Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

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July 15, 2024[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 and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method.
🟣 Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowd
https://www.mattodowd.space/
📜 Resolving the Vicinity of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational
Microlensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.10500
👉 PBS Spacetime
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00:00 Intro
01:45 Observing gravitationally lensed quasars
12:58 Why Vera Rubin
19:04 Best case scenario
23:22 What do we know about black holes
38:21 Current obsessions
44:31 Final thoughts
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July 15, 2024 [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!
🔵 Pale Blue Pod:
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July 12, 2024[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 to space (mostly).
👁️ Anton Petrov's video about the Eyeball planet:
https://youtu.be/SQv5yso1CXQ?si=n7FVm-E59YmXLv91
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Eyeball planet
https://www.universetoday.com/167735/exoplanet-could-be-an-enormous-version-of-europa/
02:53 Habitable zones
https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnrasl/slae064/7709457
05:04 Ancient kilonova
https://www.universetoday.com/167721/ancient-people-saw-a-kilonova-light-up-the-sky/
07:26 Moss to terraform Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/167715/the-rugged-desert-moss-best-equipped-to-survive-on-mars/
09:19 Vote results
10:02 Smelly planet
https://www.universetoday.com/167728/webb-detects-the-smell-of-rotten-eggs-in-an-exoplanets-atmosphere/
11:11 Gravitatiionally lensed quasar
https://www.universetoday.com/167700/webb-looks-at-one-of-the-best-gravitationally-lensed-quasars-ever-discovered/
12:08 Intermediate size black hole
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_finds_evidence_for_rare_black_hole_in_Omega_Centauri
14:58 China's DART mission
https://www.planetary.org/articles/china-targets-its-first-planetary-defense-test-mission
16:18 Ariane-6
17:47 Reusability
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July 09, 2024[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 have a sibling star at some point? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:51 Are there stars without a parent galaxy?
04:43 Can quasars sterilize their galaxies?
08:57 Did we find Dyson spheres?
13:04 Will I consider using LLMs in my work?
16:32 Is there a ninth planet?
19:19 If no Planet X is found, are black holes the only explanation?
21:25 If nothing spun, would there still be gravity?
23:41 Can telescopes at L2 see on the other side of the Sun?
27:07 Do we have a second star?
29:49 Is going to the Moon before Mars the right idea?
33:21 How do we know single pixel images aren't just noise?
36:44 Can the Sun switch its axis?
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July 08, 2024[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 telescopes will have multiple tricks up their sleeve specifically for that. Which ones? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr Bertrand Mennesson
https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/mennesson/
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00:00 Intro
01:16 Resolving Earth-size world around a Sun-like star
08:13 Coronagraphs and Adaptive optics
21:10 Other ideas
34:59 Nulling
39:00 Nancy Grace Roman
43:19 Unlimited budget telescope
49:58 Current obsessions
53:33 Final thoughts
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July 06, 2024[Space Bites] Special Earth // Space LEGO from ESA // Amazing Perseverance Fix
Plate tectonics could be incredibly rare, LEGO bricks made from actual space rocks, mapping the Milky Way’s dark matter halo, and Perseverance’s SHERLOC instrument is fully operational again.
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00:00 Intro
00:17 Rare plate tectonics
https://www.universetoday.com/167659/plate-tectonics-might-only-occur-on-0-003-of-planets-that-makes-earth-very-special-indeed/
02:44 Findings from OSIRIS-REx samples
https://www.universetoday.com/167594/asteroid-samples-were-once-part-of-a-wetter-world/
04:21 Fast internet for the ISS
https://www.universetoday.com/167625/the-space-station-now-has-blisteringly-fast-internet/
05:43 Space LEGO bricks
https://www.universetoday.com/167675/lego-bricks-printed-out-of-space-dust/
07:10 Vote results
08:06 Mapping Milky Way's dark natter halo
https://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/info/1031/9340.htm
10:21 Mars meteorites
https://www.universetoday.com/167645/basketball-sized-meteorites-strike-the-surface-of-mars-every-day/
11:49 Lunar swirls
https://www.universetoday.com/167646/mysterious-swirls-on-the-moon-could-be-explained-by-underground-magma/
13:02 Mars recovery
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/detective-work-enables-perseverance-team-to-revive-sherloc-instrument/
14:49 Kuiper belt might be bigger than we thought
https://www.universetoday.com/167661/more-evidence-that-the-kuiper-belt-is-bigger-than-we-thought/
16:22 Polars Dawn launch date
17:18 Amazing images and videos
19:23 More space news
20:06 Amazing rescues
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June 27, 2024[Space Bites] SpaceX Gets $849M to Destroy the ISS // Moon Samples Land // Waves on Titan
China returns samples from the far side of the Moon, SpaceX will be de-orbiting ISS, could you surf the methane waves on Titan, and who knows when Starliner is coming home
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Samples from the far side of the Moon
01:41 China test a reusable rocket booster
02:41 SpaceX will deorbit ISS
05:13 Map of nearby stars
06:51 Vote results
07:40 Primordial black holes and dark matter
10:11 Waves on Titan
11:51 Garbage in the Mediterranean
13:05 Starliner still at the ISS
14:08 More space news
15:07 Awesome space images
16:32 Why don't they just
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June 27, 2024[Interview] Practically FREE Primordial Gravitational Waves Detector
Not every new space mission needs a separate launch and dedicated hardware. With this proposal, there's a huge potential for finding signals from primordial black holes by just using signals from a spacecraft flying to Uranus or Neptune. No additional hardware required.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:39 Gravitational waves detector on a Uranus mission
00:15:05 Gravitational wavelengths
00:22:54 How could the mission be better
00:35:25 Direct collapse of black holes
00:50:37 Observing black hole accretion disks
00:58:59 Current obsessions
01:05:35 Final thoughts
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June 25, 2024[Q&A] Objects Falling Into The Sun, Hubble 2 from Space Force, Slowest Speed in the Universe
How often do objects fall into the Sun? Why do some stars explode as novae, not as Type 1a supernovae? Can the US Army just donate NASA a Hubble 2? Will humans be living underground on Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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00:00 Start
00:37 [Andoria] Why nova, not a Type 1a supernova?
05:15 [Vulcan] How often objects fall into the Sun?
06:42 [Risa] Can US army gift NASA a Hubble 2?
09:55 [Aeturen] What findings can prioritize their colonization?
12:36 [Vendikar] What are the chances that NASA will abandon Artemis?
15:06 [Remus] Would lunar dust be an issue for lunar telescopes?
17:07 [Janus] Will humans on Mars live underground?
20:10 [Cait] Are there plans to visit Uranus?
23:42 [Betazed] How do black holes keep up with the conservation of angular momentum?
25:43 [Cheleb] What is the most exciting discovery in astronomy in recent years?
27:52 [Nimbus] Did efforts to search for life outside planet Earth have intensified over time?
32:18 [Belos] Do all neutron star collisions create black holes?
35:08 [Lyar] What is the slowest speed in the Universe?
36:25 [Zalcon] Can we see the back of own head with a no-limits-telescope?
37:56 [Arret] Does anyone think our loudness in space will attract a dangerous civilization?
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June 24, 2024Practical Use for AI and Machine Learning in Science
AI is practically everywhere right now. But what practical use does it have in science? How can machine learning and large language models help in Astronomy and Cosmology? What can they look like and what use can we get out of them?
🟣 Guest: Dr Mike Smith
https://www.mjjsmith.com/
👉 AstroPT on GitHub: https://github.com/Smith42/astroPT
👉 AstroPT Discord: discord.gg/MNEVegvfJq
📜 AstroPT: Scaling Large Observation Models for Astronomy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14930
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00:00 Intro
01:40 AI in modern science
05:33 Astronomy data for AstroPT
10:50 How does it work
17:15 How people can use AstroPT
19:58 Training data
22:45 Better understanding of Physics
28:58 What's next
38:51 The perfect data to feed AI
43:55 Current obsessions
47:40 Final thoughts
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