Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain

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.


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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


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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.


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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


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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.


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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?


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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.


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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


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Webb sees weather on an exoplanet, takes a new image of the horsehead nebula, and a satellite takes a close up image of a piece of space debris.


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00:00 Intro
00:17 Weather on an exoplanet


https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-maps-weather-on-planet-280-light-years-away/

02:26 JWST in interferometry mode


https://www.universetoday.com/166757/jwst-uses-interferometry-mode-to-reveal-two-protoplanets-around-a-young-star/

04:02 One step closer to space debris removal


https://astroscale.com/astroscale-unveils-worlds-first-image-of-space-debris-captured-through-rendezvous-and-proximity-operations/

05:26 Hubble goes in and out of safe mode


https://www.universetoday.com/166780/uh-oh-hubbles-having-gyro-problems-again/

07:03 Black holes can halt star formation in galaxies


https://www.universetoday.com/166763/black-holes-can-halt-star-formation-in-massive-galaxies/

08:44 Vote results
09:29 SLIM just refuses to die


https://www.universetoday.com/166765/japans-lunar-lander-survives-its-third-lunar-night/

10:32 Great images


https://www.universetoday.com/166802/first-light-from-einstein-probe-a-supernova-remnant/

13:08 More space news
13:59 Hubble's gyros


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What are the limits of James Webb when it's looking for Earth-like atmospheres? What can we possibly find out? Is there any hope for red dwarf stars and their planets to have a potential for habitability? Finding out the answers with Evelyn Macdonald.


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00:00 Intro
01:39 Current observations with Webb
06:14 What could we see in exoplanet atmospheres
12:08 What do planets actually look like
17:41 Future telescopes
19:50 Is there hope for red dwarf star planets?
24:55 Current obsessions
26:34 Final thoughts and more interviews


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