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Odysseus lands successfully on the Moon, China is planning to build bricks on the lunar surface, James Webb finds the neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987 A, and Blue Origins finally rolls out New Glenn.🦄 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 USA's first Moon landing in 21st centuryhttps://www.universetoday.com/165834/intuitive-machines-odysseus-lander-moon/05:01 Lunar bricks from Chinahttps://www.universetoday.com/165771/chinas-change-8-mission-will-try-to-make-bricks-on-the-moon/06:39 Perseverance has a problemhttps://www.universetoday.com/165742/nasa-is-trying-to-fix-a-problem-with-one-of-perseverances-instruments/08:32 JWST finds a neutron starhttps://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-11210:40 Kuiper Belt might be bigger than we thoughthttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/new-horizons/nasas-new-horizons-detects-dusty-hints-of-extended-kuiper-belt/13:07 Vote results13:48 Space-grown drugs return to Earth15:34 OSIRIS-REx sample masshttps://www.universetoday.com/165748/osiris-rexs-final-haul-121-6-grams-from-asteroid-bennu/17:16 Interviews17:54 New Glenn goes verticalhttps://www.universetoday.com/165850/finally-blue-origins-new-glenn-goes-vertical-on-the-launch-pad/19:07 Euclid begins its missionhttps://www.universetoday.com/165755/euclid-begins-its-6-year-survey-of-the-dark-universe/20:40 Moon landings📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/i9DTgdR2vtc📰 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 doesn't JWST look at Apollo landing sites? What happened to TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres? What's the biggest thing we can measure our velocity relative to? Will the Universe ever start bouncing back? 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] What's the biggest thing we can measure our velocity relative to?02:40 [Vulcan] Why doesn't JWST look at Apollo landing sites?05:12 [Risa] How can we make Moon regolith safer? 09:13 [Aeturen] What do I think about smart telescopes? 13:25 [Vendikar] When is the Universe expected to bounce back like an elastic band ?15:56 [Remus] Thoughts on the samples from OSIRIS-REx? 19:29 [Janus] What is dark matter? 20:10 [Cait] Can they still fly Ingenuity? 21:45 [Betazed] What happened to atmosphere of the TRAPPIST-1 planets? 23:43 [Cheleb] What comes next after satellites in space economy? 27:01 [Nimbus] Can we create an atmosphere on the Moon? 29:00 [Belos] Thoughts on the achievements of the Chinese space program?33:02 [Lyar] Is dark matter just dust and gas we can't see? 36:04 [Zalcon] Will the public be informed if JWST suffers more damage?39:07 [Arret] Is a nuclear ion engine a thing? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/zVOkhTi88kM📰 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

Huge Kuiper Belt discovery! With James Webb astronomers were able to see that Eric and Makemake show signs of geothermal activity. How exactly did that happen? Figuring out with Dr Christopher Glein, Lead Scientist at Southwest Research Institute.👉 Dr Christopher Gleinhttps://www.christopherglein.com/📜 Measurement of D/H and 13C/12C Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake: Evidence for Internal Activityhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05085📜 Moderate D/H Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake as Evidence of Hydrothermal or Metamorphic Processes in Their Interiors: Geochemical Analysishttps://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05549🦄 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 Intro01:10 JWST's images of Eris and Makemake05:46 Unique flavours of methane12:21 Findings21:16 Implications for other worlds24:45 What's next26:21 Current obsessions32:51 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/eIO69E3Rqoo📰 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

Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. How can we do that? Figuring it out with Alexander Alvara.📜 BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecrafthttps://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11226🦄 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 Intro01:08 Thousands of tiny solar sails03:58 Deployment plan10:28 Timeframe11:58 Communication with Earth15:15 How far can you go17:58 Long-term potential of solar sails26:37 Current obsessions29:10 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/5p6Ur7V4ZVM📰 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

More oceans across the Solar System. The Event Horizon Telescope zooms into an active galactic nucleus. Another lunar lander sets off to the Moon. 🦄 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 Intro00:13 Mimas has an oceanhttps://www.universetoday.com/165722/saturns-death-star-moon-mimas-probably-has-an-ocean-too/02:37 Eris and Makemake geothermal activityhttps://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets04:02 Water on asteroidshttps://www.universetoday.com/165696/water-found-on-the-surface-of-an-asteroid/05:45 Intuitive Machines Odysseus lander launchhttps://www.universetoday.com/165738/intuitive-machines-odysseus-moon-lander/07:29 Testing spacesuitshttps://www.universetoday.com/165698/next-generation-spacesuit-gets-tested-in-weightlessness/09:28 Vote resultshttps://youtu.be/q0XKwvuK8pk10:11 Confirmation of JUMBOshttps://public.nrao.edu/news/astronomers-discover-jupiter-sized-objects/12:16 Lasers for the Deep Space Networkhttps://www.universetoday.com/165700/one-of-nasas-radio-dishes-can-now-track-space-lasers-too/14:02 Weekly email newsletterhttps://universetoday.com/newsletter14:34 A new image from EHT https://www.universetoday.com/165669/the-event-horizon-telescope-zooms-in-on-a-black-holes-jet/17:09 What happened after DARThttps://www.universetoday.com/165690/what-happened-to-all-those-boulders-blasted-into-space-by-dart/18:39 More moons thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/bGnxKXD8USE📰 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

The podcast discusses the problems of modern science like fraud, funding, and politics. Dr. Paul M. Sutter talks about the trust gap between scientists and the public, offering solutions to restore trust. Topics include careers, diversity, and science communication. The need for transparent communication and diverse representation in the scientific community is emphasized.

How sure can astronomers be when estimating asteroid strikes? Why is Jupiter so radioactive? What happened to the methane on Mars story? Are black holes 2D or 3D? 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] Can you prove that there's no life in the Universe?04:14 [Vulcan] How certain ca we be about asteroid strikes?08:52 [Risa] Why is Jupiter so radioactive?10:36 [Aeturen] Is there gravitational lensing for planets from their own stars?13:45 [Vendikar] Wouldn't it be cheaper to send multiple satellites to deep space at a single time versus one at a time?18:10 [Remus] What's my opinion on the shape of the Universe?22:01 [Janus] What happened to methane on Mars?24:27 [Cait] Will a major propulsion breakthrough happen soon?28:26 [Betazed] Does Jupiter protect us from asteroids?30:08 [Cheleb] Are black holes 2D or 3D?32:28 [Nimbus] What's the most important resource on the Moon apart from water?34:37 [Belos] How do gravitational wave detectors know where the signal came from? 37:50 [Lyar] Do Sun-like stars with tidally locked planets make sense? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/kuTkg9d9u6E📰 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

Big layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Testing spacesuits for the Moon. Another flyby of Io. And our final look at Ingenuity.🎙️ INTERVIEWS:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE👉 NASA Layoffs: https://youtu.be/yFuHdZNZ6-Y👉 Io Exploration: https://youtu.be/3YpbDZQHkCk👉 Measuring Space Distances: https://youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M🦄 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 NASA JPL Layoffshttps://www.universetoday.com/165651/nasas-jpl-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers/01:25 Testing Artemis Spacesuitshttps://www.universetoday.com/165611/nasa-continues-testing-its-new-lunar-spacesuits/03:38 JWST Did It Againhttps://www.universetoday.com/165572/the-jwst-discovers-a-galaxy-that-shouldnt-exist/04:35 Berlin meteor foundhttps://www.universetoday.com/165625/fragments-from-that-asteroid-that-exploded-above-berlin-have-been-recovered-and-theyre-really-special/06:30 Vote results07:09 Mass of the Milky Wayhttps://www.universetoday.com/165598/astronomers-measure-the-mass-of-the-milky-way-by-calculating-how-hard-it-is-to-escape/08:35 Dust Ruins Another Way to Measure Distanceshttps://www.universetoday.com/165627/dust-ruins-another-way-of-measuring-distance-in-the-universe/11:00 Interview streak!12:27 Juno's Io Flybyhttps://www.universetoday.com/165585/nasas-juno-probe-makes-another-flyby-of-io/13:51 Dreamchaser Testhttps://www.universetoday.com/165648/nasa-gives-dreamchaser-the-shakedown/15:43 Final look at Ingenuityhttps://www.universetoday.com/165641/perseverance-gives-us-one-last-look-at-the-damaged-ingenuity-helicopter/16:57 Meteorites📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/q0XKwvuK8pk📰 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

BREAKING NEWS. JPL is laying off about 530 people. Why did that happen and what it means for major NASA missions like Artemis and Mars Sample Return? Figuring it out with Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society.🎙️ Planetary Radio Podcast: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/space-policy-edition🦄 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 Intro00:01:10 JPL layoffs and NASA budget cuts 00:21:05 Effects on Artemis00:36:50 Mars Sample Return in Danger01:03:41 Planetary Society's plans📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/yFuHdZNZ6-Y📰 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 all know the Hubble Deep Field as one of the most important astronomy images of all time. But when will we get a similar attempt from Webb? What will we be able to get from it and what are the limits of JWST? Finding out with Dr Viraj Pandya from NASA. 👉 Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmologyhttps://youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M🦄 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 Intro01:43 Galaxy classification08:20 Hubble's observations and biases19:53 Breadstick galaxies31:07 Wen JWST Deep Field43:58 What is the limit of Webb52:03 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/WdTkH1v2NqI📰 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