-sample-return/
03:45 Global dust storms on Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/170270/new-study-explains-how-mars-dust-storms-can-engulf-the-planet/
05:19 Mimicking a super-bacteria
https://www.universetoday.com/170266/this-superbacteria-can-withstand-enough-radiation-to-kill-a-person/
06:50 Origin of the Pluto Charon system
https://www.universetoday.com/170313/heres-how-pluto-and-charon-became-a-bizarre-double-planet/
08:55 Vote results
09:31 Loosing the night sky to satellites
https://www.universetoday.com/170339/astronomers-are-losing-the-night-sky-and-radio-sky-to-satellite-megaconstellations/
12:21 Bright Comet incoming
https://www.universetoday.com/170008/will-comet-g3-atlas-perform-at-perihelion/
13:59 Tree big launches
16:03 Guide to space
16:40 Mystery with ads
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19min
January 09, 2025[Q&A] Reaching The Great Attractor, Hiding UFO Accidents, NASA Avoiding Searching for Life
Can the government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents? Is NASA avoiding looking for life? How will Hubble Tension help science?
🦄 Additional Overtime episodes:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-119511175
00:00 Start
00:25 Can government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents?
05:11 Is NASA avoiding looking for life?
11:21 How will Hubble Tension help science?
16:52 What happens when we reach The Great Attractor?
📺 VIDEO VERSION
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21min
January 09, 2025 [Bonus] Extra Part. Interview with Harry Brodsky
This is a bonus part for the interview with Harry Brodsky where he talks about his underwater research experience.
🦄 Subscribe to Patreon to get these bonus episodes in future:
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📺 Full Interview
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10min
January 09, 2025 [Interview] This Element Is Critical for Extraterrestrial Life. And It's Not Carbon
Searching for life is complicated. Which elements are critical and which ones are not? Which can we count as biosignatures and which can occur without life? Which role does Phosphorus play in all that?
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00:00 Intro
01:36 Phosphorus and Earth life
21:42 Biosignatures and Phosphorus
38:00 Bonus part: Underwater Biology
38:51 Current obsessions
45:04 Final thoughts
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