

Universe Today Podcast
Fraser Cain
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Sep 2, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] JWST Sees An Exoplanet, Another SLS Delay, Cosmology Crisis Continues
Artemis 1 delayed, direct image of an exoplanet from Webb, how Starlink will connect to phones, Voyager 1 is fixed, cosmology crisis continues.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:38 - Direct image of an exoplanet by JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/157404/jwst-takes-its-first-image-of-an-exoplanet%ef%bf%bc/02:59 - Artemis I Delayed. Againhttps://www.universetoday.com/157362/nasa-will-try-again-on-september-3-for-first-launch-of-artemis/05:55 - Ocean World Exoplanethttps://www.universetoday.com/157306/astronomers-find-a-waterworld-planet-with-deep-oceans-in-the-habitable-zone/08:03 - Planet shifting in and out of the habitable zonehttps://www.universetoday.com/157396/a-planet-has-been-found-that-shifts-in-and-out-of-the-habitable-zone/10:39 - Voyager 1 Fixedhttps://www.universetoday.com/157378/problem-solved-voyager-1-is-no-longer-sending-home-garbled-data/12:17 - Starlink will talk directly to phoneshttps://www.spacex.com/updates/14:49 - Ongoing crisis in Cosmology https://www.universetoday.com/157307/a-new-study-confirms-that-gravity-has-remained-constant-for-the-entire-age-of-the-universe/18:34 - Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/_ujVaJFIM7Y📰 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

Aug 26, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] Why The ‘Panic!’ Around JWST, Exoplanet With CO2, Weak Mars Astronauts
No, James Webb didn’t disprove the Big Bang. Carbon dioxide found in an exoplanet atmosphere. An amazing picture of Jupiter from Webb, pieces of other stars found in asteroid Ryugu, weak astronauts arriving on Mars, and a new way to measure distances in the Universe. All that and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.🦄 Support us on Patreon00:00 - Intro00:38 - Don’t PANIC! JWST Did Not Disprove The Big Bang Theoryhttps://www.universetoday.com/157264/the-latest-webb-observations-dont-disprove-the-big-bang-but-they-are-interesting/07:35 - Carbon Dioxide Discovered in an Exoplanet Atmospherehttps://www.universetoday.com/157304/jwst-finds-a-clear-unambiguous-signal-for-carbon-dioxide-in-an-exoplanets-atmosphere/10:45 - Amazing Jupiter With Auroras from JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/157261/webb-telescope-sees-jupiter-and-its-auroras-in-a-new-light/12:31 - Black Holes Help Measure Distances in Spacehttps://www.universetoday.com/157287/colliding-black-holes-provide-another-way-to-measure-distance-in-the-universe/15:01 - Ryugu Samples Are Partially Interstellarhttps://www.universetoday.com/157282/samples-from-asteroid-ryugu-contain-bits-that-came-from-outside-the-solar-system/17:32 - How Weak Will Mars Astronauts Feel On Arrivalhttps://www.universetoday.com/157230/how-weak-will-astronauts-feel-when-they-first-set-foot-on-mars-after-months-in-space/19:35 - There’s Less Water Ice Under InSight That Scientists Expectedhttps://www.universetoday.com/157244/mars-insight-doesnt-find-any-water-ice-within-300-meters-under-its-feet/21:11 - Universe Today News Tory Bruno Interview: https://youtu.be/WKVv9hasAyY Midjourney Video: https://youtu.be/8420A3fU05c22:28 - Upcoming Artemis I SLS Launch22:57 - Outro📰 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

Aug 25, 2022 • 0sec
[Interview] Fraser on the Chatter Podcast
Here's another interview with me from another podcast. This time I'm on the Chatter podcast hosted by Lawfare. I spoke with host David Priess about the upcoming Artemis missions, the race to the Moon and other issues relating to the politics and impact of space exploration.Subscribe to the podcast at: https://shows.acast.com/chatter🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Aug 24, 2022 • 0sec
[Interview] Tory Bruno: CEO of United Launch Alliance
My guest this week is Tory Bruno, the President, and CEO of United Launch Alliance. ULA has provided launch services for many NASA missions, including Juno, Curiosity, MAVEN, and the Parker Solar Probe. https://twitter.com/torybruno🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Aug 20, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] Largest JWST Image, First Private Interplanetary Mission, Space Bubbles VS Climate Change
Rocket Lab is launching the first-ever private mission to Venus. Europe is considering space-based solar power. A new method to detect exoplanets. More evidence about the Moon’s origins. Webb’s largest every image. All that and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.00:00 - Intro00:48 - First Private Mission to Venus by Rocket Labhttps://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/upcoming-missions/first-private-mission-to-venus/03:19 - MIT Space Bubbles Could Help Fight Climate Changehttps://www.universetoday.com/157073/mit-researchers-propose-space-bubbles-to-stop-climate-change/05:09 - Europe Is Going for Space-Based Solar Powerhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/european-space-chief-says-continent-will-lead-in-space-based-solar-power/07:47 - More Evidence that Moon Came from Earthhttps://www.universetoday.com/157153/lunar-rocks-have-earths-noble-gases-trapped-inside-more-evidence-that-the-moon-came-from-the-earth/09:56 - Why Betelgeuse Dimmed After Allhttps://www.universetoday.com/157110/why-betelgeuse-dimmed/12:11 - Thanks to GAIA We Know Exactly How the Sun Dieshttps://www.universetoday.com/157122/thanks-to-gaia-we-know-exactly-how-and-when-the-sun-will-die/14:58 - New Way to Look for Exoplanetshttps://www.universetoday.com/157162/one-exciting-way-to-find-planets-detect-the-signals-from-their-magnetospheres/17:13 - Did We Finally Get a Photon Ring of M87https://www.universetoday.com/157216/astronomers-have-revealed-a-black-holes-photon-ring-for-the-first-time/18:43 - The Largest Image Webb has taken so farhttps://www.universetoday.com/157168/heres-the-largest-image-jwst-has-taken-so-far/19:49 - Outro🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Aug 12, 2022 • 0sec
859: [Space Bites] JWST's First Science Results, Surgeon Robot for ISS, Booster 7 Test Fire
James Webb starts delivering actual science results, Space Launch System and Starship both go even closer to their maiden flights, remote surgery medical robot is going to the ISS, Perseverance continues to find weird stuff on Mars, and Hubble is still going strong. All this and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro00:40 - Science behind JWST pictureshttps://www.universetoday.com/156943/did-you-want-more-scientific-information-about-the-first-set-of-images-from-jwst-fill-your-boots/02:31 - SpaceX Test Fires Booster 7’s Enginehttps://www.universetoday.com/157102/spacex-super-heavy-fires-just-one-of-its-engines-imagine-what-itll-be-like-when-it-fires-all-33/04:18 - SLS Approaches Its launch datehttps://www.universetoday.com/157021/nasas-space-launch-system-gets-tentative-launch-date-of-august-29th/06:28 - Percy finds 'cat hair' on Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/157096/perseverance-has-found-a-cat-hair-in-its-drill-chuck-what-is-it/07:59 - Curiosity celebrates 10 years on Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/157091/its-been-10-years-since-curiosity-landed-on-mars-and-the-rover-is-still-going-strong/ 09:31 - South Korea’s mission to the Moonhttps://www.universetoday.com/157084/south-koreas-first-orbital-mission-to-the-moon-is-on-its-way/10:27 - Remote surgery robot going to the ISS https://www.universetoday.com/157027/a-remote-surgical-robot-is-going-to-the-international-space-station/12:26 - Dwarf galaxies without dark matterhttps://www.universetoday.com/157056/dwarf-galaxies-found-without-influence-from-dark-matter/13:51 - Hubble still going stronghttps://www.universetoday.com/157074/hubble-can-still-impress-and-inspire-heres-globular-star-cluster-ngc-6638/15:10 - Outro16:07 - Secret announcement🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Aug 5, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] Interstellar Meteorite Underwater, Shortest Day Ever, Earth's Magnetosphere Collapse
An interstellar meteorite could be hiding in the ocean. Why doesn’t Jupiter have rings like Saturn. The time when Earth’s magnetic field almost collapsed. The shortest day on Earth, and Planet 9 is running out of places to hide. 00:00 - Intro00:45 - Why Jupiter doesn’t have massive ringshttps://www.universetoday.com/156887/jupiters-giant-moons-prevent-it-from-having-rings-like-saturn/02:37 - Searching for Interstellar Meteor Underwaterhttps://www.universetoday.com/157009/an-interstellar-meteor-struck-the-earth-in-2014-and-now-scientists-want-to-search-for-it-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/04:27 - Long March 5B has fallenhttps://www.universetoday.com/156962/chinas-long-march-rocket-booster-makes-uncontrolled-reentry-back-to-earth/05:18 - The shortest day in history07:17 - Super fast destruction by a black holehttps://www.universetoday.com/156811/a-black-hole-can-tear-a-neutron-star-apart-in-less-than-2-seconds/09:13 - Planet 9 is running out of places to hidehttps://www.universetoday.com/156975/planet-9-is-running-out-of-places-to-hide/11:36 - Earth's magnetic field almost collapsed fairly recentlyhttps://www.universetoday.com/156969/earths-magnetic-field-almost-completely-collapsed-550-million-years-ago/14:00 - Even citizen astronomers get time on JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/156978/even-citizen-scientists-are-getting-time-on-jwst/15:32 - New cool pictures from JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/156994/jwst-turns-its-gaze-on-the-cartwheel-galaxy/16:43 - Outro🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Jul 30, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] JWST Damage Assessment, Two New Mars Helicopters, Teaching Robots to Die
How JWST is doing after its micrometeorite strike, two more helicopters are flying to Mars, and how do you stop the Milky Way from turning into self-replicating robot probes?00:00 - Intro00:27 - How bad the JWST damage really ishttps://www.universetoday.com/156793/you-can-see-where-jwst-took-a-direct-hit-from-a-micrometeorite-on-one-of-its-mirrors/03:41 - China launches space station modulehttps://www.universetoday.com/156896/china-has-added-a-science-module-to-its-new-space-station/06:48 - Two new helicopters going to Marshttps://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-will-inspire-world-when-it-returns-mars-samples-to-earth-in-203308:38 - Teaching Robots to diehttps://www.universetoday.com/156778/before-we-develop-self-replicating-machines-to-explore-the-universe-we-should-figure-out-how-to-turn-them-off-again/10:27 - Most sensitive dark matter detectorhttps://www.universetoday.com/156900/the-worlds-most-sensitive-dark-matter-detector-has-come-online/12:16 - NASA needs your help https://www.universetoday.com/156829/nasa-wants-your-help-designing-a-starshade-to-observe-exoplanets/14:27 - Surprisingly comfortable lava tubeshttps://www.universetoday.com/156932/lava-tubes-on-the-moon-maintain-comfortable-room-temperatures-inside/16:09 - Outro🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Jul 22, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] SLS Launch Date, Falcon Heavy Gets Flagship NASA Telescope, Dormant Black Hole
SLS finally gets a launch date for Artemis I, JWST keeps giving the goodness, Percy finds another weird thing on Mars, astronomers find a dormant black hole and NASA will launch a flagship telescope on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.00:00 - Intro00:33 - More from JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/156799/heres-m74-like-youve-never-seen-it-before-thanks-to-judy-schmidt-and-jwst/ 04:46 - SLS launch date announced06:02 - Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will fly on Falcon Heavyhttps://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-roman-space-telescope/07:35 - VIPER Moon rover gets delayedhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-replans-clps-delivery-of-viper-to-2024-to-reduce-risk/08:27 - NASA could cancel Psyche missionhttps://www.universetoday.com/156798/uh-oh-nasa-is-reviewing-psyche-and-may-terminate-the-mission/09:33 - Weird String-Like Object Found on Marshttps://www.universetoday.com/156775/weird-string-like-object-found-on-mars-probably-dropped-by-the-rover/10:30 - New approach to asteroid mininghttps://www.universetoday.com/156729/two-spacecraft-could-work-together-to-capture-an-asteroid-and-bring-it-close-to-earth-for-mining/12:15 - Strongest magnet in the Universehttps://www.universetoday.com/156722/a-new-record-for-the-strongest-magnetic-field-seen-in-the-universe-1-6-billion-tesla/13:10 - Dormant black hole found https://www.universetoday.com/156815/a-dormant-black-hole-has-been-discovered-just-outside-the-milky-way/14:39 - Outro🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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

Jul 15, 2022 • 0sec
[Space Bites] Booster 7's BOOM, Nuclear Mission to Neptune, More JWST Images, Space Bites
Even more pictures from James Webb Space Telescope, China's planning a mission to Neptune, SpaceX's Booster 7 suffers from an explosion, black holes are messy eaters, going under Europa's ice crust and more. More videos about James WebbMy JWST Special: https://youtu.be/0VNQ6_hSA8o @Dr. Becky : https://youtu.be/uZeEhUCAeac @Anton Petrov : https://youtu.be/mMyJOVQdZy8 @Joe Scott https://youtu.be/UGK5eIuWxb4Videos about SpaceX's Booster 7 explosion@NASASpaceflight https://youtu.be/05Yiw7_JTXY @Scott Manley https://youtu.be/dU4B9Xk7x7c00:00 - Intro00:37 - More images from JWSThttps://www.universetoday.com/156696/theyre-here-check-out-the-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/vw148t/locations_of_the_first_5_imagesdata_of_the_james/04:49 - SpaceX Booster 7 goes BOOM07:22 - Nuclear Neptune Missionhttps://www.universetoday.com/156509/china-is-considering-a-nuclear-powered-mission-to-neptune/09:41 - Support us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/universetoday10:00 - Black hole fails to eat a starhttps://www.universetoday.com/156714/a-star-came-too-close-to-a-black-hole-and-was-torn-apart-surprisingly-little-actually-went-in/11:12 - NIAC for Europa's sub-surface robotshttps://www.universetoday.com/156529/a-swarm-of-swimming-robots-to-search-for-life-under-the-ice-on-europa/12:49 - Outro🦄 Support us on Patreon📰 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


