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Universe Today Podcast

Universe Today Podcast

By: Fraser Cain
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Public feed with [Space Bites+], [Q&A+], [Interview+] and other episodes. Free for everyone.Copyright Fraser Cain Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Science
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  • [Q&A+] What If AI Finds An Alien Technosignature Tomorrow?
    May 5 2026

    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

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    19 mins
  • [Space Bites+] Half Of Our Galaxy Is Hotter Than The Other (We Finally Know Why!)
    May 1 2026

    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

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    24 mins
  • [Q&A+] How Does A Telescope Made of 5000 Robots Work?
    May 1 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:48

    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/90S24jYGtd4

    Latest Patreon Q&A show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156265102/

    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

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    21 mins
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