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Starship is ready for its 4th flight, Webb finds the most distant galaxy ever seen, a new way to detect Hawking Radiation, and fresh volcanoes on Venus.🦄 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 Intro00:14 Starship Flight 4 Coming Soon01:55 Starliner might finally fly humans to space02:47 James Webb sees the most the distant galaxy 04:58 New way to measure black hole rotationhttps://www.universetoday.com/167127/a-new-way-to-measure-the-rotation-of-black-holes/06:44 Possible way to see Hawking radiationhttps://www.universetoday.com/167112/merging-black-holes-could-give-astronomers-a-way-to-detect-hawking-radiation/08:32 Giant stars disappearinghttps://www.universetoday.com/167171/hundreds-of-massive-stars-have-simply-disappeared/10:42 Vote results11:18 China's about to land on the Moon13:07 Sorry, Spock! Vulcan is not a planethttps://www.universetoday.com/167161/sorry-spock-but-vulcan-isnt-a-planet-after-all/14:28 Volcanos on Venushttps://www.universetoday.com/167156/volcanoes-were-erupting-on-venus-in-the-1990s/15:39 Akatsuki lost connection16:32 Cool images and videos18:10 Newsletter19:15 Missions to Venus📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Rta_pbpGAGM📰 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

Where can we observe the effects of dark matter? How did all satellites survive the recent solar storms? Why auroras can show different colours? If we found Planet X, could we even observe it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 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 Start00:24 [Andoria] Where can we observe dark matter?08:02 [Vulcan] How good are MOND theories?11:21 [Risa] Why did we survive all the recent solar storms so well?15:23 [Aeturen] Can we even see Planet X if it actually exists?20:43 [Vendikar] Can multiple scientists use JWST at the same time?24:23 [Remus] Can neutrinos be dark matter?28:15 [Janus] Why some auroras are pink and not green? 29:50 [Cait] What is the Drake equation?32:58 [Betazed] Falling into a black hole📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/WDFW_-dWT8A📰 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

NASA selected the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Phase 1 in 2024. It will be studying a possibility to search for existing and past life on Mars alongside the in situ resource utilization process. How will this device work and what potential implications could it have? Finding out with Dr Jan Spacek.👉 Dr Jan Spacek: https://www.alfamars.org/team/jan-spacek/🦄 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 Intro02:23 The NIAC Proposal for ALF17:25 Life as we don't know it23:31 What's next for the NIAC project27:45 The Morning Star mission to Venus35:37 IMPRESS mission to Mars43:55 Europa and Enceladus50:19 Finding life53:50 Current obsessions55:33 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/dcf87fYciXM📰 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

A proposal for a giant new space telescope, a Venus-sized world in a star’s habitable zone, Vera Rubin gets its camera, and the first data release from Euclid.🦄 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 Intro00:14 SALTUS: Giant 14m space telescope proposalhttps://www.universetoday.com/167083/astronomers-propose-a-14-meter-infrared-space-telescope/03:32 New ExoVenus planet foundhttps://www.universetoday.com/167096/a-new-venus-sized-world-found-in-the-habitable-zone-of-its-star/05:07 Massive Protoplanetary diskhttps://www.universetoday.com/167038/this-is-the-largest-planet-forming-disk-ever-seen/06:24 Voyager-1's Back for Realhttps://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/05/22/voyager-1-resumes-sending-science-data-from-two-instruments/07:27 China's space aquariumhttps://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-05-19/Aquatic-antics-Fish-exhibit-disorientation-in-China-Space-Station-1tJt4wprXMY/p.html09:11 Vote results10:27 More Evidence for Gravitational Wave Backgroundhttps://www.universetoday.com/167058/more-evidence-for-the-gravitational-wave-background-of-the-universe/13:09 Vera Rubin Got Its Camerahttps://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2413/14:25 Euclid data releasehttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/ESA_s_Euclid_celebrates_first_science_with_sparkling_cosmic_views16:23 More space news17:32 ExoVenus📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/JPFx3yBDQxg📰 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

Getting to Enceladus is cool. However, it's not yet possible because there isn't enough budget for it. How can we make missions like that happen despite the budget limitations? Finding out the answers with Dr Manasvi Lingam.👉 Manasvi Lingam's Google Scholar Page:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XLPj80AAAAAJ&hl=en🦄 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 Intro02:17 Why Enceladus03:46 How can NASA cut costs08:24 Mission profile15:06 The science24:23 Alternative approaches 31:21 Practical demonstration37:44 Out of the box ideas52:57 Current obsessions58:41 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/GxGl80RDrkI📰 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

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.🦄 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 Intro00:14 Mars Methane Mysteryhttps://www.universetoday.com/167003/new-answers-for-mars-methane-mystery/02:50 BepiColombo in Troublehttps://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Glitch_on_BepiColombo_work_ongoing_to_restore_spacecraft_to_full_thrust04:40 Oldest Stars in the Universehttps://www.universetoday.com/167001/three-of-the-oldest-stars-in-the-universe-found-circling-the-milky-way/06:19 Crazy Aurorashttps://www.universetoday.com/166955/what-a-weekend-spectacular-aurora-photos-from-around-the-world/07:35 Vote results 08:14 Supermassive Black Holes' Originhttps://www.universetoday.com/166947/supermassive-black-holes-got-started-from-massive-cosmic-seeds/10:12 Bright star mysteryhttps://www.universetoday.com/167007/a-star-became-1000-times-brighter-and-now-astronomers-know-why/11:36 Amazing Hubble images12:59 More space news13:57 How to see an aurora📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/6z9RV-dm7eU📰 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

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 Genevahttps://mediaserver.unige.ch/play/218992🦄 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 Intro02:48 Meet Dr Berry Holl05:02 How Gaia works12:56 Measuring the speed of stars22:14 Limits of Gaia 32:10 Anomalies from Gaia40:25 When will Gaia end48:48 What comes next01:01:33 Current obsessions01:02:56 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/RyEVmDH5Cdk📰 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

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.🦄 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 Intro00:12 SpaceX EVA suithttps://polarisprogram.com/eva-suit-unveil/02:15 New evidence for Planet 9https://www.universetoday.com/166889/new-evidence-for-our-solar-systems-ghost-planet-nine/03:57 Vera Rubin's Mirror is donehttps://www.universetoday.com/166842/vera-rubins-primary-mirror-gets-its-first-reflective-coating/05:35 China's Chang'e-6 Moon missionhttps://www.universetoday.com/166876/china-is-going-back-to-the-moon-again-with-change-6/07:20 Vote results08:13 NIAC phase 2https://www.universetoday.com/166883/nasa-takes-six-advanced-tech-concepts-to-phase-ii/10:18 Dinkinesh's moonlet is younghttps://www.universetoday.com/166855/dinkineshs-moonlet-is-only-2-3-million-years-old/11:31 Why white dwarf stars have so much metalhttps://jila.colorado.edu/news-events/articles/hungry-hungry-white-dwarfs-solving-puzzle-stellar-metal-pollution12:56 Dive into a black holehttps://www.universetoday.com/166903/fall-into-a-black-hole-with-this-new-nasa-simulation/13:51 More space news14:40 How science works📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/_OIfxkBc4-8📰 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

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. 🦄 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 Intro01:51 Submillimeter wavelength06:42 ALMA16:53 AtLAST telescope project32:16 Submillimeter maps of the sky36:30 What's next?43:17 Final thoughts and more interveiws📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/5AMfpLUidC4📰 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

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.🦄 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 Start00:37 [Andoria] Can we signal to aliens with green glass? 06:39 [Vulcan] Lunar eclipse seen from the Moon11:24 [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? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/mz-DcU2VaAs📰 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