Universe Today Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Episode 396: QA 43: Will New Telescopes Challenge The Big Bang and More... Feb 01, 2018

Show notes

In this week's questions show, Fraser is excited to see the southern hemisphere night sky, considers how the next generation of telescopes will change our understanding of the Big Bang, and suggests what you should look at with a new telescope.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 395: 339 - What'll It Take to Find Life? Searching the Universe for Biosignatures Jan 28, 2018

Show notes

When astronomers scan the atmospheres of other worlds, they’ll be looking for gases to confirm that yes, indeed, there’s life there. It turns out, this is actually pretty tough.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 394: QA 42: Where Can You Escape Time Dilation? And More... Jan 23, 2018

Show notes

In this week's questions show, Fraser wonders where you'd have to go in the Universe to minimize your time dilation, how to see Iridium Flares, how interferometry works, and more.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 393: 338 - Which Are The Real Photos of Spacecraft? Jan 21, 2018

Show notes

When we see images of space, it’s hard to know which are real images and which are artist illustrations.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 392: QA 41: Will We Ever Clear That Space Junk? and more... Jan 11, 2018

Show notes

In this week's questions show, Fraser wonders how we're ever going to clear all that space junk orbiting Earth, whether it's better to colonize Mars or Mercury, and can water worlds explain the Fermi Paradox?

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 391: 337 - Life Beneath the Ice Jan 04, 2018

Show notes

Forget rocky worlds like Earth and Mars. New discoveries about icy worlds like Europa and Enceladus make them the ideal candidates for the search for life in the Universe. In fact there could be hundreds, or even thousands of times more worlds out there with ability to support life.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 390: 336 - What Do We Do With Dead Spacecraft Jan 02, 2018

Show notes

We try to avoid thinking about it, but spacecraft are machines that break down and eventually fail. Some can last for years, others decades, but in the end they’ll be gone forever.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 389: QA 40: When Will the Big Rip Happen and more... Dec 19, 2017

Show notes

In this QA episode, Fraser wonders when the Big Rip might happen, could there be binary galaxies, what it would be like to live in higher gravity.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 388: 335 - Why Did Mars Lose Its Atmosphere? Dec 15, 2017

Show notes

Mars is in the spotlight now, as both SpaceX and NASA are preparing their long range plans to send humans to the Red Planet. But Mars is an inhospitable environment, especially because of its tenuous and poisonous atmosphere of carbon dioxide.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Episode 387: 334 - Interstellar Asteroid Dec 12, 2017

Show notes

On October 25, 2017, astronomers from NASA’s Minor Planet Center sent out an announcement that they needed help confirming the trajectory of an interesting object.

Support Universe Today Podcast

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected