Universe Today Podcast

Gaia was hit by a micrometeoroid and a solar storm, mapping a lunar lava tube from space, both Mars rovers found fascinating rocks, and a direct image of the closest exo-jupiter. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro00:17 Gaia hit by a micrometeoroid01:52 Moon lava tubes03:27 Curiosity finds yellow crystals on Mars04:53 Possible signs of life from Perseverance06:46 ExoJupiter Seen by Webb08:27 ESA's Mission to Apophis10:26 Vote results11:05 Mercury is full of diamonds12:27 New Horizons detects background light 14:17 More space news14:59 Chandra's anniversary16:03 Carbon emissions16:46 Webb's second year📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/vfyuM6ynIyA📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Topics include planting on Mars, lasers in telescopes, space telescope assembly, Breakthrough Starshot, black holes, galaxy collisions, LCD coronagraphs, light travel, and machine civilizations.

Explore the fascinating discoveries from the second year of the James Webb Space Telescope including Jupiter's moons, Uranus rings, exoplanets, TRAPPIST-1 system, asteroid collisions, methane on exoplanets, rogue planets, lobster nebula, black holes, distant galaxies, and the epoch of re-ionization.

Europa Clipper might be delayed. NASA is cancelling its VIPER lunar rover mission. Mapping the dark matter in a dwarf galaxy. And a real-life stillsuit.

Discover the first interstellar visitors, Oumuamua and Borisov, and their implications for Astronomy. Explore interstellar meteorites, detection methods, missions to interstellar objects, and active asteroids. Unravel the mysteries of interstellar phenomena and the excitement of future discoveries.

In this podcast, they discuss detecting nuclear wars on exoplanets, eclipses on other planets, rotational black holes, abiogenesis theories, dark matter interactions, exploring gravitational waves, colonization of space, inside black holes, and ancient astronomical constructions. They also touch on Starship design considerations, refraction of gravitational waves, distance to Voyager probes, and the potential of a mirror universe.

Topics include iron's impact on stars, Moon telescope vs. JWST, Solar System risks, best planets for resources, evolution on other worlds, red dwarf stars, high-velocity star threats, astronomy funding, planet habitability, planet between Sun and Mercury, diving into gas giants, JWST influence on cosmology, and human legacy.

Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method.Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowdhttps://www.mattodowd.space/

This is an interview with me on the Pale Blue Pod podcast. We did talk about publishing in the space and astronomy sector. Enjoy!

A strange eye ball world seen by Webb, did ancient astronomers see a kilonova in the sky, extreme moss that could handle Mars, and Ariane 6 flies successfully to space (mostly).