Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain

Juno sees a lava lake on Io, Voyager 1 isn’t spouting nonsense any more, Titan Dragonfly gets the greenlight from NASA, and TESS finds its first rogue planet.


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00:00 Intro
00:14 Giant Lava Lake on Io


https://www.universetoday.com/166716/juno-reveals-a-giant-lava-lake-on-io/

01:52 Voyager-1 restores communication


https://www.universetoday.com/166733/nasa-restores-communications-with-voyager-1/

03:39 NASA Greenlights Titan Dragonfly
06:03 TESS finds its first rogue planet


https://www.universetoday.com/166755/tess-finds-its-first-rogue-planet/

08:13 Vote results
08:57 Nancy Grace Roman gets reaction wheels


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Mgt2iwYgY&ab_channel=NASAGoddard

10:28 NASA's solar sail goes to space


https://www.universetoday.com/166759/nasas-new-solar-sail-has-launched-and-deployed/

12:10 Two incredible timelapses from Chandra
13:16 Downscale for Artemis III?


https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-may-alter-artemis-iii-to-have-starship-and-orion-dock-in-low-earth-orbit/

15:58 More space news
16:52 Capabilities driven exploration


https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nextstep-virtual-industry-forum_6nov2014_final.pdf



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Why don't they just build a bigger version of James Webb for Starship? What's the pressure inside Europa's oceans? How can you measure a day on a planet without a surface? Answering all these questions and more in this week's question show.


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00:00 Start
00:26 [Andoria] What's the pressure in Europa's ocean?
04:45 [Vulcan] Should they build another JWST for the Starship?
09:53 [Risa] How long is a day on a gas planet?
13:45 [Aeturen] How does a total solar eclipse look like from the Moon?
16:17 [Vendikar] Suggestions for backyard telescope hobbyists
24:16 [Remus] Who are the real science gatekeepers?
28:05 [Janus] What would I do differently for the next eclipse?
30:55 [Cait] Phone apps with sky overlay
33:12 [Betazed] How will Japan's pressurised rover keep dust from the inside?
37:06 [Cheleb] What effects can a gamma ray burst have on Earth?


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A piece of the ISS smashed into a house in Florida. Evidence for the first stars in the Universe. NASA is having to rethink its Mars Sample Return mission.


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00:00 Intro
00:14 Chunk from ISS hits a house in Florida


https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/04/15/nasa-completes-analysis-of-recovered-space-object/

01:45 Did JWST find Pop III stars?


https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00953

04:46 Problems with Mars Sample Return


https://www.universetoday.com/166658/the-current-mars-sample-return-mission-isnt-going-to-work-nasa-is-going-back-to-the-drawing-board/

07:00 Closest black hole


https://www.universetoday.com/166669/the-milky-ways-most-massive-stellar-black-hole-is-only-2000-light-years-away/

08:26 Vote results
09:20 Moon dust shield


https://www.universetoday.com/166615/nasa-is-building-an-electrodynamic-shield-to-deal-with-all-that-dust-on-the-moon-and-mars/

11:18 Patreon
12:29 Hint for an exomoon


https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041117

14:27 Mind-blowing eclipse video


https://www.universetoday.com/166677/the-solar-eclipse-like-weve-never-seen-it-before/

15:16 More space news
16:07 Mars sample return


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New measurements show dark energy may be evolving, Japan is joining Artemis with a pressurized rover, why the Moon has two different faces, and my experience with the total solar eclipse.


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00:00 Intro
00:16 Dark Energy might be evolving


https://www.universetoday.com/166508/a-new-map-shows-the-universes-dark-energy-may-be-evolving/

04:44 JAXA's Moon rover


https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-japan-advance-space-cooperation-sign-agreement-for-lunar-rover/

06:52 Moon's two different halves


https://www.universetoday.com/166588/finally-an-explanation-for-the-moons-radically-different-hemispheres/

08:57 Ice-melting probe


https://www.universetoday.com/166548/testing-a-probe-that-could-drill-into-an-ice-world/

10:51 Vote results


https://youtu.be/zuuo1O93kMY

11:24 Rainbows on exoplanets


https://www.universetoday.com/166535/the-first-atmospheric-rainbow-on-an-exoplanet/

13:21 Small black hole


https://www.universetoday.com/166566/a-neutron-star-merged-with-a-surprisingly-light-black-hole/

14:30 Solar eclipse 2024


https://www.universetoday.com/166596/here-are-the-next-three-total-solar-eclipses-coming-up/

16:44 Two cool videos


https://www.universetoday.com/166612/watch-a-satellite-reaction-wheel-melt-in-a-simulated-orbital-re-entry/

18:24 Even more space news
19:09 JAXA is so cool


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What engine type will the first manned interstellar mission use for propulsion? Will AI help solve any mysteries of space? Why do we have exoplanet types named after Neptune but not Uranus? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.


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00:00 Start
00:24 [Andoria] What will happen to the orbits of planets when the Sun expands?
03:54 [Vulcan] What can we learn from the dust in the Solar system?
08:05 [Risa] How does Venus keep its atmosphere?
12:09 [Aeturen] What does the Unruh effect mean?
14:30 [Vendikar] Why exoplanet types aren't called after Uranus?
16:14 [Remus] How will the first interstellar manned mission look like?
21:07 [Janus] What do JWST observations of organics around protostars mean?
25:26 [Cait] Are aliens limited by the transit method?
30:16 [Betazed] Will AGI help us solve the mysteries of space?
35:19 [Cheleb] Did JWST really find city lights 7 trillion miles away?


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Vera Rubin’s Camera is complete, where are rogue planets coming from, NASA chooses suppliers for its new lunar rover, and an earlier formation for the Moon.


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00:00 Intro
00:14 Vera Rubin's camera is ready


https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2407/

01:39 Where do rogue planets come from


https://www.universetoday.com/166406/where-are-all-these-rogue-planets-coming-from/

03:44 NASA gives contracts for new Moon rovers


https://www.universetoday.com/166500/nasa-teams-lunar-terrain-vehicle/

05:32 SLIM's still alive


https://www.universetoday.com/166431/against-all-odds-japans-slim-lander-survived-a-second-lunar-night-upside-down/

06:48 Hopping on the Moon


https://www.universetoday.com/166473/a-robot-hopper-to-explore-the-moons-dangerous-terrain/

08:54 Vote results
09:45 Earliest possible Moon formation


https://www.universetoday.com/166479/whats-the-earliest-the-moon-could-have-formed/

11:54 Simulating a neutron star surface


https://www.universetoday.com/166434/it-takes-a-supercomputer-to-properly-simulate-a-neutron-stars-surface/

13:19 Newsletter
13:59 How to watch the eclipse


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