Plate tectonics might be the key to why Venus had become the hell it is right now. Some think that it just never had it. But recent studies suggest that Venus did have plate tectonics at the same time Earth did. Why is it important? Figuring it out with Dr Matt Weller. 🦄 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 01:23 How bad Venus really is 04:44 Plate tectonics 1...
Oct 31, 2023•38 min
Could another Big Bang happen in our existing Universe? Is dark matter theory falsifiable? Should we allow AI to control spacecraft? How many things can you put in a Lagrange point? 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://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 01:50 [Andoria] Should we put satellites on a supersynchronous orbit? 06:23 [V...
Oct 31, 2023•41 min
We got two images of supermassive black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope. But can we make it better? How can we take the telescope to the next level and resolve a photon ring of a black hole? Finding out with Ben Hudson, System Engineer from KISPE Space. 🦄 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 01:50 What is a photon ring 04:56 Structure around black holes ...
Oct 30, 2023•56 min
Three stars mysteriously vanished. So much JWST new. Hundreds of volcanoes on Io. Starship is ready to fly again. 🦄 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 01:53 Three Stars Vanished https://www.universetoday.com/163820/in-1952-a-group-of-three-stars-vanished-astronomers-still-cant-find-them/ 04:34 Fomalhaut's companions http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15028 06:28 Jupi...
Oct 27, 2023•23 min
Are we alone in the Universe? How can we approach this question with a real scientific perspective? What would life even look like if it existed somewhere? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Adam Frank. 📕 Adam Frank's book 'Little Book of Aliens' https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-little-book-of-aliens-adam-frank 🦄 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...
Oct 26, 2023•55 min
Can you reconstruct an image that was gravitationally lensed? How dark can outer space become? Will we ever be able to mine an asteroid? Answering all these questions and much more in this week's Q&A. 🦄 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 Start 01:27 [Andoria] How dark can space be? 05:42 [Vulcan] Can you reconstruct gravitationally lensed images? 09:58 [Risa] ...
Oct 24, 2023•39 min
Red Dwarfs will be the longest living stars in the Universe. Many of them have planetary systems, like the famous Trappist-1. But there is a big problem, as red dwarfs can emit mega-flares which could render planets uninhabitable. Finding out, if there is any hope for finding life and how can we study red dwarfs better with Dr Ward Howard. 👉 Ward Howard's website: https://www.wardshowardastronomer.com/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club...
Oct 23, 2023•52 min
See the latest solar eclipse from space. A future supercontinent will wipe out the mammals. Juno makes a close flyby of Io. A planet with clouds made of sand. 🦄 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 00:13 Eclipse from space https://www.universetoday.com/163767/nasa-mission-had-the-perfect-view-for-the-recent-solar-eclipse/ 03:30 Deadly supercontinent https://ww...
Oct 20, 2023•25 min
Dark matter is one of the most exciting mysteries in Astronomy. We can see its effects but we don't know what exactly it is. One of the proposed solutions is dark photons. What are they and what do we need to find them? Finding the answers with Nicholas Hunt-Smith. 👉 Global QCD analysis and dark photons: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)096 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/119...
Oct 19, 2023•46 min
How can we know that a star is about to go supernova? Can we create a pet black hole in our Solar System? What if all our star data is just wrong? How common are red dwarf binaries? 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://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 01:21 [Andoria] How can we know how soon will a star go supernova? 07:14 [Vulc...
Oct 17, 2023•43 min
Which things can go faster than light and what does it mean for Physics. Can quantum entanglement provide interstellar communication. Why NASA didn't believe in websites during the early internet era. How should scientists approach controversial ideas. Answering all these questions with Dr Robert Nemiroff. More interviews to watch: 👉 Advanced Propulsion Systems with Dr. Sonny White https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDURVz31N1k&t=1s 👉 Interstellar Travel Without Breaking Physics with Andrew H...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Astronomers see ice giants colliding. We peek into the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Even more evidence that the Big Bang hasn’t been overturned. 🦄 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 00:17 Two ice giants collide https://www.universetoday.com/163615/astronomers-see-the-afterglow-where-two-ice-giant-planets-collided/ 01:58 OSIRIS-REx samples opened https://www....
Oct 13, 2023•23 min
Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will launch in 2027. It will have a best-in-class coronagraph that should revolutionise exoplanet astronomy. How exactly will it work? Finding out with Dr Vanessa Bailey from NASA JPL. More interviews to watch: 👉 Coronagraphs with Dr. Lucie Leboulleux https://youtu.be/sLK1W0EGu8A 👉 Future Telescopes with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/g...
Oct 12, 2023•58 min
How can neutrinos arrive faster than light? How did OSIRIS-REx get samples of an asteroid? Can we extract energy from gravitational waves? When will we be able to discover our first exomoon of an exoplanet? How can we measure the mass of Jupiter's core? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 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 Start 0...
Oct 10, 2023•43 min
Exoplanets are great. There are hycean worlds, super-dense iron planets, super light planets, ones with potential biosignatures and much more. Catching up on all the latest discoveries with Dr Jessie Christiansen. 🦄 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 00:52 Latest exoplanet discoveries 10:40 The Gap 14:49 Iron planets and super light ones 19:33 Surprising exo...
Oct 09, 2023•43 min
A mind-bending JWST image of the Orion Nebula, filled with rogue planets. Seeing the cosmic web. An explanation for a massive star that just disappeared. 🦄 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 Orion Nebula is Full of Rogue Planets https://www.universetoday.com/163479/incredible-new-images-of-the-orion-nebula-from-jwst/ 04:19 Old Stars Don't Have Hot Jupi...
Oct 06, 2023•22 min
If we want to send an interstellar probe to the nearest stars, getting there isn't the only problem. We explore non-trivial problems like getting the signal back from the probes, communicating within the swarm, choosing which data to send back and much more with Marshall Eubanks. 🦄 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 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:29 Megaprojects in the Solar Syst...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Is our galaxy's black hole still consuming stars? When will we finally figure out dark matter? Can James Webb last until it exhausts its fuel and not break before that? How should we name exoworlds? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 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 Start 00:51 [Andoria] Why are we so close to the Big Bang? 04:...
Oct 04, 2023•49 min
JWST has shown us what the modern infrared telescope is capable of. But it's not far-infrared. There are no space telescopes operating in that spectrum at the moment. But why? And what would we be able to see if we had one? Let's find out with Dr David Leisawitz, Chief at NASA Science Proposal Support Office. 🦄 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 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:08 ...
Oct 01, 2023•1 hr 7 min
OSIRIS-REx delivers its asteroid samples back to Earth. India is losing hope to contact its lunar mission. James Webb is finally seeing baby galaxies coming together in the early Universe. 🚀 Watching OSIRIS-REx Launch: https://youtu.be/XpQ_MbwNdQA 💡 Interviews Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmnK1xmCRad_8bn0uOcmLiIE 😍 1 Year of JWST Special: https://youtu.be/nbDQEo0uA0Q 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: htt...
Sep 29, 2023•24 min
What's the best way to use telescope time to search for exoplanets? How many will we be able to find in a best-case scenario? What future missions will help us with that? Answering all these questions and more with Dr Ben Hord from NASA Goddard. 👉 Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterisation of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.09617.pdf 🐦 Ben Hord on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/benhord 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon...
Sep 27, 2023•52 min
How big will the successor of James Webb and Hubble be regarding Starship faring? Can we communicate using something else from radio waves? How can a rogue planet have a liquid ocean? Could aliens look similar to creatures on Earth? How can we detect plate tectonics on exoplanets? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-uni...
Sep 26, 2023•43 min
This is a sneak peek into our monthly Patreon-exclusive podcast we call Shareholders Meeting. Patreon is the reason we don't have ads and sponsor integrations in our podcast and YouTube videos. So, if you want to help us keep it this way and get additional perks, like a cool exclusive podcast in addition to all our other content – join our Patreon. 👉 Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shareholders-5-89644670 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📰 EMAI...
Sep 23, 2023•23 min
James Webb detects carbon dioxide on the surface of Europa. A full metal exoplanet. Searching for tiny dyson spheres. And learning how black holes eat so quickly. 🦄 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 Fullmetal exoplanet https://www.universetoday.com/163291/this-exoplanet-is-probably-a-solid-ball-of-metal/ 02:29 JWST sees CO2 on Europa https://www.nasa....
Sep 22, 2023•25 min
Have astronomers found the first signs of life on an exoplanet? So much James Webb news. The closest black hole to Earth. NASA gives its report on UAPs. 😍 1 Year of JWST Special: https://youtu.be/nbDQEo0uA0Q 😱 JWST image quiz: https://youtu.be/96POynVOcWc 🦄 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 Hycean World Found by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/16...
Sep 15, 2023•24 min
What's going on with the Hubble Tension and does it really imply a Crisis in Cosmology? How to stay sceptical but at the same time keep an open mind? What big discoveries should we expect in the coming future? Looking for answers to all these questions with Dr Ethan Siegel. 👉 Ethan Siegel's blog at Big Think: https://bigthink.com/people/ethansiegel/ 👉 New JWST data confirms, worsens the Hubble tension: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/jwst-confirms-worsens-hubble-tension/ 🦄 Support us ...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Starship could be almost ready to fly. The smallest possible Mars colony. Three more space missions launched this week. And a new look at China’s next-generation crew capsule and lunar lander. 😍 1 Year of JWST Special: https://youtu.be/nbDQEo0uA0Q 😱 JWST image quiz: https://youtu.be/96POynVOcWchttps://youtu.be/skjGrObdE1E 🦄 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 Int...
Sep 08, 2023•20 min
The center of our Galaxy is a mystery. It is full of dust which most telescopes can't see through. But with James Webb we can look into it. What hides deep in the middle of the Milky Way? Finding out with Dr Adam Ginsburg. 👉 Dr Adam Ginsburg's website: https://www.adamgginsburg.com/ 👉 JWST reveals widespread CO ice and gas absorption in the Galactic Center cloud G0.253+0.015 https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16050 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the boo...
Sep 05, 2023•34 min
Which JWST image is the best so far? To answer that, we did a series of polls among our community with a quarter-final round, semi-final and the final. Can my fellow space YouTubers guess which one turned out to be the winner? Do they agree with your decision? Let's find out! 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/96POynVOcWc GUESTS 📺 Joe Scott https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath 📺 Anton Petrov https://www.youtube.com/@joescott 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest ...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 7 min
An exoplanet denser than steel. The Whirlpool Galaxy from JWST. We finally learn where the solar wind comes from. The ISS is getting gigabit internet. 🦄 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 Exoplanet As Dense As Steel https://www.universetoday.com/162982/a-neptune-sized-exoplanet-is-denser-than-steel-the-result-of-a-catastrophic-collision/ 03:05 Whirlpoo...
Sep 01, 2023•21 min
