Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain
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Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
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[Space Bites] Artemis III in Jeopardy // Giant Lava Lake on Io // Voyager-1 Fixed
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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[Q&A] Bigger JWST for Starship, Day on A Gas Planet, Real Science Gatekeepers
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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[Space Bites] ISS Debris Hit Florida House // Crisis for Mars Sample Return // Closest Black Hole
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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Evolving Dark Matter // JAXA's Moon Rover for NASA // Eclipse Experience
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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[Q&A] Interstellar Propulsion, Uranus-Type Exoplanets, AGI Solving Space Mysteries
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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[Space Bites] How To Watch The Eclipse // Vera Rubin's Huge Milestone // New Moon Rovers
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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