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How understanding the Sun can change our view of all the other stars in the Universe. What will current instruments and future mission will bring. And what are the mysteries that are waiting to be solved in this field.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro01:09 - Meet Colin Stuart04:00 - Modern studies of the Sun17:03 - How new solar telescopes will change our understanding of the Sun25:40 - Biggest mysteries of the Sun33:01 - Public reaction to science achievements44:39 - Detective work in Astronomy53:53 - Science communication 58:30 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/H8EtjYANPjY📰 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

Are there alternatives to CMB? Will we ever build a space elevator? How can we see radiation coming from a black hole when nothing can escape it? Can you heat something with gravitational waves? Why JWST can look lame to the laymen? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro01:32 [Tatooine] Neutrino Background Radiation and CMB alternatives08:56 [Coruscant] Can gravitational waves heat a planet?10:39 [Hoth] Why do stars seem to change colour?13:00 [Naboo] How can radiation escape black holes?16:18 [Kamino] How to pass through the Van Allen belts?20:07 [Bespin] How do wormholes work?22:55 [Mustafar] Is JWST really worth its $10B?28:15 [Alderaan] Misconseptions about telescopes31:49 [Dagobah] Will we ever build a space elevator?36:34 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/z49OlAynODM📰 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

Coronographs will soon be in every major telescope. They can block the light from the star and reveal things around it, like exoplanets. There's so much amazing science behind them. Like, did you know coronographs can be adaptive? We dive into all that with Dr Lucie Leboulleux. Enjoy the interview!🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro01:58 - Meet Dr Lucie Leboulleux02:59 - What is a coronagraph and how it works24:41 - Adaptive coronographs39:28 - Coronographs in future telescopes48:23 - What would a perfect telescope look like59:23 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/sLK1W0EGu8A📰 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

Dimorphos grows a tail. More Europa pictures from Juno. The horrifying possibility of ads in night sky. Why Jupiter’s atmosphere is surprisingly hot.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:31 - Didimoon’s new tailhttps://www.universetoday.com/157939/after-getting-slammed-by-dart-asteroid-dimorphos-has-grown-a-tail/02:50 - More of Europa’s flyby of Jupiterhttps://www.universetoday.com/157961/here-are-the-high-resolution-images-of-europa-captured-by-juno-during-its-recent-flyby05:16 - Horrifying idea of ads in spacehttps://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/russian-space-scientists-have-the-worst-idea-ever-space-based-advertising08:13 - Crew-5 goes to the ISShttps://www.universetoday.com/157968/while-sls-is-delayed-crew-5-zips-in-and-launches-to-the-international-space-station10:38 - Why Jupiter is surprisingly hothttps://www.universetoday.com/157817/jupiters-atmosphere-is-surprisingly-hot12:36 - Support us on Patreon13:36 - More Debris on Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/157925/a-small-piece-of-foreign-object-debris-fell-off-ingenuitys-leg-during-its-33rd-flight15:27 - World Largest Steerable Telescope Constructionhttps://www.universetoday.com/157909/construction-begins-on-the-worlds-largest-steerable-radio-telescope17:40 - Best JWST image and other channel updateshttps://youtu.be/EdwiNnWIuKo19:30 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/PNyR0K_5GGY📰 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

In this interview, Professor Peter Vickers and I talk about the scientific method, its true nature and its place in modern society. We talk about the philosophy of science, how scientific consensus works and how it can be made better.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00:00 - Intro00:01:10 - Meet Peter Vickers00:03:35 - Philosophy of Science. What is it and how it's done00:06:04 - End of Science00:08:10 - Demarcation between good and bad science00:16:33 - "I don't know" as a valid answer00:12:37 - Facts VS Theories00:31:03 - Scientific consensus 00:40:33 - Skepticism01:00:38 - Can we make scientific consensus better01:05:32 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/EdwiNnWIuKo📰 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

In this week's questions and answers show, I explain why a crewed mission to Venus or the Moon makes sense, if there's debris in the Lagrange Points, and why the photos from DART look so familiar.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start01:16 [Tatooine] Does it make sense to send a crewed mission to Venus?05:31 [Coruscant] Why send humans to the Moon?08:54 [Hoth] Is there debris in the Lagrange Points?11:28 [Naboo] Do the DART photos look familiar?14:04 [Kamino] Could Webb see Oumuamua?18:02 [Bespin] What astronomical event would I like to see?19:58 [Mustafar] What is the most influential image from space?23:03 [Alderaan] Would Vera Rubin work in space?26:32 [Dagobah] Could you use the Sun as a gravity assist?29:24 [Yavin] Could the Sun be blocking Planet 9?30:55 [Mandalore] Where will be in the next 50 years?33:35 [Geonosis] What if the Milky Way's black hole disappeared?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/rv9rUH6BXns📰 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

We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Evan Gough, who is the author of more than 1400 articles on the website. Fraser and Evan talked about the way that stories for UT are born, which traps can a writer fall into, and whether to take a university degree or not. Enjoy!🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro01:10 - How did Evan become a part of Universe Today05:49 - What kind of stories are the most interesting08:30 - Degree VS No Degree10:38 - How a story on UT is made14:57 - Traps for space writers and how to avoid them19:05 - Balance of mainstream and 'underground'22:19 - What are the growth paths28:27 - Outro📰 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

Humanity moved an asteroid on purpose for the first time in history. Juno flies past Jupiter. A possible mission to boost Hubble, and a mysterious blob is orbiting Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:39 - DART successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphoshttps://www.universetoday.com/157794/this-is-the-last-thing-dart-saw-as-it-smashed-into-its-asteroid-target/05:05 - SpaceX wants to boost Hubble's orbithttps://www.universetoday.com/157844/nasa-spacex-hubble-reboost/06:30 - SLS launch delayed. Againhttps://www.universetoday.com/157806/as-hurricane-ian-bears-down-on-florida-nasa-decides-to-roll-artemis-1-back-to-the-assembly-building/08:38 - Mysterious blob orbiting Milky Way's black holehttps://www.universetoday.com/157730/theres-a-blob-of-gas-orbiting-around-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/11:11 - Webb Sees Sand in Brown Dwarf’s Atmospherehttps://www.universetoday.com/157617/webb-scans-a-nearby-brown-dwarf-and-finds-it-has-clouds-made-of-sand/12:43 - Support us on Patreon13:28 - Zhurong Looks Beneath Utopia Basinhttps://english.cas.cn/research/highlight/astronomy/202209/t20220926_320768.shtml15:24 - Enceladus Is Even More Habitable Than Expectedhttps://www.universetoday.com/157703/it-appears-that-enceladus-is-even-more-habitable-than-we-thought/16:46 - Juno’s Flyby of Europahttps://www.universetoday.com/157855/europa-extreme-closeup-nasa-juno/18:01 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/TASLAfXhP18📰 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

This is a bonus from my friend Paul Sutter. It is an episode from his podcast ''Ask A Spaceman'. He explains possible alternatives to Dark Matter, which is a very popular question in my Q&A episodes. Enjoy!🎧 Ask A Spaceman on Apple Podcasts📺 Paul Sutter on YouTube🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📰 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

In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when Starship is going to make an orbital launch, and wonder if there could be life around brown dwarf stars.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetodayIn this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when Starship is going to make an orbital launch, and wonder if there could be life around brown dwarf stars.00:00 Start00:44 What will happen with New Horizons now?04:20 What lies beyond the Cosmic Microwave Background?08:12 When will we see an actual picture of an exoplanet?10:59 Could there be life around a brown dwarf?13:47 When will the SpaceX orbital test happen?15:28 Will we find gravitational waves in the CMB?19:49 How could we know if the Universe collided with another universe?22:04 Is Titan moving away from Saturn?24:09 Could there be antimatter black holes?26:04 Could we fly into Jupiter?28:20 Will gas giants die?30:45 Is there an edge to the Universe?31:55 When will the CMB no longer be detectable?33:26 How will we block radiation on the Lunar Gateway?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/i_HhYPIezeI📰 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