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Big layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Testing spacesuits for the Moon. Another flyby of Io. And our final look at Ingenuity.

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👉 NASA Layoffs: https://youtu.be/yFuHdZNZ6-Y

👉 Io Exploration: https://youtu.be/3YpbDZQHkCk

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:12 NASA JPL Layoffs

• https://www.universetoday.com/165651/nasas-jpl-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers/

• 01:25 Testing Artemis Spacesuits
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165611/nasa-continues-testing-its-new-lunar-spacesuits/

• 03:38 JWST Did It Again
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165572/the-jwst-discovers-a-galaxy-that-shouldnt-exist/

• 04:35 Berlin meteor found
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165625/fragments-from-that-asteroid-that-exploded-above-berlin-have-been-recovered-and-theyre-really-special/

• 06:30 Vote results

• 07:09 Mass of the Milky Way
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165598/astronomers-measure-the-mass-of-the-milky-way-by-calculating-how-hard-it-is-to-escape/

• 08:35 Dust Ruins Another Way to Measure Distances
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165627/dust-ruins-another-way-of-measuring-distance-in-the-universe/

• 11:00 Interview streak!

• 12:27 Juno's Io Flyby
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165585/nasas-juno-probe-makes-another-flyby-of-io/

• 13:51 Dreamchaser Test
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165648/nasa-gives-dreamchaser-the-shakedown/

• 15:43 Final look at Ingenuity
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165641/perseverance-gives-us-one-last-look-at-the-damaged-ingenuity-helicopter/

• 16:57 Meteorites

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BREAKING NEWS. JPL is laying off about 530 people. Why did that happen and what it means for major NASA missions like Artemis and Mars Sample Return? Figuring it out with Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society.

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00:00:00 Intro

00:01:10 JPL layoffs and NASA budget cuts

00:21:05 Effects on Artemis

00:36:50 Mars Sample Return in Danger

01:03:41 Planetary Society's plans

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We all know the Hubble Deep Field as one of the most important astronomy images of all time. But when will we get a similar attempt from Webb? What will we be able to get from it and what are the limits of JWST? Finding out with Dr Viraj Pandya from NASA.

👉 Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:43 Galaxy classification

• 08:20 Hubble's observations and biases

• 19:53 Breadstick galaxies

• 31:07 Wen JWST Deep Field

• 43:58 What is the limit of Webb

• 52:03 Final thoughts

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Could we detect life on Earth from Neptune's orbit? Is the Moon shrinking over time? Why don't we send an orbiter the the Kuiper belt? What should we call Planet 9 if we find it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:24 [Andoria] Could we detect Earth life from Neptune's orbit?

• 04:47 [Vulcan] Will we ever send an orbiter to the Kuiper belt?

• 07:57 [Risa] Is the Moon shrinking?

• 11:23 [Aeturen] Plans for the April eclipse?

• 13:25 [Vendikar] What happens when gravitational waves collide?

• 14:18 [Remus] Do photons experience time?

• 16:04 [Janus] What would be considered an unequivocal biosignature?

• 21:13 [Cait] What should we name Planet 9?

• 22:07 [Betazed] How soon can we recycle space junk?

• 25:04 [Cheleb] Did sci-fi become less compelling?

• 27:22 [Nimbus] How did Moon effect evolution on Earth?

• 30:28 [Belos] Are event horizons most perfect spheres in the Universe?

• 32:14 [Lyar] Is it possible to move from our current universe to the previous one?

• 35:36 [Zalcon] Why can't dark matter be objects?

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If exoplanets exist, so should exomoons. However, to this day we still did not find any. Even more than that, there's a pretty big controversy regarding the potential discovery of exomoons. What's going on and what can we do about it? Finding the answers with Dr David Kipping.

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:22 Catch-up after previous interview

• 00:02:25 Searching for exomoons

• 00:10:23 Counterarguments

• 00:15:34 Taking it to the next level

• 00:28:54 Alternative detection methods

• 00:37:27 Ideal time for observations

• 00:39:19 SETI and technosignatures

• 01:03:28 Science communication

• 01:28:23 Obsessions

• 01:37:17 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Whenever we search for life, we're searching for 'life as we know it". But are there alternative options? Non-carbon based life? Or life that doesn't use water as a solvent? It turns out, things like that can be as close as on Venus. Figuring it out with Dr William Bains.

📜 Venus' Atmospheric Chemistry and Cloud Characteristics Are Compatible with Venusian Life

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371507931

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00:00 Intro

01:26 Life as we don't know it

03:27 Defining life

11:44 Evolution

14:02 The role of solvents

18:22 Other fluids

23:33 Venus

29:55 How to look for life on Venus

48:01 Obsessions

56:30 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Science fiction taught us that Mars cities are inevitable. That we will sooner or later have those cool looking glass domes with spaceports and stuff. But the world is a cruel place and reality is unforgivable. So, how will a realistic Mars habitat of the future will look like? Discussing it with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:10 Space sucks. The Reality of living in space

• 00:09:35 Why go to space

• 00:22:28 Minimum size of the population

• 00:30:30 Fascination with the apocalypse

• 00:33:51 Simulating Mars missions

• 00:38:12 Childbirth is space

• 00:40:24 Technological progress

• 00:44:32 Economical growth

• 01:01:38 Current obsessions

• 01:05:21 More thoughts and more interviews

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Understanding dark matter is one of the most interesting challenges in modern cosmology. Upcoming new telescopes, such as Nancy Grace Roman, can help us solve this mystery. How exactly will it happen? Finding out with Dr Christian Aganze from Stanford University.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:48 How Do We See Dark Matter

• 08:30 Shape of Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo

• 15:40 What NGR will change
  

• 22:01 Possible conclusions

• 29:16 Current obsessions

• 33:27 Final thoughts

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SLIM woke up but briefly., Turning a forest into a giant particle detector. Another explanation for that hycean world. And some stunning new pictures from Webb.

🏅 Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST VS Hubble Tension:

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:13 SLIM woke up briefly
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165552/japan-moon-lander-sleeps-after-sending-science-will-it-wake-up-again/

• 01:44 Turning a forest into a telescope
  
  

  • http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14454

• 04:43 Another explanation for the hycean world
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165399/another-explanation-for-k2-18b-a-gas-rich-mini-neptune-with-no-habitable-surface/

• 07:24 Vera Rubin vs Space Junk
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165511/space-junk-is-going-to-be-a-problem-for-vera-rubin/

• 09:56 Vote results

• 10:36 Spiral Galaxies by JWST
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165474/feast-your-eyes-on-19-face-on-spiral-galaxies-seen-by-webb/

• 12:03 N79 by James Webb
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165392/new-webb-image-of-a-massive-star-forming-complex/

• 13:02 Tsunami of interviews
  
  

  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE

• 13:44 Green Light for LISA
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165483/the-space-based-gravitational-wave-observatory-lisa-gets-the-green-light/

• 15:39 Starlab to launch on Starship

• 16:57 Thoughts on YouTube Retirement

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Recently astronomers made an unexpected discovery. They found a planet called WASP-69b with a giant comet-like gas tail that was bigger than ever. What's causing such behaviour and what can we learn about hot Jupiters? Finding out with Dakota Tyler from the University of LA.

📜 WASP-69b's Escaping Envelope Is Confined to a Tail Extending at Least 7 Rp

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad11d0

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:24 Planet with a tail

• 13:14 Hot Jupiters

• 18:13 What's next for planets with tails

• 26:15 Current obsessions

• 32:24 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Solar energy is simple the best energy source we have access to. But how can we make it even better? With space tech, of course! In this interview I'm talking about a project that suggests putting giant solar reflectors in orbit to extend daytime for solar farms on Earth with my guest, Dr Onur Celik.

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00:00 Intro

01:19 Space reflectors

14:59 Reflectors vs more traditional ideas

20:21 How it will look from the ground

30:25 Applications outside of Earth

37:40 Current obsessions

38:30 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Why can't Starship reach the Moon without refuelling? How big can black holes get? What space station will replace the ISS? How big do Lagrange points get? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:26 [Andoria] What are my thoughts on panspermia?

• 06:02 [Vulcan] Which upcoming Earth-based telescopes are most exciting?

• 09:54 [Risa] What would it take to send a telescope to the SGL focus?

• 12:36 [Aeturen] Do supermassive black holes have a max size limit?

• 12:58 [Vendikar] Should money spent on habitable planets be spent elsewhere?

• 16:07 [Remus] What are my thoughts on China vs ESA and NASA?

• 21:07 [Janus] How did science communication change over last 30 years?

• 26:16 [Cait] How big is a Lagrange point?

• 30:00 [Betazed] How to communicate with Proxima Centauri probes?

• 31:24 [Cheleb] How will we replace the ISS?

• 33:33 [Nimbus] Can we achieve interstellar travel if we really want to?

• 34:55 [Belos] How accurate is the habitable zone around stars?

• 37:32 [Lyar] Starship vs Saturn V

• 41:31 [Zalcon] Does international rivalry produce real space progress?

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The Hubble Tension is one of the most exciting mysteries in modern day science. Different methods give different results for the expansion of the Universe. So, how can we solve this and can James Webb help us with that? Or will it make things even worse? Finding out with Physics Nobel Prize laureate, Dr Adam Riess.

🏅 Nobel Prize Winner John Mather Explains JWST

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:40 Cepheid variables

• 00:10:47 Hubble Tension

• 00:18:14 Calibrating the results

• 00:22:19 James Webb

• 00:33:34 Plank results

• 00:38:27 Potential solutions

• 00:46:18 Back to familiar objects

• 00:50:36 Most effective kinds of searches

• 01:01:08 Current obsessions

• 01:03:19 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Ingenuity is over. SLIM landed on the Moon, but it’s upside-down. Webb sees planets orbiting white dwarf stars. And we finally know why Starship exploded.

🎈 Sierra Space inflatable habitat interview:

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 Ingenuity is OVER
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165382/nasa-lost-contact-with-its-ingenuity-helicopter-briefly-but-its-back/

• 01:48 SLIM landed upside down
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165340/japans-moon-lander-touches-down-power-problem/

• 04:32 Explosive Sierra Space LIFE test
  
  

  • https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/press-releases/sierra-space-advances-its-revolutionary-commercial-space-station-technology/

• 06:44 Dangers of Space Salad
  
  

  • https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/january/harsh-bais-kali-kniel-noah-totsline-spacegrown-plants-foodborne-infections/

• 08:23 JWST sees planets around white dwarf stars
  
  

  • https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13153

• 10:12 Mystery of the ancient light
  
  

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• 12:23 Vote results
  
  

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• 12:57 Planets around Proxima Centauri
  
  

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• 15:10 Patreon Club Exclusives

• 15:58 Why Starship Exploded
  
  

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• 17:17 China's reusable booster test
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165401/chinese-firm-successfully-tests-a-new-reusable-booster/

• 18:47 Inflatable space habitats

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How can we possibly know how does the Milky Way look like? Is Marth worth further exploration after not finding any life there for years? How can we realistically settle on the Moon? All this and more in the week's Q&A show.

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:43 [Andoria] Multiple rogue planets discovered by JWST

• 04:58 [Vulcan] How did we take a photo of our own galaxy?

• 08:10 [Risa] Why did The Big Bang not collapse under gravity?

• 10:13 [Aeturen] Why waste money on Mars?

• 17:23 [Vendikar] Realistic ways to settle on the Moon?

• 20:58 [Remus] How to interest kids in space?

• 23:59 [Janus] Any updated on Artemis?

• 27:25 [Cait] How can galaxies move away faster than light?

• 28:30 [Betazed] Black hole naming problem

• 31:22 [Cheleb] Is Moon better than the ISS?

• 34:38 [Nimbus] The Zoo hypothesis VS dinosaurs

• 37:28 [Belos] Will we ever see a proper Neptune mission?

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When we'll be sending probes to other stars, getting there will be only one part of the challenge. How do we get the data back? So, NASA just funded a research that will be aiming to solve this problem through the NIAC program.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:56 Applying for NIAC

• 02:54 The Idea

• 25:43 Imaging planets

• 30:06 Using tech in the Solar System

• 38:24 Laser technology

• 45:30 The reality of NIAC

• 51:19 Final thoughts

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News about two lunar landers, Webb helps rule out one explanation for the Hubble Tension, NASA’s new quiet supersonic plane, and lots of exoplanet news.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 Two Lunar Landers

• 02:20 Hycean or Lava
  
  

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• 04:19 Two-face world
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165216/half-of-this-exoplanet-is-covered-in-lava/

• 05:31 Plomet? Conet?
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165251/a-hot-jupiter-with-a-comet-like-tail/

• 06:50 Vote results

• 07:31 Two giant structures
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165223/two-giant-structures-have-been-found-billions-of-light-years-away/

• 09:41 One fewer explanation for Hubble tension
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165266/astronomers-rule-out-one-explanation-for-the-hubble-tension/

• 12:41 Support us

• 14:03 NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic plane
  
  

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• 15:30 Milky Way's magnetic fields
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165297/astronomers-have-mapped-the-milky-ways-magnetic-fields-in-3d/

• 16:30 Exoplanet discovery chaos

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Why it's easier for James Webb to observe TRAPPIST-1 than Alpha Centauri? Is a lunar space elevator possible at all? What would my ideal space mission look like? Can we build a telescope the size of a solar system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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• 00:00 Start

• 00:47 [Andoria] Why it's easier for JWST to see Trappist-1 rather than Alpha Centauri systems?

• 07:16 [Vulcan] Is lunar space elevator possible?

• 12:09 [Risa] What would my dream space mission be?

• 16:28 [Aeturen] Any update on JWST's TRAPPIST-1 observations?

• 20:54 [Vendikar] Are we building a solar system sized telescope any time soon?

• 23:06 [Remus] Can we catch up to Voyagers if we need to?

• 27:03 [Janus] What will Artemis-2 be doing at the Moon?

• 29:38 [Cait] Can sub-surface oceans be a source for life on planets around red dwarfs?

• 32:55 [Betazed] How can we predict Betelgeuse exploding?

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This is an episode I did with Brian Dunning, host of The Skeptoid podcast and Richard Saunders, host of The Skeptic Zone podcast. Enjoy!

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This is an episode I did with Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid and producer and director of THE UFO MOVIE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE and Richard Saunders, host of The Skeptic Zone. Enjoy!

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We finally learn the true color of Neptune. Vulcan succeeds while Peregrine fails. Delays for Artemis missions. A rocket that eats itself for more thrust.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 True Color of Neptune
  
  

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• 01:52 Diamond Rain on Ice Giants
  
  

  • https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2024-01-08-diamond-rain-icy-planets-offers-clues-magnetic-field-mysteries

• 03:20 Vulcan succeeds, Peregrine fails
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165127/the-first-launch-of-ulas-vulcan-goes-smoothly-but-theres-a-problem-with-its-lander-payload/

• 05:42 Artemis 2 and 3 officially delayed
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165158/nasa-is-pushing-back-its-moon-landings-to-2026/

• 07:50 MMX got delayed too

• 09:13 OSIRIS-REx samples unboxing is over
  
  

  • https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2024/01/11/nasas-osiris-rex-team-clears-hurdle-to-access-remaining-bennu-sample/

• 10:15 Self-eating rocket
  
  

  • https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1033908_en.html

• 11:52 Vote results
  
  

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• 12:36 The faintest galaxy
  
  

  • https://greenbankobservatory.org/astronomers-accidentally-discover-dark-primordial-galaxy/

• 13:40 Titan's "magic" islands
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165108/titans-magic-islands-could-be-floating-blobs-of-organic-solids/

• 14:53 Support Universe Today

• 15:39 Brown dwarf aurora
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165156/a-solo-brown-dwarf-found-with-auroras/

• 16:57 Giant star eruption

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• 18:27 How to see a rocket launch

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This is a bonus episode from John Michael Godier's Event Horizon podcast. We discussed JWST, Artmeis, Parker Solar Probe and many other things to be excited about in 2024.

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Juno’s closest flyby of Io, Hubble studies an exoplanet atmosphere for 3 years, astronauts test out Starship’s elevator, and more evidence for quark stars.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:16 Juno's Closest Flyby of Io
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165047/juno-makes-its-closest-flyby-of-io/

• 02:31 Hubble studies exoplanet atmosphere for 3 years
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165088/hubble-watches-an-exoplanet-atmosphere-change-over-three-years/

• 04:56 An Ancient Stone With An Accurate Sky Map
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165037/an-ancient-stone-found-in-italy-is-an-accurate-map-of-the-night-sky/

• 06:30 Solar Flares
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165033/the-sun-just-blasted-its-strongest-flare-in-6-years-get-ready-for-auroras/

• 07:38 NIAC Awards 2024
  
  

  • https://www.nasa.gov/general/niac-2024-selections/

• 08:17 Vote results
  
  

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• 09:08 Canadarm hit by meteorite
  
  

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• 10:24 Lunar Starship's Elevator Test
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164983/nasa-astronauts-are-trying-out-the-starship-lunar-elevator/

• 11:25 2023 in review

• 12:49 Quark Stars
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/165045/the-most-massive-neutron-stars-probably-have-cores-of-quark-matter/

• 14:26 Gorgeous Images
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164928/youll-need-all-the-internet-to-download-the-full-resolution-of-this-new-running-chicken-nebula-image/

• 16:41 How to see an aurora

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Where are the limits of James Webb's capabilities? What can we expect from it in terms of exoplanet research and how can we get there? Finding out with Dr Luis Welbanks.

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01:35 Why is JWST so good

05:45 How to use JWST

14:54 Limits of JWST

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24:14 The future of the field

35:56 Biosignatures

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There’s toxic gas flowing out of Enceladus that could be the key to life. Could there be black holes inside stars? NASA tight beams a cat video from space.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Toxic plumes from Enceladus
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164849/toxic-gas-is-leaking-out-of-enceladus-its-also-a-building-block-of-life/

• 01:38 JWST spies Uranus
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164914/a-new-view-of-uranus-north-pole-from-jwst/

• 02:54 Game-changing Psyche test
  
  

  • https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-tech-demo-streams-first-video-from-deep-space-via-laser

• 05:51 Hawking Stars
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164864/could-there-be-a-black-hole-inside-the-sun/

• 08:06 Vote results

• 08:44 Breakthrough Starshot
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164851/photonic-crystals-could-be-exactly-what-breakthrough-starshot-is-looking-for/

• 12:37 Thank you, patrons!

• 14:21 Blue Origin Are Back
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164905/blue-origins-new-shepard-completes-24th-flight-new-glenn-hopefully-on-the-horizon/

• 15:40 Starship Hot Fire Test

• 16:47 Fermi Timelapse
  
  

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• 17:48 Space Christmas Tree
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164919/enjoy-the-holiday-themed-christmas-tree-cluster/

• 18:25 Space communication

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Io is the by far the most volcanically active place in our Solar System. However, there were not too many missions studying it. What could we learn about Io if we did launch a mission to it? Finding out the answers with Dr Ashley Davies from NASA JPL.

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• 01:47 What is Io like

• 12:40 Global magma ocean

• 20:55 Magma ocean VS under-ice water oceans

• 25:02 How to explore Io

• 36:08 From moons to exoplanets

• 42:00 Current obsessions

• 44:16 Final thoughts and more interviews

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One of the discoveries done by James Webb was the presence of methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet WASP-80b. How exactly did they do it and what will JWST be able to do with similar cases in the future? Looking for answers with Dr Taylor J. Bell from NASA Ames Research Center.

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• 01:05 What is WASP-80 b

• 04:32 How to find methane

• 12:23 Where does the methane come from

• 15:19 Was it a fluke

• 22:35 Diversity of exoatmospheres

• 28:30 TRAPPIST-1 system

• 39:29 Biosignatures

• 50:38 Current obsessions

• 57:26 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Hubble’s Back, but Voyager 1 is Down. An absolutely stunning supernova picture from Webb. How talking whales will teach us to talk to aliens.

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• 00:12 Voyager-1 is down
  
  

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• 01:49 Hubble is back online
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164754/hubble-returns-to-science-operations/

• 03:19 Giant steam of stars
  
  

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• 04:34 No exomoons
  
  

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• 06:49 Cassiopeia-A by JWST
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164739/jwst-delivers-a-fantastic-new-image-of-supernova-remnant-cassiopeia-a/

• 08:56 Vote results

• 09:45 Amateur astronomer finds planet collision
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164731/amateur-astronomers-found-planets-crashing-into-each-other/

• 11:23 Tiny telescope big science
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164839/a-tiny-telescope-is-revealing-hot-jupiter-secrets/

• 13:04 Interviews

• 14:24 Nearby kilonova
  
  

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• 16:08 SETI talking to whales
  
  

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• 18:35 End of Voyagers

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What is a realistic scenario of finding life outside Earth? What steps to we need to take to get there and how can we prove it's there. Looking for answers with Dr Harrison Smith and Dr Cole Mathis.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:06 What is a biosignature

• 15:34 Incremental approach

• 23:42 Prejudice against technosignatures

• 33:26 Future telescopes

• 47:20 Gaining progress

• 51:22 Final thoughts and more interviews

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Where do the galaxy bars come from and how do they stay stable? Will humanity ever become a Type-II civilization? When will we get more info about the TRAPPIST-1 system from JWST? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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• 00:58 [Andoria] Where do the galaxy bars come from?

• 04:46 [Vulcan] Wen TRAPPIST-1 system info?

• 09:13 [Risa] Will we become a Type-II civ?

• 12:58 [Aeturen] What can I look at with a telescope?

• 17:28 [Vendikar] Is the Solar system tilted compared to galactic plane?

• 21:08 [Remus] Could extremophiles survive on Mars?

• 25:32 [Janus] Does gravity go to infinity at the event horizon?

• 26:53 [Cait] Will Artemis continue to the Moon?

• 31:26 [Betazed] Do we have UAP tech already?

• 33:16 [Cheleb] What could grabby aliens possibly eat?

• 35:50 [Nimbus] What is the ideal planet type for a spacefaring species?

• 39:27 [Belos] Will competition with China advance the US space program?

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We still don't know how did life start on Earth. But in order to do so, Earth had to have all the building blocks for life, such as organic molecules. How could they get to Earth? Looking for a solution to this problem with Dr Richard Anslow.

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01:19 Why the mystery?

05:32 Traditional ideas

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16:18 Delivery mechanism

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What Will Starship Test on its Next Flight? A 6-Planet System in Perfect Resonance. And Betelgeuse Might Not be Rotating at all.

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• 00:11 Starship refuelling test
  
  

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• 02:28 Perfect resonance
  
  

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• 04:02 Hypernebula's FRB
  
  

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• 05:57 Chandrayaan's final surprise
  
  

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• 07:22 Does Betelgeuse even rotate
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164602/does-betelgeuse-even-rotate-maybe-not/

• 08:53 Vote results

• 09:31 Intergalactic star in Milky Way's heart
  
  

  • https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2023/20231204-subaru.html

• 10:44 Hubble tension explanation
  
  

  • https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-2023

• 12:07 Newsletter

• 12:44 Red Sprites from space
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164626/red-sprites-are-best-seen-from-space/

• 14:21 Largest iceberg on the run
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164594/after-stalling-out-for-40-years-the-largest-iceberg-in-the-world-is-on-the-move/

• 15:18 Orbital refuelling
  
  

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How did life begin on Earth? It's one of the most important questions ever. Clearly, we don't have an answer yet, but how can we even approach it? What methods and studies can we use to come closer to the answer? Figuring all this out with Dr Sukrit Ranjan, Assistant Professor at University of Arizona.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:33 Where does the Theory of Evolution start

• 06:21 The earliest organism

• 08:26 Testing the theories

• 16:41 Biosignatures

• 28:41 Where to look

• 37:50 Technosignatures

• 39:50 Inhabited Universe

• 46:14 Current obsessions

• 50:22 Final thoughts

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Black holes are defined by only three parameters: mass, charge and spin. We know that black holes spin. But how can we measure that? What tools and methods are at our disposal? Answering these questions with Dr Ruth Daly, Professor of Physics at Penn State University.

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01:11 Black Holes' mass

06:22 Jets from Quasars

09:00 Being near a black hole

10:35 Measuring the Sgr A

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26:41 Orientation of Sag A

29:02 Energy of black holes

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What is the farthest object you can see with the unaided eye? Do galaxies have Lagrange points like stars or planets? What does NASA think about Starship's last flight attempt? Which future space telescopes are the most exciting? How will Starship fly without a crew escape system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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• 01:01 [Andoria] How will Starship fly humans without a crew escape system?

• 07:03 [Vulcan] Do galaxies have Lagrange points?

• 10:43 [Risa] What do I hope JWST discovers next?

• 12:41 [Aeturen] What's the farthest unaided-eye object?

• 13:53 [Vendikar] Is life common in the Universe?

• 15:17 [Remus] How accurate was The Martian?

• 20:13 [Janus] Are Von Neumann probes doable with current level of technology?

• 23:11 [Cait] What's the shape of the known Universe?

• 25:07 [Betazed] Can aliens see dinosaurs?

• 25:17 [Cheleb] Will the next Starship reach orbit?

• 26:52 [Nimbus] What will be the next big space telescopes?

• 30:25 [Belos] What does NASA think about Starship's IFT-2?

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Hubble is down right now. JWST sees the first protoplanetary disk in another galaxy. Titan Dragonfly’s delay. The first full image of the Chinese Space Station from orbit.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 Artificial contact binary
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164541/contact-binary-asteroids-are-common-but-weve-never-seen-one-form-so-lets-make-one/

• 02:12 Hubble is down
  
  

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• 04:25 Double protostar
  
  

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• 06:05 Protoplanetary Disks in a Nearby Star Cluster
  
  

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• 07:17 Protoplanetary disk in another galaxy
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164546/a-protoplanetary-disc-has-been-found-in-another-galaxy/

• 08:39 Vote results
  
  

  • https://youtu.be/tEdSYwSN7NE

• 09:32 Second most powerful cosmic ray
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164485/the-second-most-energetic-cosmic-ray-ever-found/

• 12:13 Double planets
  
  

  • https://www.universetoday.com/164456/where-are-all-the-double-planets/

• 13:43 Interviews
  
  

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• 14:35 Dragonfly's Delayed
  
  

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• 15:52 Horizon of Mars
  
  

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• 17:08 Tiangong from orbit
  
  

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• 17:33 Starship reactions

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What was it like to fly on the Space Shuttle? What made this vehicle so important for the history of spaceflight? What stories can it tell? Answering all these questions with NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut, Tom Jones.

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00:43 Why Space Shuttle was so great

04:47 Precursors of full reusability

10:05 RS-25 Engines

14:21 The book

20:28 Overview effect

33:38 Constructing the ISS

35:35 Servicing the Hubble

38:25 New era of spaceflight

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How bad can a solar flare really be for the Earth? What would evolution in an isolated star system look like? What damage can a rogue planet flying through the Solar System cause? When will we have Lagrange point interferometers? What's the speed limit for gravitational assists? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.

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00:53 [Andoria] What damage would a rogue planet cause for the Solar System?

05:37 [Vulcan] How bad would evolving in an isolated star system be?

09:12 [Risa] How bad can solar flares really be?

13:56 [Aeturen] Lagrange point interferometers. Wen?

17:00 [Vendikar] Do stars go up and down the galactic plane?

19:47 [Remus] How can amateur astronomers contribute to science?

23:58 [Janus] Speed limit from gravity assists?

27:18 [Cait] Can we solve interstellar communication?

31:36 [Betazed] Top 5 science YouTube channels?

34:00 [Cheleb] What's my favourite aspect of cosmology?

35:46 [Nimbus] How bad is air pollution from launches?

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It happened! Starship and SuperHeavy Did Launch for the second time. All 33 raptors were working. Hot staging went as planned. But then both the Booster 9 and Ship 25 were lost. What exactly went wrong and what does it mean for the future of Starship? Finding out with Scott Manley and Marcus House.

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00:01:02 Before IFT-2

00:08:35 The Launch

00:14:19 Hot Staging

00:16:20 What went wrong with SuperHeavy

00:25:00 What went wrong with Starship

00:32:00 What's next?

00:45:58 What it means for Artemis

01:03:00 Final thoughts

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SpaceX Starship launches again. Webb finds methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet and reveals a star forming region near the center of the Milky Way. The overwhelming logistics of dealing with an asteroid threat.

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00:00 Intro

00:16 Starship Second Flight

https://www.universetoday.com/164331/spacex-tested-its-starship-again-successful-launch-but-both-vehicles-were-destroyed/

04:36 JWST finds methane on an exoplanet

https://www.universetoday.com/164405/wow-jwst-just-found-methane-in-an-exoplanet-atmosphere/

06:27 JWST looks into Milky Way's center

https://www.universetoday.com/164355/webbs-infrared-eye-reveals-the-heart-of-the-milky-way/

08:11 Secret Chinese payload

https://www.universetoday.com/164379/a-chinese-booster-and-additional-secret-payload-caused-a-double-crater-on-the-moon/

10:02 Vote results

https://youtu.be/tqsRBKgpJsI

11:00 More plutonium for NASA

https://www.universetoday.com/164407/nasa-is-getting-the-plutonium-it-needs-for-future-missions/

13:29 Missing Spiral Galaxies

https://durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2023/11/supergalactic-planes-missing-spiral-galaxies/

15:01 Q&A Show

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16:50 Zone of Avoidance

https://www.universetoday.com/164328/the-universe-cant-hide-behind-the-zone-of-avoidance-any-longer/

18:21 Real Danger of an Asteroid Threat

https://www.universetoday.com/164378/if-youre-trying-to-prevent-an-asteroid-impact-the-technical-and-political-challenges-are-staggering/

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Did James Webb already reach its full potential or is there more to come from it? How does TESS compare to Kepler? Can we use Starlinks as a giant space-based interferometer? Can we rip a black hole apart to see what's inside? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A!

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00:00 Start

00:54 [Andoria] Were primordial gravitational waves stretched?

07:15 [Vulcan] Are black holes the same with very early Universe?

09:28 [Risa] TESS vs Kepler

12:18 [Aeturen] Can starlinks be used as an interferometer?

15:23 [Vendikar] Can meteors from Venus be on Moon or Mars?

17:40 [Remus] Bogus discoveries

21:38 [Janus] Will a Dyson sphere be unstable?

25:51 [Cait] Have we found aliens yet?

25:57 [Betazed] Did JWST show its full potential?

28:46 [Cheleb] Can we rip a black hole to see what's inside?

30:39 [Nimbus] Can we mine a neutron star?

32:35 [Belos] Rogue exoplanets found in the Orion nebula

35:12 [Lyar] Do I get bored of my job?

38:13 [Zalcon] Triton

40:29 [Arret] Biggest missed opportunity in space?

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