Fluids behave very differently in space. We can make good use of it. For example, a recent NIAC grant was awarded to investigate a Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer. This is a system that should provide breathing oxygen for a journey to Mars made out of water with no moving parts in it. 🟣 Guest: Dr Alvaro Romero-Calvo https://ae.gatech.edu/directory/person/alvaro-romero-calvo 👉 More about the NIAC project: https://www.nasa.gov/general/magnetohydrodynamic-drive-for-hydrogen-and-oxygen-production/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:39 Water in space 09:18 The NIAC project 28:31 Nightmares in space 35:56 Propulsion 44:19 Current obsessions 51:53 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/fnKwzi7nvOU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Gaia was hit by a micrometeoroid and a solar storm, mapping a lunar lava tube from space, both Mars rovers found fascinating rocks, and a direct image of the closest exo-jupiter. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:17 Gaia hit by a micrometeoroid 01:52 Moon lava tubes 03:27 Curiosity finds yellow crystals on Mars 04:53 Possible signs of life from Perseverance 06:46 ExoJupiter Seen by Webb 08:27 ESA's Mission to Apophis 10:26 Vote results 11:05 Mercury is full of diamonds 12:27 New Horizons detects background light 14:17 More space news 14:59 Chandra's anniversary 16:03 Carbon emissions 16:46 Webb's second year 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/vfyuM6ynIyA 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Topics include planting on Mars, lasers in telescopes, space telescope assembly, Breakthrough Starshot, black holes, galaxy collisions, LCD coronagraphs, light travel, and machine civilizations.

Explore the fascinating discoveries from the second year of the James Webb Space Telescope including Jupiter's moons, Uranus rings, exoplanets, TRAPPIST-1 system, asteroid collisions, methane on exoplanets, rogue planets, lobster nebula, black holes, distant galaxies, and the epoch of re-ionization.

Europa Clipper might be delayed. NASA is cancelling its VIPER lunar rover mission. Mapping the dark matter in a dwarf galaxy. And a real-life stillsuit. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Europa Clipper in serious danger 03:11 NASA cancelled VIPER 04:56 Dune-style suit for space 06:58 Falcon 9 failure 08:17 SpaceX's ISS de-orbit vehicle 09:24 Flight 5 SuperHeavy static fire 10:05 New Glenn Legs 10:48 Vote results 11:25 Why is the Great Red Spot shrinking 12:34 Mapping dark matter 14:16 JWST updates 17:32 Weird state of the launch market 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/9ahZM6xTRkk 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

Discover the first interstellar visitors, Oumuamua and Borisov, and their implications for Astronomy. Explore interstellar meteorites, detection methods, missions to interstellar objects, and active asteroids. Unravel the mysteries of interstellar phenomena and the excitement of future discoveries.

In this podcast, they discuss detecting nuclear wars on exoplanets, eclipses on other planets, rotational black holes, abiogenesis theories, dark matter interactions, exploring gravitational waves, colonization of space, inside black holes, and ancient astronomical constructions. They also touch on Starship design considerations, refraction of gravitational waves, distance to Voyager probes, and the potential of a mirror universe.

Topics include iron's impact on stars, Moon telescope vs. JWST, Solar System risks, best planets for resources, evolution on other worlds, red dwarf stars, high-velocity star threats, astronomy funding, planet habitability, planet between Sun and Mercury, diving into gas giants, JWST influence on cosmology, and human legacy.

Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method. 🟣 Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowd https://www.mattodowd.space/ 📜 Resolving the Vicinity of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational Microlensing https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.10500 👉 PBS Spacetime https://www.youtube.com/@pbsspacetime 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:45 Observing gravitationally lensed quasars 12:58 Why Vera Rubin 19:04 Best case scenario 23:22 What do we know about black holes 38:21 Current obsessions 44:31 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/m2xtVfpfeWQ 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast

This is an interview with me on the Pale Blue Pod podcast. We did talk about publishing in the space and astronomy sector. Enjoy! 🔵 Pale Blue Pod: https://palebluepod.space/ 📺 Video with Moya McTier: https://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast