Universe Today Podcast

Are we alone in the Universe? How can we approach this question with a real scientific perspective? What would life even look like if it existed somewhere? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Adam Frank. 📕 Adam Frank's book 'Little Book of Aliens'https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-little-book-of-aliens-adam-frank 🦄 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 Intro01:15 When did we start thinking of aliens03:47 Misunderstanding of the Fermi Paradox10:44 End state of alien civilisation28:33 Are aliens here32:14 How to properly explore UFOs36:02 Accepting that we might be alone 39:42 Best way to search for technosignatures47:54 Current obsessions📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/6OKTkm7wCuI📰 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

Can you reconstruct an image that was gravitationally lensed? How dark can outer space become? Will we ever be able to mine an asteroid? Answering all these questions and much 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 Start01:27 [Andoria] How dark can space be?05:42 [Vulcan] Can you reconstruct gravitationally lensed images?09:58 [Risa] How big does a parallax need to be for a meaningful improvement? 13:12 [Aeturen] Will we ever be mining Psyche?15:30 [Vendikar] Which planet would I be spending my last seconds on?18:02 [Remus] How long does it take a nebula to become a star?20:53 [Janus] What do amino acids on asteroids really mean?23:15 [Cait] Are rogue planets a threat for Earth?25:28 [Betazed] What will be the first entirely space-based manufacturing industry?26:40 [Cheleb] How with the Starship be refuelled on Mars?29:31 [Nimbus] Why there was no warfare in space yet?32:07 [Belos] Was I surprised finding out that antimatter falls down with gravity?33:51 [Lyar] Do all solar systems have an Oort cloud?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/XNe-f1K8WxM📰 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

Red Dwarfs will be the longest living stars in the Universe. Many of them have planetary systems, like the famous Trappist-1. But there is a big problem, as red dwarfs can emit mega-flares which could render planets uninhabitable. Finding out, if there is any hope for finding life and how can we study red dwarfs better with Dr Ward Howard.👉 Ward Howard's website: https://www.wardshowardastronomer.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 Intro01:31 How bad are red dwarf flares16:28 How to solve the flares problem21:43 Lifecycle of red dwarfs and their planets30:02 Any hope for life?35:25 Brown dwarfs36:40 Our place in the Universe 41:21 Future of explanatory research48:58 More interviews and final thoughtsMore interviews:👉 With Dr Jessie Christiansen https://youtu.be/MuH2BlHdAyw👉 With Dr Ben Hord https://youtu.be/6b377MO20uE📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/6ihLo5sRyNQ📰 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

See the latest solar eclipse from space. A future supercontinent will wipe out the mammals. Juno makes a close flyby of Io. A planet with clouds made of sand.🦄 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 Eclipse from spacehttps://www.universetoday.com/163767/nasa-mission-had-the-perfect-view-for-the-recent-solar-eclipse/03:30 Deadly supercontinenthttps://www.universetoday.com/163694/in-250-million-years-a-single-supercontinent-will-form-wiping-out-nearly-all-mammals/05:57 Juno's flyby of Iohttps://www.universetoday.com/163766/juno-completes-its-closest-flyby-of-io-yet/07:54 Planet with sand cloudshttps://www.universetoday.com/163749/an-exoplanet-so-hot-it-has-clouds-made-of-quartz/09:26 Votehttps://youtu.be/Zc8W77btzA810:30 Possible supervolcano on Pluto13:40 JWST looks at Kuiper Belthttps://www.universetoday.com/163483/jwst-observes-the-kuiper-belt-sedna-gonggong-and-quaoar/15:57 Newsletter16:56 Powerful solar stormshttps://www.universetoday.com/163712/a-monster-solar-storm-struck-earth-14300-years-ago/19:55 Cosmic rayshttps://www.universetoday.com/163711/air-showers-ruin-astrophotos-but-they-could-be-a-new-method-for-studying-the-universe/21:31 More on solar storms📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/whE6wd-cXEc📰 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

Dark matter is one of the most exciting mysteries in Astronomy. We can see its effects but we don't know what exactly it is. One of the proposed solutions is dark photons. What are they and what do we need to find them? Finding the answers with Nicholas Hunt-Smith.👉 Global QCD analysis and dark photons:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)096🦄 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 Intro01:52 What is a dark photon06:35 Importance of naming08:00 What properties should it have14:59 How dark matter fits into the standard model20:20 How we could find dark photons24:38 What's next40:07 Current obsessions42:34 More interviewsMore interviews:👉 Axions with Dr Keir Rogers https://youtu.be/SruXU-Owz_M👉 Axions with Dr Amruth Alfred https://youtu.be/M7IO6FkHRhE📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/g_eaYxt5DuE📰 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 know that a star is about to go supernova? Can we create a pet black hole in our Solar System? What if all our star data is just wrong? How common are red dwarf binaries? 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 Start01:21 [Andoria] How can we know how soon will a star go supernova?07:14 [Vulcan] How common are red dwarf binary stars?08:41 [Risa] Can we create a pet black hole?12:41 [Aeturen] How would aliens harvest stars? 17:24 [Vendikar] Could dark matter be just normal matter? 21:46 [Remus] How can computer scientists support astronomy? 25:42 [Janus] Could panspermia occur from Earth to other worlds?29:55 [Cait] Will New Horizons be able to put to rest? 31:46 [Betazed] What if all our stars data is wrong?36:03 [Cheleb] Can UFOs be from another dimension? 40:21 [Nimbus] How can JWST look back in time? 41:36 [Belos] Will satellites take over our night sky? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/XEt974WYbN8📰 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

Which things can go faster than light and what does it mean for Physics. Can quantum entanglement provide interstellar communication. Why NASA didn't believe in websites during the early internet era. How should scientists approach controversial ideas. Answering all these questions with Dr Robert Nemiroff. More interviews to watch:👉 Advanced Propulsion Systems with Dr. Sonny Whitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDURVz31N1k&t=1s👉 Interstellar Travel Without Breaking Physics with Andrew Higginshttps://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI?si=sT2KHhEUuJ8KvZkR🦄 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 Intro00:01:15 How APOD came together00:13:21 "Faster Than Light"00:21:33 Faster than light galaxies00:27:53 Outrunning light00:36:59 Gravitational lensing 00:40:06 Quantum Entanglement and communication00:47:00 Cosmic Inflation00:53:39 Creative ideas01:10:32 Further recommendations📺 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

Astronomers see ice giants colliding. We peek into the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Even more evidence that the Big Bang hasn’t been overturned.🦄 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 Two ice giants collidehttps://www.universetoday.com/163615/astronomers-see-the-afterglow-where-two-ice-giant-planets-collided/01:58 OSIRIS-REx samples openedhttps://www.universetoday.com/163636/osiris-rex-returned-carbon-and-water-from-asteroid-bennu/04:45 Psyche finally launched06:14 Size of early galaxieshttps://www.universetoday.com/163648/more-jwst-observations-are-finding-fewer-early-massive-galaxies/10:47 Vote 11:59 Gaia datahttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/New_Gaia_release_reveals_rare_lenses_cluster_cores_and_unforeseen_science14:14 Euclid problemshttps://www.universetoday.com/163579/euclid-recovers-from-a-navigation-problem-and-finds-its-guide-stars-again/15:54 Support what we do16:47 Another russian ISS leakhttps://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/10/09/international-space-station-operations-update/18:06 Flight over Marshttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/10/Fly_across_Mars_s_labyrinth_of_night_with_Mars_Express19:31 Are we alone📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Zc8W77btzA8📰 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

Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will launch in 2027. It will have a best-in-class coronagraph that should revolutionise exoplanet astronomy. How exactly will it work? Finding out with Dr Vanessa Bailey from NASA JPL.More interviews to watch:👉 Coronagraphs with Dr. Lucie Leboulleuxhttps://youtu.be/sLK1W0EGu8A👉 Future Telescopes with Lee Feinberghttps://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao🦄 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 Intro01:04 Nancy Grace Roman Telescope06:59 Coronagraph21:06 What will Roman see28:05 Direct observations of exoplanets31:25 Best-case scenario38:08 Not just planets40:56 Future coronagraphs51:03 Current obsessions55:21 More interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M📰 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 neutrinos arrive faster than light? How did OSIRIS-REx get samples of an asteroid? Can we extract energy from gravitational waves? When will we be able to discover our first exomoon of an exoplanet? How can we measure the mass of Jupiter's core? 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 Start01:03 [Andoria] Can a star "fizzle out" due to a companion stealing its material?05:45 [Vulcan] Are neutrinos travelling faster than light? 08:50 [Risa] Can there be vast swatches of annihilated nothingness?12:33 [Aeturen] Can Earth be the only planet to produce life?13:55 [Vendikar] If I could travel anywhere/anytime in space, where/when would you go?16:02 [Remus] How did OSIRIS-REx collect asteroid samples? 17:06 [Janus] When was the last time I got out to have some eyepiece time for myself?19:43 [Cait] Which place is most likely to host life?21:28 [Betazed] Can Hubble and JWST see the same gravitational lens?24:35 [Cheleb] Can the Universe be inside of a black hole?26:13 [Nimbus] What are my expectations about OSIRIS-REx samples?27:53 [Belos] What's the mass of Jupiter's core? 30:00 [Lyar] Can we use energy from gravitational waves?30:38 [Zalcon] How do we detect rogue planets?35:45 [Arret] Did we discover any exomoons yet?38:15 [Cheron] How fast can a nuclear rocket get us to Mars?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/y95sEzkWvqk📰 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