Universe Today Podcast

How cold does it get in the shadows on the Moon? What's going on with dark matter research? Can we chase Oumuamua with a solar sail spacecraft? Will we ever face a war for the Moon? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.🦄 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 Start00:29 [Andoria] How cold do shadows on the Moon get?05:34 [Vulcan] Why are dark matter halos spherical?08:48 [Risa] Are we alone in the Universe? 12:26 [Aeturen] Will there be a war for the Moon?15:40 [Vendikar] Current obsessions19:58 [Remus] What's going on with dark matter?23:52 [Janus] Can we catch Oumuamua with a solar sail?29:07 [Cait] What are the Hawking radiation particles?29:52 [Betazed] What caused the Big Bang? 29:57 [Cheleb] How to transfer energy from space down to Earth? 33:49 [Nimbus] Will dark energy eventually decline? 36:44 [Belos] Is the risk of solar flares overblown or unappreciated?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/f3JrIf3Lu_U📰 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

White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf starshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07102-y🦄 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 Intro01:16 What are White Dwarfs08:59 Why white dwarfs stop cooling23:03 Pollution of white dwarfs29:29 Perfect white dwarf telescope35:59 Current obsessions38:25 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/nkXR7bpmy7Q📰 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 do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes? How fast does it need to go? Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft? Figuring out the answers with Professor Mark Burchell from the University of Kent.📜 Hypervelocity impact induced light flash experiments on single and dual layer Kapton targets to develop a time of flight space dust and debris detectorhttps://kar.kent.ac.uk/104841/👉 We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Whyhttps://youtu.be/Q3W-0LecU5k🦄 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 Intro02:07 Firing tardigrades from a gun05:32 Enceladus13:14 How fast can we go21:07 Optimal mission to Enceladus32:35 Exploring Io41:43 Sampling interstellar objects47:55 Dust in interstellar space51:19 Current obsessions 01:01:04 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/xB1Tr3MWKKw📰 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

Understanding the surface of Betelgeuse, James Webb’s third observing cycle has been announced, Starship’s upcoming third test, and the most massive pair of black holes ever seen. 👉 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 Intro00:14 Betelgeuse is boilinghttps://www.universetoday.com/166044/betelgeuses-surface-is-boiling-furiously/02:55 JWST Cycle 3https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2024/stsci-announces-the-jwst-cycle-3-general-observer-program04:43 Where Hubble and JWST are lookinghttps://spacetelescopelive.org/05:57 Starship OFT-3 Launch Datehttps://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-307:37 Asteroids falling on white dwarveshttps://www.universetoday.com/165997/astronomers-can-see-the-impact-site-where-an-asteroid-crashed-into-a-white-dwarf/09:03 Vote results09:51 ISS Surgery Robot11:27 Oxygen on Europahttps://www.universetoday.com/166005/juno-measures-how-much-oxygen-is-being-produced-by-europa/13:27 LIFE telescopehttps://www.universetoday.com/166002/the-life-telescope-passed-its-first-test-it-detected-biosignatures-on-earth/16:02 Biggest black hole pair ever foundhttps://www.universetoday.com/166002/the-life-telescope-passed-its-first-test-it-detected-biosignatures-on-earth/17:44 Carbon emissions reach 420https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152519/emissions-from-fossil-fuels-continue-to-rise18:44 Newsletter19:55 JWST time allocation📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/RozsR3TWvH8📰 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

Why won't NASA send a copy of Perseverance to the Moon? Can life exist on a planet around a blue giant star? How do satellites stay safe in orbit and don't collide with each other? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.👉 Ad Astra Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@adastraspace👉 Oxygen Bottleneck paperhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01160🦄 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 Start00:26 [Andoria] Why won't NASA send Mars-style rovers to the Moon? 05:15 [Vulcan] How to get your discovery to the scientific community? 09:56 [Risa] Can life exist near blue giant stars? 13:41 [Aeturen] Can fire be the solution the Fermi paradox? 16:13 [Vendikar] Should you study journalism in a university? 19:26 [Remus] Robin Hanson's grabby aliens24:21 [Janus] How do satellites stay safe in orbit?28:39 [Cait] How do supermassive black holes form? 32:56 [Betazed] Will we become a Kardashev Type I civilization?37:20 [Cheleb] Shape of the Universe39:43 [Nimbus] Why some planets have no surface? 41:59 [Belos] Should we preserve Earth or find another home? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Pu_4G76Jp4s📰 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

Self-replicating space robots seems as an obvious way to explore the Universe. How close are we to such a scenario and what do we need to fill outer space with Von Neumann probes? Figuring out with Professor Alex Ellery.👉 Realistic Scenario of Interstellar Travelhttps://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI🦄 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 Intro02:07 How sustainable is the Moon07:44 Self-replicating robots32:11 How would a mission look like39:14 Going beyond the Moon45:19 Realistic future scenario59:28 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/vo863_0SI_o📰 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

What is cosmic dust? What is it made of and what can it tell us about the Universe? Could cosmic dust be responsible for life starting on Earth? Figuring it all out with Dr Craig Walton from Cambridge University.👉 Dr Craig Walton:https://craigwaltongeosci.wordpress.com/👉 How Did Early Earth Get The Ingredients for Life?https://youtu.be/SkWNmkoCelY🦄 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 Intro00:01:43 What is dust00:08:43 Dust falling on Earth00:16:05 Dust and the origin of life00:46:30 Dust on other worlds across the Universe01:03:29 Current obsessions01:08:16 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/GeuxmuzZ_xs📰 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

We’ve learned what happened to the Odysseus Lander. SLIM survived the lunar night. Experience a fiery trip from orbit to the Utah desert. James Webb completes one of its major science goals.🦄 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 Intro00:15 What really happened with Odysseushttps://www.universetoday.com/165896/odysseus-moon-lander-pictures/03:19 SLIM woke up!https://www.universetoday.com/165890/surprise-japan-slim-moon-lander-wakes-up/04:56 JWST big discoveryhttps://www.universetoday.com/165936/dwarf-galaxies-banished-the-darkness-and-lit-up-the-early-universe/08:57 Vote resultshttps://youtu.be/i9DTgdR2vtc09:43 Three new moonshttps://www.universetoday.com/165910/new-moons-found-at-uranus-and-neptune/10:52 New space telescopehttps://www.universetoday.com/165825/a-new-space-telescope-will-map-the-universe-and-help-protect-the-earth-from-asteroids/12:40 Support what we do13:16 NASA test Starship docking systemhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-spacex-test-starship-lunar-lander-docking-system/14:20 Last pics of Ingenuityhttps://www.universetoday.com/165931/ingenuity-wont-fly-again-because-its-missing-a-rotor-blade/15:33 Varda's descent from spacehttps://www.universetoday.com/165935/watch-the-varda-capsules-entire-fiery-atmospheric-re-entry/16:32 Success of failure📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/qUahxtDwe8I📰 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 serious is the threat from space weapons? How should we handle the situation with international treaties? Is there a way to ensure the enforcement of them and what are the risks if somebody breaks them? Figuring out the answers with Dr Matthew Powell from the University of Portsmouth.🦄 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 Intro01:49 How serious is the threat from Russia08:37 Weapons in space13:13 Consequences18:12 Space-based anti-satellite weapons25:58 The next version of outer space treaty48:00 Current obsessions52:55 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/XQikGtRUEdc📰 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 do auroras come from on rogue planets? Can we refuel the Sun to make it last longer? What's going on with space nuke tests? 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 Start00:25 [Andoria] Where do auroras come from on rogue planets05:54 [Vulcan] How can we get water on the Moon?09:37 [Risa] What about space nukes? 13:35 [Aeturen] What happens with space laser communication?17:05 [Vendikar] Are we alone in the Universe?17:11 [Remus] Why is it so difficult to get to the Sun?20:26 [Janus] How will Starship change space probes? 25:46 [Cait] Could we refuel the Sun? 29:05 [Betazed] How the Webb and Hubble pics are made?36:25 [Cheleb] Could we detect life at the nearest star? 40:41 [Nimbus] Is the dark forest solution for the Fermi paradox any good?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/BvcymmjVwbg📰 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