Universe Today Podcast

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[Space Bites] Enormous Space Structure // Asteroid Inspector Launched // Starship Flight 5 Date Oct 11, 2024

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A new spacecraft is going to look at the aftermath from the DART mission, the Milky Way is part of a much, much larger structure, an early galaxy that’s similar to the Milky Way, and Starship test flight five could be just around the corner.

[Q&A] Why No Missions to Mars' Poles? What Does X-37B Really Do? Why Continue With SLS? Oct 08, 2024

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How old is the Universe? Why do no missions go to Mars' ice poles? What does X-37B actually do? Why not abandon the SLS? Can Starship solve the problems Starlinks create? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.

[Space Bites] ISS Leaks // Crew Dragon's Backup Plan // Planet at Barnard's Star Oct 03, 2024

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Planets at Bernard’s Star, Chinese lunar spacesuits, Voyager 2 Has to power down one of its instruments, and a comet seen from space.

[Q&A] New Voyagers, Disc Golf on Mars, Limits of Future Telescopes Oct 01, 2024

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What are the limits for the telescopes of the future? Can you play disk golf on Mars or the Moon? Will all galaxies eventually fade away? When will we launch Voyagers v2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.

[Space Bites] Explanation for Potential Dyson Spheres // Starlink Pollution // Super Heavy Recovered Sep 27, 2024

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Those aren’t Dyson Spheres they’re hotDOGs, the best gravitational lens in the Universe, new Starlinks are really bright in the radio, and SpaceX recovers its SuperHeavy.

[Interview] What Happens If We Find Extraterrestrial Life? Sep 25, 2024

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Are we alone in the Universe? Probably, one of the most important questions one can ask. So, how are we currently trying to answer it and what happens when we finally do?

[Q&A] Throwing Tools from Orbit, Sun's Place in the Galaxy, Reusing Parts of ISS Sep 24, 2024

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What happens if astronauts throw stuff from orbit? Can we travel through a black hole? What is our Sun's place in the Milky Way? How can human spaceflight become profitable? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

[Space Bites] The Rings of Earth // Servicing JWST at L2 // Mission to Neptune Sep 20, 2024

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Could we repair missions like JWST and Gaia? Polaris Dawn returns to Earth, did Earth once have rings? and a peanut-shaped asteroid just drifted past Earth.

[Interview] Can AI Destroy the World And How Can We Prevent It Sep 18, 2024

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This is an unusual interview for my channel. It's mostly about AI, our current developments and the threats it poses to us.

[Q&A] Gravity Assist Speed Limit, Double Gravitational Lenses, Phones in Space Sep 17, 2024

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What's the maximum speed you can get from a gravity assist? Can we have a double gravitational lens? What do you need to do to a phone to sent it to space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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