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Fraser Cain
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  1. [Q&A+] We Were Promised a Flood of Vera Rubin Discoveries. Where Are They?

    6 HRS AGO

    [Q&A+] We Were Promised a Flood of Vera Rubin Discoveries. Where Are They?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dzgbXfW2BMQ Channels mentioned:   @JustHaveaThink  @SimonClark  @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

    18 min
  2. [Q&A+] There Are Only 6,286 Known Exoplanets. Why Hasn’t JWST Observed Them All?

    2D AGO

    [Q&A+] There Are Only 6,286 Known Exoplanets. Why Hasn’t JWST Observed Them All?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jNGaC5ltB2E 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

    18 min
  3. [Space Bites+] Green Bank Telescope Took This Image of Orion

    6D AGO

    [Space Bites+] Green Bank Telescope Took This Image of Orion

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8QJnq45tm3Q 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

    21 min
  4. [Q&A+] What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon?

    MAY 14

    [Q&A+] What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gTTqqXj-REs 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

    18 min
  5. [Q&A+] What Happens If Somebody Claims Mars?

    MAY 12

    [Q&A+] What Happens If Somebody Claims Mars?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:26 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lQDNwSAK3Z8 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

    20 min
  6. [Space Bites+] Io's Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought

    MAY 8

    [Space Bites+] Io's Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought

    BONUS STORY starts at 15:34 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f5t09W_tdfE 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

    22 min
  7. [Q&A+] Orbital VS Surface Lunar Bases

    MAY 7

    [Q&A+] Orbital VS Surface Lunar Bases

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:16 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VFtMBTalNMg 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

    22 min
  8. [Q&A+] What If AI Finds An Alien Technosignature Tomorrow?

    MAY 5

    [Q&A+] What If AI Finds An Alien Technosignature Tomorrow?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:25 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5PTjLZQ7qLU 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

    19 min
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  • Creator
    Fraser Cain
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
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