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-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:28 [Andoria] How rogue planets can retain liquid oceans? 05:24 [Vulcan] How gravitational wave detectors separate signal from noise? 07:55 [Risa] Alternative communication methods? 12:32 [Aeturen] Does JWST give wrong results? 16:07 [Vendikar] What's Betelgeuse doing right now? 20:31 [Remus] How will the Big Rip rip the Black Holes? 23:49 [Janus] Advice for future Mars colonists? 27:04 [Cait] How to detect plate tectonics on exoplanets? 30:46 [Betazed] Could aliens look similar to Earth biology? 35:22 [Cheleb] How big will the successor of Hubble and JWST be? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/77Is1UB8EQc 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-finds-carbon-source-on-surface-of-jupiter-s-moon-europa 04:50 Technosignatures and biosignatures https://www.universetoday.com/163240/if-astronomers-see-these-chemicals-in-a-planets-atmosphere-theres-likely-an-advanced-civilization-there/ https://www.universetoday.com/163201/we-should-be-looking-for-small-hot-dyson-spheres/ 08:49 GRB passing through the Solar System https://www.universetoday.com/163222/a-2022-gamma-ray-burst-was-so-powerful-it-was-detected-by-spacecraft-across-the-solar-system/ 10:05 Vote results 10:45 Colliding galaxy clusters too big too early https://www.universetoday.com/163273/a-collision-between-gigantic-galaxy-clusters-too-big-too-early/ 12:20 Supermassive black holes affecting host galaxy chemistry https://www.universetoday.com/163229/strong-evidence-that-supermassive-black-holes-affect-their-host-galaxys-chemistry/ 14:06 How fast can black holes eat https://www.universetoday.com/163305/gluttonous-black-holes-eat-faster-than-thought-does-that-explain-quasars/ 16:15 Q&As are back 18:22 Lunar Starship engine test https://www.universetoday.com/163257/spacex-test-fires-a-raptor-engine-simulating-a-lunar-landing/ 19:56 Hottest summer on record https://www.universetoday.com/163216/nasa-confirms-that-2023-was-the-hottest-summer-on-record/ 20:46 Osiris-Rex bringing asteroid samples to Earth https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finalizes-coverage-for-first-us-asteroid-sample-landing 21:44 Rant of the week 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/qjSIwq6hBZM 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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/163123/jwst-might-have-imaged-a-hycean-world-for-the-first-time-with-a-hydrogen-rich-atmosphere-and-a-deep-planet-wide-water-ocean/ 04:40 JWST Images A Young Star https://esawebb.org/news/weic2322/ 06:21 What Will Come After JWST https://www.universetoday.com/163165/planning-is-underway-for-nasas-next-big-flagship-space-telescope/ 08:43 Closest Black Hole to Earth https://www.universetoday.com/163116/the-closest-black-holes-to-earth-are-probably-hidden-in-this-nearby-star-cluster/ 10:29 Vote 11:37 DART’s Impact Had Stronger Effects Than Originally Measured https://www.universetoday.com/163089/dart-had-a-surprising-impact-on-its-target/ 13:56 Dark Matter Blobs 30,000 Light-Years Across https://www.universetoday.com/163143/astronomers-observe-blobs-of-dark-matter-down-to-a-scale-of-30000-light-years-across/ 16:20 NASA's UAP Report https://www.universetoday.com/163181/report-nasa-ufo-uap-research/ 18:47 Weekly Email Newsletter https://www.universetoday.com/138303/universe-today-weekly-email-newsletter-fraser-cain/ 19:26 Small Universe https://www.universetoday.com/163112/the-case-for-a-small-universe/ 20:58 Rant of the Day 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/bPXjskJyIwk 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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 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 00:01:54 Big Questions 00:03:18 The Crisis in Cosmology 00:16:49 Problem with modern science communication 00:28:17 How to keep an open mind 00:37:02 Next big discoveries 00:46:52 Theory vs Practice 00:52:10 Iterative approach in science 01:03:55 What's next 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/zGV6mZuULj8 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)