Universe Today Podcast

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With the New Glenn explosion and Starship having problems of its own, what is a realistic setback for NASA's Moon base plans? Do they need to look into alternative propulsion methods? And in Q&A+, will Europe ever catch up in space domain?
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@nikolapbyt] Is 2028 still a realistic target after the last Starship flight and the New Glenn explosion?

09:52 [@ragetail3] Is NASA progressively looking into solar sail technology?

14:13 Different types of science papers

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:42
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What's next for Blue Origin after the explosion? Finding overly massive black holes at the early universe. Could dark matter be made of comets? A galaxy that just isn't rotating. And in Space Bites Plus, how massive can neutron stars be? All this and more on this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro

00:14 Might Be Not Than Bad (Still Pretty Bad) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-origin-issues-official-statement-on-new-glenn-explosion

02:35 Testing milestone for Blue Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/blue-origins-lunar-lander-just-passed-its-toughest-test-yet

04:43 Roman Has a Launch Date https://www.universetoday.com/articles/roman-telescopes-massive-infrared-mirror-is-ready-to-fly

06:19 Another Take on Early SMBHs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-the-jwsts-early-overrmassive-black-holes-just-normal-range-outliers

08:43 Why Galaxies Stop Forming Stars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/heres-why-so-many-massive-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-stop-forming-stars

10:23 Could Dark Matter Be Comets (At Least Partially?) https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-the-milky-ways-missing-mass-be-hiding-in-a-swarm-of-interstellar-comets

13:13 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

13:41 And Yet It’s Not Spinning https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxy-that-forgot-to-spin

14:45 First light for ngVLA https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-next-generation-very-large-array-prototype-ngvla-gathers-its-first-light

16:42 How Heavy Can a Neutron Star Get https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-heavy-can-a-neutron-star-get

18:49 More space news

19:19 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:15
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00:00 Intro

00:52 [@paigepotter4682] What’s the last thing about space you changed your mind about?

09:15 [@seanrobertson8796] I’m being sincere, maybe a bit cynical, but how do I know my telescope is actually taking the picture and not just downloading it?

10:47 My media

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51
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Ranking Solutions to the Fermi Oaradox: https://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58
What could Starship launch with its 9 meter faring? How can we possibly be ready for Mars? What happens with information in a black hole? And in Q&A+, when can we be confident that Planet 9 doesn't exist?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Biosphere 2 didn't work on our hospitable planet so how are they really gonna do it on the utterly inhospitable moon or Mars?

06:38 [@brettostrander1031] What payloads will Starship be able to launch?

09:42 [@doogle4144] Nancy Grace Roman being on schedule

11:57 [@madmillion91920110] If Hawking radiation evaporates black holes, where does the information go?

13:51 [@jonnywalker-74] When will we be able safely say that planet 9 doesn't exist if we don't find it?

16:13 I need your suggestions

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:08
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New Glenn Explodes, NASA leans in on a moon base. Starship makes its 12th flight. Have astronomers found a primordial black hole? And in Space Bites Plus, flying a plane through a rocket plume to measure its pollution.
00:00 Intro

00:13 New Glenn explodes https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-just-exploded-during-a-static-fire-test/

02:22 NASA Moon base plans https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-provides-update-on-moon-base-rovers-landers-missions/

05:19 Starship Flight 12 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacexs-next-gen-starship-doesnt-fire-on-all-engines-during-first-test

08:40 Primordial black hole candidate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-just-passed-between-us-and-a-distant-star

11:37 Early SMBH https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-weirdness-of-early-universe-smbhs-gets-even-weirder

14:32 Ultra faint galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-observe-the-most-chemically-primitive-galaxy-in-the-early-universe

16:39 Vote results

17:10 TESS sky map https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-tess-reveals-epic-all-sky-map-of-distant-worlds

19:00 Triple star system https://www.universetoday.com/articles/three-stars-one-extraordinary-system-and-a-drama-still-to-come

20:08 Rocket pollution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-satellite-megaconstellations-accidentally-geoengineering-the-earth

22:51 More space news

21:29 Reaching out to me