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Fraser Cain
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  1. 2d ago

    [Space Bites+] This Telescope Will Do What JWST and Roman Can't

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:56 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y9Iknlzbn5s NASA is working on a new far-infrared space telescope, Starship finally makes it to orbit, a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and an exoplanet orbiting backwards. On Space Bites plus, a galaxy with a disconnected center. 00:00 Intro 00:18 New far-infrared NASA telescope coming https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-first-selection-for-a-new-class-of-mission-the-prima-far-infrared-telescope 02:11 Starship goes orbital https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacexs-starship-rocket-does-its-job-during-first-orbital-flight 04:09 Power for the Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-1000c-lunar-microreactor-could-power-the-next-era-of-moon-bases 07:28 Sub-Neptune orbiting the wrong way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-a-sub-neptune-orbiting-completely-backward-around-a-red-dwarf 09:37 Vote results 10:03 Dynamic structural evolution in Chariklo’s rings https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-dynamic-structural-evolution-in-chariklos-rings 11:14 Finding life on Enceladus could be easier than we thought https://www.universetoday.com/articles/finding-life-on-enceladus-could-be-easier-than-we-thought-says-new-research 13:08 Getting even more from the CMB https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-test-looks-for-a-subtle-twist-in-ancient-light 15:56 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/diving-into-an-out-of-sync-galaxy 16:46 Final thoughts

    [Space Bites+] This Telescope Will Do What JWST and Roman Can't

  2. 3d ago

    [Q&A+] What Does The Milky Way Orbit?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:23 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BWKrIT28Uk0 We orbit the Sun, Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way, but what does the Milky Way orbit? Can we still catch up with Oumuamua? Is the Big Crunch a ruled-out theory? And in Q&A+, have we seen a phenomenon we can't yet explain? 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@jonathanchamberlain6260] What does the Milky Way orbit? 04:21 [@paulwilson1529] Could we still catch up with Oumuamua? 08:28 [@bakkos_bakkos] Is The Big Crunch a ruled out theory? 13:35 [@kamleshpatel6817] Why can't gravitational waves travel faster than light? 15:23 [@paigepotter4682] Is there an astronomical phenomenon where you think we’ve probably seen the evidence already, but haven’t realized what we’re looking at yet? 18:51 Final thoughts

    [Q&A+] What Does The Milky Way Orbit?

  3. 4d ago

    [Interview+] How Good Was Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Really?

    BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:25 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/izP3FsO9u8o PBS Spacetime video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo Professor David Kipping's channel:  @CoolWorldsLab  We've done a lot of searching for extraterrestrial life over the years. But how good was it? Did we look hard enough or deep enough? Is it too early for conclusions? Could do a better job? If so, how? Figuring out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Ben Zuckerman 📜 Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: a New Strategy To Find Nearby Alien Civilizations https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07333 00:00 Intro 01:36 SETI 05:07 How deep did we look 24:12 What could we have done differently 36:57 Most satisfying answer to the Fermi Paradox 43:25 BONUS PART: pollution of white dwarfs 53:01 Current obsessions 57:14 Final thoughts

    [Interview+] How Good Was Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Really?

  4. 5d ago

    [Q&A+] We Were Promised A Firehose of Results From Vera Rubin. Where Are They?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:56 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cdHAMQf1Fnk When will we see the surfaces of exoplanets? What non-western telescopes should we expect? Where are all the big promised results from Vera Rubin? And in Q&A+, how to get in space journalism and is it worth it now? 00:00 Intro 00:33 [@theindianking3000] Will Roman see exoplanets better than JWST? 03:13 [@fwd79] Which non-western space telescopes are coming? 05:55 [@paulwilson1529] How packed is the asteroid belt? 07:35 [@GadZookz] Are there any calories on the Moon or Mars? 10:26 [@rilanfelnar2698] Results from Vera Rubin. When? 13:56 [@absolute-doink] Any advice for someone interested in space journalism? 20:31 Final thoughts

    [Q&A+] We Were Promised A Firehose of Results From Vera Rubin. Where Are They?

  5. Sep 25

    [Space Bites+] Turns Out, Superflares Are Quite Possible for Our Sun

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:59 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pkZ5tjeeiS0 00:00 Intro 00:33 Superflares are on the table https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-is-physically-capable-of-producing-a-superflare-according-to-a-new-study 04:10 Direct image of the youngest exoplanet ever https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-directly-image-the-youngest-exoplanet-ever 05:56 Weather report for exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-develop-a-way-to-check-the-weather-on-a-exoplanet 07:34 Zombie white dwarf https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-zombie-white-dwarf-star-is-born-again-hallelujah 08:55 More on LRDs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/little-red-dots-are-the-seeds-of-quasars-and-supermassive-black-holes 11:10 Vote results 11:35 Smashed icy moons https://www.universetoday.com/articles/smashed-icy-moons-cool-too-rapidly-to-retain-oceans 13:57 Early galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-distant-clump-of-early-galaxies-reveals-ancient-cosmic-secrets 15:59 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/earths-center-of-mass-drifts-less-than-we-thought 18:47 Final thoughts

    [Space Bites+] Turns Out, Superflares Are Quite Possible for Our Sun

  6. Sep 24

    [Q&A+] What Happened At the Very Beginning?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:04 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XukdOeLfIgQ What does matter and antimatter annihilate into? How do we know what happened before the CMB? Is outer space dirty? And in Q&A+, initial thoughts about Seestar S50 pro. 00:00 Intro 00:48 [@SirIke49] What do matter and antimatter annihilate into? 05:00 [@nitstyles13] How do we know what happened before the CMB? 12:36 [@Wackyg6] Question from a 6 yr old. Is outer space dirty? 15:04 [@HavoJavo] Thoughts on the Seestar s50 pro 17:42 Final thoughts

    [Q&A+] What Happened At the Very Beginning?

  7. Sep 23

    [Interview+] A Far Side of The Moon Radio Telescope May Happen Sooner Than You Think

    BONUS PART STARTS AT 31:55 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OVcy19IcuIg 🟣 Guest: Dr. Dave Deboer 📜 The Lunar Farside Transients and Technology Telescope (LFT3) Mission https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.25762 https://lft3.space/ A radio telescope on the far side of the Moon should become a reality very soon. How will it operate? What science will it do? Who and how will deliver it? Finding out in this interview. 00:00 Intro 01:59 Why the far side of the Moon? 08:01 Possible science 20:47 The potential survey 23:20 Getting to the Moon 31:55 Epoch of reionization 43:27 Current obsessions 46:03 Final thoughts

    [Interview+] A Far Side of The Moon Radio Telescope May Happen Sooner Than You Think

  8. Sep 23

    [Q&A+] How Feasible Is A Starship-Based Space Station?

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:28 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6utGiIvm2LE Is combining multiple space telescopes the way to go? Can we detect ice-shell exoplanets? How feasible would a Starship space base be? And in Q&A+, why didn't CMB go past us? 00:00 Intro 00:39 [@estraume] Space telescopes flying in formation 08:53 [@goatlord51] Do we have anything that can detect ice shell exo-planets? 14:26 [@kipnielsen8752] How feasible would a starship space station be? 17:28 [@zephyr9673] Why didn't CMB go past us? 19:59 Final thoughts

    [Q&A+] How Feasible Is A Starship-Based Space Station?
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    Fraser Cain
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