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We finally got JWST data about TRAPPIST-1. An Earth-sized rogue planet was found. More information about China’s plans for the Moon. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro00:13 JWST reveals Trappist-1 datahttps://www.universetoday.com/160716/finally-jwsts-data-on-the-first-trappist-1-planet-survey-says-it-sucks/02:02 Kazakhstan Seizes Russia’s Facility at Baikonurhttps://www.universetoday.com/160720/kazakhstan-seizes-russias-launch-facility-at-baikonur/03:53 Rogue Planets Found in Older Datahttps://www.universetoday.com/160695/a-rogue-earth-and-neptune-might-have-been-found-in-older-data/05:55 China’s Moon Planshttps://www.universetoday.com/160719/china-hints-at-its-goals-for-a-lunar-base/07:50 Water in lunar Regolithhttps://www.universetoday.com/160723/china-beads-glass-moon-water/09:46 3D Printing batteries on the Moonhttps://www.universetoday.com/160703/dont-take-batteries-to-the-moon-or-mars-3d-print-them-when-you-get-there/11:54 Support us on Patreon12:55 Europe's rotationhttps://www.universetoday.com/160740/europas-ice-rotates-at-a-different-speed-from-its-interior-now-we-may-know-why/14:54 Delays for Starliner and Vulcan17:30 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/G0o8S-T13Do📰 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

In this interview, I'm talking with Theresa Benyo and Lawrence Forsley from NASA. They are authors of a Lattice Confinement Fusion Reactor that got a NIAC award this year. A reactor like this could help us melt through the ice on Europa and Enceladus and have other interesting applications in space missions. The extended version also includes additional questions from Matt Williams:https://youtu.be/decKMi2FBxk🦄 Support us on Patreon:https://patreon.com/universetoday👉 More about the NIAC project; https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Accessing_Icy_World_Oceans/00:00 Intro02:30 How tough is Europa's ice04:31 Lattice confinement fusion14:43 How the probe will look like22:54 What's next for the NIAC project25:57 Other applications for the reactor31:55 Where's the upper limit for the project37:15 Going interstellar41:10 Behind the scenes and additional questions 📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/7Idm53V687I📰 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 don't we send microscopes on space probes to search for life? How do black holes even form? Can Chat GPT or similar systems help Astronomy? How will we use Starship when it starts to fly? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start01:04 [Tatooine] How can black holes even exist? 04:43 [Coruscant] How to dock to a spinning space station?08:12 [Hoth] Why not send microscopes on space probes?11:18 [Naboo] Where's the green screen?13:25 [Kamino] Why didn't Mars get a Moon like the Earth?17:04 [Bespin] How hard is it to get interviews or talk with NASA?21:32 [Mustafar] Can Chat GPT help Astronomy?25:24 [Alderaan] Why don't we go under to the icy moons' subsurface oceans?28:39 [Dagobah] What will drive public interest in space in the coming years?31:43 [Yavin] How will we use Starship?34:46 [Mandalore] How to travel faster than light?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/rdUbuioi2TA📰 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 know about thousands of exoplanets by now. But it's still a mystery, whether there are planets in the Alpha Centauri binary system, which is just next door to us. My guest today, Professor Peter Tuthill, is the Mission Leader for the TOLIMAN Telescope mission, which is designed to find those answers.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:29 Are there planets at Alpha Centauri08:22 How can we know they are there11:20 TOLIMAN Telescope30:04 JWST experiments37:34 Next big telescopes for planet hunting48:38 Discovering many more exoplanets51:50 Next generation of instruments59:05 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/jKDu4I0cLHE📰 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

iSpace reaches the Moon, Relativity Space’s 3D printed rocket fails to reach orbit, a mission will search for habitable worlds at Alpha Centauri. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday☄️ EARLY ACCESS: Searching for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri with the TOLIMAN Missionhttps://vimeo.com/manage/videos/811359865👉 NIAC 2023 Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmmM_Ft5DzAbrwzXHB8ED0rf👉 More interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE00:00 Intro00:14 iSpace at Moon Orbit. Landing Comes Nexthttps://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=446002:27 Relativity Space Terran-1 Launch05:18 More Science from DARThttps://www.universetoday.com/160683/another-look-at-the-aftermath-of-darts-impact-into-dimorphos/07:02 Looking For Habitable Planets in Alpha Centaurihttps://www.universetoday.com/160625/a-new-mission-will-search-for-habitable-planets-at-alpha-centauri/09:36 1,179 Previously Unknown Star Clusters https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.1038011:21 Interviews12:27 Moons Orbiting Rogue Planets Could be Habitablehttps://www.mpe.mpg.de/7938315/news2023032015:42 Mars Sunset by Ingenuity https://www.universetoday.com/160621/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-sees-a-beautiful-sunset-on-mars/17:08 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/ZmDk2XxDh4g📰 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

There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it. 👉 More about the NIAC award: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Great_Observatory_for_Long_Wavelengths/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:20 Haystack Observatory02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes39:21 What's Next41:55 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/l8NZDimTlwM📰 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

Scientists came up with a method to produce concrete on the Moon and Mars using potato starch. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Aled Roberts, who is the Principle Investigator of this research. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:06 Building materials from biomaterials07:06 Challenges of building on the Moon and Mars10:20 From human blood to potato starch19:02 How to implement the tech26:46 DNA manipulation32:36 Alternative applications38:00 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/xC7jFJYodIY📰 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 we build star-tram-like launch facilities in space? What will JWST see next? Can red or brown dwarfs be the source of dark matter? Should SpaceX just be the only launch service for the USA so they can save money?🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start01:51 [Tatooine] Can we build star-tram-like launch facilities in space?09:34 [Coruscant] Can red or brown dwarfs be the source of dark matter?13:09 [Hoth] Can we see an Earth-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star?19:12 [Naboo] How to know JWST's plans?21:37 [Kamino] How much more energy does it take to launch something in Nova Scotia versus the equator?24:08 [Bespin] Will China own the Moon?29:45 [Mustafar] Should SpaceX just be the only launch service for the USA?31:39 [Alderaan] What would you ask to an alien if you meet one as a science reporter?33:34 [Dagobah] Could a balloon on Venus use the temperature differences in the atmosphere for power?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/H0Ww_T2u94c📰 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 recently found six examples of galaxies that are too big too early. This discovery can significantly change our understanding of the early Universe. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Joel Leja, who is a part of the team behind the research. 👉 More about the discovery:https://www.universetoday.com/160243/six-galaxies-that-are-too-big-too-early/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:35 What it's like using JWST02:40 Universe-Breaking Galaxies07:02 If true, how does it change Cosmology13:52 How the research can be wrong18:18 Community response22:00 "Rewriting" Astronomy27:09 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/xPK9kF2tqfk📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/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

Venus has active volcanoes, we get a glimpse of NASA’s new lunar exploration suits, and scientists build a completely flat telescope lens.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro00:13 Active Volcano Found On Venushttps://www.universetoday.com/160579/potentially-active-volcanoes-have-been-found-on-venus/02:56 Vulcan Is No Morehttps://www.universetoday.com/160579/potentially-active-volcanoes-have-been-found-on-venus/04:09 $1B to Deorbit the ISShttps://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html06:40 New Axiom spacesuits for the Moonhttps://www.universetoday.com/160553/nasa-and-axiom-space-do-a-partial-reveal-of-the-spacesuit-that-will-be-worn-on-the-moon/09:39 Malapert Massifhttp://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/129410:38 What time is it on the Moonhttps://www.universetoday.com/160453/what-time-is-it-on-the-moon-it-may-get-its-own-timezone/12:03 Amazon Project Kuiper terminals revealed https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/heres-your-first-look-at-project-kuipers-low-cost-customer-terminals13:28 DART. Spinning asteroids throw rocks into spacehttps://www.universetoday.com/160574/didymos-is-spinning-so-quickly-that-rocks-are-detaching-at-its-equator-and-going-into-orbit/14:49 More science results from New Horizonshttps://www.universetoday.com/160547/new-horizons-pluto-team-updates-science/16:01 Q&A Show16:55 Flat Lens Telescopehttps://www.universetoday.com/160510/researchers-build-a-telescope-with-a-flat-lens/18:16 Violent Red Dwarfshttps://www.universetoday.com/160508/even-the-calmest-red-dwarfs-are-wilder-than-the-sun/19:48 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/wUHr_zvYacw📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/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