Fraser Cain
Universe Today Podcast
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[Space Bites+] Unexpected Comet Behaviour // Artemis 2 Launched // NO-Dark-Matter Galaxy 03.04.2026 25:13
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:11 👉 Interviews on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 👉 Interviews on Patreon (free for everyone) https://www.patreon.com/collection/44300?view=expanded 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Artemis II lifts off for the moon. A comet slows down and reverses its rotation. Galaxies found wit...
[Q&A+] Reasons to Return to The Moon, WW3 and The Kessler Syndrome, Time Delay Cosmography 02.04.2026 20:31
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/poOg7fY_3Q0 What will we learn from going back to the Moon? Is there dark matter in the Solar System? Which telescopes would be best for Time Delay Cosmography? And in Q&A+, which planets will be left after the Sun dies? 00:00 Intro 00:24 [@N.Armstrng] Which telescopes will be best for Time Delay...
[Interview+] A NIAC Project That Could Crush The Hubble Tension 01.04.2026 54:05
Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MX3YWQVSjW8 Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn 📜 NIAC project re...
[Q&A+] Best Space Pet, Aftermath of 3I/ATLAS Flyby, Limits on Lagrange Points 31.03.2026 18:50
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:00 🎬 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space Movies https://www.patreon.com/posts/153930141 📺 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space TV Series https://www.patreon.com/posts/153997969 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yPju8peHp2s Which animal would be the make the best space pet? Who has priority access to Vera Rubin’s data? Is there a limit on how many telescopes can we p...
[Interview+] The Limits of The Habitable Worlds Observatory 30.03.2026 41:41
Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/M3KZgV-_kks The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview. 👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M 👉 Coronagraph interview wi...
[Emergency Review] Project Hail Mary + Top 100 Lists 28.03.2026 43:15
This is an EMERGENCY podcast about Project Hail Mary. Fraser's joined by Producer Anton discussing the movie, as well as the recently released Top-100 lists for movies and TV shows. ⚠️‼️⛔️THIS CONTAINS SPOLERS for Project Hail Mary⚠️‼️⛔️ 00:00 Intro 01:06 SPOILER ALERT 01:48 Project Hail Mary 27:51 Top-100 movies 35:36 Top-100 TV shows Top 100 movies Top 100 TV Shows
[Space Bites+] Nuclear Mars Mission // NASA's Moon Base // New ISS Plan 27.03.2026 25:47
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:07 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FBEUdChBGxA NASA overturns its future exploration plans, Rubin pipelines are filled with juicy data, dwarf galaxies hide overmassive black holes, Titan Dragonfly is coming together. And in Space Bites+, charting the history of a galaxy’s evolution. 00:00 Intro 00:16 NASA Ignition https://www.universetoday.com/arti...
[Q&A+] Nights on Venus, Best Interstellar Propulsion Tech, Sun's Stellar Flybys 27.03.2026 19:17
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:02 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V6Vm9Wb4ZF8 Full livestream: https://youtube.com/live/esBOfZhJTWk Does it get dark on Venus during the night? Which propulsion tech is the best for realistic interstellar travel? Which Astrophysicist is my favourite and why? And in Q&A+, what research would I do if I were a scientist, not a journ...
[Interview+] There Might Be A Limit on How Many Satellites We Can Launch 25.03.2026 37:03
Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w677o1jHYmk The number of satellites has grown dramatically and it will continue to grow. But where's the limit? How many satellites can we realistically launch? Most people think that it's the Kessler Syndrome. Saturating the orbit with space debris until a chain reaction erupts. But there might be other limiting factors. What are they? Fin...
[Q&A+] Video from Titan, Watching Artemis 2, Moons with Moons with Moons 25.03.2026 17:54
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:04 👉 Send in your questions for Patreon Q&A here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153780788 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/cHcqk31NtH0 What kind of media can we expect from Titan Dragonfly? Could you track Artemis 2 with an amateur telescope? Can moons have moons that have moons? And in Q&A+, should journalists use more storytelling? 00:0...
[Interview+] How Moon's Ridges Reveal Secrets About Its Geology 23.03.2026 40:25
Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iGxXclzwa08 How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know what's going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Cole Nypaver https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/cole-nypaver 📜 Smithsonian Planetary Scientists Discover Recent Tectonic A...
[Bonus] Event Horizon JMG: Why Intelligence May Be Extremely Rare in the Universe 23.03.2026 1:09:28
This is an episode of John Michael Godier's Event Horizon show that we did together. YouTube version on JMG's channel: https://youtu.be/mbn3uK7V3b0
[Space Bites+] Weird New Planet // New Moon in A Bag // Superstorm Hit Mars 20.03.2026 22:13
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:26 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ncr3QzZUREY A planetary system that breaks all the rules. Colliding worlds reminds us of the Earth and the Moon. A super solar storm hit Mars too. An explanation for a seven-hour gamma ray burst. And in Space Bites Plus, thousands of stellar siblings found. 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/...
[Q&A+] Moon Bases Locations, Lunar Internet, Sun's Companion 19.03.2026 19:52
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YZD1WNKzbiQ Could the Sun have a binary companion, are we the only observers in the Universe, will lunar bases be close to each other? And in Q&A+, could we grow crops in asteroid regolith? 00:00 Intro 00:23 [@SantiagoT75] Can the Sun be orbiting another star we just haven’t yet noticed? 04:54 [@s...
[Q&A+] Humanity's Biosignatures, Galaxy Rotation, The Ultimate Question 17.03.2026 20:33
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GvVZsDw3Xk0 If the robots take over, what would our biosignatures look like? is a galaxy's rotation tied to its black hole? what would happen to the Universe if dark matter disappeared? And in Q&A+, which scifi universe would I like to live in? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@AriasThirdOfHisName] What will be...
[Interview+] Little Red Dots Could Be Something Completely Unexpected 16.03.2026 47:23
BONUS PART START AT 28:49 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4caOfg5K8Is Little Red Dots are one of the biggest mysteries from JWST so far. They could be galaxies. They could be supermassive black holes. But they also could be supermassive stars. In fact, this suggestion could help solve another big cosmological mystery about globular clusters. More details on that in this in...
[Interview+] How Vera Rubin's Insane Data Pipeline Works 15.03.2026 23:32
How does Vera Rubin's data stream work? Why are there data brokers and what's their function? Who can use the data and how you can do that? How will the discoveries be made and who will have naming rights? Finding the answers in this interview. Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VKrpJODdEM0 🟣 Guest: Dr. Tom Matheson https://antares.noirlab.edu/ 00:00 Intro 01:34 How Rubin's...
[Space Bites+] Improving ELT // More from DART // Sun's Heartbeat 14.03.2026 27:53
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 21:25 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bqeK-3s-y1s Starshades for ground-based telescopes, DART proved that asteroids share material, a new way to measure the age of the Universe, Webb sees Jupiter’s auroras. And in Space Bites+, how Dyson Spheres and Stellar Engines could be stable. 00:00 Intro 00:18 Starshades for Telescopes https://www.universetoday...
[Q&A+] Superfast Neutrinos, Types of Astronomers, Gravitational Limits for Planets 12.03.2026 20:36
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:13 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zWkaeakf4Mg Which different types of astronomers exist? If Mars flat? Is there a gravitational limit for planets? And in Q&A+, could other civilizations be frozen in time? 00:00 Intro 00:23 [@paigepotter4682] How do telescopes decide where to look? 03:34 [@drZab] How can neutrinos from a supernova...
[Q&A+] What Will Vera Rubin Find? 10.03.2026 19:47
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:15 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iVoz7HnPp1k What will Vera Rubin find? Can life on Tau Ceti be found? Why do we find galaxies of different age at same angular size? And in Q&A+, which is the closest planet we could find life at? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@pete.runde.j] Will Vera Rubin find planet 9? 02:03 [@joshmiller7870] Is Vera Rubi...
[Supercut] 10 Years of Black Hole Questions in 10 Hours 10.03.2026 10:00:03
We built a search engine that allows us to search through all the Questions Shows we've recorded to look for specific topics. It turns out that black holes were the most searched-for topic, so we decided... let's make a supercut of all 300, spanning 10 years of my life, running 10 hours long. Was it a good idea? Insanity? We're beyond that point now. So busy wondering if we could, we never stopped...
[Interview+] The Architect for JWST, Habitable Worlds Observatory and LIFE. Lee Feinberg 10.03.2026 1:28:11
BONUS PART STARTS AT 01:10:56 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M 👉 My previous interview with Dr Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao How's James Webb doing? What's the state of the Habitable Worlds Observatory and when can we realistically expect it to launch? What is the LIFE observatory and what new tech will it bring? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Gu...
[Space Bites+] Jupiter’s New Size // NO Moon Impact // More Years for ISS 06.03.2026 24:50
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:43 Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the moon in 2032. Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought. New ways to measure the expansion rate of the universe. And in Space Bites Plus, even tardigrades struggle in Martian Regolith. 00:00 Intro 00:16 Moon slam's not happening https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Asteroid_2024_YR4_will_not_impact_the_Moon 01:43...
[Q&A+] The Next ISS, Europan Life, Heat Death of The Universe 05.03.2026 24:29
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:37 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/olJR9OPYXbo What are the plans for the next space station? What type of Europan life could Europa Clipper detect? Could we spot the rotation of our supercluster? And in Q&A+, is the Moon necessary for life? 00:00 Intro 00:25 [@meesalikeu] What are plans for the next ISS? 02:36 [@wainr777able] Whic...
[Bonus] Event Horizon JMG: Black Holes, Dark Matter, and What Rubin Will Find 03.03.2026 52:39
This is an episode of John Michael Godier's Event Horizon show that we did together. YouTube version on JMG's channel: https://youtu.be/RCiEXChXokI
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