Universe Today Podcast

BONUS PART STARTS AT 33:01
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🟣 Guest: Mat Kaplan https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio
Mat Kaplan is a huge inspiration for me. We talked about the Planetary Society, his career hosting The Planetary Radio, most exciting upcoming missions, destinations we should visit and much more.
00:00 Intro

01:31 Meet Mat Kaplan

11:47 The Planetary Society

22:03 Interesting mission ideas

27:54 Which places should we explore

33:01 Science communication

48:03 Current obsessions

52:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:31
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Will new telescopes continue bringing up new discoveries? Why doesn't the CMB get blocked by galaxies? Where did the first stars form? And in Q&A+, the truth about Roman's mirror.
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@XxMyNameIsTAOxX] Will new telescopes bring new discoveries?

07:18 [@Zeldaborg_Galactic_Defender] Why don't galaxies block the CMB?

10:33 [@MistSoalar] Were first gen stars were born in opaque dust clouds behind CMB?

16:31 [@MistSoalar] The truth behind Roman's mirror

21:26 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:53
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Nancy Grace Roman has launched. Webb sees little red dots merging. Black holes make a mess when eating, there's a 10 sided feature at Saturn South Pole. And on Space Bites Plus, figuring out how a supermassive black hole got kicked out of its galaxy.
Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts
00:00 Intro

00:18 Nancy Grace Roman launched https://www.universetoday.com/articles/roman-rises-five-things-to-know-about-nasas-new-space-telescope

05:28 Merging LRDs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-little-red-dots-about-to-merge

08:12 Mars’ Temperature Differences https://www.universetoday.com/articles/marss-interior-is-400c-hotter-under-southern-hemisphere

10:35 Black Hole Burping https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-catch-black-hole-spewing-matter-after-feeding

12:58 Saturn’s Decagon https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-tracks-new-decagon-encircling-saturns-south-pole/

14:22 Vote results 14:55 Surprising Result in the Search for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-intrigued-by-a-surprising-result-in-the-search-for-dark-matter

17:45 BepiColombo Arrives at Mercury https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Latest_updates_BepiColombo_s_arrival_at_Mercury

18:53 Bonus Story. Runaway SMBHs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/physicists-determine-cause-of-runaway-supermassive-black-hole

21:28 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:06
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How much stuff falls on the Moon every day? What if Von Neumann probes had AI? How did studying the Universe change my world views? And in Q&A+, should I grind my own telescope mirror?
00:00 Intro

00:23 [@BMichaelNeal] If Von Neumann probes had independent AI, would they be Von Neumann probes?

04:24 [@christiandesalliers] The meteorite problem for a future moon base

09:06 [@paigepotter4682] Has studying the universe changed any of my personal philosophies or values? How?

14:06 [@sciencecompliance235] Do I have plans to grind my own telescope mirror?

17:53 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:48
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There soon will be tens of thousands of satellites in orbit. Possibly, even millions. Does it mean that ground-based Astronomy is a lost cause? How can we make it work? Also, how is New Horizons doing?
🟣 Guest: Dr. Alan Stern https://alanstern.space/
New Horizons: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-horizons/
LUCY: https://lucy.swri.edu/
00:00 Intro

00:57 How's New Horizons doing

02:17 Next target

08:43 More science for New Horizons

11:07 Possible follow-up missions

13:18 Funding issues

19:05 New Horizons continues to do science

23:48 LUCY mission

30:00 Mega-constellations vs ground-based astronomy

46:06 Current obsessions

50:38 Final thoughts