Universe Today Podcast

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:00
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What's going on with LIGO? Which fictional spaceship is the most realistic? How will astronauts protect themselves during long time flights? And in Q&A+, what evidence will remain if humanity vanishes tomorrow?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@Hooves1] LIGO upgrades?

02:13 [@JamesMcIntosh-r7j] aren't there a couple more LIGOs?

03:53 [@tedkrouse8222] How do we plan to protect astronauts from radiation?

07:52 [@howlmg] Can we train removing stellar contamination on the Sun?

10:36 [@paigepotter4682] What fictional spaceship design feels the most realistic?

13:00 [@paigepotter4682] If humanity vanished tomorrow, what would be left?

14:23 Filming outside

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32
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Maybe Europa doesn't have plumes after all. A new way to detect dark matter. Maybe exo-venuses are more common than exo-earths. A private flight around the moon and Mars? And in Space Bites+, how the solar cycle influences space junk. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro

00:17 No Plumes After All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all

03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave

05:08 Weird Wheels https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface

06:41 More Venus-Like Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths

08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars

10:40 Vote results

11:09 Getting to Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible

14:02 Psyche at Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target

15:31 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries

17:34 Unidiscoveries in science

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57
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Channels mentioned:  
@JustHaveaThink 

@SimonClark 

@ProfessorDaveExplains 

@potholer54 

Timecodes
00:00 Intro

00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon?

06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star?

11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries?

12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next?

14:38 My opinions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39
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00:00 Intro

00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do?

02:39 [@SnusKing] Why can't JWST just look at all known exoplanets?

08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target?

10:46 [@earthlingfire7168] Gaia data release 4 when?

12:39 [@paigepotter4682] Why do Q&A+?

15:02 Japan

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24
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Dr Paul Sutter: https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter

Dr Brian Koberlein https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian

Alan Boyle https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog

Matthew Williams https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams

Carolyn Collins Petersen https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen

A Kuiper Belt object with an atmosphere. The moon that became Saturn's rings. Tracking the Artemis mission from Earth. And it's Space Bites Plus, 3000 new brown doors discovered. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro

00:15 Trans-Neptunian atmosphere https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-like-worlds-thin-atmosphere-poses-a-mystery-for-astronomers

02:13 Saturn’s Ring’s Origin https://www.universetoday.com/articles/saturns-icy-rings-likely-formed-from-lost-moon-chrysalis

03:41 Four People in a Pixel https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-people-in-a-pixel

05:21 X-Ray dot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-an-x-ray-key-to-the-red-dot-mystery

07:51 Vote results

08:24 Black holes' lifetimes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/black-holes-dont-live-forever-but-they-might-live-long-enough-to-look-like-white-holes

11:36 One Graph to Rule Them All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/one-graph-attempts-to-connect-every-object-in-the-universe

13:02 Scanning the Sky for Aliens for 10 years https://www.universetoday.com/articles/weve-been-listening-for-ten-years-heres-what-we-heard

15:24 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/citizen-scientists-may-have-just-doubled-the-number-of-known-brown-dwarfs

17:07 More space news

17:43 Team's projects