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Fraser Cain
Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
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Dec 5, 2024 • 0sec
[Q&A] JWST in Different Spectra, Milky Way Losing Stars, Mystery of the Sun's Corona
Does building more JWSTs for different parts of the spectrum make sense? Are star types predetermined at their birth? Can you cook a pizza on the Sun? Why is the Sun's corona hotter than its surface? Are there binary supermassive black holes? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.

Dec 3, 2024 • 0sec
[Q&A] Funding New Space Stations, Pollution from Rocket Launches, Best Place for Space Factory | Q&A 276
Who will pay for the next-generation space stations that follow the ISS? How much do rockets pollute? Did James Webb make the observable Universe bigger? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.

Nov 29, 2024 • 0sec
[Space Bites] What's Inside Uranus // Dragonfly Launch Secured // Best JWST Image of 2024
Discover NASA's thrilling Dragonfly mission, which sets its sights on Titan using a Falcon Heavy. Dive into the mysteries lurking inside Uranus and the newly launched Europa Clipper, equipped to explore icy worlds. Uncover the peculiar case of a Russian cargo ship that left astronauts wrinkling their noses in space. Plus, marvel at stunning new images of the Sombrero Galaxy captured by the JWST. And don’t miss news about a recently discovered young exoplanet with an intriguing history!

Nov 28, 2024 • 0sec
[Q&A] Fuel for Comet Tails, Detecting a Voyager's Crash, Driving Into Lava Tubes
Why don't comets run out of "tail fuel"? If Voyager crashes into something, can we tell it apart from a regular failure? What are the chances we will drive into a lava tube? Will satellite communication become dominant at some point? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show.

Nov 27, 2024 • 0sec
[Interview] First Ever Steam World Found by JWST
James Webb recently detected a new kind of exoplanet. It's a steam world. How did they find it and what does it mean for the future of exoplanet search? Finding out in this interview.🟣 Guest: Eshan Raul

Nov 27, 2024 • 0sec
[Interview] Where Did The Mysterious JUMBOs in The Orion Nebula Come From?
JUMBOs, Jupiter Mass Binary Objects. Over 500 of them were detected in the Orion Nebula by JWST. But where did they come from? How did they form and why are they in binary pairs? My guest has a good guess about it.Guest: Jessica Diamond

Nov 27, 2024 • 0sec
[Q&A] Funding Space Stations After ISS, Gravity Tractor Experiment, Digital Adaptive Optics
Where will the money come from for the next generation of space stations? Does NASA have plans for a gravity tractor experiment for the Apophis flyby? Which part of the Milky Way can we see? Can there be different types of black holes? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show.

Nov 24, 2024 • 0sec
[Bonus] Cosmology, AI Doom, and the Future of Humanity
I just wrapped up an interesting conversation over at Doom Debates talking about the future of artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, Great Filter, Grabby Aliens and more. Check it out and subscribe to the channel.

Nov 23, 2024 • 0sec
[Overtime Q&A] Detecting Warp Drive Ships, Good Telescope Under $200, Solar Gravitational Lens
If there is a faster-than-light spaceship, could we detect it? Can we use the Sun as a magnifying glass? Which telescope to get under $200? Can Juno meet Europa clipper? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.

Nov 22, 2024 • 0sec
[Space Bites] No Booster Catch for Starship // A Star from Another Galaxy // New Explanation for Moons of Mars
Starship completes its 6th flight test, Webb analyzes a star in another galaxy and confirms the Hubble tension, again, and a new explanation for the moons of Mars. More interviews:👉 Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmologyhttps://youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M👉 Explanation for the Webb's "Impossible" Galaxieshttps://youtu.be/xPK9kF2tqfk🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro00:14 Starship IFT-6https://www.universetoday.com/169736/starships-booster-and-donald-trump-make-a-splash-at-sixth-flight-test/03:47 Zoomed in star in another galaxyhttps://www.universetoday.com/169830/the-first-close-up-picture-of-star-outside-the-milky-way/05:20 Webb confirms Hubble Tensionhttps://www.universetoday.com/169619/james-webb-confirms-hubbles-calculation-of-hubbles-constant/08:31 More monster galaxieshttps://www.universetoday.com/169692/three-more-galactic-monster-ultra-massive-galaxies-found/10:22 Vote results11:03 Stars eating their planetshttps://www.universetoday.com/169702/up-to-a-third-of-stars-ate-some-of-their-planets/12:47 How Mars got its moonshttps://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/making-mars-moons-supercomputers-offer-disruptive-new-explanation-2/14:37 Repurposing Mars Express camerahttps://www.universetoday.com/169092/how-scientists-repurposed-a-camera-on-esas-mars-express-mission/16:07 Guide to space16:45 Channel updates📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/CgZWahb-TY8📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast


