Universe Today Podcast

Dr Ruth Daly, a Professor of Physics at Penn State University, discusses how to measure the spin of black holes in this podcast.

What is the farthest object you can see with the unaided eye? Do galaxies have Lagrange points like stars or planets? What does NASA think about Starship's last flight attempt? Which future space telescopes are the most exciting? How will Starship fly without a crew escape system? 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 Start01:01 [Andoria] How will Starship fly humans without a crew escape system?07:03 [Vulcan] Do galaxies have Lagrange points? 10:43 [Risa] What do I hope JWST discovers next? 12:41 [Aeturen] What's the farthest unaided-eye object?13:53 [Vendikar] Is life common in the Universe? 15:17 [Remus] How accurate was The Martian? 20:13 [Janus] Are Von Neumann probes doable with current level of technology? 23:11 [Cait] What's the shape of the known Universe? 25:07 [Betazed] Can aliens see dinosaurs? 25:17 [Cheleb] Will the next Starship reach orbit? 26:52 [Nimbus] What will be the next big space telescopes? 30:25 [Belos] What does NASA think about Starship's IFT-2?📺 VIDEO VERSION#TODO_LINK📰 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 latest updates on space telescopes including Hubble entering safe mode and JWST's discovery of a protoplanetary disk. Also, the first full image of the Chinese Space Station from orbit. Discussions on observations of protostars, protoplanetary disks, and the second most energetic cosmic ray particle ever found. Exploring double planets, interviews on new discoveries, and updates on NASA's mission to Titan with Dragonfly. Mars delays and the first view of the Chinese space station from orbit are also discussed.

What was it like to fly on the Space Shuttle? What made this vehicle so important for the history of spaceflight? What stories can it tell? Answering all these questions with NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut, Tom Jones.📖 Space Shuttle Stories:https://astronauttomjones.com/product/space-shuttle-stories/🦄 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 Intro00:43 Why Space Shuttle was so great04:47 Precursors of full reusability10:05 RS-25 Engines14:21 The book20:28 Overview effect33:38 Constructing the ISS35:35 Servicing the Hubble38:25 New era of spaceflight 50:31 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/mH2AF2ZpQsQ📰 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 bad can a solar flare really be for the Earth? What would evolution in an isolated star system look like? What damage can a rogue planet flying through the Solar System cause? When will we have Lagrange point interferometers? What's the speed limit for gravitational assists? 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 Start00:53 [Andoria] What damage would a rogue planet cause for the Solar System? 05:37 [Vulcan] How bad would evolving in an isolated star system be?09:12 [Risa] How bad can solar flares really be? 13:56 [Aeturen] Lagrange point interferometers. Wen? 17:00 [Vendikar] Do stars go up and down the galactic plane? 19:47 [Remus] How can amateur astronomers contribute to science? 23:58 [Janus] Speed limit from gravity assists? 27:18 [Cait] Can we solve interstellar communication? 31:36 [Betazed] Top 5 science YouTube channels? 34:00 [Cheleb] What's my favourite aspect of cosmology? 35:46 [Nimbus] How bad is air pollution from launches? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Z8Cn0piSKEU📰 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

It happened! Starship and SuperHeavy Did Launch for the second time. All 33 raptors were working. Hot staging went as planned. But then both the Booster 9 and Ship 25 were lost. What exactly went wrong and what does it mean for the future of Starship? Finding out with Scott Manley and Marcus House. 📺 Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley📺 Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse🦄 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 Intro00:01:02 Before IFT-200:08:35 The Launch00:14:19 Hot Staging00:16:20 What went wrong with SuperHeavy00:25:00 What went wrong with Starship00:32:00 What's next?00:45:58 What it means for Artemis01:03:00 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/ReXZvXPak4U📰 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 Starship launches again. Webb finds methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet and reveals a star forming region near the center of the Milky Way. The overwhelming logistics of dealing with an asteroid threat.🦄 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 Intro00:16 Starship Second Flighthttps://www.universetoday.com/164331/spacex-tested-its-starship-again-successful-launch-but-both-vehicles-were-destroyed/04:36 JWST finds methane on an exoplanethttps://www.universetoday.com/164405/wow-jwst-just-found-methane-in-an-exoplanet-atmosphere/06:27 JWST looks into Milky Way's centerhttps://www.universetoday.com/164355/webbs-infrared-eye-reveals-the-heart-of-the-milky-way/08:11 Secret Chinese payloadhttps://www.universetoday.com/164379/a-chinese-booster-and-additional-secret-payload-caused-a-double-crater-on-the-moon/10:02 Vote resultshttps://youtu.be/tqsRBKgpJsI11:00 More plutonium for NASAhttps://www.universetoday.com/164407/nasa-is-getting-the-plutonium-it-needs-for-future-missions/13:29 Missing Spiral Galaxieshttps://durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2023/11/supergalactic-planes-missing-spiral-galaxies/15:01 Q&A Showhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmm6b_fexWT6vSK9J_c4zgep16:50 Zone of Avoidancehttps://www.universetoday.com/164328/the-universe-cant-hide-behind-the-zone-of-avoidance-any-longer/18:21 Real Danger of an Asteroid Threathttps://www.universetoday.com/164378/if-youre-trying-to-prevent-an-asteroid-impact-the-technical-and-political-challenges-are-staggering/📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/tEdSYwSN7NE📰 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

This week's Q&A discusses the potential of James Webb Space Telescope, the comparison between TESS and Kepler, the use of Starlinks as an interferometer, the possibility of ripping a black hole apart, and the discovery of rogue exoplanets in the Orion nebula. They also explore topics like the instability of Dyson spheres, searching for aliens, and mining a neutron star.

China is planning a Mars Sample Return Mission. James Webb tracks water moving towards planets. The Hubble Tension has gotten even more tense.🦄 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 China's Mars Sample Return Missionhttps://www.universetoday.com/164186/china-wants-to-retrieve-a-sample-of-mars-by-2028/02:36 Active Oort Cloudhttps://www.universetoday.com/164213/the-oort-cloud-might-be-more-active-than-we-thought/04:40 Amateur supernova discoveryhttps://www.universetoday.com/164136/an-amateur-astronomer-discovered-one-of-a-kind-supernova-remnant/06:54 Vote results07:29 JWST sees water transferhttps://www.universetoday.com/164249/jwst-shows-ice-covered-pebbles-delivering-water-to-new-planets/09:13 Lunar swirlshttps://www.universetoday.com/164277/the-lunar-swirl-mystery-deepens/10:42 Regolith landing problemhttps://www.nasa.gov/general/rocket-exhaust-on-the-moon-nasa-supercomputers-reveal-surface-effects/11:55 Support us on Patreon12:48 Hubble Tensions gets worsehttps://www.universetoday.com/164198/if-you-account-for-the-laniakea-supercluster-the-hubble-tension-might-be-even-larger/14:24 Starship Launchhttps://www.universetoday.com/164220/starship-could-be-ready-to-launch-on-friday/15:03 More on interstellar objects📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/tqsRBKgpJsI📰 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 large surveys of our galactic neighbourhood can help us better understand dark energy? What more can we learn from them? What instruments and techniques are used for this? Answering all these question and more with Dr John Moustakas.More interviews:👉 Understanding Dark Energyhttps://youtu.be/2Y6KK94GaXc?si=twg4yVmpxDSBJFgA👉 Time-Domain Astronomy Dr James Davenporthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCWrrL4fP5c&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 Intro01:14 Understanding our extra-galactic environment 05:58 Siena Galaxy Atlas10:38 New Era in Astronomy16:10 Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument31:06 How can we solve Dark Energy51:01 Obsessions55:31 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/3h6dwiPN0Fc📰 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