Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain

A new answer for Mars methane, BepiColumbo is having thruster problems, three of the oldest stars in the Universe found nearby, and the best auroras in decades.


🦄 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 Mars Methane Mystery


https://www.universetoday.com/167003/new-answers-for-mars-methane-mystery/

02:50 BepiColombo in Trouble


https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Glitch_on_BepiColombo_work_ongoing_to_restore_spacecraft_to_full_thrust

04:40 Oldest Stars in the Universe


https://www.universetoday.com/167001/three-of-the-oldest-stars-in-the-universe-found-circling-the-milky-way/

06:19 Crazy Auroras


https://www.universetoday.com/166955/what-a-weekend-spectacular-aurora-photos-from-around-the-world/

07:35 Vote results
08:14 Supermassive Black Holes' Origin


https://www.universetoday.com/166947/supermassive-black-holes-got-started-from-massive-cosmic-seeds/

10:12 Bright star mystery


https://www.universetoday.com/167007/a-star-became-1000-times-brighter-and-now-astronomers-know-why/

11:36 Amazing Hubble images
12:59 More space news
13:57 How to see an aurora


📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/6z9RV-dm7eU


📰 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)
Support Universe Today Podcast

How exactly does Gaia operate? What should we expect from it in the near future? When and why will it come to an end? And what comes after Gaia? Finding out the answers with Dr Berry Holl.


👉 Gaia Black Hole 3 discovery seminar at the Department of astronomy Geneva
https://mediaserver.unige.ch/play/218992


🦄 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
02:48 Meet Dr Berry Holl
05:02 How Gaia works
12:56 Measuring the speed of stars
22:14 Limits of Gaia
32:10 Anomalies from Gaia
40:25 When will Gaia end
48:48 What comes next
01:01:33 Current obsessions
01:02:56 Final thoughts


📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/RyEVmDH5Cdk


📰 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)
Support Universe Today Podcast

SpaceX announces their new spacewalking suit, China is off to the Moon again, progress on Vera Rubin, and take a one-way trip into a black hole.


🦄 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
00:12 SpaceX EVA suit


https://polarisprogram.com/eva-suit-unveil/

02:15 New evidence for Planet 9


https://www.universetoday.com/166889/new-evidence-for-our-solar-systems-ghost-planet-nine/

03:57 Vera Rubin's Mirror is done


https://www.universetoday.com/166842/vera-rubins-primary-mirror-gets-its-first-reflective-coating/

05:35 China's Chang'e-6 Moon mission


https://www.universetoday.com/166876/china-is-going-back-to-the-moon-again-with-change-6/

07:20 Vote results
08:13 NIAC phase 2


https://www.universetoday.com/166883/nasa-takes-six-advanced-tech-concepts-to-phase-ii/

10:18 Dinkinesh's moonlet is young


https://www.universetoday.com/166855/dinkineshs-moonlet-is-only-2-3-million-years-old/

11:31 Why white dwarf stars have so much metal


https://jila.colorado.edu/news-events/articles/hungry-hungry-white-dwarfs-solving-puzzle-stellar-metal-pollution

12:56 Dive into a black hole


https://www.universetoday.com/166903/fall-into-a-black-hole-with-this-new-nasa-simulation/

13:51 More space news
14:40 How science works


📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/_OIfxkBc4-8


📰 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)
Support Universe Today Podcast

How can we improve ALMA? What are the benefits of having a single big submillimeter telescope? What could we discover if the AtLAST telescope project goes through? Figuring out the answers with Dr Claudia Chicone.


🦄 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
01:51 Submillimeter wavelength
06:42 ALMA
16:53 AtLAST telescope project
32:16 Submillimeter maps of the sky
36:30 What's next?
43:17 Final thoughts and more interveiws


📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/5AMfpLUidC4


📰 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)
Support Universe Today Podcast

How can we let aliens know we're here? What does a lunar eclipse look like as seen from the Moon? Can we record a supernova in real time? Why aren't coronagraphs just circles? 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
00:37 [Andoria] Can we signal to aliens with green glass?
06:39 [Vulcan] Lunar eclipse seen from the Moon
11:24 [Risa] Can we record a supernova appearing in real-time?
16:05 [Aeturen] Why aren't coronagraphs just circles?
20:53 [Vendikar] How do astronomers determine distances to other galaxies?
25:02 [Remus] Who was my favourite interview?
28:01 [Janus] How do astronomers determine the age of stars?
31:11 [Cait] Can we move Earth by the time the Sun will die?
34:31 [Betazed] Why does the Moon look bigger and yellow sometimes?


📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/mz-DcU2VaAs


📰 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)
Support Universe Today Podcast

When humans will return to the Moon they will need a lot of assistance to set up a settlement and carry out all the missions. They will need a lot of robots to do that. How exactly will it pan out? Figuring out with Professor Yang Gao from King's College London.


🦄 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
02:48 Future Moon equipment
13:57 Autonomous robots
23:46 Machine learning revolution
32:25 Self-replication
38:09 Current obsessions
46:13 Final thoughts and more interviews


📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/j4K75MIlRz0


📰 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)
Support Universe Today Podcast