Universe Today Podcast Fraser Cain
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Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.
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[Space Bites] Mars Methane Mystery // BepiColombo In Trouble // Crazy Auroras
A new answer for Mars methane, BepiColumbo is having thruster problems, three of the oldest stars in the Universe found nearby, and the best auroras in decades.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Mars Methane Mystery
https://www.universetoday.com/167003/new-answers-for-mars-methane-mystery/
02:50 BepiColombo in Trouble
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Glitch_on_BepiColombo_work_ongoing_to_restore_spacecraft_to_full_thrust
04:40 Oldest Stars in the Universe
https://www.universetoday.com/167001/three-of-the-oldest-stars-in-the-universe-found-circling-the-milky-way/
06:19 Crazy Auroras
https://www.universetoday.com/166955/what-a-weekend-spectacular-aurora-photos-from-around-the-world/
07:35 Vote results
08:14 Supermassive Black Holes' Origin
https://www.universetoday.com/166947/supermassive-black-holes-got-started-from-massive-cosmic-seeds/
10:12 Bright star mystery
https://www.universetoday.com/167007/a-star-became-1000-times-brighter-and-now-astronomers-know-why/
11:36 Amazing Hubble images
12:59 More space news
13:57 How to see an aurora
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[Interview] Here's Why GAIA Is My Absolute Favourite Telescope
How exactly does Gaia operate? What should we expect from it in the near future? When and why will it come to an end? And what comes after Gaia? Finding out the answers with Dr Berry Holl.
👉 Gaia Black Hole 3 discovery seminar at the Department of astronomy Geneva
https://mediaserver.unige.ch/play/218992
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00:00 Intro
02:48 Meet Dr Berry Holl
05:02 How Gaia works
12:56 Measuring the speed of stars
22:14 Limits of Gaia
32:10 Anomalies from Gaia
40:25 When will Gaia end
48:48 What comes next
01:01:33 Current obsessions
01:02:56 Final thoughts
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[Space Bites] Planet 9 Updates // Vera Rubin Mirror // New SpaceX EVA Suit
SpaceX announces their new spacewalking suit, China is off to the Moon again, progress on Vera Rubin, and take a one-way trip into a black hole.
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00:00 Intro
00:12 SpaceX EVA suit
https://polarisprogram.com/eva-suit-unveil/
02:15 New evidence for Planet 9
https://www.universetoday.com/166889/new-evidence-for-our-solar-systems-ghost-planet-nine/
03:57 Vera Rubin's Mirror is done
https://www.universetoday.com/166842/vera-rubins-primary-mirror-gets-its-first-reflective-coating/
05:35 China's Chang'e-6 Moon mission
https://www.universetoday.com/166876/china-is-going-back-to-the-moon-again-with-change-6/
07:20 Vote results
08:13 NIAC phase 2
https://www.universetoday.com/166883/nasa-takes-six-advanced-tech-concepts-to-phase-ii/
10:18 Dinkinesh's moonlet is young
https://www.universetoday.com/166855/dinkineshs-moonlet-is-only-2-3-million-years-old/
11:31 Why white dwarf stars have so much metal
https://jila.colorado.edu/news-events/articles/hungry-hungry-white-dwarfs-solving-puzzle-stellar-metal-pollution
12:56 Dive into a black hole
https://www.universetoday.com/166903/fall-into-a-black-hole-with-this-new-nasa-simulation/
13:51 More space news
14:40 How science works
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[Interview] What Comes After ALMA? Next Gen AtLAST Observatory
How can we improve ALMA? What are the benefits of having a single big submillimeter telescope? What could we discover if the AtLAST telescope project goes through? Figuring out the answers with Dr Claudia Chicone.
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00:00 Intro
01:51 Submillimeter wavelength
06:42 ALMA
16:53 AtLAST telescope project
32:16 Submillimeter maps of the sky
36:30 What's next?
43:17 Final thoughts and more interveiws
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[Q&A] Messaging The Aliens, Moving the Earth, Shapes of Coronagraphs
How can we let aliens know we're here? What does a lunar eclipse look like as seen from the Moon? Can we record a supernova in real time? Why aren't coronagraphs just circles? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:37 [Andoria] Can we signal to aliens with green glass?
06:39 [Vulcan] Lunar eclipse seen from the Moon
11:24 [Risa] Can we record a supernova appearing in real-time?
16:05 [Aeturen] Why aren't coronagraphs just circles?
20:53 [Vendikar] How do astronomers determine distances to other galaxies?
25:02 [Remus] Who was my favourite interview?
28:01 [Janus] How do astronomers determine the age of stars?
31:11 [Cait] Can we move Earth by the time the Sun will die?
34:31 [Betazed] Why does the Moon look bigger and yellow sometimes?
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[Interview] How Robots Will Help Humans Conquer The Moon
When humans will return to the Moon they will need a lot of assistance to set up a settlement and carry out all the missions. They will need a lot of robots to do that. How exactly will it pan out? Figuring out with Professor Yang Gao from King's College London.
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00:00 Intro
02:48 Future Moon equipment
13:57 Autonomous robots
23:46 Machine learning revolution
32:25 Self-replication
38:09 Current obsessions
46:13 Final thoughts and more interviews
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