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Fraser Cain
Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
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Jan 14, 2025 β’ 33min
[Q&A] First Terrestrial Planets, Expanding Universe VS Gravity, Black Hole Lagrange Points
When did the first terrestrial planets form? How can galaxies collide when the Universe is expanding? Do black holes have Lagrange points? Answering all these questions and more.
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00:00 Start
00:25 When would the first terrestrial planets have formed?
04:40 Did humanity stall with spaceflight?
11:44 If the Universe is expanding, how can galaxy crash into each other?
15:12 How can a teenager help in space exploration?
19:06 Do black holes have Lagrange points?
21:15 Can we watch alien TV?
24:53 Are we alone in the Universe?
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Jan 13, 2025 β’ 36min
[Interview] 10 Year Search for Dark Matter in Antarctica
How can neutrinos help us find dark matter? How a 10-year search can give null results and what significance does it have? What's next for this direction? Finding out in this interview.
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00:00 Intro
01:34 Why Neutrinos
14:03 High energy VS low energy search
17:04 Bonus Part: Null results
18:15 What's next
32:27 Current obsessions
34:54 More interviews
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Jan 10, 2025 β’ 18min
[Space Bites] BIG Mars Sample Return Update // Three HUGE Launches // EPIC Comet Incoming
Weβve got two new options for NASAβs Mars Sample Return Mission, an explanation for why Mars can get planet-wide dust storms, stealing secrets from Conan the Bacterium, and we could see a really bright comet next week.
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00:00 Intro
00:18 Two options for Mars Sample Return mission
https://www.universetoday.com/170329/nasa-lays-out-two-new-options-for-mars-sample-return/
03:45 Global dust storms on Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/170270/new-study-explains-how-mars-dust-storms-can-engulf-the-planet/
05:19 Mimicking a super-bacteria
https://www.universetoday.com/170266/this-superbacteria-can-withstand-enough-radiation-to-kill-a-person/
06:50 Origin of the Pluto Charon system
https://www.universetoday.com/170313/heres-how-pluto-and-charon-became-a-bizarre-double-planet/
08:55 Vote results
09:31 Loosing the night sky to satellites
https://www.universetoday.com/170339/astronomers-are-losing-the-night-sky-and-radio-sky-to-satellite-megaconstellations/
12:21 Bright Comet incoming
https://www.universetoday.com/170008/will-comet-g3-atlas-perform-at-perihelion/
13:59 Tree big launches
16:03 Guide to space
16:40 Mystery with ads
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Jan 9, 2025 β’ 21min
[Q&A] Reaching The Great Attractor, Hiding UFO Accidents, NASA Avoiding Searching for Life
Can the government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents? Is NASA avoiding looking for life? How will Hubble Tension help science?
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00:00 Start
00:25 Can government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents?
05:11 Is NASA avoiding looking for life?
11:21 How will Hubble Tension help science?
16:52 What happens when we reach The Great Attractor?
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Jan 9, 2025 β’ 10min
[Bonus] Extra Part. Interview with Harry Brodsky
This is a bonus part for the interview with Harry Brodsky where he talks about his underwater research experience.
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Jan 9, 2025 β’ 47min
[Interview] This Element Is Critical for Extraterrestrial Life. And It's Not Carbon
Searching for life is complicated. Which elements are critical and which ones are not? Which can we count as biosignatures and which can occur without life? Which role does Phosphorus play in all that?
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00:00 Intro
01:36 Phosphorus and Earth life
21:42 Biosignatures and Phosphorus
38:00 Bonus part: Underwater Biology
38:51 Current obsessions
45:04 Final thoughts
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Jan 7, 2025 β’ 22min
[Q&A] Tesla Bots on Mars, Tidally Locked Earth 2.0, Where Life Came From
What happens if we find the true origin of life? What space things should you look forward to in 2025? Can a tidally locked planet qualify as Earth 2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:25 What would happen if we found out where life came from?
03:58 What to look forward to in 2025?
07:38 Can a tidally locked exoplanet qualify as Earth 2.0?
14:26 Is there an island of stability out there?
17:06 Tesla Bots on Mars?
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Jan 3, 2025 β’ 21min
[Space Bites] Dark Energy Illusion // Great Meteor Shower // Mars Chopper
NASA is working on an even bigger Mars helicopter, is dark energy just an illusion?, a particle that only has mass when moving in one direction, and Parker Solar Probe completes its closest flyby of the Sun.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Mars Chopper
02:07 Dark Energy Illusion
07:19 One Direction Particle
09:45 Parker Solar Probe touched the Sun
11:35 Vote results
12:38 Covering an asteroid with balls
14:37 Meteor shower
16:02 Cool Images
18:07 Guide to Space
18:40 Goal for 2025
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Dec 31, 2024 β’ 25min
[Q&A] Bigger Body Parts in Space, Venus VS Mars, Favourite Moon
What will happen to Phobos and Deimos in Mars' orbit? What happens to different body parts in space? Could Venus be a better destination for human exploration than Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:24 What happens to Phobos and Deimos around Mars?
03:27 Does every part of your body become bigger in space?
05:47 Could Venus be a more favourable destination than Mars?
11:18 Which moon is my favourite?
14:26 When did it become okay to look for aliens as a scientist?
18:07 Why do we keep talking about an interplanetary future?
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Dec 27, 2024 β’ 32min
[Special] The Best Space News Stories of 2024 (Objectively)
All the best news stories from 2024 as voted by our viewers in Space Bites.
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00:00 Intro
01:09 January
02:36 February
04:02 March
05:44 April
08:23 May
10:40 June
13:12 July
16:03 August
19:47 September
22:17 October
26:11 November
28:39 December
31:11 Outro
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