Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

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Apr 2, 2024 • 0sec

[Q&A] Supernova VS Nova, Orientation of the Moon, Gravitational Lensing of the CMB

Does gravitational lensing affect the CMB? Can the Great Attractor solve the Hubble tension? Why don't we put a Deep Space Network antenna in space? What's the difference between a nova and a supernova? 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 Start01:31 [Andoria] How does gravitational lensing affect the CMB?05:31 [Vulcan] What's the difference between a nova and a supernova?11:25 [Risa] Can the Great Attractor be the reason for the Hubble tension? 13:55 [Aeturen] Orientation of the Moon in different places on Earth15:52 [Vendikar] Why not put the Deep Space Network in space? 21:11 [Remus] Should we build a space station to travel to Mars? 23:47 [Janus] Is there a limit for the periodic table elements? 26:52 [Cait] What was my early life experience in Astronomy?30:54 [Betazed] What is the best thing to see from a southern latitude?33:38 [Cheleb] Why were stars in the early universe so much larger than stars today?37:56 [Nimbus] Would I go to Mars? 40:13 [Belos] Do we know about moons orbiting other moons? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Mweexhwpu5g📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 70,000 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

Apr 1, 2024 • 0sec

[Special] Where Are All The Aliens? We Ranked Every Explanation

The Fermi paradox has many solutions. Many explanations for the fact that we don't see any signs of intelligent life in the Universe. We ranked all the major ones and put them into tiers from S to D.🔵 Pale Blue Pod: https://palebluepod.space/👉 Dr Moiya McTier: https://www.moiyamctier.com/👉 Dakotah Tyler: https://www.dakotahtyler.com/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00:00 Intro00:01:33 Fermi paradox00:02:25 Zoo Hypothesis 00:06:19 Prime Directive00:11:10 Simulation Hypothesis00:16:54 Dark Forest00:25:48 The Great Filter00:33:54 Self-Destruction00:40:16 We're The First00:44:15 Rare Intelligence00:49:00 We're Alone00:56:00 Communication Barrier01:04:35 Post-Biological Life01:12:16 Hibernation Hypothesis01:16:31 Our Tech Isn't Good Enough01:20:49 We're Searching In Wrong Places01:24:08 Aliens Are Among Us01:27:01 Interstellar Travel is Impossible 01:36:19 Reapers01:42:03 Expansion is Inefficient01:47:48 There Is a Better Way📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58📰 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

Mar 29, 2024 • 0sec

[Space Bites] New EHT Image of Sgr A* // VERITAS is back // Supernova in Almost Real Time

See the magnetic fields twisting around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, a supernova was seen in almost real time, NASA announces its planetary science goals for Artemis III and Gaia finds two ancient building blocks of the Milky Way.🦄 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 Intro00:18 New EHT image of Sag Ahttps://www.universetoday.com/166327/new-view-reveals-magnetic-fields-around-our-galaxys-giant-black-hole/02:45 Supernova caught in almost real timehttps://keckobservatory.org/sn2023ixf/04:55 Artemis 3 planetary science goalshttps://www.universetoday.com/166321/nasa-reveals-its-planetary-science-goals-for-artemis-iii/07:12 Gaia finds ancient streams of starshttps://www.universetoday.com/166303/gaia-finds-ancient-streams-of-stars-that-formed-the-milky-way/08:29 Veritas mission is back in businesshttps://www.universetoday.com/166299/nasas-veritas-mission-breathes-new-life/10:11 Vote results10:53 China's Moon relay satellite12:18 Hubble sees two newly born starshttps://www.universetoday.com/166359/hubble-sees-a-star-about-to-ignite/14:32 Live Starlink maphttps://www.universetoday.com/166319/watch-a-real-time-map-of-starlinks-orbiting-earth/15:39 More news16:28 Venus📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/ogTvHqhUfXQ📰 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

Mar 26, 2024 • 0sec

[Q&A] True Color of The Moon, Capturing Sunspots, Constellation of Almost Hubbles

Can we harvest energy from the Moon's temperature difference? Why don't we just launch multiple telescopes like Hubble? Why is the Moon grey? Why are sunspots black? 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 Start00:27 [Andoria] Can we extract energy from Moon's temperature difference? 05:19 [Vulcan] Constellation of "Almost Hubbles"08:40 [Risa] Why do sunspots look black? 10:26 [Aeturen] Will we still be 'alone' if we find life on Europa? 14:52 [Vendikar] Why do black holes shrink? 20:22 [Remus] What lifeforms can survive on Jovian moons? 25:01 [Janus] Why is the Moon grey? 26:44 [Cait] Why not build a very big spacecraft in orbit? 31:06 [Betazed] Will humans ever fly on solar sails? 33:09 [Cheleb] What does a lunar eclipse look like on the Moon?35:03 [Nimbus] Will we ever see a Venus rover? 37:56 [Belos] Could Enceladus have life during the Sun's red giant phase? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/coZQpmMKJ90📰 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

Mar 22, 2024 • 0sec

[Space Bites] Mystery of Supernova 1987a // End of Chandra // JWST Exomoons Update with @CoolWorldsLab

Planning trains on the Moon, Chandra is getting shut down, the future of Mars helicopters, and an update on exomoons with Dr. David Kipping.👉 Interview with Dr. Kipping:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umiMtQU3bMU&t=1317s&ab_channel=FraserCain🦄 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 Trains on the Moon https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-to-develop-concept-for-lunar-railroad02:29 Chandra in troublehttps://www.universetoday.com/166247/nasa-is-planning-to-shut-down-one-of-the-great-observatories-to-save-money/05:33 De-icing Euclidhttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Operations_begin_to_de-ice_Euclid_s_vision07:30 More helicopters on Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/166212/the-mars-science-helicopter-could-be-an-airborne-geologist-on-mars/09:44 Vote results10:33 Explanations for SN 1987ahttps://www.universetoday.com/166188/finally-an-explanation-for-the-string-of-pearls-in-supernova-1987a/13:03 One hit, a billion cratershttps://www.universetoday.com/166223/one-impact-on-mars-produced-more-than-two-billion-secondary-craters/14:19 Shape of Dimorphoshttps://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-study-asteroids-orbit-shape-changed-after-dart-impact16:03 Exomoons update with Dr David Kipping22:32 Newsletter23:28 Defunding telescopes📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/y2tY3y5rEm4📰 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

Mar 19, 2024 • 0sec

[Space Bites] Starship’s Third Flight // Schrodinger’s Voyager // Start of Milkdromeda

Starship reaches orbit in a new test, NASA regains contact with Voyager 1 (sort of), are the Milky Way and Andromeda already exchanging stars, and two new incredible images to replace your desktop wallpaper. 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERhttps://universetoday.com/newsletter👉 Interviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE🦄 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 Intro00:18 Starship IFT-3https://www.universetoday.com/166137/starship-orbit-spacex-third-test-breaks-up/06:38 Voyager-1 not dead yethttps://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2024/03/13/nasa-engineers-make-progress-toward-understanding-voyager-1-issue/08:03 Did Milkdromeda already start forming?https://www.universetoday.com/166116/are-andromeda-and-the-milky-way-already-exchanging-stars/10:30 White Dwarfshttps://www.universetoday.com/166082/white-dwarfs-might-be-less-dead-than-we-thought/13:15 Vote resultshttps://youtu.be/RozsR3TWvH813:58 Painting telescopes blackhttps://www.universetoday.com/166119/ultrablack-coating-could-be-ideal-for-telescopes/16:50 Amazing imageshttps://www.universetoday.com/166129/webb-sees-a-star-forming-region-blowing-vast-bubbles/https://www.universetoday.com/166152/this-is-a-1-3-gigapixel-image-of-a-supernova-remnant/19:36 Cyborg jellyfishhttps://www.universetoday.com/166096/cyborg-jellyfish-could-help-explore-oceans-autonomously/21:26 Even more space news22:24 Distances and time📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/767SgId7MW4📰 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

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