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Universe Today Podcast

By: Fraser Cain
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  • Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today. Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.
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  • [Space Bites] Starship Flight 4 Update // Giant Stars Disappearing // Volcanoes on Venus

    [Space Bites] Starship Flight 4 Update // Giant Stars Disappearing // Volcanoes on Venus
    May 31 2024
    Starship is ready for its 4th flight, Webb finds the most distant galaxy ever seen, a new way to detect Hawking Radiation, and fresh volcanoes on Venus. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Starship Flight 4 Coming Soon 01:55 Starliner might finally fly humans to space 02:47 James Webb sees the most the distant galaxy 04:58 New way to measure black hole rotation https://www.universetoday.com/167127/a-new-way-to-measure-the-rotation-of-black-holes/ 06:44 Possible way to see Hawking radiation https://www.universetoday.com/167112/merging-black-holes-could-give-astronomers-a-way-to-detect-hawking-radiation/ 08:32 Giant stars disappearing https://www.universetoday.com/167171/hundreds-of-massive-stars-have-simply-disappeared/ 10:42 Vote results 11:18 China's about to land on the Moon 13:07 Sorry, Spock! Vulcan is not a planet https://www.universetoday.com/167161/sorry-spock-but-vulcan-isnt-a-planet-after-all/ 14:28 Volcanos on Venus https://www.universetoday.com/167156/volcanoes-were-erupting-on-venus-in-the-1990s/ 15:39 Akatsuki lost connection 16:32 Cool images and videos 18:10 Newsletter 19:15 Missions to Venus 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Rta_pbpGAGM 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    21 mins
  • [Q&A] Danger from Solar Storms, Observing Planet X, Pink Auroras

    [Q&A] Danger from Solar Storms, Observing Planet X, Pink Auroras
    May 28 2024
    Where can we observe the effects of dark matter? How did all satellites survive the recent solar storms? Why auroras can show different colours? If we found Planet X, could we even observe it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:24 [Andoria] Where can we observe dark matter? 08:02 [Vulcan] How good are MOND theories? 11:21 [Risa] Why did we survive all the recent solar storms so well? 15:23 [Aeturen] Can we even see Planet X if it actually exists? 20:43 [Vendikar] Can multiple scientists use JWST at the same time? 24:23 [Remus] Can neutrinos be dark matter? 28:15 [Janus] Why some auroras are pink and not green? 29:50 [Cait] What is the Drake equation? 32:58 [Betazed] Falling into a black hole 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/WDFW_-dWT8A 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    37 mins
  • [Interview] NASA Funded This Crazy Project To Search For Life On Mars

    [Interview] NASA Funded This Crazy Project To Search For Life On Mars
    May 26 2024
    NASA selected the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Phase 1 in 2024. It will be studying a possibility to search for existing and past life on Mars alongside the in situ resource utilization process. How will this device work and what potential implications could it have? Finding out with Dr Jan Spacek. 👉 Dr Jan Spacek: https://www.alfamars.org/team/jan-spacek/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 02:23 The NIAC Proposal for ALF 17:25 Life as we don't know it 23:31 What's next for the NIAC project 27:45 The Morning Star mission to Venus 35:37 IMPRESS mission to Mars 43:55 Europa and Enceladus 50:19 Finding life 53:50 Current obsessions 55:33 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/dcf87fYciXM 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    58 mins
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