Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain

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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Does gravitational lensing affect the CMB? Can the Great Attractor solve the Hubble tension? Why don't we put a Deep Space Network antenna in space? What's the difference between a nova and a supernova? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.


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00:00 Start
01:31 [Andoria] How does gravitational lensing affect the CMB?
05:31 [Vulcan] What's the difference between a nova and a supernova?
11:25 [Risa] Can the Great Attractor be the reason for the Hubble tension?
13:55 [Aeturen] Orientation of the Moon in different places on Earth
15:52 [Vendikar] Why not put the Deep Space Network in space?
21:11 [Remus] Should we build a space station to travel to Mars?
23:47 [Janus] Is there a limit for the periodic table elements?
26:52 [Cait] What was my early life experience in Astronomy?
30:54 [Betazed] What is the best thing to see from a southern latitude?
33:38 [Cheleb] Why were stars in the early universe so much larger than stars today?
37:56 [Nimbus] Would I go to Mars?
40:13 [Belos] Do we know about moons orbiting other moons?


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The Fermi paradox has many solutions. Many explanations for the fact that we don't see any signs of intelligent life in the Universe. We ranked all the major ones and put them into tiers from S to D.


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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:33 Fermi paradox
00:02:25 Zoo Hypothesis
00:06:19 Prime Directive
00:11:10 Simulation Hypothesis
00:16:54 Dark Forest
00:25:48 The Great Filter
00:33:54 Self-Destruction
00:40:16 We're The First
00:44:15 Rare Intelligence
00:49:00 We're Alone
00:56:00 Communication Barrier
01:04:35 Post-Biological Life
01:12:16 Hibernation Hypothesis
01:16:31 Our Tech Isn't Good Enough
01:20:49 We're Searching In Wrong Places
01:24:08 Aliens Are Among Us
01:27:01 Interstellar Travel is Impossible
01:36:19 Reapers
01:42:03 Expansion is Inefficient
01:47:48 There Is a Better Way


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