Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

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March 14, 2023[Q&A] Milky Way from ISS, Jupiter Catching Fire, Best Sci-Fi Novel
How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre? What happens when the space elevator cable snaps? Can we solve the Hubble Tension? All this and more in this week's Q&A!
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00:00 Start
00:47 [Tatooine] How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere?
03:58 [Coruscant] Which is the best target for the Solar Gravitational Lens telescope?
06:40 [Hoth] Why aren't there more launch complexes near the equator?
10:00 [Naboo] Should you use 'microgravity' instead of 'zero gravity'?
11:37 [Kamino] How does the Milky Way look from the ISS?
13:03 [Bespin] Why doesn't Jupiter catch fire if it's flammable gas?
15:28 [Mustafar] Will I ever go to space?
18:33 [Alderaan] Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre?
20:55 [Dagobah] What happens when the space elevator cable snaps?
22:58 [Yavin] How does time dilation change interstellar flights?
25:18 [Mandalore] Why don't we make space probes more definitive?
29:43 [Geonosis] What is my favourite recent Sci-Fi novel?
31:30 [Corellia] Have I ever seen a UFO?
32:23 [Crait] Can we solve the Hubble Tension?
34:39 [Endor] How weight changes on top of Mount Everest?
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March 14, 2023[Interview] Habitable Planets Near Red Dwarfs
Can there be habitable planets orbiting around red dwarfs? My guest, Mariano Battistuzzi, performed experiments to check it! So, can life survive in the conditions created by red dwarf stars? Let's find out in this interview.
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00:00 Intro
00:55 How bad are red dwarfs for life
04:20 Experiments to test habitability
13:10 Potential ecosystems near red dwarfs
18:57 Biosignatures to look for
21:20 Other extreme places
24:10 What's next
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March 10, 2023[Space Bites] China’s Giant Rocket, Dark Big Bang, Next Bright Comet
The official verdict on Artemis 1. Canadian kids discovered something NASA didn’t know. Was there a Dark Big Bang? The next bright comet for 2024.
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00:00 Intro
00:11 SLS Good For Humans. Artemis 2 in 2024
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/analysis-confirms-successful-artemis-i-moon-mission-reviews-continue
02:23 Canadian Kids Discover Things About Space NASA Didn’t Know
03:58 Dark Big Bang
https://www.universetoday.com/160285/the-universe-may-have-started-with-a-dark-big-bang/
07:05 China’s Huge 10-meter Fuel Tank
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ANBmxXUY74JlmhFDmc5cwQ
08:45 Japan’s H3 Failure
09:59 Space Balloons
https://www.universetoday.com/160415/want-to-soar-to-the-stratosphere-japan-joins-the-balloon-tourism-race/
11:03 Mysterious Blob
https://www.universetoday.com/160318/a-mysterious-blob-near-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-might-finally-have-an-explanation/
12:20 Support us on Patreon
13:14 Hubble Drops Below Starlink
https://www.universetoday.com/160405/hubbles-orbit-has-dropped-so-far-that-starlink-satellites-are-photobombing-its-images/
15:01 Hubble VS Roman
https://www.universetoday.com/160387/it-would-take-hubble-85-years-to-match-what-nancy-grace-roman-will-see-in-63-days/
16:43 Juno’s Flyby of Io
https://www.universetoday.com/160400/just-dropped-new-close-up-images-of-io-from-juno-with-more-to-come/
17:44 A Bright Comet for 2024
https://www.universetoday.com/160400/just-dropped-new-close-up-images-of-io-from-juno-with-more-to-come/
19:08 Outro
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March 09, 2023[NIAC 2023] Growing Mars Habitats with Bioreactors
Making habitats from available materials will be a big part of Mars missions. One of the 2023 NIAC awards explored the possibility of growing structures on Mars with the help of fungi and bacteria. We're discussing this project with Dr Congrui Jin.
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Growing Structures on Mars
08:37 Self-healing materials
10:40 Using this tech on Earth
12:36 Next steps
17:44 When can we expect it
22:02 Outro
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March 08, 2023 [Interview] Developing Tech That Can Last On Venus
How long can a modern spacecraft last on Venus? How to develop electronics, batteries and other things that can survive these harsh conditions? What could the lifespan of such a mission be? We discuss all that with Dr Tibor Kremic from NASA Glenn Research Center.
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00:00 Intro
01:17 How bad Venus really is
03:27 What it takes to last on Venus
06:40 Chips that can survive on Venus
13:59 Batteries for Venus
18:45 Time-based measurements of Venus
23:03 Moving on the surface of Venus
26:32 Clockwork rovers
30:30 High-temperature solar cells
33:00 Advantages of Venus
42:29 Outro
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March 07, 2023[Q&A] True Color of Sunspots, Saving the Earth, Identifying Interstellar Objects
How many stars did our radio signals reach? How to visualize the expansion of the Universe? Can we save the Earth from the Sun's red giant phase? How can we tell that an object has interstellar origin? All this and more in this week's Q&A!
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00:00 Start
01:02 [Tatooine] If the Sun is white, are sunspots really black?
05:19 [Coruscant] How many stars did our radio signals reach?
08:51 [Hoth] How do gravitational assists work?
11:43 [Naboo] How to visualize the expansion of the Universe?
13:35 [Kamino] How will the Mars sample return mission find all the dropped tubes?
16:27 [Bespin] Can Earth survive the Red Giant phase of the Sun?
20:16 [Mustafar] What effect will a supernova have on nearby stars?
21:51 [Alderaan] Should the US continue to explore space?
24:16 [Dagobah] Can we time travel with a wormhole?
26:59 [Yavin] What killed the Chinese Mars rover?
29:32 [Mandalore] How does light pollution work?
33:04 [Geonosis] How can we tell that an object is interstellar?
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March 07, 2023[Interview] A Realistic Way to Intercept An Interstellar Visitor
How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua?
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:15 Orbital mechanics
00:08:50 Planning missions to outer planets
00:11:15 Special orbits
00:14:40 Gravitational assists
00:20:45 Going to the Sun
00:24:40 Lowest energy highways
00:27:44 Going to asteroids
00:34:10 Intercepting interstellar objects
00:41:07 Propulsion systems
00:52:40 What would a realistic mission look like
01:00:30 Interstellar sample return
01:03:14 Galactic orbits
01:07:37 Outro
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March 03, 2023[Space Bites] Moon's Dirty Problem, JWST's Gravitational Lens, Starlink V2 Mini
Hubble shows us exactly what happened after DART’s impact, a new way to clean off lunar regolith, seeing the same supernova at three different times in a gravitational lens, and a new version of Starlink launches.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Hubble's View of DART
https://www.universetoday.com/160346/remember-the-dart-impact-hubble-made-a-movie-of-the-debris/
01:54 Fixing Moon's Dust Problem
https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/02/28/liquid-nitrogen-spray-could-clean-up-stubborn-moon-dust/
04:39 Astronomers Saw an Exoplanet Exactly Where Expected
https://www.universetoday.com/160247/astronomers-suspected-there-should-be-a-planet-here-and-then-they-took-a-picture-of-it/
06:23 JWST and the Epoch of Reionization
https://www.universetoday.com/160288/the-james-webb-is-getting-closer-to-finding-what-ionized-the-universe/
08:34 Webb's Triple Gravitational Lens
https://www.universetoday.com/160353/jwst-sees-the-same-supernova-three-times-in-an-epic-gravitational-lens/
09:58 The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
https://www.universetoday.com/160278/the-planet-that-shouldnt-exist/
11:44 NIAC Month on the Channel
12:44 Starlink V2 Mini
13:55 Crew-6 Launch
14:55 Replacement Soyuz Reaches ISS
https://www.universetoday.com/160292/a-replacement-soyuz-arrives-safely-at-the-international-space-station/
16:23 Outro
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March 02, 2023[Interview] How Inflatable Space Habitats Will Change Space Exploration
In this interview, I'm talking with Shawn Buckley who is the Senior Director of Engineering at Sierra Space. We talk about the development of their LIFE module, discuss how inflatable habitats can change space exploration and what part they play in humanity's space future.
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00:00 Intro
01:32 Burst tests
02:50 What is the LIFE Module
08:00 Working with NASA
09:11 Risks of inflatable habitats
15:33 Inside the module
18:39 Deployment in space
25:14 Project timeframe
27:20 Future applications
39:29 Humanity in space
41:06 Outro
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February 28, 2023[Q&A] Starship Price Revolution, Space VS Mass Media, Galaxy Collisions
Could black holes collapse directly in the early Universe? How do two galaxies become one after they collide? How would you communicate time units to aliens? How much will Starship change the prices of space launches? All this and more in this week's Q&A!
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00:00 Start
00:50 [Tatooine] How do direct collapse black holes work?
06:20 [Coruscant] How can two galaxies form one?
08:34 [Hoth] How to communicate time units to aliens?
11:07 [Naboo] What Astronomy research areas don't get to the news?
16:15 [Kamino] How do I come up with questions for interviews?
21:42 [Bespin] How can we claim exoplanets non-habitable?
25:19 [Mustafar] Does humanity have a chance at all?
27:56 [Alderaan] How much cheaper will space travel be after Starship?
31:35 [Dagobah] Why do science communicators not emphasize the impossibility of faster-than-light travel?
35:34 [Yavin] Best places for stargazing?
37:32 [Mandalore] How do we know black holes are spinning?
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