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    [Interview] NASA Set Its Spaceship on Fire. Here's Why Mar 17, 2024
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    What did NASA learn from setting their Cygnus spaceships on fire? Is fire more dangerous in space than on Earth? Finding out with Dr. David Urban, Branch Chief from NASA Glenn Research Center.

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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 01:41 Fire in space

    • 03:56 Saffire Experiment

    • 11:55 Conclusions

    • 15:50 Firefighting in space

    • 20:16 Future experiments

    • 26:46 Final thoughts and more interviews

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    [Interview] The Secret Behind NASA's Recent Success Mar 16, 2024
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    What drives NASA's most successful projects like James Webb, Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, etc? What's going on with international cooperation? How will future missions be planned and executed? Finding out with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, former Associate Administrator of NASA Sciecne Mission Directorate.

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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 02:00 JWST

    • 09:25 Parker Solar Probe

    • 15:55 Future missions

    • 25:58 International projects

    • 40:06 New job at Zurich Space

    • 41:45 Current obsessions

    • 54:16 Final thoughts and more interviews

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    [Space Bites] Starship’s Third Flight // Schrodinger’s Voyager // Start of Milkdromeda Mar 15, 2024
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    Starship reaches orbit in a new test, NASA regains contact with Voyager 1 (sort of), are the Milky Way and Andromeda already exchanging stars, and two new incredible images to replace your desktop wallpaper.

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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:18 Starship IFT-3

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166137/starship-orbit-spacex-third-test-breaks-up/

    • 06:38 Voyager-1 not dead yet

      • https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2024/03/13/nasa-engineers-make-progress-toward-understanding-voyager-1-issue/

    • 08:03 Did Milkdromeda already start forming?

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166116/are-andromeda-and-the-milky-way-already-exchanging-stars/

    • 10:30 White Dwarfs

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166082/white-dwarfs-might-be-less-dead-than-we-thought/

    • 13:15 Vote results

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    • 13:58 Painting telescopes black

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166119/ultrablack-coating-could-be-ideal-for-telescopes/

    • 16:50 Amazing images

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166129/webb-sees-a-star-forming-region-blowing-vast-bubbles/

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166152/this-is-a-1-3-gigapixel-image-of-a-supernova-remnant/

    • 19:36 Cyborg jellyfish

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166096/cyborg-jellyfish-could-help-explore-oceans-autonomously/

    • 21:26 Even more space news

    • 22:24 Distances and time

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    [Q&A] How Cold Are Moon Shadows, Why Are Dark Matter Halos Spherical, War For The Moon Mar 14, 2024
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    How cold does it get in the shadows on the Moon? What's going on with dark matter research? Can we chase Oumuamua with a solar sail spacecraft? Will we ever face a war for the Moon? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.

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    • 00:00 Start

    • 00:29 [Andoria] How cold do shadows on the Moon get?

    • 05:34 [Vulcan] Why are dark matter halos spherical?

    • 08:48 [Risa] Are we alone in the Universe?

    • 12:26 [Aeturen] Will there be a war for the Moon?

    • 15:40 [Vendikar] Current obsessions

    • 19:58 [Remus] What's going on with dark matter?

    • 23:52 [Janus] Can we catch Oumuamua with a solar sail?

    • 29:07 [Cait] What are the Hawking radiation particles?

    • 29:52 [Betazed] What caused the Big Bang?

    • 29:57 [Cheleb] How to transfer energy from space down to Earth?

    • 33:49 [Nimbus] Will dark energy eventually decline?

    • 36:44 [Belos] Is the risk of solar flares overblown or unappreciated?

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    [Interview] Why White Dwarf Stars Unexpectedly Stop Cooling Down Mar 12, 2024
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    White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.

    📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf stars
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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 01:16 What are White Dwarfs

    • 08:59 Why white dwarfs stop cooling

    • 23:03 Pollution of white dwarfs

    • 29:29 Perfect white dwarf telescope

    • 35:59 Current obsessions

    • 38:25 Final thoughts and more interviews

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    [Interview] Getting Samples From Enceladus Is Harder Than You Think Mar 11, 2024
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    How do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes? How fast does it need to go? Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft? Figuring out the answers with Professor Mark Burchell from the University of Kent.

    📜 Hypervelocity impact induced light flash experiments on single and dual layer Kapton targets to develop a time of flight space dust and debris detector
    https://kar.kent.ac.uk/104841/

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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 02:07 Firing tardigrades from a gun

    • 05:32 Enceladus

    • 13:14 How fast can we go

    • 21:07 Optimal mission to Enceladus

    • 32:35 Exploring Io

    • 41:43 Sampling interstellar objects

    • 47:55 Dust in interstellar space

    • 51:19 Current obsessions

    • 01:01:04 Final thoughts and more interviews

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    [Space Bites] Furious Boiling of Betelgeuse // Robot-Surgeon on the ISS // Biggest Black Holes Ever Seen Mar 08, 2024
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    Understanding the surface of Betelgeuse, James Webb’s third observing cycle has been announced, Starship’s upcoming third test, and the most massive pair of black holes ever seen.

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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:14 Betelgeuse is boiling

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    • 02:55 JWST Cycle 3

      • https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2024/stsci-announces-the-jwst-cycle-3-general-observer-program

    • 04:43 Where Hubble and JWST are looking

      • https://spacetelescopelive.org/

    • 05:57 Starship OFT-3 Launch Date

      • https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3

    • 07:37 Asteroids falling on white dwarves

      • https://www.universetoday.com/165997/astronomers-can-see-the-impact-site-where-an-asteroid-crashed-into-a-white-dwarf/

    • 09:03 Vote results

    • 09:51 ISS Surgery Robot

    • 11:27 Oxygen on Europa

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166005/juno-measures-how-much-oxygen-is-being-produced-by-europa/

    • 13:27 LIFE telescope

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166002/the-life-telescope-passed-its-first-test-it-detected-biosignatures-on-earth/

    • 16:02 Biggest black hole pair ever found

      • https://www.universetoday.com/166002/the-life-telescope-passed-its-first-test-it-detected-biosignatures-on-earth/

    • 17:44 Carbon emissions reach 420

      • https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152519/emissions-from-fossil-fuels-continue-to-rise

    • 18:44 Newsletter

    • 19:55 JWST time allocation

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    [Q&A] Mars Rovers On The Moon, Satellite Management, Life Near Blue Giants Mar 05, 2024
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    Why won't NASA send a copy of Perseverance to the Moon? Can life exist on a planet around a blue giant star? How do satellites stay safe in orbit and don't collide with each other? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.

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    • 00:00 Start

    • 00:26 [Andoria] Why won't NASA send Mars-style rovers to the Moon?

    • 05:15 [Vulcan] How to get your discovery to the scientific community?

    • 09:56 [Risa] Can life exist near blue giant stars?

    • 13:41 [Aeturen] Can fire be the solution the Fermi paradox?

    • 16:13 [Vendikar] Should you study journalism in a university?

    • 19:26 [Remus] Robin Hanson's grabby aliens

    • 24:21 [Janus] How do satellites stay safe in orbit?

    • 28:39 [Cait] How do supermassive black holes form?

    • 32:56 [Betazed] Will we become a Kardashev Type I civilization?

    • 37:20 [Cheleb] Shape of the Universe

    • 39:43 [Nimbus] Why some planets have no surface?

    • 41:59 [Belos] Should we preserve Earth or find another home?

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    [Interview] How Close Are We To Self-Replicating Robots Conquering Space Mar 04, 2024
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    Self-replicating space robots seems as an obvious way to explore the Universe. How close are we to such a scenario and what do we need to fill outer space with Von Neumann probes? Figuring out with Professor Alex Ellery.

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    • 00:00 Intro

    • 02:07 How sustainable is the Moon

    • 07:44 Self-replicating robots

    • 32:11 How would a mission look like

    • 39:14 Going beyond the Moon

    • 45:19 Realistic future scenario

    • 59:28 Final thoughts and more interviews

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    [Interview] Was Cosmic Dust Responsible for Life on Earth? Mar 02, 2024
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    What is cosmic dust? What is it made of and what can it tell us about the Universe? Could cosmic dust be responsible for life starting on Earth? Figuring it all out with Dr Craig Walton from Cambridge University.

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    • 00:00:00 Intro

    • 00:01:43 What is dust

    • 00:08:43 Dust falling on Earth

    • 00:16:05 Dust and the origin of life

    • 00:46:30 Dust on other worlds across the Universe

    • 01:03:29 Current obsessions

    • 01:08:16 Final thoughts and more interviews

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