Universe Today Podcast

Les Johnson is the Principle Investigator with NASA's upcoming Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission that will fly on the SLS and test solar sail navigation. But at the same time, he's a science fiction author. So, in this interview, we discussed both these sides of his life. 📖 Les Johnson's Books: https://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - I...

This week I'm joined by Dr. Brian Keating, a cosmologist who studies cosmic microwave background radiation and leads the BICEP, POLARBEAR2, and Simons Array experiments. He also has a successful YouTube channel and podcast. We'll be discussing the evidence for the Big Bang and the impact of James Webb on our current understanding of the Universe. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b...

In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain the difference between the observable universe and the Hubble sphere, how satellite megaconstellations will affect smartphones and other consumer devices, and what impact Jupiter's radiation might have for life on Europa. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:36 What's the difference between the observable un...

Today I'm talking to Lee McIntyre, philosopher of science and the author of a recently released book 'How to Talk to a Science Denier'. We talked about the problems with science communication in modern society, the challenges that misinformation poses, and how we can possibly fight it. 📖 Lee McIntyre Books: https://leemcintyrebooks.com/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday...

Uh oh, NASA’s CAPSTONE mission is having problems, A New Shepard Flight fails, Betelgeuse was recently yellow, and of course, another amazing new image from Webb. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - CAPSTONE Missions Has More Problems https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/09/12/capstone-teams-continue-work-to-resolve-spacecraft-issue/ 02:17 - Blue Origin...

We're back from hiatus! In this week's Questions and Answers show, I talk about what will happen when the expansion of the Universe reaches the speed of light, how I feel about SLS delays, what's happening with James Webb, and more... 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:41 What happens when the expansion of the Universe reaches the speed of light? 03:27 Thoug...

How iPhone 14 will connect to satellites. Why SLS didn’t launch and when it might. Growing rice in space. And a new incredible image from James Webb. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Amazing Tarantula nebula by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/157463/wow-heres-webbs-view-of-the-tarantula-nebula/ 02:07 - Another SLS delay but hopes for a September...

I often say that it's not just me doing Universe Today. This series is here to introduce you to the Team behind the project. Show you all the work that we're doing and meet all the great people that make Universe Today possible. Nancy Graziano, the producer of the Weekly Space Hangout and many of the other projects we're working on. Hear how she fell into the Universe Today gravity well, and her f...

Artemis 1 delayed, direct image of an exoplanet from Webb, how Starlink will connect to phones, Voyager 1 is fixed, cosmology crisis continues. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Direct image of an exoplanet by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/157404/jwst-takes-its-first-image-of-an-exoplanet%ef%bf%bc/ 02:59 - Artemis I Delayed. Again https://www.un...

No, James Webb didn’t disprove the Big Bang. Carbon dioxide found in an exoplanet atmosphere. An amazing picture of Jupiter from Webb, pieces of other stars found in asteroid Ryugu, weak astronauts arriving on Mars, and a new way to measure distances in the Universe. All that and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites. 🦄 Support us on Patreon 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Don’t PANIC! JWST Did Not Di...

Here's another interview with me from another podcast. This time I'm on the Chatter podcast hosted by Lawfare. I spoke with host David Priess about the upcoming Artemis missions, the race to the Moon and other issues relating to the politics and impact of space exploration. Subscribe to the podcast at: https://shows.acast.com/chatter 🦄 Support us on Patreon 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 peop...

My guest this week is Tory Bruno, the President, and CEO of United Launch Alliance. ULA has provided launch services for many NASA missions, including Juno, Curiosity, MAVEN, and the Parker Solar Probe. https://twitter.com/torybruno 🦄 Support us on Patreon 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 POD...

Rocket Lab is launching the first-ever private mission to Venus. Europe is considering space-based solar power. A new method to detect exoplanets. More evidence about the Moon’s origins. Webb’s largest every image. All that and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites. 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - First Private Mission to Venus by Rocket Lab https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/upcoming-missions/first...

James Webb starts delivering actual science results, Space Launch System and Starship both go even closer to their maiden flights, remote surgery medical robot is going to the ISS, Perseverance continues to find weird stuff on Mars, and Hubble is still going strong. All this and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:40...

An interstellar meteorite could be hiding in the ocean. Why doesn’t Jupiter have rings like Saturn. The time when Earth’s magnetic field almost collapsed. The shortest day on Earth, and Planet 9 is running out of places to hide. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Why Jupiter doesn’t have massive rings https://www.universetoday.com/156887/jupiters-giant-moons-prevent-it-from-having-rings-like-saturn/ 02:37 - Se...

How JWST is doing after its micrometeorite strike, two more helicopters are flying to Mars, and how do you stop the Milky Way from turning into self-replicating robot probes? 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - How bad the JWST damage really is https://www.universetoday.com/156793/you-can-see-where-jwst-took-a-direct-hit-from-a-micrometeorite-on-one-of-its-mirrors/ 03:41 - China launches space station module ht...

SLS finally gets a launch date for Artemis I, JWST keeps giving the goodness, Percy finds another weird thing on Mars, astronomers find a dormant black hole and NASA will launch a flagship telescope on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - More from JWST https://www.universetoday.com/156799/heres-m74-like-youve-never-seen-it-before-thanks-to-judy-schmidt-and-jwst/ 04:46 - SLS launch date an...

Even more pictures from James Webb Space Telescope, China's planning a mission to Neptune, SpaceX's Booster 7 suffers from an explosion, black holes are messy eaters, going under Europa's ice crust and more. More videos about James Webb My JWST Special: https://youtu.be/0VNQ6_hSA8o @Dr. Becky : https://youtu.be/uZeEhUCAeac @Anton Petrov : https://youtu.be/mMyJOVQdZy8 @Joe Scott https://youtu.be/UG...

NASA finally released James Webb's first full-color images. We have 5 great photos of different regions of space. So, in this video we're digesting all the great pictures we got from JWST. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Deep Field 04:37 - Exoplanet 07:26 - Stellar Death 10:12 - Galaxy 12:12 - Stellar Birth 14:27 - Outro More about the first JWST images: https://www.universetoday.com/156696/theyre-here-chec...

In this week's questions and answers show, I explain how Starship will enable enormous space telescopes, if James Webb can look at Hubble, and if future astronomers will have any way of learning about the expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang. 00:00 Start 01:46 Could Starship be a telescope? 04:26 Can JWST see Hubble? 06:10 Will elliptical galaxies restart star formation? 08:00 Will future ci...

NASA teases JWST images, Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE, mystery rocket's crash site found on the Moon, how magnetars are created, ISS gets more independent from Russia and more. 00:00 Intro 00:32 NASA teases first JWST images Weekly Space Hangout with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0pEmQ1zpKtI 03:44 NASA funds space nuclear reactor development https://www.universetoday.com/156461/nasa-funds-the-deve...

In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain how astronauts are trained to deal with medical emergencies if the Universe is expanding smoothly or chaotically, and what would survive longer, a white dwarf or a red dwarf? 00:00 Start 01:34 [Tatooine] What if there's a medical emergency on the ISS? 04:13 [Coruscant] Could we see before the Big Bang? 09:28 [Hoth] Are there stars below the Eart...

SLS finally got through WDR (almost), Falcon 9 are setting new reuse records, China is about to beat NASA to Mars with a sample return mission, Charon red spot explained and more. 00:00 Intro 00:29 New records for SpaceX 01:33 SLS goes through WDR (kinda) https://www.universetoday.com/156446/nasa-says-its-satisfied-with-rehearsal-for-sls-moon-rocket-launch/ 02:39 South Korea joins the space club h...

Dr. Martin Barstow is is a Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester and the former President of the Royal Astronomical Society. Dr. Barstow was part of the team who worked on the recent Gaia Data Release 3, which categorized almost 2 billion stars in the Milky Way. https://le.ac.uk/people/martin-barstow 🦄 Support us on P...

In this week's questions and answers show, I explain why most quasars are very far away, consider what would happen if you brought Pluto into the inner Solar System, and deliver the heartbreaking news of why the ISS won't be recycled. 00:00 Start 01:25 [Tatooine] Can quasars appear anywhere in the Universe? 04:35 [Coruscant] What if you brought Pluto into the inner Solar System? 07:13 [Hoth] Why c...