Universe Today Podcast

NASA chooses another lander for Artemis V. The first radiation belt ever seen outside the Solar System. And those impossible galaxies might be even more massive than we thought. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:15 Blue Origin wins NASA Moon Landing Cont...

It's already been five years since NASA's TESS mission was launched. Now it completed its first full mission observing the sky and hunting for exoplanets. In this interview, I'm talking with Nicole Colon from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center about the results from TESS and what can come next for the mission. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book...

Could stars and planets be living organisms? Is LHC dangerous for the Earth? How do neutrino detectors work? Does the Big Bang suggest that everything around us came from nothing? What will happen if we create a black hole on Earth? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://w...

If an extra-terrestrial civilisation saw the Earth, what technosignatures could they pick up? What could they learn about life on our planet and human civilisation in particular? I'm discussing that with Dr Michael Garrett who is the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Simulation of the Earth’s radio-leakage from mobile t...

NASA tests out a snake bot that could explore difficult terrain. An independent way to measure the expansion rate of the Universe. JUICE successfully deploys its radar antenna. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Happy End for JUICE https://www.universe...

In the second part of my conversation with Dr Christopher Morrison we discuss his second NIAC award. It suggests creating a power source that can also be a science instrument. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Interstellar Sample Return with Dr Chris Morrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsON8yF5Rjo 👉 Part I with Dr Chris Morrison: https://youtu.be/FIZHGDyN-7E 👉...

How can we get artificial gravity in space without rotating a spacecraft? Will there be bigger Mars helicopters in future? How exactly will they deorbit the ISS? Who will be selecting the crew for the Mars mission? Where are the Voyagers today and how can we find them? Answering all that and more in this week's Q&A episode. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📕 Book cl...

Moon Dust will be a major problem once people will return and settle there. We need to find ways to clean it from space suits, equipment, etc. In this interview I'm talking with Ian Wells, who is a cryogenics researcher suggesting a way to battle Moon dust with liquid nitrogen. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Interview with Dr Christine Hartzell: https://youtu.be/Lfi...

There could be liquid oceans in the moons of Uranus. Saturn takes the lead for the most moons in the Solar System. James Webb gazes into the Eye of Sauron aka Fomalhaut. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE ⚫️ Universe-Breaking Galaxies Interview: https://youtu.be/xPK9kF2tqfk 00:00 Intro...

This is the first part of my interview with Dr Cristopher Morrison. In this one, we're discussing the concept of a propulsion system that should allow things like catching up with an interstellar visitor or delivering a telescope to the outer part of the Solar System. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday Previous Interview with Dr Chris Morrison: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Gravitational waves can reveal things we would never detect otherwise. But different events require different sizes of detectors. In this interview, I'm talking with Waldemar Martens from ESA about a proposed LISAmax mission that will have 259 million kilometer arms and should be able to detect collisions of supermassive black holes. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday More...

How can James Webb disprove The Big Bang Theory? Where are we at the search of life as we DON'T know it? Can we somehow test if Hawking radiation even exists? What do Space Force use the X37 secret space shuttle for? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:49 [Tatooine] How can Webb disprove The Big Bang Theory? 06:21 [Coruscant] Does Hawking radiation even exist...

Microgravity is dangerous for humans. But if we want to conquer space, we need to know how to mitigate the negative effects. Join my discussion with Dr Danail Obreschkow from UWA. We talked about studying the effects of microgravity on human body, particularly eyes, and potential ways to deal with them. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:35 Flying on parabol...

JUICE is having problems extending its radar antenna. Astronomers watch a star eat its planet. A design for a space station with artificial gravity. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 JUICE Has Problems https://www.universetoday.com/161180/esa-cant-deploy-juices-radar-antenna-it-needs-it-to-scan-under-the-ice-at-callisto-europa-and-ganymede/ 01:39 A Sun-L...

Space missions will become longer. It will inevitably become impossible to pack every medication you need and take it from Earth. This means that we'll need a way to produce them in space. Which is the goal of the NIAC award developed by Dr Lynn Rothschild. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday More about the NIAC award: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/A...

Can solar sails change the way we explore the Solar System and beyond? Dr Slava Turyshev definitely thinks so! He assembled an all-star team of researchers in a recent paper about potential science opportunities of using solar sails. In this interview, we talk about the technology behind it, what's its current state, what perspectives it has and much more. 🌟 All-star paper "Science opportunities...

How can we possibly know everything about exoplanets from just a single pixel? Will Mars be a good place for old people? Where does more emptiness come from if the Universe is expanding? Can we ever get to explore Betelgeuse? Answers to all these questions and more in this week's Q&A! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:43 [Tatooine] How do we know so muc...

When we fly to Moon and Mars, how hard will it be to deal with dust. It can be a much more difficult problem when most of us think. And why is it so hard to clean it off solar panels on Mars. We discuss all that with Dr Christine Hartzell. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:35 What is Moon dust 07:55 What damage can dust do 12:57 What can we do about it 20:1...

iSpace's Hakuto R fails to land safely on the Moon. China wants to have people on the Moon by 2030. Another problem with James Webb. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 Starship discussion with @scottmanley and @MarcusHouse https://youtu.be/RGcdjJj-f4g 00:00 Intro 00:12 iSpace Hakuto-R Moon Landing Failed https://www.universetoday.com/161051/hakuto-r-spacecraft-just-capt...

The FarView Observatory is a NIAC project that's a giant self-building radio telescope on the far side of the Moon. In this interview, I'm discussing the details of the project with Dr Ronald Polidan who's managing the project. We also talk about the role of the Moon in the future of lunar exploration and how close we are to sending Von Neumann probes all over the Universe. 🦄 Support us on Patreo...

SpaceX finally tested a fully stacked Starship system on April 20th. Why did they blow it up? What exactly went wrong with the test? How can they fix it in future tests? Discussing all these questions with Scott Manley and Marcus House. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📺 Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley 📺 Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusH...

Did Webb prove the Big Bang Theory wrong? Why did nobody test artificial gravity in space yet? What's the purpose of other planets other than Earth? How would eyes evolve under a different star? All this and more in this week's Q&A! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:04 [Tatooine] Did James Webb prove Big Bang wrong? 11:07 [Coruscant] What is the purpose...

Starship launches but fails to reach orbit. JUICE looks back at Earth one last time. GAIA helps find an exoplanet. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:11 Starship Launch https://www.universetoday.com/160951/starship-spacex-flight-test/ 03:53 NASA Threaten the Future of New Horizons https://www.universetoday.com/160935/nasa-plans-threaten-new-horizons/ 06:33 J...

Magnetospheres seem to be a very important factor when considering how habitable a planet is. So it was really exciting when it was announced that an Earth-size exoplanet's magnetosphere was detected using radio telescopes. It can also be a method to look for exoplanets by detecting their magnetic fields. I'm discussing this discovery with Dr Joe Pesce who is the Program Director at National Scien...

How big can iron planets get before collapsing into black holes? Why is the Moon floating away from Earth? Will Mars bases have glass domes? How will the asteroid mining race unfold? Will we create rings of satellites around the Earth? All this and more in this week's Q&A! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:00 [Tatooine] How big can rocky planets get? 03...