Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

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March 30, 2023[NIAC 2023] Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice
In this interview, I'm talking with Theresa Benyo and Lawrence Forsley from NASA. They are authors of a Lattice Confinement Fusion Reactor that got a NIAC award this year. A reactor like this could help us melt through the ice on Europa and Enceladus and have other interesting applications in space missions.
The extended version also includes additional questions from Matt Williams:
https://youtu.be/decKMi2FBxk
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👉 More about the NIAC project; https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Accessing_Icy_World_Oceans/
00:00 Intro
02:30 How tough is Europa's ice
04:31 Lattice confinement fusion
14:43 How the probe will look like
22:54 What's next for the NIAC project
25:57 Other applications for the reactor
31:55 Where's the upper limit for the project
37:15 Going interstellar
41:10 Behind the scenes and additional questions
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March 28, 2023[Q&A] Chat GPT for Astronomy, Microscopes on Mars, Use Cases for Starship
Why don't we send microscopes on space probes to search for life? How do black holes even form? Can Chat GPT or similar systems help Astronomy? How will we use Starship when it starts to fly?
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00:00 Start
01:04 [Tatooine] How can black holes even exist?
04:43 [Coruscant] How to dock to a spinning space station?
08:12 [Hoth] Why not send microscopes on space probes?
11:18 [Naboo] Where's the green screen?
13:25 [Kamino] Why didn't Mars get a Moon like the Earth?
17:04 [Bespin] How hard is it to get interviews or talk with NASA?
21:32 [Mustafar] Can Chat GPT help Astronomy?
25:24 [Alderaan] Why don't we go under to the icy moons' subsurface oceans?
28:39 [Dagobah] What will drive public interest in space in the coming years?
31:43 [Yavin] How will we use Starship?
34:46 [Mandalore] How to travel faster than light?
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March 27, 2023[Interview] Searching for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri with the TOLIMAN Mission
We know about thousands of exoplanets by now. But it's still a mystery, whether there are planets in the Alpha Centauri binary system, which is just next door to us. My guest today, Professor Peter Tuthill, is the Mission Leader for the TOLIMAN Telescope mission, which is designed to find those answers.
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00:00 Intro
01:29 Are there planets at Alpha Centauri
08:22 How can we know they are there
11:20 TOLIMAN Telescope
30:04 JWST experiments
37:34 Next big telescopes for planet hunting
48:38 Discovering many more exoplanets
51:50 Next generation of instruments
59:05 Outro
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March 24, 2023[Space Bites] iSpace At The Moon, 3D-Printer Rocket, Life Near Rogue Planets
iSpace reaches the Moon, Relativity Space’s 3D printed rocket fails to reach orbit, a mission will search for habitable worlds at Alpha Centauri.
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☄️ EARLY ACCESS: Searching for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri with the TOLIMAN Mission
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/811359865
👉 NIAC 2023 Interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmmM_Ft5DzAbrwzXHB8ED0rf
👉 More interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE
00:00 Intro
00:14 iSpace at Moon Orbit. Landing Comes Next
https://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4460
02:27 Relativity Space Terran-1 Launch
05:18 More Science from DART
https://www.universetoday.com/160683/another-look-at-the-aftermath-of-darts-impact-into-dimorphos/
07:02 Looking For Habitable Planets in Alpha Centauri
https://www.universetoday.com/160625/a-new-mission-will-search-for-habitable-planets-at-alpha-centauri/
09:36 1,179 Previously Unknown Star Clusters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10380
11:21 Interviews
12:27 Moons Orbiting Rogue Planets Could be Habitable
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7938315/news20230320
15:42 Mars Sunset by Ingenuity
https://www.universetoday.com/160621/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-sees-a-beautiful-sunset-on-mars/
17:08 Outro
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March 23, 2023[NIAC 2023] Revolutionary 100-Kilometer Space Telescope
There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it.
👉 More about the NIAC award:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Great_Observatory_for_Long_Wavelengths/
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00:00 Intro
01:20 Haystack Observatory
02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope
14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do
30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes
39:21 What's Next
41:55 Outro
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March 22, 2023[Interview] New Research Suggests Building Moon Infrastructure with Potato Starch
Scientists came up with a method to produce concrete on the Moon and Mars using potato starch. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Aled Roberts, who is the Principle Investigator of this research.
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00:00 Intro
01:06 Building materials from biomaterials
07:06 Challenges of building on the Moon and Mars
10:20 From human blood to potato starch
19:02 How to implement the tech
26:46 DNA manipulation
32:36 Alternative applications
38:00 Outro
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March 21, 2023[Q&A] Space Railgun, JWST's Plans, Claiming The Moon
Can we build star-tram-like launch facilities in space? What will JWST see next? Can red or brown dwarfs be the source of dark matter? Should SpaceX just be the only launch service for the USA so they can save money?
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00:00 Start
01:51 [Tatooine] Can we build star-tram-like launch facilities in space?
09:34 [Coruscant] Can red or brown dwarfs be the source of dark matter?
13:09 [Hoth] Can we see an Earth-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star?
19:12 [Naboo] How to know JWST's plans?
21:37 [Kamino] How much more energy does it take to launch something in Nova Scotia versus the equator?
24:08 [Bespin] Will China own the Moon?
29:45 [Mustafar] Should SpaceX just be the only launch service for the USA?
31:39 [Alderaan] What would you ask to an alien if you meet one as a science reporter?
33:34 [Dagobah] Could a balloon on Venus use the temperature differences in the atmosphere for power?
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March 20, 2023[Interview] JWST Found Six "Impossible" Galaxies. Here's What The Researchers Have To Say
James Webb recently found six examples of galaxies that are too big too early. This discovery can significantly change our understanding of the early Universe. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Joel Leja, who is a part of the team behind the research.
👉 More about the discovery:
https://www.universetoday.com/160243/six-galaxies-that-are-too-big-too-early/
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00:00 Intro
01:35 What it's like using JWST
02:40 Universe-Breaking Galaxies
07:02 If true, how does it change Cosmology
13:52 How the research can be wrong
18:18 Community response
22:00 "Rewriting" Astronomy
27:09 Outro
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March 17, 2023[Space Bites] Venus Breakthrough, $1B to Deorbit The ISS, Strange Moon Spacesuit Reveal
Venus has active volcanoes, we get a glimpse of NASA’s new lunar exploration suits, and scientists build a completely flat telescope lens.
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00:00 Intro
00:13 Active Volcano Found On Venus
https://www.universetoday.com/160579/potentially-active-volcanoes-have-been-found-on-venus/
02:56 Vulcan Is No More
https://www.universetoday.com/160579/potentially-active-volcanoes-have-been-found-on-venus/
04:09 $1B to Deorbit the ISS
https://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html
06:40 New Axiom spacesuits for the Moon
https://www.universetoday.com/160553/nasa-and-axiom-space-do-a-partial-reveal-of-the-spacesuit-that-will-be-worn-on-the-moon/
09:39 Malapert Massif
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1294
10:38 What time is it on the Moon
https://www.universetoday.com/160453/what-time-is-it-on-the-moon-it-may-get-its-own-timezone/
12:03 Amazon Project Kuiper terminals revealed
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/heres-your-first-look-at-project-kuipers-low-cost-customer-terminals
13:28 DART. Spinning asteroids throw rocks into space
https://www.universetoday.com/160574/didymos-is-spinning-so-quickly-that-rocks-are-detaching-at-its-equator-and-going-into-orbit/
14:49 More science results from New Horizons
https://www.universetoday.com/160547/new-horizons-pluto-team-updates-science/
16:01 Q&A Show
16:55 Flat Lens Telescope
https://www.universetoday.com/160510/researchers-build-a-telescope-with-a-flat-lens/
18:16 Violent Red Dwarfs
https://www.universetoday.com/160508/even-the-calmest-red-dwarfs-are-wilder-than-the-sun/
19:48 Outro
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March 16, 2023[NIAC 2023] Infrared Earth-like Planet Hunter Telescope
In this interview, I'm talking with Heidi Newberg. Her team won a NIAC grant that will investigate building a telescope that will be hunting for Earth-like worlds. The project is called DICER, which stands for Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver.
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00:00 Intro
01:22 How hard it is to observe the Milky Way
05:28 Mindset shift in Astronomy
07:56 NIAC idea: Telescope Design
16:00 Fancy Physics
22:50 Targets for the telescope
39:10 Next steps
42:38 Milky Way @ home
47:35 Outro
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