Universe Today Podcast

This week's behind the scenes interview is with Universe Today's senior editor, Nancy Atkinson. Nancy has been writing for Universe Today since the early days and has contributed thousands of articles. She's also a mentor to newer writers on the team. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00:00 - Intro00:01:04 - Meet Nancy Atkinson00:06:29 - How space writing changes one's life00:09:00 - Writing books00:13:28 - Favourite people to interview00:20:54 - Drawing a line between being factual and casual00:24:59 - Advice for future journalists00:28:46 - 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

James Webb has a problem with one of its most important instruments, SLS completes a crucial test before the next launch attempt, Europe wants to rival Crew Dragon and Starliner, and a new quasar is about to be born. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:32 - SLS Passes Important Tanking Testhttps://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/09/21/artemis-cryogenic-demonstration-test-concludes-all-objectives-met02:37 - Starship Updates. Booster 7 Hot Fire with 7 Engines03:50 - James Webb Has Problems with MIRIhttps://www.universetoday.com/157695/jwst-partially-stops-observations-after-suffering-instrument-problem/05:19 - JWST looks at Neptune and its rings https://www.universetoday.com/157709/neptune-and-its-rings-glow-in-webb-telescopes-portrait/06:17 - Webb also looks at Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/157675/webb-turns-its-infrared-gaze-on-mars/07:54 - SUSIE. Europe's take on crewed capsuleshttps://www.universetoday.com/157666/is-europe-building-its-own-starship-not-exactly/09:23 - A quasar about to be bornhttps://www.universetoday.com/157596/a-galaxy-with-ten-times-the-mass-of-the-milky-way-is-preparing-to-become-a-quasar/10:40 - Sun-like star orbiting a black holehttps://www.universetoday.com/157655/astronomers-find-a-sun-like-star-orbiting-a-nearby-black-hole/11:53 - Detecting exoplanets with Lagrange pointshttps://www.universetoday.com/157651/a-new-way-to-discover-planets-astronomers-detect-an-exoplanet-by-seeing-its-trojan-belts/13:20 - Get ready for DART impacthttps://www.universetoday.com/157509/dart-sees-asteroid-didymos-for-the-first-time-in-two-weeks-itll-crash-into-the-moon/15:01 - Channel updates16:32 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/BY1bmmezlJwInterviews:Dr Brian Keating https://youtu.be/NpopOD2DcX8Lee McIntyre https://youtu.be/DrlsuLMnQ2ILes Johnson https://youtu.be/vZhDbzdqAWQ📰 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

Les Johnson is the Principle Investigator with NASA's upcoming Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission that will fly on the SLS and test solar sail navigation. But at the same time, he's a science fiction author. So, in this interview, we discussed both these sides of his life. 📖 Les Johnson's Books: https://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro01:01 - Meet Les Johnson02:19 - Working at NASA and being a science fiction writer at the same time06:50 - Solar sails proplusion10:29 - Flying towards the Sun with solar sails14:32 - Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission flying on the SLS21:07 - Why so few solar sails are used now27:07 - What's the future of solar sails39:07 - Methods of interstellar exploration53:02 - Role of science fiction in modern space exploration01:00:10 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/vZhDbzdqAWQ📰 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 week I'm joined by Dr. Brian Keating, a cosmologist who studies cosmic microwave background radiation and leads the BICEP, POLARBEAR2, and Simons Array experiments. He also has a successful YouTube channel and podcast. We'll be discussing the evidence for the Big Bang and the impact of James Webb on our current understanding of the Universe.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/NpopOD2DcX8📰 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 the difference between the observable universe and the Hubble sphere, how satellite megaconstellations will affect smartphones and other consumer devices, and what impact Jupiter's radiation might have for life on Europa.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start00:36 What's the difference between the observable universe and the Hubble sphere?03:57 Will smartphones get satellite access?08:07 Could Jupiter's radiation impact Europa's life?11:02 Information about the lunar poles?13:19 What do I think about Starlink?22:09 Are asteroids or comets more dangerous?23:43 How will climate change affect the space industry?26:17 Should we build a lunar gateway or moon base?30:00 Will we see nuclear rockets soon?32:56 Why do conspiracy theorists point at NASA?38:02 Will NASA run out of shuttle engines for SLS?39:47 Can regular people do SETI?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Q_55JfVctUo📰 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

Today I'm talking to Lee McIntyre, philosopher of science and the author of a recently released book 'How to Talk to a Science Denier'. We talked about the problems with science communication in modern society, the challenges that misinformation poses, and how we can possibly fight it.📖 Lee McIntyre Books: https://leemcintyrebooks.com/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro. Meet Lee McIntyre00:47 - Where does science denialism come from09:12 - Climate change, Moon Landing, Shape of the Earth13:28 - How to fight it18:41 - Double standard of reasoning20:22 - The only thing that will work26:58 - Changing your mind: weakness or strength?32:56 - Uncertainty in science40:12 - How to do it better44:26 - Immune system for the mind59:53 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/DrlsuLMnQ2I📰 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

Uh oh, NASA’s CAPSTONE mission is having problems, A New Shepard Flight fails, Betelgeuse was recently yellow, and of course, another amazing new image from Webb.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:33 - CAPSTONE Missions Has More Problemshttps://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/09/12/capstone-teams-continue-work-to-resolve-spacecraft-issue/02:17 - Blue Origin Had an Anomaly in Flighthttps://www.blueorigin.com/news/ns-23-mission-updates/04:20 - Betelgeuse Was Yellow, Not Red, Just 2000 Years Agohttps://www.universetoday.com/157533/just-2000-years-ago-betelgeuse-was-yellow-not-red/07:28 - Raining Space Diamonds. But In A Labhttps://www.universetoday.com/157527/its-thought-to-rain-diamonds-on-uranus-and-neptune-and-now-scientists-duplicated-it-in-the-lab/09:25 - Solar Orbiter Hit By a Coronal Mass Ejectionhttps://www.universetoday.com/157574/solar-orbiter-was-hit-by-a-coronal-mass-ejection-as-it-was-about-to-make-a-flyby-of-venus/11:40 - Wow! Super-Detailed Images of the Sunhttps://www.universetoday.com/157516/insanely-high-resolution-images-of-the-sun-show-its-chromosphere-in-vivid-detail/14:05 - Traditional Webb Treat for Deserthttps://www.universetoday.com/157576/the-webb-image-youve-been-waiting-for-the-orion-nebula/17:47 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/G-7N7-HbHsw📰 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're back from hiatus! In this week's Questions and Answers show, I talk about what will happen when the expansion of the Universe reaches the speed of light, how I feel about SLS delays, what's happening with James Webb, and more...🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Start00:41 What happens when the expansion of the Universe reaches the speed of light?03:27 Thoughts on SLS delays?05:38 What's new with JWST?08:44 Will NASA stick with the Gateway?11:44 Could we build an engine to catch particles in space?14:35 Why is the private sector more efficient than government?19:43 Will SpaceX have humans on Mars before Artemis gets to the Moon?21:14 Can a black hole eat itself?22:08 How can we know the age of the Universe?24:51 Will politics break the space industry?26:30 Should we explore other places than the Moon, Mars and Venus?29:37 How is AI being used for space science?31:53 Could returning astronauts be put into simulated Mars gravity?📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlKIoPtOgdE📰 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

How iPhone 14 will connect to satellites. Why SLS didn’t launch and when it might. Growing rice in space. And a new incredible image from James Webb.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:29 - Amazing Tarantula nebula by JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/157463/wow-heres-webbs-view-of-the-tarantula-nebula/02:07 - Another SLS delay but hopes for a September launchhttps://www.universetoday.com/157503/theres-still-hope-for-sls-to-launch-in-september/05:16 - iPhone 14 will have satellite connection. How it will work https://www.universetoday.com/157474/iphone-14-will-have-satellite-connectivity-how-exactly-it-will-work/07:49 - China grows rice in spacehttps://www.universetoday.com/157453/chinese-astronauts-successfully-grow-rice-in-space/09:54 - Green sand on Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/157449/some-sand-on-mars-is-green-showing-that-it-was-once-wet/11:52 - Rocket Lab reuses a returned engine from Electronhttps://www.universetoday.com/157444/rocketlab-sent-this-engine-to-space-and-then-retrieved-it-a-new-test-shows-its-still-working-fine/13:02 - Axiom wins a contract for Moon spacesuitshttps://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-moonwalking-spacesuits/14:38 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/Ns_vEaoJfEw🎙️ OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/bRxr4JTNqh📰 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

I often say that it's not just me doing Universe Today. This series is here to introduce you to the Team behind the project. Show you all the work that we're doing and meet all the great people that make Universe Today possible.Nancy Graziano, the producer of the Weekly Space Hangout and many of the other projects we're working on. Hear how she fell into the Universe Today gravity well, and her future plans to train the next generation of science communicators.🦄 Support us on Patreon00:00 - Intro02:03 - Meet Nancy Graziano10:45 - Getting into Universe Today19:58 - Changing The Weekly Space Hangout23:33 - Getting more people into science communication26:46 - Outro👉 Weekly Space Hangout📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe 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