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Episode 376: 327 - Where Do Comets Come From Oct 19, 2017

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Some comets orbit the Sun on a regular basis, but others come in from deep space, a region known as the Oort Cloud. What causes them to make this journey, and will we ever be able to explore the Oort Cloud?

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Episode 375: QA 35: Best Place for a Telescope? And More Oct 17, 2017

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In this week’s question show, Fraser wonders where would be the best place to put a really powerful telescope, why a kilonova is important, and what happens when brown dwarfs die.

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Episode 374: QA 34: Will Ice Protect Us From Radiation? And More Oct 11, 2017

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In this week’s question show, Fraser wonders if the Earth will get new moons, if dark energy is getting more diluted over time, and if the ice on Jupiter’s moons will protect us from its deadly radiation.

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Episode 373: 326 - SpaceX Goes All in On The Big Freaking Rocket Oct 11, 2017

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Elon Musk gave us an update on SpaceX’s plans to send humans to Mars, going all in on their new launch vehicle: the BFR.

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Episode 372: 325 - Deep Space Gateway Sep 24, 2017

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NASA is working on developing a space station in a cis-lunar orbit that will serve as the jumping off point to exploring the Solar System; it’s known as the Deep Space Gateway.

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Episode 371: QA 33: Should We Sweep the Moon? And More, Featuring Scott Manley Sep 19, 2017

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In this week’s question show, Fraser searches for the most energetic collisions in the Universe, whether we should vacuum up dust on the Moon, and are there supernovae that don’t create black holes.

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Episode 370: 324 - What Are Globular Clusters? Sep 10, 2017

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One of the most beautiful and scientifically interesting objects in space are the globular clusters, containing hundreds of thousands of stars. What are they and where did they come from?

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Episode 369: QA 32: Why Can’t James Webb Be Repaired? And More Sep 08, 2017

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In this week’s question show, Fraser explains why James Webb can’t be repaired if anything goes wrong, why we even need space telescopes in the first place, and his favorite methods of zipping around the Solar System.

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Episode 368: 323 - Intermediate Mass Black Hole Discovered Sep 07, 2017

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Astronomers have been searching for mid-weight black holes, and now they’ve found one, right here in the Milky Way.

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Episode 367: 317 - What Missions Have Been Cancelled Sep 05, 2017

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Over the past decades, many missions have been canceled. What alternative history could we have had if these projects had gone through?

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