Universe Today Podcast

Long-chain hydrocarbons found on Mars, has dark energy been decreasing over time? a completely flat telescope lens, the center of the Milky Way contains a star grinder. And in our free version on Patreon, a new theory for the formation of Mercury.

Will astronauts be eventually replaced by robots in space? Is there a plan for a replacement for the Kepler telescope? Do Intuitive Machines failures mean that Starship HLS is kind of in danger? And in our free bonus question on Patreon, will Artemis become 100% SpaceX? All this and more in this Q&A show.

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:30 Will astronauts be replaced by robots?

• 05:12 Is the vertical Starship HLS in danger?

• 07:44 What does NASA budget cuts mean for Chandra?

• 11:53 Are there any plans to repalce Kepler?

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Titan is the only known world except Earth that has liquid on its surface and a dense atmosphere. We are planning to send a nuclear helicopter called Dragonfly to explore it. What can we expect from Titan? Finding out in this interview.

Should we be colouring our star green to make it stand out for potential aliens? What would it take for a space station to be fully self-sufficient? What happened to LUVOIR which was supposed to be a bigger version of JWST? And in our free bonus question on Patreon, can you win a Nobel Prize by watching YouTube videos. All this and more in this Q&A.

Blue Ghost wraps up two busy weeks on the Moon with a sunset, good news, the death star isn’t pointing at us, and a new option for the Mars Sample Return mission. And our longer edition on Patreon, how supernovae could have caused two of Earth’s mass extinction events.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:19 Blue Ghost's eclipse and sunset
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-is-a-lunar-eclipse-seen-from-the-moon

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-ghost-watches-the-lunar-sunset-signalling-the-end-of-its-mission

• 02:45 Some science for Athena IM-2
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-instrument-on-the-failed-lunar-lander-did-a-little-science

• 04:25 Good News about the "Death Star"
  
  

  • https://keckobservatory.org/pinwheel/

• 06:30 Rocket Lab's Mars Sample Return architecture
  
  

  • https://spacenews.com/bringing-mars-to-earth-solving-mars-sample-return/

• 08:36 China's MSR
  
  

  • https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/n6465645/n6465648/c10652198/part/10652214.pdf

• 09:36 Euclid's deep field
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-esas-euclid-space-telescope-gives-glimpses-of-its-deep-field

• 11:19 Vote results
  
  

  • https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community

• 11:57 My favourite exoplanet system
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-directly-observers-giant-planets-sensing-carbon-dioxide-in-their-atmospheres

• 14:06 A glipse of SKA's ability
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-square-kilometre-array-releases-its-first-test-image

• 16:01 Deimos by Hera
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hera-swings-past-mars-sees-deimos-from-a-new-angle

• 16:59 Guide to space

• 17:31 Secret bonus story

• 17:58 New articles

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What would a black hole do if it was inside Uranus? What do I think about AI-generated content impersonating Universe Today? What telescope should you buy in 2025? And in our free extended version, the deepest rabbit hole I went into. All this and more in this Q&A show.

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00:00 Start

00:27 Black hole in Uranus

02:12 What would I tell scientists 100 year ago?

03:44 Telescope recommendations

06:39 Channels impersonating me. What should I do?

08:39 How does throwing a ball in an artificial gravity ring station look like?

11:57 Will Betelgeuse explode soon?

14:30 Where to leave your questions

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What is my biggest disappointment in the history of space exploration? Will the YR4 asteroid have a chance to hit the Moon? Does the solar gravitational lens need a coronagraph? And in our free extended version, how time dilation changes intergalactic travel? All this and more in this Q&A show.

As we put more and more satellites in orbit, chances of them colliding also increase. How can we manage that? How can we make sure that Kessler syndrome won't happen and keep all those satellites from destroying each other? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Sydney Dolan
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Could we find a way to Earth from another part of a galaxy? Would people born on Mars grow taller to adopt to lower gravity? Can you jump off the surface of Pluto? And in our free bonus question on Patreon, what would happen if dark energy is disproved? All this and more in this Q&A.

Astronomers find 128 new moons for Saturn, four mini-Earths orbiting around Barnard’s Star, a new video from Blue Ghost 1, massive science budget cuts for NASA, and in our Patreon version, a bonus story about the return of the X-37b spaceplane.