Synopsis
The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy poddcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today
Episodes
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[Q&A] Spin Limit of Earth, True Colours of Exoplanets, Danger from Space Samples
12/11/2024How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space agencies use standardized platforms for their missions to save costs?
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[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World
08/11/2024Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build your own radio telescope
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[Space Bites] Is Sgr A* Image Wrong? // New Voyager-1 Problems // Another Sub-Surface Ocean
01/11/2024Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion.
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[Q&A] Europa Sample Return, Imaging Auroras, Winds of Titan
29/10/2024How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Space Bites] New Hope for TRAPPIST-1 // ISS Successor // Milky Way Particle Accelerator
25/10/2024What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black hole.
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[Interview] How JWST Changed Our Understanding of Star Formation
23/10/2024We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers have been using JWST to find out.Guest: Adam Rubinstein
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[Q&A] Shrinking Sgr A*, Prime Directive for Mars, Dark Energy Detectors
22/10/2024Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Space Bites] Europa Clipper Liftoff // What's Next for Starship // Jiggly Great Red Spot
18/10/2024Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot.
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[Overtime Q&A] Jupiter's Ultimate Faith, New Targets for New Horizons, My Favourite Moons
16/10/2024What's the best way to do science communication? Will Jupiter expand when the Sun dies? How would aliens experience their environment? Can New Horizons get new targets in future? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.
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[Special] ABSOLUTE Success! Full Analysis of SpaceX's Crazy Starship IFT-5
16/10/2024SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for SpaceX? What to expect from IFT-6 now?
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[Space Bites] Enormous Space Structure // Asteroid Inspector Launched // Starship Flight 5 Date
11/10/2024A new spacecraft is going to look at the aftermath from the DART mission, the Milky Way is part of a much, much larger structure, an early galaxy that’s similar to the Milky Way, and Starship test flight five could be just around the corner.
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[Q&A] Why No Missions to Mars' Poles? What Does X-37B Really Do? Why Continue With SLS?
08/10/2024How old is the Universe? Why do no missions go to Mars' ice poles? What does X-37B actually do? Why not abandon the SLS? Can Starship solve the problems Starlinks create? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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[Space Bites] ISS Leaks // Crew Dragon's Backup Plan // Planet at Barnard's Star
03/10/2024Planets at Bernard’s Star, Chinese lunar spacesuits, Voyager 2 Has to power down one of its instruments, and a comet seen from space.
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[Q&A] New Voyagers, Disc Golf on Mars, Limits of Future Telescopes
01/10/2024What are the limits for the telescopes of the future? Can you play disk golf on Mars or the Moon? Will all galaxies eventually fade away? When will we launch Voyagers v2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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[Space Bites] Explanation for Potential Dyson Spheres // Starlink Pollution // Super Heavy Recovered
27/09/2024Those aren’t Dyson Spheres they’re hotDOGs, the best gravitational lens in the Universe, new Starlinks are really bright in the radio, and SpaceX recovers its SuperHeavy.
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[Interview] What Happens If We Find Extraterrestrial Life?
25/09/2024Are we alone in the Universe? Probably, one of the most important questions one can ask. So, how are we currently trying to answer it and what happens when we finally do?
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[Q&A] Throwing Tools from Orbit, Sun's Place in the Galaxy, Reusing Parts of ISS
24/09/2024What happens if astronauts throw stuff from orbit? Can we travel through a black hole? What is our Sun's place in the Milky Way? How can human spaceflight become profitable? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Space Bites] The Rings of Earth // Servicing JWST at L2 // Mission to Neptune
20/09/2024Could we repair missions like JWST and Gaia? Polaris Dawn returns to Earth, did Earth once have rings? and a peanut-shaped asteroid just drifted past Earth.
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[Interview] Can AI Destroy the World And How Can We Prevent It
18/09/2024This is an unusual interview for my channel. It's mostly about AI, our current developments and the threats it poses to us.