Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain
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  1. [Space Bites+] Unexpected Comet Behaviour // Artemis 2 Launched // NO-Dark-Matter Galaxy

    1D AGO

    [Space Bites+] Unexpected Comet Behaviour // Artemis 2 Launched // NO-Dark-Matter Galaxy

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:11 👉 Interviews on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 👉 Interviews on Patreon (free for everyone) https://www.patreon.com/collection/44300?view=expanded 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Artemis II lifts off for the moon. A comet slows down and reverses its rotation. Galaxies found without dark matter. Anti-matter goes for a ride. And in Space Bites Plus, how humanity is slowing down the rotation of the Earth. 00:00 Intro 00:17 Artemis 2 Launched https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-artemis-generation-begins-artemis-ii-launches-for-the-moon 02:40 Moonfall Drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsK-ff2Mycg 04:33 Never Seen Before Comet Behaviour https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-detects-first-ever-spin-reversal-of-tiny-comet/ 06:35 Another Galaxy with NO Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-a-third-galaxy-missing-its-dark-matter-validating-a-violent-cosmic-collision-theory 10:13 AI Helped Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scouring-tess-data-with-ai-reveals-a-hundred-new-exoplanets 12:12 Transporting Antimatter https://home.cern/news/press-release/experiments/base-experiment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter 15:04 Vote results 15:53 Robotic Refueling https://www.china-in-space.com/p/sustain-space-successfully-completes 17:20 Plants for Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-plant-growth-from-cyanobacteria-based-fertilizer 19:07 Celebrating Spring https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-celebrate-the-coming-of-spring-nasa-releases-images-of-blossaming-stellar-nurseries 20:11 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-are-slowing-down-the-planet 22:28 Interviews

    25 min
  2. [Q&A+] Reasons to Return to The Moon, WW3 and The Kessler Syndrome, Time Delay Cosmography

    3D AGO

    [Q&A+] Reasons to Return to The Moon, WW3 and The Kessler Syndrome, Time Delay Cosmography

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/poOg7fY_3Q0 What will we learn from going back to the Moon? Is there dark matter in the Solar System? Which telescopes would be best for Time Delay Cosmography? And in Q&A+, which planets will be left after the Sun dies? 00:00 Intro 00:24 [@N.Armstrng] Which telescopes will be best for Time Delay Cosmography? 05:28 [@notmanyeclipsesleft] What is the most important long-term information mankind will acquire from creating a permanent presence on the moon? 09:24 [@jessienotot3558] Would WW3 lead to the Kessler Syndrome? 12:55 [@sferrin2] Why does the Universe appear to be the same size in every direction? 14:49 [@geohondo] Do we know if dark matter possibly in our solar system? 15:49 [@kasieream1248] Which planet will the sun be left with as a white dwarf? 17:38 Outro

    21 min
  3. [Interview+] A NIAC Project That Could Crush The Hubble Tension

    4D AGO

    [Interview+] A NIAC Project That Could Crush The Hubble Tension

    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MX3YWQVSjW8 Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn 📜 NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141 📜 Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947 00:00 Intro 02:12 What are Fast Radio Bursts 09:07 Measuring distances with FRBs 18:00 How to improve the accuracy of measurements 24:60 Cosmic Positioning System 43:11 Alternative use cases 51:18 Current obsessions 52:23 Final thoughts

    54 min
  4. [Q&A+] Best Space Pet, Aftermath of 3I/ATLAS Flyby, Limits on Lagrange Points

    5D AGO

    [Q&A+] Best Space Pet, Aftermath of 3I/ATLAS Flyby, Limits on Lagrange Points

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:00 🎬 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space Movies https://www.patreon.com/posts/153930141 📺 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space TV Series https://www.patreon.com/posts/153997969 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yPju8peHp2s Which animal would be the make the best space pet? Who has priority access to Vera Rubin’s data? Is there a limit on how many telescopes can we put in a Lagrange point? And in Q&A+, what’s the current progress with spacesuits? Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/s9XkvvAyx9g 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@churchdiscography] What kind of animal would make a good space pet? 01:30 [@jamesmnguyen] Do fish care about living in a microgravity environment? 02:22 [@trickymick] What is the process for flagging and following up on objects reported by the Vera Rubin? 06:26 [@IARRCSim] Do US scientists have priority for Vera Rubin's data? 07:17 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Could a telescope on Earth use the moon as a star shade? 08:49 [@Nomad77ca] Is there a limit to how many telescopes we could put out at L1? 10:01 [@terryhardaway3285] Did 3I/ATLAS have any effect on objects in the Kuiper belt? 15:00 [@kasieream1248] Will spacesuits ever change much? 16:52 Outro

    19 min
  5. [Interview+] The Limits of The Habitable Worlds Observatory

    6D AGO

    [Interview+] The Limits of The Habitable Worlds Observatory

    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/M3KZgV-_kks The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview. 👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M 👉 Coronagraph interview with Vanessa Bailey https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M 🟣 Guest: Celeste Hagee https://www.celestehagee.com/ 📜 Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) IV: Analyzing CO2 Detections in the Near-IR to Determine the Long-Wavelength Cut-off for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Coronagraph https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12353 00:00 Intro 01:43 What could HWO see 06:20 Celeste's research 19:06 Findings 28:16 The quest of confirming extraterrestrial life 35:04 Current obsessions 39:00 Final thoughts

    42 min
  6. [Emergency Review] Project Hail Mary + Top 100 Lists

    MAR 28

    [Emergency Review] Project Hail Mary + Top 100 Lists

    This is an EMERGENCY podcast about Project Hail Mary. Fraser's joined by Producer Anton discussing the movie, as well as the recently released Top-100 lists for movies and TV shows. ⚠️‼️⛔️THIS CONTAINS SPOLERS for Project Hail Mary⚠️‼️⛔️ 00:00 Intro 01:06 SPOILER ALERT 01:48 Project Hail Mary 27:51 Top-100 movies 35:36 Top-100 TV shows Top 100 movies Top 100 TV Shows

    43 min
  7. [Space Bites+] Nuclear Mars Mission // NASA's Moon Base // New ISS Plan

    MAR 27

    [Space Bites+] Nuclear Mars Mission // NASA's Moon Base // New ISS Plan

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:07 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FBEUdChBGxA NASA overturns its future exploration plans, Rubin pipelines are filled with juicy data, dwarf galaxies hide overmassive black holes, Titan Dragonfly is coming together. And in Space Bites+, charting the history of a galaxy’s evolution. 00:00 Intro 00:16 NASA Ignition https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-lays-out-ambitious-plans-f00or-moon-base-and-nuclear-mars-mission 06:49 First Follow-Up On Rubin’s Alert https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rubin-alert-leads-to-first-follow-up-observations-and-detection-of-four-supernovae 10:04 JWST Finds Overmassive Black Holes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-finds-more-overmassive-black-holes-this-time-in-dwarf-galaxies 11:15 Did Triton Do It? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-moon-that-tipped-a-planet 13:20 Milestone for Dragonfly https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-dragonfly-rotorcraft-begins-integration-and-testing-ahead-of-mission-to-titan 14:41 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 15:09 Baby Planets Directly Observed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/direct-confirmation-of-two-baby-planets-forming-around-a-young-sun-like-star 17:12 Team-Up for Saturn https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-webb-and-hubble-telescopes-look-at-saturn-in-a-different-light 18:44 Crab Nebula Evolution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/watching-25-years-of-expansion-in-the-crab-nebula-with-the-hubble 20:07 Galactic Archeology https://www.universetoday.com/articles/extragalactic-archaeology-a-new-method-to-understand-galaxy-growth-and-evolution 23:16 Project Hail Mary mini-review

    26 min
  8. [Q&A+] Nights on Venus, Best Interstellar Propulsion Tech, Sun's Stellar Flybys

    MAR 27

    [Q&A+] Nights on Venus, Best Interstellar Propulsion Tech, Sun's Stellar Flybys

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:02 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V6Vm9Wb4ZF8 Full livestream: https://youtube.com/live/esBOfZhJTWk Does it get dark on Venus during the night? Which propulsion tech is the best for realistic interstellar travel? Which Astrophysicist is my favourite and why? And in Q&A+, what research would I do if I were a scientist, not a journalist? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@Smo1k] Does it get dark on Venus during the night? 01:39 [@trickymick] Could strange orbits of the dwarf planets be caused by an ancient stellar flyby? 02:25 [@SuatÖzdemirci] What's the best tech for realistic interstellar propulsion? 04:45 [@N.Armstrng] What happens when two black holes merge? 06:38 [@doogle4144] Why do I do patreon interviews? 11:14 [@happybuttersblast8334] Who is my favorite astrophysicist and why? 12:02 [@Kingtad1136] If I were a scientist and not a journalist, what would I focus my research on? 16:13 Outro

    19 min
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    Fraser Cain
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    2014 - 2026
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