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Exoplanets are great. There are hycean worlds, super-dense iron planets, super light planets, ones with potential biosignatures and much more. Catching up on all the latest discoveries with Dr Jessie Christiansen.🦄 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 Intro00:52 Latest exoplanet discoveries10:40 The Gap14:49 Iron planets and super light ones19:33 Surprising exoplanets22:01 Future of exoplanet research30:20 Is Earth normal?32:52 Jessie's Podcast 37:07 Current obsessions📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/MuH2BlHdAyw📰 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

Astrophysicist guest discusses the presence of rogue planets in the Orion Nebula. Other topics include the formation of hot Jupiters, cosmic web connecting galaxies, a disappeared star, and the impact of supernovae on Earth.

If we want to send an interstellar probe to the nearest stars, getting there isn't the only problem. We explore non-trivial problems like getting the signal back from the probes, communicating within the swarm, choosing which data to send back and much more with Marshall Eubanks.🦄 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 Intro00:01:29 Megaprojects in the Solar System00:13:09 Chasing Oumuamua 00:23:17 Breakthrough Starshot00:33:59 Swarms 00:50:52 How do we start practicing 01:00:39 Current obsessions📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/gH73Gwt1crU📰 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

Is our galaxy's black hole still consuming stars? When will we finally figure out dark matter? Can James Webb last until it exhausts its fuel and not break before that? How should we name exoworlds? 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 Start00:51 [Andoria] Why are we so close to the Big Bang?04:56 [Vulcan] Can JWST look through the zone of avoidance?08:25 [Risa] Will we be able to move moons?12:49 [Aeturen] Is the CMB uniform everywhere? 15:03 [Vendikar] When will we figure out dark matter?22:32 [Remus] How long will SLS last?26:50 [Janus] Will JWST survive as long as its fuel lasts?28:52 [Cait] Thoughts on OSIRIS-REx sample return. 31:47 [Betazed] How should we name exoworlds?33:25 [Cheleb] Did children stop wanting to become astronauts?36:16 [Nimbus] What's an outlandish hypothesis I hope comes true?38:35 [Belos] Can we solve water crisis by capturing a comet?40:28 [Lyar] Why aren't we in the center of the Universe?43:17 [Zalcon] Is SgrA still consuming stars?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/X8vCQR0JdlQ📰 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

JWST has shown us what the modern infrared telescope is capable of. But it's not far-infrared. There are no space telescopes operating in that spectrum at the moment. But why? And what would we be able to see if we had one? Let's find out with Dr David Leisawitz, Chief at NASA Science Proposal Support Office.🦄 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 Intro00:02:08 What is far infrared00:10:24 How is far infrared useful for Astronomy00:24:56 Space-based interferometers00:44:43 What will we be able to see00:52:55 What's next 01:00:56 Current obsessions01:04:59 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/3N03G9WbYqo📰 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

OSIRIS-REx delivers its asteroid samples back to Earth. India is losing hope to contact its lunar mission. James Webb is finally seeing baby galaxies coming together in the early Universe. 🚀 Watching OSIRIS-REx Launch:https://youtu.be/XpQ_MbwNdQA💡 Interviews Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE😍 1 Year of JWST Special:https://youtu.be/nbDQEo0uA0Q 🦄 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 OSIRIS-REx brought samples of Bennuhttps://www.universetoday.com/163354/the-osiris-rex-capsule-has-landed-asteroid-samples-returned/https://www.universetoday.com/163390/nasa-opens-the-lid-on-osiris-rexs-sample-capsule/03:13 JWST spies baby galaxieshttps://www.universetoday.com/163357/finally-astronomers-are-starting-to-see-the-first-galaxies-coming-together-with-jwst/06:29 No signal from Chandrayaan-3https://www.universetoday.com/163394/day-has-returned-but-indias-lander-and-rover-have-failed-to-wake-up/07:51 What hides in the shadowshttps://www.universetoday.com/163363/the-darkest-parts-of-the-moon-are-revealed-with-nasas-new-camera/09:49 Moon base in lava tubeshttps://www.universetoday.com/163371/chinese-astronauts-may-build-a-base-inside-a-lunar-lava-tube/12:12 Votehttps://youtu.be/qjSIwq6hBZM12:45 M87 black hole's spinninghttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/100277314:40 Galaxies and machine learninghttps://www.universetoday.com/163350/machine-learning-algorithms-can-find-anomalous-needles-in-cosmic-haystacks/16:59 Interviews17:35 No more Arecibo. For surehttps://www.universetoday.com/163385/its-official-no-more-astronomy-at-arecibo/18:56 Final mirror for GMThttps://giantmagellan.org/2023/09/26/the-giant-magellan-telescopes-final-mirror-fabrication-begins/20:32 Watching a rocket launchhttps://youtu.be/XpQ_MbwNdQA📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/nh9gl_kCbcs📰 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's the best way to use telescope time to search for exoplanets? How many will we be able to find in a best-case scenario? What future missions will help us with that? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Ben Hord from NASA Goddard. 👉 Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterisation of Transiting Exoplanets with JWSThttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.09617.pdf🐦 Ben Hord on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benhord🦄 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 Deciding which exoplanets to observe09:56 Getting the masses15:13 Using telescope time19:28 What do we really know about exoplanets26:40 Exhausting our search capabilities31:10 Studying hot Jupiters35:00 Perfect exoplanet searching mission40:34 Current obsessions📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/6b377MO20uE📰 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 big will the successor of James Webb and Hubble be regarding Starship faring? Can we communicate using something else from radio waves? How can a rogue planet have a liquid ocean? Could aliens look similar to creatures on Earth? How can we detect plate tectonics on exoplanets? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser. 🦄 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 Start00:28 [Andoria] How rogue planets can retain liquid oceans?05:24 [Vulcan] How gravitational wave detectors separate signal from noise?07:55 [Risa] Alternative communication methods?12:32 [Aeturen] Does JWST give wrong results? 16:07 [Vendikar] What's Betelgeuse doing right now?20:31 [Remus] How will the Big Rip rip the Black Holes?23:49 [Janus] Advice for future Mars colonists? 27:04 [Cait] How to detect plate tectonics on exoplanets? 30:46 [Betazed] Could aliens look similar to Earth biology? 35:22 [Cheleb] How big will the successor of Hubble and JWST be? 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/77Is1UB8EQc📰 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 is a sneak peek into our monthly Patreon-exclusive podcast we call Shareholders Meeting. Patreon is the reason we don't have ads and sponsor integrations in our podcast and YouTube videos. So, if you want to help us keep it this way and get additional perks, like a cool exclusive podcast in addition to all our other content – join our Patreon.👉 Full episode on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/posts/shareholders-5-89644670🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📰 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

James Webb detects carbon dioxide on the surface of Europa. A full metal exoplanet. Searching for tiny dyson spheres. And learning how black holes eat so quickly.🦄 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 Fullmetal exoplanethttps://www.universetoday.com/163291/this-exoplanet-is-probably-a-solid-ball-of-metal/02:29 JWST sees CO2 on Europahttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-finds-carbon-source-on-surface-of-jupiter-s-moon-europa04:50 Technosignatures and biosignatureshttps://www.universetoday.com/163240/if-astronomers-see-these-chemicals-in-a-planets-atmosphere-theres-likely-an-advanced-civilization-there/https://www.universetoday.com/163201/we-should-be-looking-for-small-hot-dyson-spheres/08:49 GRB passing through the Solar Systemhttps://www.universetoday.com/163222/a-2022-gamma-ray-burst-was-so-powerful-it-was-detected-by-spacecraft-across-the-solar-system/10:05 Vote results10:45 Colliding galaxy clusters too big too earlyhttps://www.universetoday.com/163273/a-collision-between-gigantic-galaxy-clusters-too-big-too-early/12:20 Supermassive black holes affecting host galaxy chemistryhttps://www.universetoday.com/163229/strong-evidence-that-supermassive-black-holes-affect-their-host-galaxys-chemistry/14:06 How fast can black holes eathttps://www.universetoday.com/163305/gluttonous-black-holes-eat-faster-than-thought-does-that-explain-quasars/16:15 Q&As are back18:22 Lunar Starship engine testhttps://www.universetoday.com/163257/spacex-test-fires-a-raptor-engine-simulating-a-lunar-landing/19:56 Hottest summer on record https://www.universetoday.com/163216/nasa-confirms-that-2023-was-the-hottest-summer-on-record/20:46 Osiris-Rex bringing asteroid samples to Earth https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finalizes-coverage-for-first-us-asteroid-sample-landing21:44 Rant of the week📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/qjSIwq6hBZM📰 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