Universe Today Podcast

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:01

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Should we just wait and let Alpha Centauri get closer? Which will happen first, antimatter propulsion or fusion power? What are the consequences of crashing rockets into the ocean? And in Q&A+, can we detect magnetic fields of planets being torn by black holes?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@geohondo] Are there consequences for crashing a rocket in the ocean?

• 05:24 [@GadZookz] Do we have to wait 5000 years to send humans to Alpha Centauri when it will be a lot closer?

• 11:21 [@fermis1proponant] Anti matter power first or Fusion?

• 16:01 [@brendafrye8048] When a planet is gobbled up by a black hole would the planetary magnetic field be measurable as it is destroyed?

• 19:16 SpaceX coverage

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:08

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With the New Glenn explosion and Starship having problems of its own, what is a realistic setback for NASA's Moon base plans? Do they need to look into alternative propulsion methods? And in Q&A+, will Europe ever catch up in space domain?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@nikolapbyt] Is 2028 still a realistic target after the last Starship flight and the New Glenn explosion?

• 09:52 [@ragetail3] Is NASA progressively looking into solar sail technology?

• 14:13 Different types of science papers

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:42

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What's next for Blue Origin after the explosion? Finding overly massive black holes at the early universe. Could dark matter be made of comets? A galaxy that just isn't rotating. And in Space Bites Plus, how massive can neutron stars be? All this and more on this week's Space Bites.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:14 Might Be Not Than Bad (Still Pretty Bad) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-origin-issues-official-statement-on-new-glenn-explosion

• 02:35 Testing milestone for Blue Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-origins-lunar-lander-just-passed-its-toughest-test-yet

• 04:43 Roman Has a Launch Date https://www.universetoday.com/articles/roman-telescopes-massive-infrared-mirror-is-ready-to-fly

• 06:19 Another Take on Early SMBHs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-the-jwsts-early-overrmassive-black-holes-just-normal-range-outliers

• 08:43 Why Galaxies Stop Forming Stars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/heres-why-so-many-massive-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-stop-forming-stars

• 10:23 Could Dark Matter Be Comets (At Least Partially?) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-the-milky-ways-missing-mass-be-hiding-in-a-swarm-of-interstellar-comets

• 13:13 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 13:41 And Yet It’s Not Spinning https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxy-that-forgot-to-spin

• 14:45 First light for ngVLA https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-next-generation-very-large-array-prototype-ngvla-gathers-its-first-light

• 16:42 How Heavy Can a Neutron Star Get https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-heavy-can-a-neutron-star-get

• 18:49 More space news

• 19:19 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:15

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:52 [@paigepotter4682] What’s the last thing about space you changed your mind about?

• 09:15 [@seanrobertson8796] I’m being sincere, maybe a bit cynical, but how do I know my telescope is actually taking the picture and not just downloading it?

• 10:47 My media

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51

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Ranking Solutions to the Fermi Oaradox: https://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58

What could Starship launch with its 9 meter faring? How can we possibly be ready for Mars? What happens with information in a black hole? And in Q&A+, when can we be confident that Planet 9 doesn't exist?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Biosphere 2 didn't work on our hospitable planet so how are they really gonna do it on the utterly inhospitable moon or Mars?

• 06:38 [@brettostrander1031] What payloads will Starship be able to launch?

• 09:42 [@doogle4144] Nancy Grace Roman being on schedule

• 11:57 [@madmillion91920110] If Hawking radiation evaporates black holes, where does the information go?

• 13:51 [@jonnywalker-74] When will we be able safely say that planet 9 doesn't exist if we don't find it?

• 16:13 I need your suggestions

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:08

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New Glenn Explodes, NASA leans in on a moon base. Starship makes its 12th flight. Have astronomers found a primordial black hole? And in Space Bites Plus, flying a plane through a rocket plume to measure its pollution.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:13 New Glenn explodes https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-just-exploded-during-a-static-fire-test/

• 02:22 NASA Moon base plans https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-provides-update-on-moon-base-rovers-landers-missions/

• 05:19 Starship Flight 12 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacexs-next-gen-starship-doesnt-fire-on-all-engines-during-first-test

• 08:40 Primordial black hole candidate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-just-passed-between-us-and-a-distant-star

• 11:37 Early SMBH https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-weirdness-of-early-universe-smbhs-gets-even-weirder

• 14:32 Ultra faint galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-observe-the-most-chemically-primitive-galaxy-in-the-early-universe

• 16:39 Vote results

• 17:10 TESS sky map https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-tess-reveals-epic-all-sky-map-of-distant-worlds

• 19:00 Triple star system https://www.universetoday.com/articles/three-stars-one-extraordinary-system-and-a-drama-still-to-come

• 20:08 Rocket pollution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-satellite-megaconstellations-accidentally-geoengineering-the-earth

• 22:51 More space news

• 21:29 Reaching out to me

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:05

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Why don't they just charge the shell of the spaceship to repel radiation? What happens when something breaks the speed of light? What weird thing did James Webb recently find? And in Q&A+, what's up and what's down in space?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:36 [@LBTurner56] What did JWST find recently?

• 02:27 [@doogle4144] Can you just charge the surface of a spaceship?

• 08:07 [@cagmuer] What happens when something breaks the speed of light?

• 10:14 [@rebokfleetfoot] Is the Universe complex on purpose?

• 13:29 [@Jason-Darkholm] The universe is not obligated to make sense

• 15:05 [@Timvolleydarts] Is there an up & down in space?

• 18:49 Why do human spaceflight?

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:00

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What's going on with LIGO? Which fictional spaceship is the most realistic? How will astronauts protect themselves during long time flights? And in Q&A+, what evidence will remain if humanity vanishes tomorrow?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@Hooves1] LIGO upgrades?

• 02:13 [@JamesMcIntosh-r7j] aren't there a couple more LIGOs?

• 03:53 [@tedkrouse8222] How do we plan to protect astronauts from radiation?

• 07:52 [@howlmg] Can we train removing stellar contamination on the Sun?

• 10:36 [@paigepotter4682] What fictional spaceship design feels the most realistic?

• 13:00 [@paigepotter4682] If humanity vanished tomorrow, what would be left?

• 14:23 Filming outside

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32

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Maybe Europa doesn't have plumes after all. A new way to detect dark matter. Maybe exo-venuses are more common than exo-earths. A private flight around the moon and Mars? And in Space Bites+, how the solar cycle influences space junk. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 No Plumes After All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all

• 03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave

• 05:08 Weird Wheels https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface

• 06:41 More Venus-Like Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths

• 08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars

• 10:40 Vote results

• 11:09 Getting to Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible

• 14:02 Psyche at Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target

• 15:31 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries

• 17:34 Unidiscoveries in science

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57

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• @ProfessorDaveExplains 

• @potholer54 

Timecodes

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon?

• 06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star?

• 11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries?

• 12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next?

• 14:38 My opinions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do?

• 02:39 [@SnusKing] Why can't JWST just look at all known exoplanets?

• 08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target?

• 10:46 [@earthlingfire7168] Gaia data release 4 when?

• 12:39 [@paigepotter4682] Why do Q&A+?

• 15:02 Japan

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24

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• Dr Paul Sutter: https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter

• Dr Brian Koberlein https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian

• Alan Boyle https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog

• Matthew Williams https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams

• Carolyn Collins Petersen https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen

A Kuiper Belt object with an atmosphere. The moon that became Saturn's rings. Tracking the Artemis mission from Earth. And it's Space Bites Plus, 3000 new brown doors discovered. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Trans-Neptunian atmosphere https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery-for-astronomers

• 02:13 Saturn’s Ring’s Origin https://www.universetoday.com/articles/saturns-icy-rings-likely-formed-from-lost-moon-chrysalis

• 03:41 Four People in a Pixel https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-people-in-a-pixel

• 05:21 X-Ray dot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-an-x-ray-key-to-the-red-dot-mystery

• 07:51 Vote results

• 08:24 Black holes' lifetimes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/black-holes-dont-live-forever-but-they-might-live-long-enough-to-look-like-white-holes

• 11:36 One Graph to Rule Them All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-graph-attempts-to-connect-every-object-in-the-universe

• 13:02 Scanning the Sky for Aliens for 10 years https://www.universetoday.com/articles/weve-been-listening-for-ten-years-heres-what-we-heard

• 15:24 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/citizen-scientists-may-have-just-doubled-the-number-of-known-brown-dwarfs

• 17:07 More space news

• 17:43 Team's projects

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon?

• 03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia?

• 05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith?

• 06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS?

• 08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?

• 11:53 [@webfiji7346] How to apply coding skills for astronomy?

• 15:46

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:26

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What would happen is a country claims Mars as their own? Will we have the Expanse scenario? What's a realistic timeline for Moon exploration? And in Q&A+, can we use those inflatable modules on the Moon?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@neilvonholtum2555] What happens if a country claims Mars as their own?

• 05:22 [@MikeD_] Isn't this the Expanse?

• 08:05 [@GigBossMan] After 53 years how far along would we be on the Moon?

• 14:26 [@danielwhitehouse7682] Do you think those blow up modules would work on the moon

• 17:22 Latest UFO release

BONUS STORY starts at 15:34

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Patreon Q&As https://www.patreon.com/collection/116972

Pandora interview with Dr Ben Hord https://youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU

Curiosity gets a rock stuck to its drill. NASA releases over 12,000 images of the Artemis II mission. The new Pandora Space Telescope sees first light. How Io's lava lakes are hotter than we thought. And in Space Bites+, a meteorite that is very similar to the planet Mercury.

• 00:00 Intro

• ]00:19 NASA Releases 12,000 Artemis II Photos https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1778194875140121

• 02:15 Curiosity Lifting Rocks on Mars https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/

• 03:33 Pandora's first light https://www.universetoday.com/articles/first-images-from-the-pandora-exoplanet-mission

• 05:31 ESPRESSO Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-paranal-solar-espresso-telescope-a-new-tool-for-finding-exoplanets

• 07:42 Io's superhot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-might-have-massively-underestimated-ios-thermal-output

• 09:30 Radar drones https://www.universetoday.com/articles/drones-scanning-earths-glaciers-are-paving-the-way-for-future-mars-helicopters

• 11:25 Vote results 11:51 Subaru on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/subaru-telescope-reveals-new-data-on-the-interior-composition-of-3iatlas

• 13:20 Superionic ice inside ice giants https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-quasi-1d-state-of-matter-could-be-hiding-inside-ice-giant-planets

• 15:34 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-a-meteorite-helps-explain-mercurys-chemical-makeup

• 17:40 My current obsessions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:16

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How hard is it to keep rocket fuel in space? Which is better, a Moon mission on the surface or in orbit? How would a space station look like in a binary planet system? And in Q&A+, could we launch a probe into a black hole?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@geohondo] Is it problematic to keep rocket fuel in space for extended time?

• 07:09 [@drewd2] Would a lunar base be more effective for reducing the cost of space exploration?

• 09:32 [@vistotutti6037] Are we capable of launching Voyager class probes out of our solar system today?

• 12:21 [@thelightrunner2612] Would a large space station at the barycentre of binary planets work?

• 15:16 [@JohnnyApplleseed] What could we learn from launching a probe into a black hole?

• 17:14 Science VS Religion

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:25

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• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@paigepotter4682] If we detected a technosignature tomorrow, what’s the first thing scientists would argue about?

• 04:46 [@Jimdica] Could humanity fall victim of an alien infohazard?

• 08:06 [@savr4est] Will AI find alien first?

• 10:55 [@terryhardaway3285] Would there be a CHZ for earth sized moons around rouge brown dwarfs?

• 13:25 [@EdSceptic-y2e] How far realistically do you think biological humans will ever get from Earth?

• 15:46 Books I read

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:18

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New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own

• 04:04 NASA tests new ion engine https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/

• 06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat/

• 07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved

• 09:46 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 10:15 Milky Way’s Hot Side https://www.universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why

• 11:56 Where's the edge of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc

• 13:52 Disappearing exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight

• 16:02 That's no moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans

• 18:18 BONUS STORY

• 20:45 More space news

• 21:16 Working with Vera Rubin data

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:48

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What did we really find on Mars? Could we find actual fossils there? How was the most detailed 3D-map of the Universe made? And in Q&A+, what's the deal with Iapetus and its huge ridge?

• Q&A 00:00 Intro

• 00:22 [@HanSolo__] Did we find marks of past primitive life on Mars?

• 05:15 [@geohondo] Could we find an actual skeletal fossil on mars?

• 07:18 [@louisnelsonsmith] How DESI works

• 15:48 [@TheGoldishFish] Why does Saturn moon Iapetus have that huge equatorial ridge?

• 18:03 The Q&A format

BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:29

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🟣 Guest: Amy Haft

📜 Spacecraft electrostatic tractor using a power-constrained pulsed high-energy high-current electron beam https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027311772600075X?via%3Dihub

The number of satellites constantly grows. As the result, space debris is becoming more and more of a concern. A new study suggests using practically real-life Star Trek tech to use an electron tractor beam to tug broken satellites around the orbit.

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:11 The state of space debris

• 04:25 Satellite tractor beam

• 14:07 Alternative applications

• 24:29 Tracking objects via plasma trails

• 39:23 Current obsessions

• 44:29 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:23

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Can we deploy a huge fleet of amateur telescopes to image a single planet? If the Voyager crashes into something, will we know that? What's the point of studying gravitational waves? And in Q&A+, does the starless galaxy have any planets?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:27 [@liamdobbyn6167] Fleet of amateur telescopes on TRAPPIST-1

• 06:28 [@SpaceGeekSheri] Would we know about it if Voyager crashed into something? 08:12 [@deant6361] Will New Horizons end up leaving the solar system?

• 09:07 [@davidevans6487] Can we use radiation of space to power spacecraft?

• 11:16 [@JuanMendez-zh2ez] Why study gravitational waves?

• 17:23 [@christiandesalliers] Are there planets in Cloud-9?

• 19:18 Astronomy Cast

Here’s what might delay Artemis, New Glenn flies again, but there’s a problem, Voyager 1 has to shut down another instrument, Vera Rubin is finding so many asteroids. And in Space Bites+, an incredible image to celebrate Hubble’s 35th birthday.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:18 Potential bottleneck for Artemis https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/whats-the-deal-with-spacesuits-for-the-moon-will-they-be-ready-in-time/

• 03:20 China Shows Off a 5-Meter Rocket Module https://www.universetoday.com/articles/china-unveils-a-massive-5-meter-composite-module-for-its-next-generation-reusable-rocket

• 06:20 Success and Failure of New Glenn NG-3 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/errant-upper-stage-spoils-blue-origins-success-in-reusing-new-glenn-booster/

• 08:25 Voyager Shuts Down More Instruments https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/

• 11:08 Vera Rubin Discovers A Lot of Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-has-discovered-11000-new-asteroids-and-its-barely-even-started

• 12:36 Vote results

• 13:06 Organics on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/msl-curiosity-found-new-organic-chemicals-on-mars-proof-that-the-planet-can-preserve-ancient-biosign

• 15:09 Roman’s Ready to Launch

• 16:51 SPHEREx Mapping the Sky https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-telescope-just-mapped-the-cosmic-ices-that-will-someday-build-planets

• 18:05 The Universe in X-Rays https://www.universetoday.com/articles/behold-the-solar-system-in-all-its-x-ray-glory

• 19:18 More space news

• 20:20 Complexity of the interviews

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:29

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What could the great filter be? How visible is the human race to outside observers? How would astronomy work in a cosmic void? And in Q&A+, what would happen if a black hole suddenly approached?00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@moosekeeto] What could the Great Filter be?

• 02:17 [@wookalarcentral] What do cosmic coincidences mean?

• 04:24 [@MikeD_] Could advanced civilizations communicate in a way we can't detect?

• 06:05 [@doogle4144] How 'visible' is the Human race?

• 08:56 [@mmorgan7212] How would astronomy work if we lived in a cosmic void?

• 13:40 [@AEFisch] Why do scientists call a black hole a singularity?

• 16:28 New citizen science project

🟣 Guest: Dr. John Banovetz https://www.bnl.gov/world/

📜 Uncovering the Next Galactic Supernova with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.12094

We should be getting 1-2 supernovae per century in a galaxy like the Milky Way. Yet, the last one observed was about 1000 years ago? Where are all the galactic supernovae? Why don't we see enough of them. Can Vera Rubin help? Finding out in this interview.

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:41 Supernovae in the Milky Way

• 09:33 Why don't we see the supernovae

• 13:32 Vera Rubin 24:37 Working with the data pipeline

• 39:10 Current obsessions

• 41:08 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:16

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How will we power the Moon bases? Which places will be the primary targets for the Habitable World Observatory? Which nuclear reactor is the new NASA proposal about? And in Q&A+, how long will it take to clear the L2 Lagrange point?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:26 [@Noonyuh] Could moonquakes or marsquakes cause problems for humans?

• 02:44 [@rJaune] Are there promising battery technology?

• 04:08 [@1000dots] Which nuclear reactor will NASA use for its new Mars mission?

• 09:20 [@smkolins] Is anyone setting up a public access list of new finds of Vera Rubin?

• 11:24 [@TestingTesting-1234] Where will HWO look first?

• 14:46 [@Matthew...1979] Could we see other planets in realtime?

• 16:16 [@C.Lo.87] How long to clear out L2?

• 17:22 Previously hidden content

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There's a new scar on the moon. The Artemis II astronauts return home safely. A new survey has just wrapped up its scan for dark energy. Supermassive black holes ready to merge. And in Space Bites Plus, astronomers find one of the oldest stars in the universe.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:20 New Scar on The Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-moon-just-got-a-new-scar

• 02:20 Artemis 2 Recap https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-world-welcomes-the-crew-of-artemis-ii-home

• 04:33 DESI 5-year observations https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/04/15/desi-completes-planned-3d-map-of-the-universe-and-continues-exploring/

• 07:34 SMBHs about to merge https://www.universetoday.com/articles/two-monsters-one-galaxy-and-a-collision-100-years-away

• 10:04 Reuse of the New Glenn's booster https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/04/16/blue-origin-hot-fires-its-first-previously-flown-booster-prepares-for-weekend-launch/ 11:14 Blue Alchemist https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/departments/from-moon-dust-to-moon-colonies/

• 12:32 Demarcation of Stars and Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/wheres-the-dividing-line-between-a-star-and-a-planet-ask-the-jwst

• 14:53 Vote results

• 15:51 Stardust in the clouds of Venus https://www.universetoday.com/articles/stardust-in-the-clouds-of-venus

• 17:25 More NASA Nuclear Missions https://www.universetoday.com/articles/exploring-the-moons-shadowy-craters-with-nuclear-powered-rovers

• 19:35 Most Powerful Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-universes-most-powerful-telescope

• 20:55 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/student-team-finds-one-of-the-oldest-stars-in-the-universe-that-migrated-to-the-milky-way

• 22:45 Even more space news

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 19:38

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How can you wrap your head around the true scale of the Universe? Will humanity ever colonize gas giant moons? Can ISS missions compare to future Mars missions? And in Q&A+, did JWST produce any good science papers?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@chiroptile2881] Will humanity ever colonize the gas giants' moons?

• 04:32 [@nickstokes9386] How can you comprehend the scale of the Universe?

• 08:16 [@SantiagoT75] Is space less beautiful for our human eyes?

• 11:32 [@nephilim20111] Do ISS missions compare to future Mars missions?

• 19:38 [@derrickdibble3860] Any good papers been released from JWST?

• 22:36 Interviews with scientists

BONUS PART STARTS AT 27:40

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LISA Interview https://youtu.be/AUS8A9J3d5g
LIGO Interview https://youtu.be/_jmQVH9L8vI

🟣 Guest: Dr. Chiara Mingarelli https://www.chiaramingarelli.com/

📜 Fingerprints of Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Pulsar Timing Arrays https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.05722

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:41 Pulsar Timing Array

• 09:27 Detecting individual mergers

• 18:31 What's next?

• 27:40 Alternative ways of detecting black holes

• 41:14 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:57

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Can we eliminate darkness at night with an orbital reflector? How long do the Voyagers have left? Why didn't JWST inspect some of the potential ocean worlds? And in Q&A+, could we see the Great Attractor unobscured?

• 00:00 Start

• 00:26 [@Asmo-RL] Why are Mars and Venus un the habitable zone though clearly uninhabited?

• 03:52 [@GigaSigma1] Can we put a reflector in orbit to eliminate darkness at night?

• 07:03 [@MLBrilliance] Can we see the Great Attractor unobscured?

• 11:01 [@bigglestintin] ow long will voyager 2's power last?

• 15:57 [@everythingcompute] Why didn't JWST look at Kepler 22B?

• 20:11 Outro

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In the recent years we found out that a lot of asteroids are rubble piles. And we will be finding more of them. But it appears that Phobos might have a lot of characteristics of rubble piles. Which could have some really interesting consequences.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Harrison Agrusa https://hagrusa.github.io/

📜 Tidal disruptions of rubble piles: The case of Phobos https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.21912

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:02 Rubble pile asteroids

• 17:39 DART mission aftermath

• 21:45 Best ways to deflect an asteroid

• 25:01 Phobos

• 37:54 LUCY mission

• 47:32 Current obsessions

• 50:54 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:03

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Artemis 2 is going well. The White House proposes to cut back NASA's budget. Webb looks at two protoplanetary systems. An entirely new class of stars. And in Space Bites Plus, Japan is planning a comet return mission.

SLS IR Video

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:18 Artemis 2 is going really well https://www.universetoday.com/articles/artemis-ii-mission-shares-first-photo-of-earth https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-releases-images-of-artemis-iis-flight-behind-the-moon

• 07:20 NASA Budget Cuts Amid Artemis 2 and Ignition Announcements https://www.planetary.org/articles/what-is-the-skinny-budget-and-what-does-it-mean-for-nasa

• 09:36 Two Planets Forming https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webbs-picture-of-the-month-features-two-planet-forming-disks-and-a-few-possible-planets

• 11:00 New Class of Star https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-class-of-star-merger-remnant

• 13:34 Idea for a Mercury Rover https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-mercury-rover-could-explore-the-planet-by-sticking-to-the-terminator

• 16:09 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 16:44 SuperCDMS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/supercdm-experiment-reaches-critical-temperature-bringing-it-one-step-closer-to-detecting-dark-matte

• 18:22 JWST's Hidden Treasure https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-spies-once-hidden-treasures-in-the-w51-starbirth-crche

• 20:03 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jaxa-plans-to-bring-back-pristine-early-solar-system-samples-from-a-comet

• 21:22 Most influential space moments

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:22

Will Jupiter system become habitable? How much atmosphere could the Moon hold onto? Do quasars have a habitable zone? And in Q&A+, is transpirational cooling better than a heat shield?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@Shrouded_Gh05t] Do I think Europa or Titan has life on it?

• 03:42 [@GadZookz] If Venus had a moon would it be any different?

• 05:17 [@jamesmnguyen] What's the max atmosphere The Moon could hold onto?

• 06:44 [@Storm-Krow] Could current students work with James Webb or ELT?

• 09:49 [@PhoenixWarp1] Would Jupiter or Saturn become habitable during Sun's red giant phase? 10:49 [@ThexBorg] Do quasars have a habitable zone?

• 13:22 [@irwin2335] Transpirational cooling, better than a heat shield?

• 15:15 Outro

Earth is hit by meteorites every day. Some are harmless, some could be dangerous. But now we have the most advanced tool to discover and predict them, the Vera Rubin Observatory. Will it be enough to predict a hit with enough precision to catch up a meteorite mid-flight? Finding out in this interview.

👉 NOIRLab Interview https://youtu.be/VKrpJODdEM0

🟣 Guest: Ian Chow https://ia-chow.github.io/

📜 Predictions of Imminent Earth Impactors Discovered by LSST https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05587

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:54 Working with Vera Rubin

• 04:33 Early detections

• 14:12 How can we improve

• 18:20 Big threats

• 22:00 New method to identify asteroids

• 27:43 Amateur observations

• 31:52 Current obsessions

• 33:08 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:39

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How did the ring galaxies get their weird shape? Could we redirect a comet to hit the Moon? Could Project Orion ever launch? And in Q&A+, how bad did AI hit astronomy jobs?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@billionsandbillionsofstars] Can we expect a meteor storm in our lifetime?

• 02:48 [@CynicExtraordinaire] Will Project Orion ever work?

• 05:03 [@PhoboScorpio] Can you power a spaceship with Jupiter?

• 09:48 [@vistotutti6037] Could we redirect a comet into the Moon?

• 12:33 [@EdSceptic-y2e] How did ring galaxies form?

• 13:39 [@ShaanGrilla] How bad the AI is affecting Astro jobs?

• 17:42 Outro

BONUS PART STARTS AT 18:21

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Going to Mars means contaminating it with Earth's life. Most probably, we have already done it with our landers. But it appears, things might not be as bad as Mars could have a natural "built-in" protection against contamination. How does it work? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Corien Bakermans https://altoona.psu.edu/person/corien-bakermans-phd

📜 ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources

• 0:00 Intro

• 01:48 Fantastic Tardigrades and where to find them

• 03:25 Martian regolith vs life

• 07:13 Earth soil vs Mars regolith

• 09:10 Experimental setup

• 14:49 Contamination risks for Mars

• 17:13 What's next for the research

• 18:21 Sub-zero bacteria

• 25:08 Current obsessions

• 28:56 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:11

👉 Interviews on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE

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Artemis II lifts off for the moon. A comet slows down and reverses its rotation. Galaxies found without dark matter. Anti-matter goes for a ride. And in Space Bites Plus, how humanity is slowing down the rotation of the Earth.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:17 Artemis 2 Launched https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-artemis-generation-begins-artemis-ii-launches-for-the-moon

• 02:40 Moonfall Drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsK-ff2Mycg

• 04:33 Never Seen Before Comet Behaviour https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-detects-first-ever-spin-reversal-of-tiny-comet/

• 06:35 Another Galaxy with NO Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-a-third-galaxy-missing-its-dark-matter-validating-a-violent-cosmic-collision-theory

• 10:13 AI Helped Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scouring-tess-data-with-ai-reveals-a-hundred-new-exoplanets

• 12:12 Transporting Antimatter https://home.cern/news/press-release/experiments/base-experiment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter

• 15:04 Vote results

• 15:53 Robotic Refueling https://www.china-in-space.com/p/sustain-space-successfully-completes

• 17:20 Plants for Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-plant-growth-from-cyanobacteria-based-fertilizer

• 19:07 Celebrating Spring https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-celebrate-the-coming-of-spring-nasa-releases-images-of-blossaming-stellar-nurseries

• 20:11 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-are-slowing-down-the-planet

• 22:28 Interviews

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49

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What will we learn from going back to the Moon? Is there dark matter in the Solar System? Which telescopes would be best for Time Delay Cosmography? And in Q&A+, which planets will be left after the Sun dies?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@N.Armstrng] Which telescopes will be best for Time Delay Cosmography?

• 05:28 [@notmanyeclipsesleft] What is the most important long-term information mankind will acquire from creating a permanent presence on the moon?

• 09:24 [@jessienotot3558] Would WW3 lead to the Kessler Syndrome?

• 12:55 [@sferrin2] Why does the Universe appear to be the same size in every direction?

• 14:49 [@geohondo] Do we know if dark matter possibly in our solar system?

• 15:49 [@kasieream1248] Which planet will the sun be left with as a white dwarf?

• 17:38 Outro

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Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn

📜 NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141

📜 Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:12 What are Fast Radio Bursts

• 09:07 Measuring distances with FRBs

• 18:00 How to improve the accuracy of measurements

• 24:60 Cosmic Positioning System

• 43:11 Alternative use cases

• 51:18 Current obsessions

• 52:23 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:00

🎬 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space Movies https://www.patreon.com/posts/153930141

📺 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space TV Series https://www.patreon.com/posts/153997969

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Which animal would be the make the best space pet? Who has priority access to Vera Rubin’s data? Is there a limit on how many telescopes can we put in a Lagrange point? And in Q&A+, what’s the current progress with spacesuits?

Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/s9XkvvAyx9g

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@churchdiscography] What kind of animal would make a good space pet?

• 01:30 [@jamesmnguyen] Do fish care about living in a microgravity environment?

• 02:22 [@trickymick] What is the process for flagging and following up on objects reported by the Vera Rubin?

• 06:26 [@IARRCSim] Do US scientists have priority for Vera Rubin's data?

• 07:17 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Could a telescope on Earth use the moon as a star shade?

• 08:49 [@Nomad77ca] Is there a limit to how many telescopes we could put out at L1?

• 10:01 [@terryhardaway3285] Did 3I/ATLAS have any effect on objects in the Kuiper belt?

• 15:00 [@kasieream1248] Will spacesuits ever change much?

• 16:52 Outro

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The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview.

👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M
👉 Coronagraph interview with Vanessa Bailey https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M

🟣 Guest: Celeste Hagee https://www.celestehagee.com/

📜 Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) IV: Analyzing CO2 Detections in the Near-IR to Determine the Long-Wavelength Cut-off for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Coronagraph https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12353

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:43 What could HWO see

• 06:20 Celeste's research

• 19:06 Findings

• 28:16 The quest of confirming extraterrestrial life

• 35:04 Current obsessions

• 39:00 Final thoughts

This is an EMERGENCY podcast about Project Hail Mary. Fraser's joined by Producer Anton discussing the movie, as well as the recently released Top-100 lists for movies and TV shows.

⚠️‼️⛔️THIS CONTAINS SPOLERS for Project Hail Mary⚠️‼️⛔️

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:06 SPOILER ALERT

• 01:48 Project Hail Mary

• 27:51 Top-100 movies

• 35:36 Top-100 TV shows

Top 100 movies
Top 100 TV Shows

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:07

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NASA overturns its future exploration plans, Rubin pipelines are filled with juicy data, dwarf galaxies hide overmassive black holes, Titan Dragonfly is coming together. And in Space Bites+, charting the history of a galaxy’s evolution.

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:16 NASA Ignition https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-lays-out-ambitious-plans-f00or-moon-base-and-nuclear-mars-mission

• 06:49 First Follow-Up On Rubin’s Alert https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rubin-alert-leads-to-first-follow-up-observations-and-detection-of-four-supernovae

• 10:04 JWST Finds Overmassive Black Holes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-finds-more-overmassive-black-holes-this-time-in-dwarf-galaxies

• 11:15 Did Triton Do It? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-moon-that-tipped-a-planet

• 13:20 Milestone for Dragonfly https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-dragonfly-rotorcraft-begins-integration-and-testing-ahead-of-mission-to-titan

• 14:41 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 15:09 Baby Planets Directly Observed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/direct-confirmation-of-two-baby-planets-forming-around-a-young-sun-like-star

• 17:12 Team-Up for Saturn https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-webb-and-hubble-telescopes-look-at-saturn-in-a-different-light

• 18:44 Crab Nebula Evolution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/watching-25-years-of-expansion-in-the-crab-nebula-with-the-hubble

• 20:07 Galactic Archeology https://www.universetoday.com/articles/extragalactic-archaeology-a-new-method-to-understand-galaxy-growth-and-evolution

• 23:16 Project Hail Mary mini-review

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:02

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Does it get dark on Venus during the night? Which propulsion tech is the best for realistic interstellar travel? Which Astrophysicist is my favourite and why? And in Q&A+, what research would I do if I were a scientist, not a journalist?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@Smo1k] Does it get dark on Venus during the night?

• 01:39 [@trickymick] Could strange orbits of the dwarf planets be caused by an ancient stellar flyby?

• 02:25 [@SuatÖzdemirci] What's the best tech for realistic interstellar propulsion?

• 04:45 [@N.Armstrng] What happens when two black holes merge?

• 06:38 [@doogle4144] Why do I do patreon interviews?

• 11:14 [@happybuttersblast8334] Who is my favorite astrophysicist and why?

• 12:02 [@Kingtad1136] If I were a scientist and not a journalist, what would I focus my research on?

• 16:13 Outro

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The number of satellites has grown dramatically and it will continue to grow. But where's the limit? How many satellites can we realistically launch? Most people think that it's the Kessler Syndrome. Saturating the orbit with space debris until a chain reaction erupts. But there might be other limiting factors. What are they? Finding out in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Professor Laura Revell https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Laura-Revell/publications

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:15 What happens to satellites upon re-entry

• 10:41 Rocket fuel emissions

• 24:13 Possible nuclear wars

• 29:07 Current obsession

• 34:45 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:04

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What kind of media can we expect from Titan Dragonfly? Could you track Artemis 2 with an amateur telescope? Can moons have moons that have moons? And in Q&A+, should journalists use more storytelling?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:24 [@geohondo] What media content can we expect from the Titan Dragonfly?

• 01:19 [@DamingoFlave] Could you track Artemis 2 with an amateur telescope?

• 02:52 [@TestingTesting-1234] Should we establish Aldrin cyclers between the earth and the moon?

• 05:11 [@kirkwagner461] Does Aldrin Cycler give you any delta-v advantage?

• 05:39 [@kairon156] Is there any plan to give the moon it's own GPS?

• 07:23 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Moon with a moon with a moon

• 08:21 [@SidVicious619-d5r] Can a moon not be tidally locked to a planet?

• 09:45 [@C.Lo.87] Can a white dwarf collect enough material to restart fusion?

• 13:04 [@paigepotter4682] Do you think space journalism should ever lean more into wonder and storytelling rather than strict explanation?

• 16:10 Outro

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How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know what's going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. Cole Nypaver https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/cole-nypaver

📜 Smithsonian Planetary Scientists Discover Recent Tectonic Activity on the Moon https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-planetary-scientists-discover-recent-tectonic-activity-moon

• 00:00 Intro

• 01:44 Is the Moon dead?

• 08:44 What created the faults

• 14:04 Returning to the Moon

• 24:24 Beyond just the Moon

• 26:58 Boulders on the Moon

• 33:37 Current obsessions

• 38:42 Final thoughts

This is an episode of John Michael Godier's Event Horizon show that we did together. YouTube version on JMG's channel: https://youtu.be/mbn3uK7V3b0

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:26

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A planetary system that breaks all the rules. Colliding worlds reminds us of the Earth and the Moon. A super solar storm hit Mars too. An explanation for a seven-hour gamma ray burst. And in Space Bites Plus, thousands of stellar siblings found.

🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:15 Planetary System that Breaks All Rules https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cheops-discovery-defies-planetary-formation-rules

• 02:41 A Special Rocky World https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-isnt-just-another-rocky-world-orbiting-a-red-dwarf-this-ones-special

• 04:32 Worlds Colliding https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-find-evidence-of-worlds-colliding-11000-light-years-away

• 06:21 Plans for a Moon in a Bag https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/a-private-space-company-has-a-radical-new-plan-to-bag-an-asteroid/

• 07:47 Lunar Magnetic Mystery Solved https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-60-year-old-mystery-about-the-moons-magnetosphere-is-finally-solved

• 09:47 Vote results 10:12 Solar Superstorm Hit Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esas-mars-orbiters-watch-solar-superstorm-hit-the-red-planet

• 12:00 Nobody Could Explain This https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-seven-hour-explosion-nobody-could-explain

• 15:26 Something’s Changing the Small Magellanic Cloud https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-is-changing-the-small-magellanic-cloud

• 15:26 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-suns-great-escape

• 17:41 Vibe coding

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51

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Could the Sun have a binary companion, are we the only observers in the Universe, will lunar bases be close to each other? And in Q&A+, could we grow crops in asteroid regolith?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:23 [@SantiagoT75] Can the Sun be orbiting another star we just haven’t yet noticed?

• 04:54 [@silasmiller4417] Are we really the only true observer in the Universe?

• 07:25 [@terryhardaway3285] How hard would it be to put the ISS in lunar orbit or on the Moon?

• 10:00 [@Space_Whales42] How close do you think the Chinese base on the moon will be to the American base?

• 12:14 [@Noonyuh] What sort of internet bandwidth should we expect on our moon bases?

• 13:51 [@Squigglyboi] Did they test growing crops in asteroid regolith?

• 17:01 Outro

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BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49

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If the robots take over, what would our biosignatures look like? is a galaxy's rotation tied to its black hole? what would happen to the Universe if dark matter disappeared? And in Q&A+, which scifi universe would I like to live in?

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:25 [@AriasThirdOfHisName] What will be left of us if robots take over?

• 04:52 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Is the rotation of a galaxy tied in any way to the rotation of its black hole?

• 06:09 [@EdSceptic-y2e] What would happen if all the dark matter dissappeared?

• 11:19 [@christiandesalliers4663] Why does material must shead it's angular momentum before falling into a black hole?

• 14:58 [@BigC799] What three questions would I ask the Universe?

• 15:49 [@kimbarron4239] Which fictional universe would I like to live in?

• 17:40 Outro

Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/jtVVWzfyB0w