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The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy podcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today

    Episode 769: NASA's Astrobiology Vision with Mary Voytek

    Episode 769: NASA's Astrobiology Vision with Mary Voytek

    My guest today is Dr. Mary Voytek, the director of NASA's Astrobiology Program since 2008. Dr. Voytek and others from NASA are proposing a new 7-step framework on how they could report on the discovery of life beyond Earth. We'll discuss this new framework as well as the latest challenges in the search for life across the Universe.


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    Episode 770: Using Pulsars to Detect Gravitational Waves: with Boris Goncharov

    Episode 770: Using Pulsars to Detect Gravitational Waves: with Boris Goncharov

    My guest today is Dr. Boris Goncharov, a researcher at the Gran Sasso Science Institute. Boris is part of the team using the precise signals from pulsars as a way to detect gravitational waves. This technique could be sensitive enough to even detect merging supermassive black holes.


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    Episode 768: Q&A 161: Could You Have a Planet Made of Water? And More...

    Episode 768: Q&A 161: Could You Have a Planet Made of Water? And More...

    In this week's questions show, I answer if you could have a planet made entirely of water, is it our duty to spread life in the Universe? Could Planet 9 be a brown dwarf? And more...


    00:00 Start
    01:35 Could you have a planet made only of water?
    04:23 Is it our duty to spread life into the Universe?
    07:43 Could a civilization harvest energy from tidal flexing?
    10:01 Where could you survive without a spacesuit?
    12:18 How do space stations get decommissioned?
    14:41 Could Planet 9 be a brown dwarf?
    15:42 Will climate change impact space exploration?
    18:47 Would mold outside the space station be alien?
    20:22 Do other star systems have kuiper belts and oort clouds?
    22:06 Does the Milky Way have an escape velocity?
    24:14 Should Earth be kept as a nature preserve?


    Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week and answer them here.


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    • 27 min
    Episode 767: Collecting Samples with Perseverance: Justin Simon, NASA

    Episode 767: Collecting Samples with Perseverance: Justin Simon, NASA

    My guest today is Dr. Justin Simon, a planetary scientist within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center. He specializes in measuring meteorites and samples collected by spacecraft. We'll be talking about what it takes to sample the surface of Mars and other worlds:


    https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/people/bios/justin-i-simon/


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    • 54 min
    Episode 766: Q&A 160: Could We Transmit DNA to Another Civilization? And More...

    Episode 766: Q&A 160: Could We Transmit DNA to Another Civilization? And More...

    In this week's questions show, I answer questions about ice on rockets, the maximum gravitational slingshot, could black holes pull you out of black holes, and more...


    00:00 Start
    00:30 Why is iron the heaviest element produced in stars?
    04:31 Why does ice fall off the outside of rockets?
    06:02 What is the maximum gravitational slingshot?
    09:36 Could a black hole pull you out of another black hole?
    10:21 What is the deadliest distant object?
    11:59 Could NASA rent space from Orbital Reef?
    13:49 Could we communicate with another civilization?
    17:31 Are you squished or torn apart by a black hole?
    19:16 Could Starship return ISS to the Earth?
    21:45 Could we transmit DNA to another civilization?
    24:41 Could a solar flare kill life on Earth?
    26:12 Could space telescopes work as interferometers?


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    • 30 min
    Episode 765: Q&A 159: How Long Can Life Survive? And More...

    Episode 765: Q&A 159: How Long Can Life Survive? And More...

    In this week's questions show, I theorize how long life can survive in the Universe, could we detect a wormhole in the Solar System, what's happening with the Chinese Space Agency? And more...


    00:00 Start
    00:53 How long can life survive?
    04:11 Will a black hole leave a remnant after it evaporates?
    06:01 Will we detect biosignatures or technosignatures first?
    09:35 Will Lucy make it?
    11:29 Could red dwarf stars could become less hectic with time?
    14:42 Where does energy go if the Universe becomes static?
    16:45 Will James Webb see brown dwarfs?
    19:32 Could we detect a wormhole?
    21:26 Anything interesting with the Chinese space program lately?
    23:23 What happens if a gas giant melts?
    25:37 What are the challenges to filming on the ISS?
    28:07 Should we be afraid of a meteorite crashing into our roofs?
    31:34 When we look up, what class of stars are we seeing?


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    • 34 min

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Outstanding

Always learn and smile while listening to our favorite podcast!

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Better than StarTalk

I love the show gets a deal strictly with Astronomy and not some stupid comedians and everything else sports StarTalk used to be great but now it’s going downhill fast.Fraser is a great host and I love the show and astronomy podcastWith cohost Pamela Gray

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Has Taken Over StarTalk

Like I have seen with some people here, I have moved here from StarTalk which has been gradually becoming more comedic. They have started to run out of ideas and don’t know how to deal with it. So far, with this podcast, I have not seen any of that loss of idea. Always has something to talk about and always goes into great depth. Love it!

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