Why don't we send microscopes on space probes to search for life? How do black holes even form? Can Chat GPT or similar systems help Astronomy? How will we use Starship when it starts to fly? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:04 [Tatooine] How can black holes even exist? 04:43 [Coruscant] How to dock to a spinning space station? 08:12 [Hoth] Why not send microscopes on space probes? 11:18 [Naboo] Where's the green screen? 13:25 [Kamino] Why didn't Mars get a Moon like the Earth? 17:04 [Bespin] How hard is it to get interviews or talk with NASA? 21:32 [Mustafar] Can Chat GPT help Astronomy? 25:24 [Alderaan] Why don't we go under to the icy moons' subsurface oceans? 28:39 [Dagobah] What will drive public interest in space in the coming years? 31:43 [Yavin] How will we use Starship? 34:46 [Mandalore] How to travel faster than light? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/rdUbuioi2TA 📰 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)

We know about thousands of exoplanets by now. But it's still a mystery, whether there are planets in the Alpha Centauri binary system, which is just next door to us. My guest today, Professor Peter Tuthill, is the Mission Leader for the TOLIMAN Telescope mission, which is designed to find those answers. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:29 Are there planets at Alpha Centauri 08:22 How can we know they are there 11:20 TOLIMAN Telescope 30:04 JWST experiments 37:34 Next big telescopes for planet hunting 48:38 Discovering many more exoplanets 51:50 Next generation of instruments 59:05 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/jKDu4I0cLHE 📰 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)

iSpace reaches the Moon, Relativity Space’s 3D printed rocket fails to reach orbit, a mission will search for habitable worlds at Alpha Centauri. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ☄️ EARLY ACCESS: Searching for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri with the TOLIMAN Mission https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/811359865 👉 NIAC 2023 Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmmM_Ft5DzAbrwzXHB8ED0rf 👉 More interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 00:00 Intro 00:14 iSpace at Moon Orbit. Landing Comes Next https://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4460 02:27 Relativity Space Terran-1 Launch 05:18 More Science from DART https://www.universetoday.com/160683/another-look-at-the-aftermath-of-darts-impact-into-dimorphos/ 07:02 Looking For Habitable Planets in Alpha Centauri https://www.universetoday.com/160625/a-new-mission-will-search-for-habitable-planets-at-alpha-centauri/ 09:36 1,179 Previously Unknown Star Clusters https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10380 11:21 Interviews 12:27 Moons Orbiting Rogue Planets Could be Habitable https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7938315/news20230320 15:42 Mars Sunset by Ingenuity https://www.universetoday.com/160621/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-sees-a-beautiful-sunset-on-mars/ 17:08 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/ZmDk2XxDh4g 📰 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)

There are radio wavelengths that we can't see from Earth. And to observe them from space, we need a truly huge telescope. Mary Knapp and her team proposed a project that can allow us to build such a telescope and they just recently got a NIAC grant for it. 👉 More about the NIAC award: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/GreatObservatoryforLongWavelengths/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:20 Haystack Observatory 02:48 NIAC proposal for 100-km telescope 14:23 What Science Can the Telescope Do 30:36 New Approach to Space Telescopes 39:21 What's Next 41:55 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/l8NZDimTlwM 📰 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)

Scientists came up with a method to produce concrete on the Moon and Mars using potato starch. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Aled Roberts, who is the Principle Investigator of this research. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:06 Building materials from biomaterials 07:06 Challenges of building on the Moon and Mars 10:20 From human blood to potato starch 19:02 How to implement the tech 26:46 DNA manipulation 32:36 Alternative applications 38:00 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/xC7jFJYodIY 📰 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)

Can we build star-tram-like launch facilities in space? What will JWST see next? Can red or brown dwarfs be the source of dark matter? Should SpaceX just be the only launch service for the USA so they can save money? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:51 [Tatooine] Can we build star-tram-like launch facilities in space? 09:34 [Coruscant] Can red or brown dwarfs be the source of dark matter? 13:09 [Hoth] Can we see an Earth-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star? 19:12 [Naboo] How to know JWST's plans? 21:37 [Kamino] How much more energy does it take to launch something in Nova Scotia versus the equator? 24:08 [Bespin] Will China own the Moon? 29:45 [Mustafar] Should SpaceX just be the only launch service for the USA? 31:39 [Alderaan] What would you ask to an alien if you meet one as a science reporter? 33:34 [Dagobah] Could a balloon on Venus use the temperature differences in the atmosphere for power? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/H0Ww_T2u94c 📰 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)

James Webb recently found six examples of galaxies that are too big too early. This discovery can significantly change our understanding of the early Universe. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Joel Leja, who is a part of the team behind the research. 👉 More about the discovery: https://www.universetoday.com/160243/six-galaxies-that-are-too-big-too-early/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:35 What it's like using JWST 02:40 Universe-Breaking Galaxies 07:02 If true, how does it change Cosmology 13:52 How the research can be wrong 18:18 Community response 22:00 "Rewriting" Astronomy 27:09 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/xPK9kF2tqfk 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

Venus has active volcanoes, we get a glimpse of NASA’s new lunar exploration suits, and scientists build a completely flat telescope lens. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:13 Active Volcano Found On Venus https://www.universetoday.com/160579/potentially-active-volcanoes-have-been-found-on-venus/ 02:56 Vulcan Is No More https://www.universetoday.com/160579/potentially-active-volcanoes-have-been-found-on-venus/ 04:09 $1B to Deorbit the ISS https://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html 06:40 New Axiom spacesuits for the Moon https://www.universetoday.com/160553/nasa-and-axiom-space-do-a-partial-reveal-of-the-spacesuit-that-will-be-worn-on-the-moon/ 09:39 Malapert Massif http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1294 10:38 What time is it on the Moon https://www.universetoday.com/160453/what-time-is-it-on-the-moon-it-may-get-its-own-timezone/ 12:03 Amazon Project Kuiper terminals revealed https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/heres-your-first-look-at-project-kuipers-low-cost-customer-terminals 13:28 DART. Spinning asteroids throw rocks into space https://www.universetoday.com/160574/didymos-is-spinning-so-quickly-that-rocks-are-detaching-at-its-equator-and-going-into-orbit/ 14:49 More science results from New Horizons https://www.universetoday.com/160547/new-horizons-pluto-team-updates-science/ 16:01 Q&A Show 16:55 Flat Lens Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/160510/researchers-build-a-telescope-with-a-flat-lens/ 18:16 Violent Red Dwarfs https://www.universetoday.com/160508/even-the-calmest-red-dwarfs-are-wilder-than-the-sun/ 19:48 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/wUHr_zvYacw 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

In this interview, I'm talking with Heidi Newberg. Her team won a NIAC grant that will investigate building a telescope that will be hunting for Earth-like worlds. The project is called DICER, which stands for Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🌌 Milky Way @ home: https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/ 👉 More about the NIAC project: https://www.universetoday.com/160089/if-an-earthlike-planet-is-within-30-light-years-this-space-telescope-will-find-it/ 00:00 Intro 01:22 How hard it is to observe the Milky Way 05:28 Mindset shift in Astronomy 07:56 NIAC idea: Telescope Design 16:00 Fancy Physics 22:50 Targets for the telescope 39:10 Next steps 42:38 Milky Way @ home 47:35 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/VLsWeMYh7fQ 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre? What happens when the space elevator cable snaps? Can we solve the Hubble Tension? All this and more in this week's Q&A! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:47 [Tatooine] How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? 03:58 [Coruscant] Which is the best target for the Solar Gravitational Lens telescope? 06:40 [Hoth] Why aren't there more launch complexes near the equator? 10:00 [Naboo] Should you use 'microgravity' instead of 'zero gravity'? 11:37 [Kamino] How does the Milky Way look from the ISS? 13:03 [Bespin] Why doesn't Jupiter catch fire if it's flammable gas? 15:28 [Mustafar] Will I ever go to space? 18:33 [Alderaan] Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre? 20:55 [Dagobah] What happens when the space elevator cable snaps? 22:58 [Yavin] How does time dilation change interstellar flights? 25:18 [Mandalore] Why don't we make space probes more definitive? 29:43 [Geonosis] What is my favourite recent Sci-Fi novel? 31:30 [Corellia] Have I ever seen a UFO? 32:23 [Crait] Can we solve the Hubble Tension? 34:39 [Endor] How weight changes on top of Mount Everest? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/iZVuydCw5qc 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

Can there be habitable planets orbiting around red dwarfs? My guest, Mariano Battistuzzi, performed experiments to check it! So, can life survive in the conditions created by red dwarf stars? Let's find out in this interview. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:55 How bad are red dwarfs for life 04:20 Experiments to test habitability 13:10 Potential ecosystems near red dwarfs 18:57 Biosignatures to look for 21:20 Other extreme places 24:10 What's next 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/p8X_qrtxPm8 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

The official verdict on Artemis 1. Canadian kids discovered something NASA didn’t know. Was there a Dark Big Bang? The next bright comet for 2024. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:11 SLS Good For Humans. Artemis 2 in 2024 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/analysis-confirms-successful-artemis-i-moon-mission-reviews-continue 02:23 Canadian Kids Discover Things About Space NASA Didn’t Know 03:58 Dark Big Bang https://www.universetoday.com/160285/the-universe-may-have-started-with-a-dark-big-bang/ 07:05 China’s Huge 10-meter Fuel Tank https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ANBmxXUY74JlmhFDmc5cwQ 08:45 Japan’s H3 Failure 09:59 Space Balloons https://www.universetoday.com/160415/want-to-soar-to-the-stratosphere-japan-joins-the-balloon-tourism-race/ 11:03 Mysterious Blob https://www.universetoday.com/160318/a-mysterious-blob-near-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-might-finally-have-an-explanation/ 12:20 Support us on Patreon 13:14 Hubble Drops Below Starlink https://www.universetoday.com/160405/hubbles-orbit-has-dropped-so-far-that-starlink-satellites-are-photobombing-its-images/ 15:01 Hubble VS Roman https://www.universetoday.com/160387/it-would-take-hubble-85-years-to-match-what-nancy-grace-roman-will-see-in-63-days/ 16:43 Juno’s Flyby of Io https://www.universetoday.com/160400/just-dropped-new-close-up-images-of-io-from-juno-with-more-to-come/ 17:44 A Bright Comet for 2024 https://www.universetoday.com/160400/just-dropped-new-close-up-images-of-io-from-juno-with-more-to-come/ 19:08 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/4_u2xxfZ8Vs 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

Making habitats from available materials will be a big part of Mars missions. One of the 2023 NIAC awards explored the possibility of growing structures on Mars with the help of fungi and bacteria. We're discussing this project with Dr Congrui Jin. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 More about the NIAC award: https://www.universetoday.com/159635/instead-of-building-structures-on-mars-we-could-grow-them-with-the-help-of-bacteria/ 00:00 Intro 01:21 Growing Structures on Mars 08:37 Self-healing materials 10:40 Using this tech on Earth 12:36 Next steps 17:44 When can we expect it 22:02 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/roSoBS0qo1g 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

How long can a modern spacecraft last on Venus? How to develop electronics, batteries and other things that can survive these harsh conditions? What could the lifespan of such a mission be? We discuss all that with Dr Tibor Kremic from NASA Glenn Research Center. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:17 How bad Venus really is 03:27 What it takes to last on Venus 06:40 Chips that can survive on Venus 13:59 Batteries for Venus 18:45 Time-based measurements of Venus 23:03 Moving on the surface of Venus 26:32 Clockwork rovers 30:30 High-temperature solar cells 33:00 Advantages of Venus 42:29 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/iVtquFgZ2pQ 📰 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/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

How many stars did our radio signals reach? How to visualize the expansion of the Universe? Can we save the Earth from the Sun's red giant phase? How can we tell that an object has interstellar origin? All this and more in this week's Q&A! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:02 [Tatooine] If the Sun is white, are sunspots really black? 05:19 [Coruscant] How many stars did our radio signals reach? 08:51 [Hoth] How do gravitational assists work? 11:43 [Naboo] How to visualize the expansion of the Universe? 13:35 [Kamino] How will the Mars sample return mission find all the dropped tubes? 16:27 [Bespin] Can Earth survive the Red Giant phase of the Sun? 20:16 [Mustafar] What effect will a supernova have on nearby stars? 21:51 [Alderaan] Should the US continue to explore space? 24:16 [Dagobah] Can we time travel with a wormhole? 26:59 [Yavin] What killed the Chinese Mars rover? 29:32 [Mandalore] How does light pollution work? 33:04 [Geonosis] How can we tell that an object is interstellar? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/izgLlgeJH-0 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:15 Orbital mechanics 00:08:50 Planning missions to outer planets 00:11:15 Special orbits 00:14:40 Gravitational assists 00:20:45 Going to the Sun 00:24:40 Lowest energy highways 00:27:44 Going to asteroids 00:34:10 Intercepting interstellar objects 00:41:07 Propulsion systems 00:52:40 What would a realistic mission look like 01:00:30 Interstellar sample return 01:03:14 Galactic orbits 01:07:37 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/PxYecl2QvT0 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

Hubble shows us exactly what happened after DART’s impact, a new way to clean off lunar regolith, seeing the same supernova at three different times in a gravitational lens, and a new version of Starlink launches. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 Hubble's View of DART https://www.universetoday.com/160346/remember-the-dart-impact-hubble-made-a-movie-of-the-debris/ 01:54 Fixing Moon's Dust Problem https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2023/02/28/liquid-nitrogen-spray-could-clean-up-stubborn-moon-dust/ 04:39 Astronomers Saw an Exoplanet Exactly Where Expected https://www.universetoday.com/160247/astronomers-suspected-there-should-be-a-planet-here-and-then-they-took-a-picture-of-it/ 06:23 JWST and the Epoch of Reionization https://www.universetoday.com/160288/the-james-webb-is-getting-closer-to-finding-what-ionized-the-universe/ 08:34 Webb's Triple Gravitational Lens https://www.universetoday.com/160353/jwst-sees-the-same-supernova-three-times-in-an-epic-gravitational-lens/ 09:58 The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist https://www.universetoday.com/160278/the-planet-that-shouldnt-exist/ 11:44 NIAC Month on the Channel 12:44 Starlink V2 Mini 13:55 Crew-6 Launch 14:55 Replacement Soyuz Reaches ISS https://www.universetoday.com/160292/a-replacement-soyuz-arrives-safely-at-the-international-space-station/ 16:23 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/mRs7Xh1mDqU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

In this interview, I'm talking with Shawn Buckley who is the Senior Director of Engineering at Sierra Space. We talk about the development of their LIFE module, discuss how inflatable habitats can change space exploration and what part they play in humanity's space future. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:32 Burst tests 02:50 What is the LIFE Module 08:00 Working with NASA 09:11 Risks of inflatable habitats 15:33 Inside the module 18:39 Deployment in space 25:14 Project timeframe 27:20 Future applications 39:29 Humanity in space 41:06 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/C3bd4fdY3DY 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

Could black holes collapse directly in the early Universe? How do two galaxies become one after they collide? How would you communicate time units to aliens? How much will Starship change the prices of space launches? All this and more in this week's Q&A! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:50 [Tatooine] How do direct collapse black holes work? 06:20 [Coruscant] How can two galaxies form one? 08:34 [Hoth] How to communicate time units to aliens? 11:07 [Naboo] What Astronomy research areas don't get to the news? 16:15 [Kamino] How do I come up with questions for interviews? 21:42 [Bespin] How can we claim exoplanets non-habitable? 25:19 [Mustafar] Does humanity have a chance at all? 27:56 [Alderaan] How much cheaper will space travel be after Starship? 31:35 [Dagobah] Why do science communicators not emphasize the impossibility of faster-than-light travel? 35:34 [Yavin] Best places for stargazing? 37:32 [Mandalore] How do we know black holes are spinning? 📺 VIDEO VERSION #TODO_LINK 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)

Dr Michael Way explains how we can explore Venus, study its atmosphere and understand what hides underneath. It's also a crucial part of astrobiology and studying exoplanets. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Dr Michael Way on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Hag4ZAIAAAAJ 00:00 Intro 01:32 Venus. Earth gone wrong 04:20 Exploring Venus with future missions 23:23 Surviving on Venus for longer 28:22 Pushing the limits with Venus 34:20 Venus as an exoplanet 37:25 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/ZBaWdbIE5UU 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ 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)