See the latest solar eclipse from space. A future supercontinent will wipe out the mammals. Juno makes a close flyby of Io. A planet with clouds made of sand.

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• 00:13 Eclipse from space
  
  

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• 03:30 Deadly supercontinent
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163694/in-250-million-years-a-single-supercontinent-will-form-wiping-out-nearly-all-mammals/

• 05:57 Juno's flyby of Io
  
  

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• 07:54 Planet with sand clouds
  
  

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• 09:26 Vote
  
  

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• 10:30 Possible supervolcano on Pluto

• 13:40 JWST looks at Kuiper Belt
  
  

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• 15:57 Newsletter

• 16:56 Powerful solar storms
  
  

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• 19:55 Cosmic rays
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163711/air-showers-ruin-astrophotos-but-they-could-be-a-new-method-for-studying-the-universe/

• 21:31 More on solar storms

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Dark matter is one of the most exciting mysteries in Astronomy. We can see its effects but we don't know what exactly it is. One of the proposed solutions is dark photons. What are they and what do we need to find them? Finding the answers with Nicholas Hunt-Smith.

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• 01:52 What is a dark photon

• 06:35 Importance of naming

• 08:00 What properties should it have

• 14:59 How dark matter fits into the standard model

• 20:20 How we could find dark photons

• 24:38 What's next

• 40:07 Current obsessions

• 42:34 More interviews

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How can we know that a star is about to go supernova? Can we create a pet black hole in our Solar System? What if all our star data is just wrong? How common are red dwarf binaries? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.

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01:21 [Andoria] How can we know how soon will a star go supernova?

07:14 [Vulcan] How common are red dwarf binary stars?

08:41 [Risa] Can we create a pet black hole?

12:41 [Aeturen] How would aliens harvest stars?

17:24 [Vendikar] Could dark matter be just normal matter?

21:46 [Remus] How can computer scientists support astronomy?

25:42 [Janus] Could panspermia occur from Earth to other worlds?

29:55 [Cait] Will New Horizons be able to put to rest?

31:46 [Betazed] What if all our stars data is wrong?

36:03 [Cheleb] Can UFOs be from another dimension?

40:21 [Nimbus] How can JWST look back in time?

41:36 [Belos] Will satellites take over our night sky?

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Which things can go faster than light and what does it mean for Physics. Can quantum entanglement provide interstellar communication. Why NASA didn't believe in websites during the early internet era. How should scientists approach controversial ideas. Answering all these questions with Dr Robert Nemiroff.

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:15 How APOD came together

• 00:13:21 "Faster Than Light"

• 00:21:33 Faster than light galaxies

• 00:27:53 Outrunning light

• 00:36:59 Gravitational lensing

• 00:40:06 Quantum Entanglement and communication

• 00:47:00 Cosmic Inflation

• 00:53:39 Creative ideas

• 01:10:32 Further recommendations

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Astronomers see ice giants colliding. We peek into the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Even more evidence that the Big Bang hasn’t been overturned.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 Two ice giants collide
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163615/astronomers-see-the-afterglow-where-two-ice-giant-planets-collided/

• 01:58 OSIRIS-REx samples opened
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163636/osiris-rex-returned-carbon-and-water-from-asteroid-bennu/

• 04:45 Psyche finally launched

• 06:14 Size of early galaxies
  
  

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• 10:47 Vote

• 11:59 Gaia data
  
  

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• 14:14 Euclid problems
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163579/euclid-recovers-from-a-navigation-problem-and-finds-its-guide-stars-again/

• 15:54 Support what we do

• 16:47 Another russian ISS leak
  
  

  • https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/10/09/international-space-station-operations-update/

• 18:06 Flight over Mars
  
  

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• 19:31 Are we alone

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Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will launch in 2027. It will have a best-in-class coronagraph that should revolutionise exoplanet astronomy. How exactly will it work? Finding out with Dr Vanessa Bailey from NASA JPL.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:04 Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

• 06:59 Coronagraph

• 21:06 What will Roman see

• 28:05 Direct observations of exoplanets

• 31:25 Best-case scenario

• 38:08 Not just planets

• 40:56 Future coronagraphs

• 51:03 Current obsessions

• 55:21 More interviews

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How can neutrinos arrive faster than light? How did OSIRIS-REx get samples of an asteroid? Can we extract energy from gravitational waves? When will we be able to discover our first exomoon of an exoplanet? How can we measure the mass of Jupiter's core? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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• 00:00 Start

• 01:03 [Andoria] Can a star "fizzle out" due to a companion stealing its material?

• 05:45 [Vulcan] Are neutrinos travelling faster than light?

• 08:50 [Risa] Can there be vast swatches of annihilated nothingness?

• 12:33 [Aeturen] Can Earth be the only planet to produce life?

• 13:55 [Vendikar] If I could travel anywhere/anytime in space, where/when would you go?

• 16:02 [Remus] How did OSIRIS-REx collect asteroid samples?

• 17:06 [Janus] When was the last time I got out to have some eyepiece time for myself?

• 19:43 [Cait] Which place is most likely to host life?

• 21:28 [Betazed] Can Hubble and JWST see the same gravitational lens?

• 24:35 [Cheleb] Can the Universe be inside of a black hole?

• 26:13 [Nimbus] What are my expectations about OSIRIS-REx samples?

• 27:53 [Belos] What's the mass of Jupiter's core?

• 30:00 [Lyar] Can we use energy from gravitational waves?

• 30:38 [Zalcon] How do we detect rogue planets?

• 35:45 [Arret] Did we discover any exomoons yet?

• 38:15 [Cheron] How fast can a nuclear rocket get us to Mars?

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Exoplanets are great. There are hycean worlds, super-dense iron planets, super light planets, ones with potential biosignatures and much more. Catching up on all the latest discoveries with Dr Jessie Christiansen.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:52 Latest exoplanet discoveries

• 10:40 The Gap

• 14:49 Iron planets and super light ones

• 19:33 Surprising exoplanets

• 22:01 Future of exoplanet research

• 30:20 Is Earth normal?

• 32:52 Jessie's Podcast

• 37:07 Current obsessions

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A mind-bending JWST image of the Orion Nebula, filled with rogue planets. Seeing the cosmic web. An explanation for a massive star that just disappeared.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 Orion Nebula is Full of Rogue Planets
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163479/incredible-new-images-of-the-orion-nebula-from-jwst/

• 04:19 Old Stars Don't Have Hot Jupiters
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163488/old-stars-dont-have-hot-jupiters/

• 06:08 Cosmic Web
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163425/seeing-the-web-connecting-galaxies-across-the-universe/

• 08:24 A Star That Disappeared
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163473/astronomers-watched-a-massive-star-just-disappear-now-jwst-might-have-some-answers/

• 10:26 Vote
  
  

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• 11:11 Mass of the Milky Way
  
  

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• 14:36 More questions for the Q&A

• 15:43 Two Supernova Struck Earth
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163458/supernovae-struck-the-earth-3-million-and-7-million-years-ago/

• 17:58 Supernova timelapse
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/163428/astronomers-have-been-watching-a-supernovas-debris-cloud-expand-for-decades-with-hubble/

• 19:05 Book Club

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If we want to send an interstellar probe to the nearest stars, getting there isn't the only problem. We explore non-trivial problems like getting the signal back from the probes, communicating within the swarm, choosing which data to send back and much more with Marshall Eubanks.

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:29 Megaprojects in the Solar System

• 00:13:09 Chasing Oumuamua

• 00:23:17 Breakthrough Starshot

• 00:33:59 Swarms

• 00:50:52 How do we start practicing

• 01:00:39 Current obsessions

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