How will livestreams from Artemis be different from Apollo? Can planetary systems survive their stars exploding? Can a completely different life hide deep inside Earth? And in Q&A+, when should we expect new NIAC awards? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:31 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N9PwTZFnMRc
🟣 Universe Today: https://www.universetoday.com/ 00:00 It already happened 00:45 The downfall of ad-supported media 05:08 My response 06:44 What's next?
Will AI help us to create a warp drive? Could aliens even survive a trip to Earth? What would happen if you fire a powerful beam at a black hole? And in Q&A+, which part of the Universe does the CMB show us? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:06 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a7CKyGeiMEY
JWST is still up there and working 24/7. There are papers coming out every day based on the results from Webb. What's the current status of JWST? What are the latest discoveries? What should we expect next from it? Finding out in this interview. BONUS PART STARTS AT 28:29 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vcgUQy1SXdc 🟣 Guest: Dr. Andreas Faisst https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~afaisst/ 📜 Young Galaxies Grow Up Fast https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/young-galax...
The Dark Energy Survey results are in, an asteroid strike on the Moon would be a boon to science, Mercury might not be totally dead, and NASA continued to test its nuclear rockets. And in Space Bites+ solving the mystery of cosmic expansion close to home. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/NK-zu5eMvJU BONUS PART START AT 17:21 👉 Escape Velocity Space News (EVSN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDtUsDJGqiI&list=PLo1j35Qh8M1xuXThFgWMJNdHYNBb9gf4U 00:00 Intro 00:...
What will happen when Earth's magnetic poles flip? Is Andromeda launching hypervelocity stars at us? Can Vera Rubin find a new target for New Horizons? And in Q&A+, could ants evolve to develop space travel? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:52 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QMf2wHMyDWc Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/ojaiPqDdsXU?feature=share...
Magnetars are a special sauce of neutron stars. They are extremely violent with crazy magnetic fields. But how are they created? Do kilonova neutron star collisions produce them? What do we really know about that? Finding out in this interview. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q3JGdARjzTA BONUS PART STARTS AT 28:29 🟣 Guest: Dr. Genevieve Schroeder https://astro.cornell.edu/genevieve-schroeder https://sites.northwestern.edu/genevieveschroeder/ https://bsky.app/p...
How would a rover for an icy moon look like? Which moon should we replace the Moon with? Why put a telescope on the Moon? And what's the probability of Artemis II launching this February? All this and more in this week's Q&A. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fLMnLaR1wlo Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/ojaiPqDdsXU?feature=share...
Artemis II rolls out to the launch pad, Europe’s comet interceptor mission could fly a little earlier, NASA is racing to build a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and in Space Bites+, bacteriaphages evolved in space learn to kill bacteria in new ways. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/o9kb5caf7vw 00:00 Intro 00:19 Comet Interceptor Accelerated https://spacenews.com/esas-comet-interceptor-mission-moves-up-launch/ 02:11 Artemis II Rollout https://www.universetoday.com/a...
Which space object would I want to see with my own eyes? Can you meaningfully contribute to science without an Astronomy degree? Has dark matter always been around? And in Q&A+, my weird relationship with Venus as a planet. BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:39 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/SiGmJkeCPl8?feature=share
Europa is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. But new studies suggest that we were wrong. That the sub-surface ocean is most probably uninhabitable and lifeless. Why is it so and what does it mean for future missions and search for life? Finding out in this interview. BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:02 🟣 Guest: Dr. Paul Byrne https://bsky.app/profile/theplanetaryguy.bsky.social 📜 Europa May Be Lifeless and Unihabitable After All https://ww...
Has AI already written any good science papers? Which are the primary targets for the Extremely Large Telescope? Which is scarier, finding aliens or not finding them? And in Q&A+, what happens if you keep feeding a black hole forever? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:54 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/55VE01fptAM Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/SiGmJkeCPl8?feature=share...
Gravitational waves revolutionised Astronomy. But LIGO, VIRGO and KAGRA only operate in one spectrum. To detect longer waves we need bigger telescopes. Much bigger. Ones that don't fit on Earth. That is where LISA comes in, which will be humanity's biggest telescope. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Stefano Vitale Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AUS8A9J3d5g 00:00 Intro 02:43 The evolution of gravitational wave search 05:33 Proving the concept with LISA Pathfinder 15:34 What will ...
Rubin spots a rapidly spinning asteroid, Congress restores NASA’s funding, Crew 11 is back on Earth for a medical emergency, the Pandora Space Telescope launches. And in Space Bites+, two new exoplanets around a red dwarf could help push the habitable zone out. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/ZBlzQWyhf84 🌶️ Add to The Pile of Spice https://www.patreon.com/posts/pile-of-spice-147346705 00:00 Intro 00:15 Rubin Discovers A Record-Breaking Asteroid https://www.univ...
Does Europa Clipper have realistic chances to find traces of life at Jupiter? Can humans stop the Kessler syndrome? How long would Earth survive if it was thrown away from the Solar System? And in Q&A+, what's the current situation with RTG nuclear fuel? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:11 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GJGctXIYZ-w Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/yUqB8vkD4cE...
Would we even notice if 3I/ATLAS smashed into Jupiter? What are the plans for next gen space stations? Is it okay that most succesful space corporations are run by billionaires? And in Q&A+, what the hell is a Thorne–Żytkow object? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:04 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZHdlHSv-OgQ Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/yUqB8vkD4cE...
A galaxy without stars, the wake of Betelgeuse’s companion star, a privately-funded Hubble class telescope, and could there be exomoons at TRAPPIST-1? And on Space Bites+, seeing an event horizon in 3D. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ilHG9OvMdmo 🌶️ Add to The Pile of Spice https://www.patreon.com/posts/pile-of-spice-147346705 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 00:00 Intro 00:17 A galaxy with no stars https://www.univers...
Can we find a use for the L3 Lagrange point? How long do the Voyagers have left? Which goals do we have for telescopes that are being built? And in Q&A+, arguably the most important technology we can focus on? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:07 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/59zez1t-Xo8 Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/gENBle2AVDk...
What exciting science can we expect in 2026? Can dark matter be black holes or even something else? Does light travel forever? And in Q&A+, could a rogue planet pass through the Solar System? BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:10 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bPQWwQFcNmU Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/gENBle2AVDk...
There is growing mistrust in experts and expertise. Not just in space but in practically any field. Why do people stop trusting experts? What processes are behind it? What can we do to fix it? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Frederic Bertley https://www.fredericbertley.com/ Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N3e2oISXWqU
Can we find siblings of the Sun? Is the expansion of the Universe symmetrical in all directions? Which molecules can be considered biosignatures? And in Q&A+, I answer a tricky question about Star Wars vs Star Trek. BONUS QUESTION START AT 18:33 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IGbFcmWjYd4 Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/gENBle2AVDk...
Will Titan become habitable when the Sun expands? What is the next target for the Event Horizon Telescope? Could we see light from the Sun's past? And in Q&A+, a quick update on the search of Planet 9. BONUS QUESTION START AT 18:00 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bk3JZCNzdPw Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/gENBle2AVDk...
LLM and Generative AI seems to be everywhere. But at the same time it generates a lot of AI slop in all forms. However, there are really good ways we can use LLMs for science. How can we do it in astronomy? Can we teach ChatGPT or Gemini to do good science? Finding out in this interview. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LF22szp7ouo BONUS PART STARTS at 40:59 🟣 Guest: Nolan Koblischke https://nolank.ca 👉 AION Search https://astronolan-aion-search.hf.space/ 00:0...
The best spacecraft images of 3I/ATLAS, maybe Titan doesn’t have a liquid ocean, planetesimals crashing in a nearby star system, and the first superkilonova. And in Space Bites+, astronomers are finding more exoplanet candidates that might have atmospheres. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/35YuMlCSgQg 00:00 Intro 00:14 More Activity from 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esas-juice-mission-reveals-more-activity-from-3iatlas 02:28 We May Have Lost a...
Could people on Mars see city lights on Earth? Will it still be possible for amateurs to discover asteroids after Vera Rubin? What can we expect from Mars samples? And in Q&A+, what happens if you put your hand across the event horizon of a black hole? Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U5PLC2fmNTw
Will Jared Isaacman fly to fix Hubble as NASA Administrator? Why was 2I/Borisov covered much less than Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS? Does the Milky Way have galactic weather? And in Q&A+, my thoughts about SpaceX IPO which is absolutely not financial advice? Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bx_tpfvhoOk Here's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/2t71Jdjrp38...
3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth, a new independent way to measure the Hubble constant, are Uranus and Neptune actually rock giants? Jared Isaacman is the new NASA administrator. And in Space Bites+, astronomers search for the black hole in the Omega Centauri cluster. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_P7MmL67vzc
Which of out current space travel methods are the fastest? Is it better to spend a week in orbit or on the Moon? What would happen if we nuked the Moon? And in Q&A+, which animal would handle 0G the best? Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VvtM5D0Cd7s
We know exomoons should exist but so far none are confirmed. This is one the hottest search areas for astronomy. But how can we find them and what can we expect from the future discoveries? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Thomas Winterhalder https://www.towinterhalder.com/ Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/u8o50DfFZiY
Which part of the Universe does the CMB come from? Is Mars the best planet for habitability of all ones we found so far? How important is it to find a way to live off Earth? And in Q&A+, did we extract everything we can from the CMB? Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xQVT0F275i8
