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[Space Bites] The Big Rip Averted, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Faster Than Light Jet Oct 21, 2022

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The Pillars of Creation revealed by JWST. It seems like Big Rip isn't happening after all. Black holes twisting spacetime into knots. Jets that seem to be going faster than the speed of light.

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00:00 - Intro
00:38 Pillars of Creation by Webb
- https://www.universetoday.com/158161/heres-webbs-view-of-the-pillars-of-creation/
03:41 Big Rip? Maybe Not!
- https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/news/most-precise-accounting-yet-dark-energy-and-dark-matter
08:56 Black Holes Tie Spacetime into knots
- https://www.universetoday.com/158086/shortly-before-they-collided-two-black-holes-tangled-spacetime-up-into-knots/
11:35 Most Powerful Gamma Ray Burst Ever Recorded
- https://www.universetoday.com/158132/astronomers-just-saw-the-most-powerful-gamma-ray-burst-ever-recorded/
13:26 Support us on Patreon
14:17 Jet faster than the speed of light from a 2017 Kilonova
- https://www.universetoday.com/158119/hubble-examines-the-wreckage-from-the-2017-kilonova/
16:14 A warning sign for supernovae
- https://www.universetoday.com/158116/astronomers-think-they-have-a-warning-sign-for-when-massive-stars-are-about-to-explode-as-supernovae/
19:21 Outro

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[The Big Q] What James Webb Discovered in Its First 100 Days Oct 20, 2022

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It has been exactly 100 days since we got the first images from JWST. Here's an overview of all the most important discoveries that the James Webb Space Telescope did since then.

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00:00 Intro
01:07 Science objectives for JWST
02:01 Galaxy formation and star evolution
09:15 Exoplanets
13:13 Solar system observations
17:10 Nebulae
19:54 Problems with JWST
22:02 What's next for James Webb
24:13 Outro

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[Meet the Team] Andy Tomaswick, Writer Oct 16, 2022

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We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Andy Tomaswick. Fraser and Andy talked about Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’, interest in Astronomy and how to deal with haters and trolls.

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00:00 - Intro
03:50 - What kind of stories Andy prefers and why
12:47 - How UT the stories are made
16:47 - What started Andy's interest in Astronomy
19:47 - What's next
24:34 - Advice for future writers
25:46 - Dealing with haters
29:17 - Outro

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[Space Bites] Huge Success with DART, JWST Sees Weird Rings, Moon's True Origin Oct 14, 2022

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DART’s results are in, it hammered Dimorphos, the Moon might just be a big chunk of the Earth, Webb sees bizarre rings around a star, and SLS gets a new launch date… at night.

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00:00 - Intro
00:33 - NASA’s huge mistake on DART results
- https://www.universetoday.com/158049/success-dart-impact-shortened-asteroids-orbit-time-by-32-minutes/
02:34 - How did the Moon form
- https://www.universetoday.com/157958/the-moon-might-be-one-large-chunk-that-was-blasted-off-the-earth-billions-of-years-ago/
06:32 - Not an optical illusion
- https://www.universetoday.com/157385/these-bizarre-concentric-rings-in-space-are-real-not-an-optical-illusion-new-data-from-jwst-explains-whats-happening/
09:16 - SLS got a new launch date
- https://www.universetoday.com/158081/a-new-launch-date-for-artemis-1-november-14th-at-night/
10:35 - Starship got fully stacked again
- https://www.universetoday.com/158075/starship-and-super-heavy-are-stacked-up-again-how-long-until-they-fly/
12:01 - Support us on Patreon
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12:55 - CAPSTONE is back
- https://www.universetoday.com/158025/phew-nasas-capstone-is-no-longer-tumbling-in-space/
14:25 - SpinLaunch performs its 10th test
- https://www.universetoday.com/158014/spinlaunch-completes-its-10th-test-hurling-payloads-for-nasa-and-other-companies-into-the-air/
16:24 - If Europa has lakes, we will find them
- https://www.universetoday.com/158053/if-there-are-shallow-lakes-under-the-ice-on-europa-clipper-will-find-them/
18:46 - Channel updates
20:26 - Outro

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Dr. Lucie Leboulleux https://youtu.be/sLK1W0EGu8A

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[Interview] How Understanding The Sun Changes Entire Astronomy with Colin Stuart Oct 13, 2022

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How understanding the Sun can change our view of all the other stars in the Universe. What will current instruments and future mission will bring. And what are the mysteries that are waiting to be solved in this field.

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00:00 - Intro
01:09 - Meet Colin Stuart
04:00 - Modern studies of the Sun
17:03 - How new solar telescopes will change our understanding of the Sun
25:40 - Biggest mysteries of the Sun
33:01 - Public reaction to science achievements
44:39 - Detective work in Astronomy
53:53 - Science communication
58:30 - Outro

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[Q&A] JWST Worth the Hype? How to Build a Wormhole? How to Pass Van Allen Belts? Oct 11, 2022

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Are there alternatives to CMB? Will we ever build a space elevator? How can we see radiation coming from a black hole when nothing can escape it? Can you heat something with gravitational waves? Why JWST can look lame to the laymen? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain.

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00:00 Intro
01:32 [Tatooine] Neutrino Background Radiation and CMB alternatives
08:56 [Coruscant] Can gravitational waves heat a planet?
10:39 [Hoth] Why do stars seem to change colour?
13:00 [Naboo] How can radiation escape black holes?
16:18 [Kamino] How to pass through the Van Allen belts?
20:07 [Bespin] How do wormholes work?
22:55 [Mustafar] Is JWST really worth its $10B?
28:15 [Alderaan] Misconseptions about telescopes
31:49 [Dagobah] Will we ever build a space elevator?
36:34 Outro

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[Interview] The Future of Telescopes. Coronagraphs with Dr. Lucie Leboulleux Oct 10, 2022

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Coronographs will soon be in every major telescope. They can block the light from the star and reveal things around it, like exoplanets. There's so much amazing science behind them. Like, did you know coronographs can be adaptive? We dive into all that with Dr Lucie Leboulleux. Enjoy the interview!

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00:00 - Intro
01:58 - Meet Dr Lucie Leboulleux
02:59 - What is a coronagraph and how it works
24:41 - Adaptive coronographs
39:28 - Coronographs in future telescopes
48:23 - What would a perfect telescope look like
59:23 - Outro

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[Space Bites] Ads Taking Over Night Sky, DART Aftermath, Best JWST Image Oct 07, 2022

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Dimorphos grows a tail. More Europa pictures from Juno. The horrifying possibility of ads in night sky. Why Jupiter’s atmosphere is surprisingly hot.

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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Didimoon’s new tail
- https://www.universetoday.com/157939/after-getting-slammed-by-dart-asteroid-dimorphos-has-grown-a-tail/
02:50 - More of Europa’s flyby of Jupiter
- https://www.universetoday.com/157961/here-are-the-high-resolution-images-of-europa-captured-by-juno-during-its-recent-flyby
05:16 - Horrifying idea of ads in space
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/russian-space-scientists-have-the-worst-idea-ever-space-based-advertising
08:13 - Crew-5 goes to the ISS
- https://www.universetoday.com/157968/while-sls-is-delayed-crew-5-zips-in-and-launches-to-the-international-space-station
10:38 - Why Jupiter is surprisingly hot
- https://www.universetoday.com/157817/jupiters-atmosphere-is-surprisingly-hot
12:36 - Support us on Patreon
13:36 - More Debris on Mars
- https://www.universetoday.com/157925/a-small-piece-of-foreign-object-debris-fell-off-ingenuitys-leg-during-its-33rd-flight
15:27 - World Largest Steerable Telescope Construction
- https://www.universetoday.com/157909/construction-begins-on-the-worlds-largest-steerable-radio-telescope
17:40 - Best JWST image and other channel updates
- https://youtu.be/EdwiNnWIuKo
19:30 - Outro

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[Interview] True Nature of Science and Skepticism with Professor Peter Vickers Oct 06, 2022

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In this interview, Professor Peter Vickers and I talk about the scientific method, its true nature and its place in modern society. We talk about the philosophy of science, how scientific consensus works and how it can be made better.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:10 - Meet Peter Vickers
00:03:35 - Philosophy of Science. What is it and how it's done
00:06:04 - End of Science
00:08:10 - Demarcation between good and bad science
00:16:33 - "I don't know" as a valid answer
00:12:37 - Facts VS Theories
00:31:03 - Scientific consensus
00:40:33 - Skepticism
01:00:38 - Can we make scientific consensus better
01:05:32 - Outro

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[Q&A] Can JWST See Oumuamua, Why Go to The Moon, DART Images | Q&A 194 Oct 04, 2022

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In this week's questions and answers show, I explain why a crewed mission to Venus or the Moon makes sense, if there's debris in the Lagrange Points, and why the photos from DART look so familiar.

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00:00 Start
01:16 [Tatooine] Does it make sense to send a crewed mission to Venus?
05:31 [Coruscant] Why send humans to the Moon?
08:54 [Hoth] Is there debris in the Lagrange Points?
11:28 [Naboo] Do the DART photos look familiar?
14:04 [Kamino] Could Webb see Oumuamua?
18:02 [Bespin] What astronomical event would I like to see?
19:58 [Mustafar] What is the most influential image from space?
23:03 [Alderaan] Would Vera Rubin work in space?
26:32 [Dagobah] Could you use the Sun as a gravity assist?
29:24 [Yavin] Could the Sun be blocking Planet 9?
30:55 [Mandalore] Where will be in the next 50 years?
33:35 [Geonosis] What if the Milky Way's black hole disappeared?

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