Universe Today Podcast

By Fraser Cain

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February 04, 2023[Space Bites] Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, James Webb's Back
Webb is fully operational again, Rolls-Royce is building a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and the space debris worst-case scenario almost happened.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 James Webb is fully operational again
https://www.universetoday.com/159897/good-news-webb-is-fully-operational-again/
01:46 Rolls-Royce Nuclear Reactor for Space
https://www.universetoday.com/159859/rolls-royce-reveals-a-nuclear-reactor-that-could-provide-power-on-the-moon/
03:46 Very Nasty Space Collision Almost Happened
https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1619057013992071168
07:09 Drag Sail Success
https://www.universetoday.com/159903/drag-sail-success-this-satellite-wont-turn-into-space-junk/
08:47 Destroying Rubble Pile Asteroids
https://www.universetoday.com/159766/dont-bother-trying-to-destroy-rubble-pile-asteroids/
11:10 Q&A with Fraser
12:11 Extremely Heavy Early Stars
https://www.universetoday.com/159800/the-first-stars-may-have-weighed-more-than-100000-suns/
14:46 12-Year Exoplanets Timelapse
https://www.universetoday.com/159875/watch-this-12-year-timelapse-of-exoplanets-orbiting-their-star/
18:33 Measuring the Mass Of A Dead Star With Microlensing
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/light-bending-around-star
21:48 Outro
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February 01, 2023[Interview] How A Realistic Mars Mission Will Play Out
How will a human Mars mission play out? Where exactly should it go? What unexpected challenges will we face? We're discussing all these aspects with Rick Davis. He is the Assistant Director for Science and Exploration, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 Training for Mars on Earth
00:07:11 Choosing a landing site
00:20:37 Unexpected challenges of Mars
00:52:38 Planetary protection
00:56:51 Exploring lava tubes
00:59:49 What's next?
01:09:24 Outro
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January 31, 2023[Q&A] Protecting from Solar Flares, Tiny Rockets, Oldest Possible Ice
Can you maintain a stable orbit with just a solar sail? Will a Dyson sphere or swarm kill all life inside of it? Can you protect yourself from a solar flare? What's the oldest ice in the Universe? All this and more in this week's Q&A!
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00:00 Start
00:48 [Tatooine] Can you maintain orbit with just a solar sail?
06:44 [Coruscant] Does a Dyson sphere kill all life inside of it?
11:04 [Hoth] Can a Faraday cage protect from a solar flare?
13:52 [Naboo] Can there be a stable irregular-shaped planet?
17:45 [Kamino] How small can a rocket be?
19:35 [Bespin] Can we detect artificial light on Proxima b?
22:54 [Mustafar] How old was the Universe when first ice was able to form?
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January 27, 2023[Space Bites] Nuclear Rocket In 2027, New JWST Problems, Starship WDR
Starship completes its wet-dress rehearsal, another problem for Webb, a nuclear rocket test is coming, and more cool NIAC grants.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Starship Wet Dress Rehersal
03:18 JWST's NIRISS problems
https://www.universetoday.com/159790/webb-niriss-instrument-has-gone-offline/
04:57 Webb's first occultation
07:46 Extremely Close Asteroid Flyby
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-system-predicts-small-asteroid-to-pass-close-by-earth-this-week
09:37 DARPA Nuclear Rocket Test by 2027
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-darpa-will-test-nuclear-engine-for-future-mars-missions
12:05 How to Miniaturize Nuclear Batteries
https://www.universetoday.com/159692/exploring-the-outer-solar-system-takes-power-heres-a-way-to-miniaturize-nuclear-batteries-for-deep-space/
14:26 Tiny tiny tractor beam
https://www.universetoday.com/159695/scientists-build-a-teeny-tiny-tractor-beam/
15:56 Support us on Patreon
16:44 Growing Structures on Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/159635/instead-of-building-structures-on-mars-we-could-grow-them-with-the-help-of-bacteria/
18:30 Light Pollution Is Getting Worse
https://www.universetoday.com/159704/light-pollution-is-obscuring-the-night-sky-rip-stargazing/
21:27 Outro
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January 25, 2023[Q&A] Children In Space, Dark Forest, Mars Lava Tubes
What if two black holes with opposing spin merge? Can we use the Moon's L2 Lagrange point? How habitable are Mars's lava tubes? Can Starships compensate for satellite light pollution? All this and more in this week's episode Q&A with Fraser Cain.
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00:00 Start
01:09 [Tatooine] What if two black holes with opposing spin merge?
06:16 [Coruscant] When will the first person be born in space?
10:24 [Hoth] Can we use the Moon's L2 Lagrange point?
15:39 [Naboo] Can a captured planet lurk in the Oort cloud?
18:51 [Kamino] What about the dark forest hypothesis?
23:06 [Bespin] How habitable are Mars lava tubes?
27:15 [Mustafar] Can we use radars to identify asteroids?
29:36 [Alderaan] Can Starships compensate for satellite light pollution?
34:28 [Dagobah] Why does NASA never show us the spacecraft travelling in space?
38:18 [Yavin] Where would I time travel?
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January 20, 2023[Space Bites] Titan's Dragonfly Test, New Nuclear Rocket, Shadow Universe
The Titan Dragonfly is coming together, NASA is considering a new kind of nuclear rocket, getting more warning for solar flares, and pinpointing carbon emissions from space.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Titan Helicopter Starts to Come Together
https://www.universetoday.com/159611/nasa-is-continuing-to-build-the-titan-dragonfly-helicopter-here-are-its-rotors/
02:38 New NIAC Nuclear Rocket Design
https://www.universetoday.com/159599/new-nuclear-rocket-design-to-send-missions-to-mars-in-just-45-days/
05:57 Lunar Flashlight Has Propulsion System Problems
07:25 Solar Flashes and Flares
09:36 CO2 from Space
https://www.universetoday.com/159580/nasa-satellites-can-pinpoint-the-exact-locations-of-excessive-co2-emissions/
11:21 Support us on Patreon
12:40 Orphaned Protostar
https://www.universetoday.com/159539/astronomers-spot-an-orphaned-protostar/
14:27 Measuring the Universe with Shadows
https://www.universetoday.com/159543/using-the-shadows-of-clusters-to-measure-the-universe/
16:26 Outro
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January 17, 2023 [Q&A] Dark Curvature, Navigating the Oort Cloud, Future of Space Toilets
Should we change "Dark Matter" to "Dark Curvature"? How do you navigate through dense asteroid fields? What's the future of space toilets? Do aliens block their outgoing signals? All these and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain.
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00:00 Start
00:58 [Tatooine] How do you navigate through dense asteroid fields?
04:02 [Coruscant] Should we change "Dark Matter" to "Dark Curvature"?
07:57 [Hoth] How far can we communicate?
10:49 [Naboo] How can we solve the Fermi paradox?
17:35 [Kamino] What's the future of space toilets?
19:51 [Bespin] Can we avoid the great filter?
22:53 [Mustafar] Why the CMB doesn't go away?
25:35 [Alderaan] Do aliens block their outgoing signals?
27:33 [Dagobah] Can we create a magnetic shield for our spaceships?
30:39 [Yavin] Can aliens detect Earth as a habitable world?
31:44 [Mandalore] Does gravity extend forever?
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January 13, 2023[Space Bites] Another Rover's Dead, Green Comet Incoming, JWST’s First Exoplanet
Keep your eyes on the sky for a comet, another Mars rover has died, the leaky Soyuz is going to be replaced, JWST dominates the American Astronomical Society meeting, and is Starship just around the corner?
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00:00 Intro
00:17 A Good Comet is Coming
https://www.universetoday.com/159454/comet-e3-ztf-brightens-as-the-first-good-comet-of-2023/
02:47 Another One Bites The Martian Dust
https://www.universetoday.com/159553/china-unable-to-reestablish-contact-with-its-zhurong-mars-rover/
06:36 The Leaky Soyuz Needs to Be Replaced
08:36 James Webb Finds Its First Exoplanet
https://www.universetoday.com/159581/the-webb-has-confirmed-its-first-exoplanet-and-its-the-same-size-as-earth/
10:57 Star Disk from JWST
12:49 Early Galaxies from James Webb
https://www.universetoday.com/159567/the-james-webb-links-modern-oddball-galaxies-to-ancient-galaxies-in-the-cosmic-dawn/
14:55 Support us on Patreon
15:55 NIAC Awards
18:03 Starship Gets Closer to First Orbital Test
19:29 Build your own ELT
https://universetoday.com/159565/need-a-project-you-can-build-a-paper-model-of-the-extremely-large-telescope/
20:41 Outro
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January 12, 2023[Interview] Avoiding Kessler Syndrome
Mapping out all the space objects and understanding their orbits is the key to avoiding problems in orbit. What are the technical challenges and what's the current state of affairs? We're discussing it with Dr. Moriba Jah.
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00:00 Intro
01:28 Current state of the orbit
07:04 Kessler Syndrome
14:57 Risks on Different Altitudes
17:41 Access to the Night Skies
22:33 An Ideal Solution
31:57 Future of Humanity
34:30 Outro
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January 11, 2023[Q&A] Rings Around Stars, Laser Space Propulsion, Life on Cold Moons
How do we determine the velocities of objects in distant space? Can we use a laser a space engine on a spaceship? Can we find stars with rings? Is it possible to see the same star at different stages of its life? All this and more in this week's Q&A.
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00:00 Start
02:21 [Tatooine] Can stars have rings?
07:59 [Coruscant] Can we see stars at different life stages with gravitational lensing?
11:29 [Hoth] Why not launch payloads from orbit?
14:30 [Naboo] What would happen if time stopped?
16:20 [Kamino] Does Elon/Twitter impact spaceflight confidence?
18:28 [Bespin] How can there be life on cold moons?
22:49 [Mustafar] What if a meteor hits the Moon while astronauts are there?
25:58 [Alderaan] Shouldn't ETs be benevolent like Vulcans and not malevolent like Klingons?
27:51 [Dagobah] How do we determine the speeds of objects in space?
30:06 [Yavin] Why go back to the Moon?
32:08 [Mandalore] Do you ever get tired of speculating and not lending your intellect to progress?
34:14 [Geonosis] Wen JWST Deep Field?
35:20 [Corellia] Why is Sag A disk not aligned with the galaxy?
37:23 [Crait] Will there be a Mars colony this century?
39:43 [Endor] Could we use a laser as an engine on a spaceship?
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