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Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.

    [Special] What Went Wrong With Starship's Third Test Flight

    [Special] What Went Wrong With Starship's Third Test Flight

    Another Test of SpaceX Starship Superheavy combo, another analysis of the flight with Scott Manley and Marcus House!


    📺 Scott Manley:
    https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley


    📺 Marcus House:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse


    🚀 IFT-2 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ReXZvXPak4U
    🚀 IFT-1 Analysis: https://youtu.be/RGcdjJj-f4g


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    00:00 Intro
    00:44 The plan for IFT-3
    02:18 Liftoff and hot staging
    04:34 Booster return
    10:38 Starship in orbit
    17:26 Starship's re-entry
    28:22 More interesting stuff
    33:25 What's next
    36:58 Artemis 3 plans
    43:18 Scott and Marcus
    45:11 Final thoughts


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    • 47 min
    [Interview] NASA Set Its Spaceship on Fire. Here's Why

    [Interview] NASA Set Its Spaceship on Fire. Here's Why

    What did NASA learn from setting their Cygnus spaceships on fire? Is fire more dangerous in space than on Earth? Finding out with Dr. David Urban, Branch Chief from NASA Glenn Research Center.


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    00:00 Intro
    01:41 Fire in space
    03:56 Saffire Experiment
    11:55 Conclusions
    15:50 Firefighting in space
    20:16 Future experiments
    26:46 Final thoughts and more interviews


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    • 29 min
    [Interview] The Secret Behind NASA's Recent Success

    [Interview] The Secret Behind NASA's Recent Success

    What drives NASA's most successful projects like James Webb, Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, etc? What's going on with international cooperation? How will future missions be planned and executed? Finding out with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, former Associate Administrator of NASA Sciecne Mission Directorate.


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    00:00 Intro
    02:00 JWST
    09:25 Parker Solar Probe
    15:55 Future missions
    25:58 International projects
    40:06 New job at Zurich Space
    41:45 Current obsessions
    54:16 Final thoughts and more interviews


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    • 57 min
    [Space Bites] Starship’s Third Flight // Schrodinger’s Voyager // Start of Milkdromeda

    [Space Bites] Starship’s Third Flight // Schrodinger’s Voyager // Start of Milkdromeda

    Starship reaches orbit in a new test, NASA regains contact with Voyager 1 (sort of), are the Milky Way and Andromeda already exchanging stars, and two new incredible images to replace your desktop wallpaper.


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    00:00 Intro
    00:18 Starship IFT-3


    https://www.universetoday.com/166137/starship-orbit-spacex-third-test-breaks-up/

    06:38 Voyager-1 not dead yet


    https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2024/03/13/nasa-engineers-make-progress-toward-understanding-voyager-1-issue/

    08:03 Did Milkdromeda already start forming?


    https://www.universetoday.com/166116/are-andromeda-and-the-milky-way-already-exchanging-stars/

    10:30 White Dwarfs


    https://www.universetoday.com/166082/white-dwarfs-might-be-less-dead-than-we-thought/

    13:15 Vote results


    https://youtu.be/RozsR3TWvH8

    13:58 Painting telescopes black


    https://www.universetoday.com/166119/ultrablack-coating-could-be-ideal-for-telescopes/

    16:50 Amazing images


    https://www.universetoday.com/166129/webb-sees-a-star-forming-region-blowing-vast-bubbles/
    https://www.universetoday.com/166152/this-is-a-1-3-gigapixel-image-of-a-supernova-remnant/

    19:36 Cyborg jellyfish


    https://www.universetoday.com/166096/cyborg-jellyfish-could-help-explore-oceans-autonomously/

    21:26 Even more space news
    22:24 Distances and time


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    • 24 min
    [Q&A] How Cold Are Moon Shadows, Why Are Dark Matter Halos Spherical, War For The Moon

    [Q&A] How Cold Are Moon Shadows, Why Are Dark Matter Halos Spherical, War For The Moon

    How cold does it get in the shadows on the Moon? What's going on with dark matter research? Can we chase Oumuamua with a solar sail spacecraft? Will we ever face a war for the Moon? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.


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    00:00 Start
    00:29 [Andoria] How cold do shadows on the Moon get?
    05:34 [Vulcan] Why are dark matter halos spherical?
    08:48 [Risa] Are we alone in the Universe?
    12:26 [Aeturen] Will there be a war for the Moon?
    15:40 [Vendikar] Current obsessions
    19:58 [Remus] What's going on with dark matter?
    23:52 [Janus] Can we catch Oumuamua with a solar sail?
    29:07 [Cait] What are the Hawking radiation particles?
    29:52 [Betazed] What caused the Big Bang?
    29:57 [Cheleb] How to transfer energy from space down to Earth?
    33:49 [Nimbus] Will dark energy eventually decline?
    36:44 [Belos] Is the risk of solar flares overblown or unappreciated?


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    • 42 min
    [Interview] Why White Dwarf Stars Unexpectedly Stop Cooling Down

    [Interview] Why White Dwarf Stars Unexpectedly Stop Cooling Down

    White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.


    📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf stars
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07102-y


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    00:00 Intro
    01:16 What are White Dwarfs
    08:59 Why white dwarfs stop cooling
    23:03 Pollution of white dwarfs
    29:29 Perfect white dwarf telescope
    35:59 Current obsessions
    38:25 Final thoughts and more interviews


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    • 40 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
84 Ratings

84 Ratings

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Excellent

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Fraser does such a great job explaining the wonders and mysteries of the universe. I’ve been listening for years now and it never gets old.

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