Are there alternatives to CMB? Will we ever build a space elevator? How can we see radiation coming from a black hole when nothing can escape it? Can you heat something with gravitational waves? Why JWST can look lame to the laymen? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:32 [Tatooine] Neutrino Background Radiation and CMB alternatives 08:56 [Coruscant] Can gravitational waves heat a planet? 10:39 [Hoth...
Oct 11, 2022•38 min
Coronographs will soon be in every major telescope. They can block the light from the star and reveal things around it, like exoplanets. There's so much amazing science behind them. Like, did you know coronographs can be adaptive? We dive into all that with Dr Lucie Leboulleux. Enjoy the interview! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 01:58 - Meet Dr Lucie Leboulleux 02:59 - What is a coronagraph and how it works 24:41 - Adaptive coronographs 39:28 - Coronogr...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Dimorphos grows a tail. More Europa pictures from Juno. The horrifying possibility of ads in night sky. Why Jupiter’s atmosphere is surprisingly hot. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Didimoon’s new tail https://www.universetoday.com/157939/after-getting-slammed-by-dart-asteroid-dimorphos-has-grown-a-tail/ 02:50 - More of Europa’s flyby of Jupiter https://www.universetoday.com/157961/here-are-the-high-resolution-images-of-europa-captured-by-juno-du...
Oct 07, 2022•21 min
In this interview, Professor Peter Vickers and I talk about the scientific method, its true nature and its place in modern society. We talk about the philosophy of science, how scientific consensus works and how it can be made better. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:10 - Meet Peter Vickers 00:03:35 - Philosophy of Science. What is it and how it's done 00:06:04 - End of Science 00:08:10 - Demarcation between good and bad science 00:16:33 - "I don...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this week's questions and answers show, I explain why a crewed mission to Venus or the Moon makes sense, if there's debris in the Lagrange Points, and why the photos from DART look so familiar. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 01:16 [Tatooine] Does it make sense to send a crewed mission to Venus? 05:31 [Coruscant] Why send humans to the Moon? 08:54 [Hoth] Is there debris in the Lagrange Points? 11:28 [Naboo] Do the DART photos look familiar? 14:04 [Kamin...
Oct 04, 2022•36 min
We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Evan Gough, who is the author of more than 1400 articles on the website. Fraser and Evan talked about the way that stories for UT are born, which traps can a writer fall into, and whether to take a university degree or not. Enjoy! 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - How did Evan become a part of Universe Today 05:49 - What kind of stories are the most interesting 08:30 - De...
Oct 02, 2022•30 min
Humanity moved an asteroid on purpose for the first time in history. Juno flies past Jupiter. A possible mission to boost Hubble, and a mysterious blob is orbiting Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - DART successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphos https://www.universetoday.com/157794/this-is-the-last-thing-dart-saw-as-it-smashed-into-its-asteroid-target/ 05:05 - SpaceX wants to boost Hubble's orbit https://www.u...
Oct 01, 2022•19 min
This is a bonus from my friend Paul Sutter. It is an episode from his podcast ''Ask A Spaceman'. He explains possible alternatives to Dark Matter, which is a very popular question in my Q&A episodes. Enjoy! 🎧 Ask A Spaceman on Apple Podcasts 📺 Paul Sutter on YouTube 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Toda...
Sep 28, 2022•43 min
In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when Starship is going to make an orbital launch, and wonder if there could be life around brown dwarf stars. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what would happen when an antimatter black hole collides with a regular black hole, I try to estimate when Starship is goi...
Sep 27, 2022•38 min
This week's behind the scenes interview is with Universe Today's senior editor, Nancy Atkinson. Nancy has been writing for Universe Today since the early days and has contributed thousands of articles. She's also a mentor to newer writers on the team. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:04 - Meet Nancy Atkinson 00:06:29 - How space writing changes one's life 00:09:00 - Writing books 00:13:28 - Favourite people to interview 00:20:54 - Drawing a line ...
Sep 25, 2022•30 min
James Webb has a problem with one of its most important instruments, SLS completes a crucial test before the next launch attempt, Europe wants to rival Crew Dragon and Starliner, and a new quasar is about to be born. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - SLS Passes Important Tanking Test https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/09/21/artemis-cryogenic-demonstration-test-concludes-all-objectives-met 02:37 - Starship Updates. Booster 7 Hot Fire with 7 Engines...
Sep 23, 2022•18 min
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 - Intro 01:01 - Meet Les Johnson 02:19 - Working at NASA and being a science fiction writer at the same...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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 universe and the Hubble sphere? 03:57 Will smartphones get satellite access? 08:07 Could Jupiter's rad...
Sep 21, 2022•45 min
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_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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 00:00 - Intro. Meet Lee McIntyre 00:47 - Where does science denialism come from 09:12 - Climate chan...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 Had an Anomaly in Flight https://www.blueorigin.com/news/ns-23-mission-updates/ 04:20 - Betelgeuse ...
Sep 16, 2022•19 min
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 Thoughts on SLS delays? 05:38 What's new with JWST? 08:44 Will NASA stick with the Gateway? 11:44 Could w...
Sep 14, 2022•35 min
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 launch https://www.universetoday.com/157503/theres-still-hope-for-sls-to-launch-in-september/ 05:16 ...
Sep 09, 2022•16 min
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 future plans to train the next generation of science communicators. 🦄 Support us on Patreon 00:00 - ...
Sep 06, 2022•29 min
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.universetoday.com/157362/nasa-will-try-again-on-september-3-for-first-launch-of-artemis/ 05:55 - Ocean...
Sep 02, 2022•20 min
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 Disprove The Big Bang Theory https://www.universetoday.com/157264/the-latest-webb-observations-dont-di...
Aug 26, 2022•24 min
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 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 ...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 26 min
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 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.c...
Aug 24, 2022•52 min
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-private-mission-to-venus/ 03:19 - MIT Space Bubbles Could Help Fight Climate Change https://www.uni...
Aug 20, 2022•21 min
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 - Science behind JWST pictures https://www.universetoday.com/156943/did-you-want-more-scientific-in...
Aug 12, 2022•16 min
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 - Searching for Interstellar Meteor Underwater https://www.universetoday.com/157009/an-interstellar-mete...
Aug 05, 2022•18 min
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 https://www.universetoday.com/156896/china-has-added-a-science-module-to-its-new-space-station/ 06:48 ...
Jul 30, 2022•18 min
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 announced 06:02 - Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will fly on Falcon Heavy https://www.nasa.gov/press-rele...
Jul 22, 2022•16 min
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/UGK5eIuWxb4 Videos about SpaceX's Booster 7 explosion @NASASpaceflight https://youtu.be/05Yiw7_JTXY @S...
Jul 15, 2022•14 min
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-check-out-the-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ The Big Q: JWST https://youtu.be/tadR5fU...
Jul 15, 2022•20 min
