Universe Today Podcasts With Fraser Cain

Artemis 1 delayed, direct image of an exoplanet from Webb, how Starlink will connect to phones, Voyager 1 is fixed, cosmology crisis continues.

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.

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

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.universetoday.com/157073/mit-researchers-propose-space-bubbles-to-stop-climate-change/ 05:09 - Europe Is Going for Space-Based Solar Power https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/european-space-chief-says-continent-will-lead-in-space-based-solar-power/ 07:47 - More Evidence that Moon Came from Earth https://www.universetoday.com/157153/lunar-rocks-have-earths-noble-gases-trapped-inside-more-evidence-that-the-moon-came-from-the-earth/ 09:56 - Why Betelgeuse Dimmed After All https://www.universetoday.com/157110/why-betelge

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-information-about-the-first-set-of-images-from-jwst-fill-your-boots/ 02:31 - SpaceX Test Fires Booster 7’s Engine https://www.universetoday.com/157102/spacex-super-heavy-fires-just-one-of-its-engines-imagine-what-itll-be-like-when-it-fires-all-33/ 04:18 - SLS Approaches Its launch date https://www.universetoday.com/157021/nasas-space-launch-system-gets-tentative-launch-date-of-august-29th/ 06:28 - Percy finds 'cat hair' on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/157096/perseverance-has-found-a-cat-hair-in-its-drill-chuck-what

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-meteor-struck-the-earth-in-2014-and-now-scientists-want-to-search-for-it-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/ 04:27 - Long March 5B has fallen https://www.universetoday.com/156962/chinas-long-march-rocket-booster-makes-uncontrolled-reentry-back-to-earth/ 05:18 - The shortest day in history 07:17 - Super fast destruction by a black hole https://www.universetoday.com/156811/a-black-hole-can-tear-a-neutron-star-apart-in-less-than-2-seconds/ 09:13 - Planet 9 is running out of places to hide https://www.universetoday.com/156975/planet-

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 - Two new helicopters going to Mars https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-will-inspire-world-when-it-returns-mars-samples-to-earth-in-2033 08:38 - Teaching Robots to die https://www.universetoday.com/156778/before-we-develop-self-replicating-machines-to-explore-the-universe-we-should-figure-out-how-to-turn-them-off-again/ 10:27 - Most sensitive dark matter detector https://www.universetoday.com/156900/the-worlds-most-sensitive-dark-matter-detector-has-come-online/ 12:16 - NASA needs your help https://www.universetod

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-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-roman-space-telescope/ 07:35 - VIPER Moon rover gets delayed https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-replans-clps-delivery-of-viper-to-2024-to-reduce-risk/ 08:27 - NASA could cancel Psyche mission https://www.universetoday.com/156798/uh-oh-nasa-is-reviewing-psyche-and-may-terminate-the-mission/ 09:33 - Weird String-Like Object Found on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/156775/weird-string-like-object-found-on-mars-probably-dropped-by-the-rover/ 10:30 - New approach to asteroid m

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 @Scott Manley https://youtu.be/dU4B9Xk7x7c 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - More images from JWST https://www.universetoday.com/156696/theyre-here-check-out-the-first-images-from-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/vw148t/locations_of_the_first_5_imagesdata_of_the_james/ 04:49 - SpaceX Booster 7 goes BOOM 07:22 - Nuclear Neptune Mission https://www.universetoday.com/156509/china-is-considering-a-nuclear-powered-mission-to-neptune/ 09:41 - Support us on Patreon https://patr

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In this week's Questions and Answers show, I answer what it would take to build a telescope as big as the Earth's orbit around the Sun, why SgrA* seems to have been rolled over on its side, and how we know the age of stars. 00:00 Start 01:50 [Tatooine] Could we have a telescope the size of Earth's orbit? 08:11 [Coruscant] Why is SgrA* rolled over on its side? 09:53 [Hoth] How do we know the age of stars? 14:19 [Naboo] Could you have a collection of smaller mirrors working together? 17:19 [Kamino] Why not build two Uranus missions? 19:11 [Bespin] Why do white dwarfs explode at 1.4 times the mass of the Sun? 21:23 [Mustafar] Where are the Voyagers? 22:20 [Alderaan] Could a meteor storm destroy satellites? 23:49 [Dagobah] Could aliens know there's life on Earth? 27:03 [Yavin] Has anyone ever built artificial gravity in space? 31:36 [Mandalore] How do we get more people to try stargazing? 33:06 [Geonosis] How do you orbit a Lagrange point? 35:31 [Corellia] Are there any missions to return to Pluto? Want to be par

James Webb is the most expensive and most advanced telescope in human history. Will it be worth its $10B price? What it will discover? How long will JWST last? Will it ever be serviced? All the answers are in this episode of The Big Q. 00:00 Intro 00:39 How JWST came together. 02:58 The telescope that ate astronomy. 04:36 Leading to launch. 06:08 Staying at the L2 Lagrange point. 07:09 Infrared spectrum observations. What will JWST see? 11:06 Potential targets for JWST. 15:12 What is Fraser most excited about? 16:53 What will the pictures look like? 18:12 How long will JWST last? 20:30 Even more info about JWST? 21:14 Outro Host: Fraser Cain Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov Editing: Artem Pozdnyakov Video credits: NASA, ESO, Arianespace, Spitzer

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How did life go from single-celled to multi-celled? Dr. William Ratcliff is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences at the School of Biological Science at Georgia Tech. Dr. Ratcliff and his collaborators are working with single cells of yeast, watching them make the jump to become multi-cellular organisms. It turns out, life has done this many times in the past, and not just the jump that created the modern animals we know of today. https://biosciences.gatech.edu/people/will-ratcliff

Boeing finally completes a demo mission, scientists grow plants in lunar regolith, NASA will launch a mission to repair and refuel a satellite, space suits are leaking on the ISS again, and more. 00:00 Intro 00:27 Update on the meteor storm on May 31st https://www.universetoday.com/156008/update-on-the-potential-may-31st-tau-herculid-meteor-storm/ 03:31 Starliner OFT-2 went up to the ISS and back https://www.universetoday.com/156026/starliner-launches-successfully-but-two-of-its-thrusters-failed/ 05:14 Space suits leaking water causing problems for EVAs https://www.universetoday.com/156034/spacesuits-are-leaking-water-and-nasa-is-holding-off-any-spacewalks-until-they-can-solve-the-problem/ 06:57 Plants can grow in lunar regolith https://www.universetoday.com/155984/plants-can-grow-in-lunar-regolith-but-theyre-not-happy-about-it/ 08:17 Mars dust storms and energy balance https://www.universetoday.com/155983/dust-storms-on-mars-happen-when-the-planet-cant-release-its-heat-fast-enough/ 10:20 Support us on Patr

In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain what James Webb will see when it looks at SgrA*, why black holes happen to be facing towards us, and if asteroid strikes can hurl dinosaurs into space. 00:00 Start 00:59 [Tatooine] Will Webb look at SgrA*? 05:23 [Coruscant] Why are both black holes facing us? 07:16 [Hoth] Were dinosaurs hurled to space during an asteroid impact? 09:57 [Naboo] How do stars get bigger than red dwarfs? 12:36 [Kamino] Will there be new physics beyond Newton and Einstein? 15:43 [Bespin] What would happen if a small black hole passed through the Earth? 17:27 [Mustafar] Has water been found on the Moon? 20:13 [Alderaan] How bad is the dust on Mars? 21:54 [Dagobah] Where does a planet go if it's absorbed by a black hole and then radiated away? 24:11 [Yavin] Are telescopes generating too much data? 27:01 [Mandalore] Who will take over after us? 28:19 [Geonosis] What will be the next space propulsion systems? 31:14 [Corellia] Will James Webb reveal planets at Proxima B? 33:41 [Crait]

In this week's News Bites segment, I talk about the successful launch of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, how astronomers watch a nova unfold in real time, the (not) door way on Mars, and the chance to see the greatest meteor storm in a generation. 00:00 Intro 00:41 Boeing Starliner Successful Test Launch 03:49 China Continues to Extend Its Plans for Space Programs https://www.universetoday.com/155927/china-has-a-new-human-lunar-space-program-with-plans-for-landers-orbiters-rovers-and-a-lunar-base/ 07:15 LISA can finally go to the next phase https://www.universetoday.com/155962/lisa-has-passed-a-key-review-phase-its-time-to-actually-design-the-final-mission/ 09:30 Doorway on Mars (no, it isn't) https://www.universetoday.com/155946/no-this-isnt-a-doorway-on-mars/ 11:10 Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 12:19 Nova caught live https://www.universetoday.com/155881/astronomers-finally-catch-a-nova-detonating-on-a-white-dwarf-as-its-happening/ 14:25 InSight will be gone soon https://www.unive

Dr. Ashish Goel is a Research Technologist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Robotic Surface Mobility group. He has helped develop the plans to build a giant radio telescope inside a crater on the Moon, providing a pristine view to the Universe, using the Moon to block Earth's radio transmissions. https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/who-we-are/people/ashish_goel/

Professor Stephen Sweeney works in the department of physics at the University of Surrey. He specializes in photonics, using lasers and photovoltaics for new types of communication, remote power transmission, and other concepts in space exploration. https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/stephen-sweeney

Dr. Jonathan Jiang is the supervisor of the Aerosol and Cloud Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Jiang has contributed over 220 peer-reviewed papers in a variety of journals. Most recently, he collaborated on a paper that investigates the future of human space exploration beyond the Moon and Mars, even to the outer Solar System. https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/jjiang/