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[Interview] Observing Black Holes With Just One Telescope Jul 15, 2024

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Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method.

Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowd
https://www.mattodowd.space/

[Bonus] Pale Blue Pod Interview Jul 15, 2024

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This is an interview with me on the Pale Blue Pod podcast. We did talk about publishing in the space and astronomy sector. Enjoy!

[Space Bites] Eyeball Exoplanet // Plant to Terraform Mars // Smelly Find by JWST Jul 12, 2024

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A strange eye ball world seen by Webb, did ancient astronomers see a kilonova in the sky, extreme moss that could handle Mars, and Ariane 6 flies successfully to space (mostly).

[Q&A] Intergalactic Stars, Sun Switching Poles, A Second Sun Jul 09, 2024

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Can stars be born without a parent galaxy? Can quasars destroy life in an entire galaxy? Is there another planet in our Solar System after all? Did the Sun have a sibling star at some point? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

[Interview] The Quest for Earth 2.0: Discovering Exoplanets by Suppressing Starlight Jul 08, 2024

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Seeing an Earth-like planet around a Sun-like star isn't possible with current telescopes. The difference in brightness is just too big. But future space telescopes will have multiple tricks up their sleeve specifically for that. Which ones? Finding out in this interview.

Guest: Dr Bertrand Mennesson

[Space Bites] Special Earth // Space LEGO from ESA // Amazing Perseverance Fix Jul 06, 2024

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Plate tectonics could be incredibly rare, LEGO bricks made from actual space rocks, mapping the Milky Way’s dark matter halo, and Perseverance’s SHERLOC instrument is fully operational again.

[Space Bites] SpaceX Gets $849M to Destroy the ISS // Moon Samples Land // Waves on Titan Jun 27, 2024

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China returns samples from the far side of the Moon, SpaceX will be de-orbiting ISS, could you surf the methane waves on Titan, and who knows when Starliner is coming home

[Interview] Practically FREE Primordial Gravitational Waves Detector Jun 27, 2024

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Not every new space mission needs a separate launch and dedicated hardware. With this proposal, there's a huge potential for finding signals from primordial black holes by just using signals from a spacecraft flying to Uranus or Neptune. No additional hardware required.

[Q&A] Objects Falling Into The Sun, Hubble 2 from Space Force, Slowest Speed in the Universe Jun 25, 2024

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How often do objects fall into the Sun? Why do some stars explode as novae, not as Type 1a supernovae? Can the US Army just donate NASA a Hubble 2? Will humans be living underground on Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.

[Interview] Practical Use for AI and Machine Learning in Science Jun 24, 2024

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AI is practically everywhere right now. But what practical use does it have in science? How can machine learning and large language models help in Astronomy and Cosmology? What can they look like and what use can we get out of them?

Guest: Dr Mike Smith

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