Universe Today Podcast

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:16
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How hard is it to keep rocket fuel in space? Which is better, a Moon mission on the surface or in orbit? How would a space station look like in a binary planet system? And in Q&A+, could we launch a probe into a black hole?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@geohondo] Is it problematic to keep rocket fuel in space for extended time?

07:09 [@drewd2] Would a lunar base be more effective for reducing the cost of space exploration?

09:32 [@vistotutti6037] Are we capable of launching Voyager class probes out of our solar system today?

12:21 [@thelightrunner2612] Would a large space station at the barycentre of binary planets work?

15:16 [@JohnnyApplleseed] What could we learn from launching a probe into a black hole?

17:14 Science VS Religion

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:25
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00:00 Intro

00:25 [@paigepotter4682] If we detected a technosignature tomorrow, what’s the first thing scientists would argue about?

04:46 [@Jimdica] Could humanity fall victim of an alien infohazard?

08:06 [@savr4est] Will AI find alien first?

10:55 [@terryhardaway3285] Would there be a CHZ for earth sized moons around rouge brown dwarfs?

13:25 [@EdSceptic-y2e] How far realistically do you think biological humans will ever get from Earth?

15:46 Books I read

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:18
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New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons.
00:00 Intro

00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own

04:04 NASA tests new ion engine https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/

06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat/

07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved

09:46 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

10:15 Milky Way’s Hot Side https://www.universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why

11:56 Where's the edge of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc

13:52 Disappearing exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight

16:02 That's no moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans

18:18 BONUS STORY

20:45 More space news

21:16 Working with Vera Rubin data

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:48
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What did we really find on Mars? Could we find actual fossils there? How was the most detailed 3D-map of the Universe made? And in Q&A+, what's the deal with Iapetus and its huge ridge?
Q&A 00:00 Intro

00:22 [@HanSolo__] Did we find marks of past primitive life on Mars?

05:15 [@geohondo] Could we find an actual skeletal fossil on mars?

07:18 [@louisnelsonsmith] How DESI works

15:48 [@TheGoldishFish] Why does Saturn moon Iapetus have that huge equatorial ridge?

18:03 The Q&A format

BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:29
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🟣 Guest: Amy Haft
📜 Spacecraft electrostatic tractor using a power-constrained pulsed high-energy high-current electron beam https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027311772600075X?via%3Dihub
The number of satellites constantly grows. As the result, space debris is becoming more and more of a concern. A new study suggests using practically real-life Star Trek tech to use an electron tractor beam to tug broken satellites around the orbit.
00:00 Intro

01:11 The state of space debris

04:25 Satellite tractor beam

14:07 Alternative applications

24:29 Tracking objects via plasma trails

39:23 Current obsessions

44:29 Final thoughts