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    [Interview] What Comes After ALMA? Next Gen AtLAST Observatory

    [Interview] What Comes After ALMA? Next Gen AtLAST Observatory

    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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    • 44 min
    [Q&A] Messaging The Aliens, Moving the Earth, Shapes of Coronagraphs

    [Q&A] Messaging The Aliens, Moving the Earth, Shapes of Coronagraphs

    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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    • 39 min
    [Interview] How Robots Will Help Humans Conquer The Moon

    [Interview] How Robots Will Help Humans Conquer The Moon

    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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    • 48 min
    [Space Bites] Big Space Debris Milestone // JWST Spies Exoplanet Weather // Immortal SLIM

    [Space Bites] Big Space Debris Milestone // JWST Spies Exoplanet Weather // Immortal SLIM

    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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    • 16 min
    [Interview] Is There Hope For TRAPPIST-1 Planets with James Webb?

    [Interview] Is There Hope For TRAPPIST-1 Planets with James Webb?

    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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    • 28 min
    [Q&A] Effects of Planet Alignment, Protecting Antimatter Spaceships from Dust, JWST Deep Fields

    [Q&A] Effects of Planet Alignment, Protecting Antimatter Spaceships from Dust, JWST Deep Fields

    How can we protect antimatter-powered rockets from space dust? Will curing cancer solve deep space travel? What happens when planets align? Does dark matter lose angular momentum? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.


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    00:00 Start
    00:28 [Andoria] How can we protect antimatter-powered spaceships from space dust?
    06:34 [Vulcan] What will happen if all planets aligned?
    09:59 [Risa] Does dark matter lose angular momentum?
    15:09 [Aeturen] Are there any advantages to non-Dobsonians for rookies?
    21:03 [Vendikar] Why are JWST's deep field images not dramatically better than Hubble's?
    23:52 [Remus] Will space still be dangerous when we cure cancer?
    25:38 [Janus] How realistic is the concept of sophons from the Three Body Problem?
    27:36 [Cait] Do gravity waves come in different flavours?
    30:51 [Betazed] How big can a space telescope be if it's assembled in space?
    34:36 [Cheleb] Could aliens have created black holes?
    37:45 [Nimbus] What's the deal with Sedna?


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    • 43 min

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