Universe Today Podcast

This is part 2 of an interview I did with John Michael Godier on his show called Event Horizon. We talked about the Fermi Paradox and possible solutions to it. ⚫ Event Horizon Show https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShow 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/_Cr9TSRe71E 🦄 Support us on Patreon https://patreon.com/universetoday 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fras...

We can build space habitats from asteroids by spinning them fast enough. That's what Professor Adam Frank suggests in a recent paper he co-wrote. In this interview, we discussed the idea, how realistic it is and what technology will be needed to achieve it, what applications it can have and when we can expect something like that. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 In...

2022 has definitely been one of the best space years ever. James Webb, SLS, DART and many other major successes. So, let's turn around and remember what did 2022 bring us. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:52 James Webb 04:27 Artemis 1 07:15 Milky Way's black hole by EHT 08:39 DART 10:53 Decadal Survey 12:43 China's progress 14:58 InSight mission ended 16:4...

How can we know whether the Universe is infinite or not? Can something hide behind the Sun in Earth's L3 Lagrange point? Should we start with terraforming the Moon before Mars? Will humans ever visit a lander on Mars? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:47 [Tatooine] Can we terraform the Moon 05:36 [Coruscant] How long current science will stand? 09:01 [Hoth]...

Interstellar travel can be real. And you don't need to break the laws of Physics to do it. In this interview, I discuss a realistic way we can send missions to nearby stars in our lifetimes. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:06 How hard is interstellar travel 00:13:19 Ride solar wind like a bird 00:23:15 How a realistic mission can look like 00:40:20...

It’s official, InSight is gone. Perseverance is putting samples onto the surface of Mars. More scientific results from James Webb, and using gravitational wave observatories to detect warp drives. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:17 InSight Mission is over https://www.universetoday.com/159339/this-will-probably-be-insights-last-picture-before-it-runs-out-o...

Does the Black Knight satellite really exist? Can JWST explore the Oort cloud? Did we hopelessly contaminate Mars with life? Would I fly on the dearMoon mission without the abort system? Should we do crewed missions to near-earth asteroids? Answers to all these questions and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:46...

This week we got an announcement that a historical milestone was achieved. Fusion Ignition. But what it really means for the future of energy production, what most stories don't say and should you be excited after all? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:41 The IGNITION announcement 02:21 How fusion works on Earth 04:24 How the breakthrough was made 06:05 Pro...

Splashdown! Artemis I has returned home. Webb has made its first Deep Field survey. Listen to the sound of a dust devil on Mars. Space journalist is going to the Moon. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🌕 Artemis 1 Overview video: https://youtu.be/u5wNXtlZH_Q 00:00 Intro 00:16 Orion splashdown https://www.universetoday.com/159146/orion-splashes-down-in-the-pacific-ocean-c...

It’s been 50 years since humans set foot on the Moon. Entire generations were born after this historic accomplishment. But humanity has kept its eyes on the sky and vowed to return. This week marks the end of the beginning of that journey, the completion of Artemis I, sending a human-rated capsule around the Moon and back again. With Orion safely back on Earth, let’s look back at this amazing acco...

How far away do constellations start to change? What if The Big Bang was more energetic? Which textbooks are good to learn astronomy? Is a university degree worth it? Why don't we travel through the solar system in straight lines? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:35 [Tatooine] How far away do const...

This is an interview I did with John Michael Godier on his show called Event Horizon. We talked about bringing people back to the Moon. With also discussed the latest space missions, such as JWST and DART, and looked back at how well did 2022 go for NASA. ⚫ Event Horizon Show https://www.youtube.com/@EventHorizonShow 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/_Cr9TSRe71E 🦄 Support us on Patreon https://p...

Construction Begins on the Square Kilometer Array. Artemis I’s iconic crescent Earthrise picture. A gamma-ray burst that breaks all the rules. SpaceX launches a new service. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 Square Kilometer Array Telescope begins construction https://www.universetoday.com/159011/construction-begins-on-the-square-kilometer-array/ 04:38 I...

Can there be habitable worlds around black holes? Where did Mars get its perchlorates from? How are iron meteorites formed? How will the Sun die? Will China succeed with their Moon landing? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:10 Book Club: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson 03:21 [Tatooine] What hap...

The best images from Artemis so far. More spacecraft are going to the Moon. Researchers have simulated a wormhole. China now has six people on board its space station 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 Artemis 1 Images https://www.universetoday.com/158874/nasa-releases-a-stunning-new-supercut-of-the-artemis-i-launch/ https://www.universetoday.com/158945/n...

Which ones are more invisible: black holes of brown dwarfs? Which cheap telescope should you get? Will the Artemis program start a new era in astronomy? What will happen when Andromeda crashes into the Milky Way? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:21 [Tatooine] Will Andromeda stars get younger as it...

This time it's different. As always, it's your space questions, but not my answers. I invited my fellow space YouTubers to give their answers to help me with the Q&A. Enjoy! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday Thanks to everyone for joining. Here are all the links to their channels: Scott Manley https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg Marcus House https://www.youtube.com/@Marc...

Updates on Artemis I. Predicting an asteroid strike with stunning accuracy. Webb’s view of Titan. New adaptive optics for the Very Large Telescope. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 Artemis I updates https://www.universetoday.com/158739/artemis-i-has-completed-its-first-flyby-of-the-moon/ 03:29 NASA predicted an asteroid hit https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news...

Is there a chance for life to continue after the Sun eventually explodes? Can we find evidence of potentially habitable planets near white dwarfs, remnants of dead stars? How can future telescopes helo with that? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🐦 Dr Andrew Vanderburg on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/amvanderburg 🕸️ Dr Andrew Vanderburg's Website: https://avanderb...

SLS finally launches to the Moon. SpaceX get another contract from NASA. James Webb gets a protection plan from micrometeoroids. China continues to trash the orbit. Secret space plane returns. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:35 NASA’s plan to protect JWST https://www.universetoday.com/158663/nasa-has-a-plan-to-minimize-future-micrometeoroid-impacts-on-jws...

How trees can tell us a story of previous solar storms? What are the chances of having another Carrington-scale event and what would it mean? How can we understand solar storms better? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🐦 Dr Benjamin Pope on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fringetracker 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:49 Meet Dr Benjamin Pope 00:02:53 Tree rings and solar storms 00:20:...

How hard is it to escape the gravity wells of massive planets for other civilizations? How hard is it to make your own telescopes? How do gas clouds become stars? Can we harvest dark energy after the Heat Death? 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📖 Book Club Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 02:43 [Tatooine] Can we us...

JWST’s MIRI is fully operational again, have astronomers found the first strange star?, the first test of an inflatable heat shield, and SLS just got hit by a Hurricane. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Anton Petrov's channel https://www.youtube.com/c/whatdamath 📖 Book Club Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:10...

This in an interview with Dr Brian Keating that happened on his YouTube channel. We talk about how Universe Today runs, what do I want to achieve with it, how science journalism works in general and much more. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📺 VIDEO VERSION and Dr Brian Keating's channel https://youtu.be/YKdBJlw60vQ 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Frida...

Can we catch the next interstellar visitor? Why do black holes' accretion disks glow? Can we make spaceships out of asteroids? How do we know that dark matter and dark energy actually exist? All that in this week's episode of Q&A with Fraser Cain. And we've started the Book Club! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📖 Book Club Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/sho...