Universe Today Podcast

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BONUS PART STARTS AT 34:06
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Supernova remnants should be stable. All the action is long gone. But newly found supernovae in M87 unexpectedly show signs of rapid change. Why does this happen? Nobody really nows yet.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Roy Kilgard https://rkilgard.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
📜 NASA's Chandra Finds Unexpected Fireworks in Aftermath of Stellar Explosions https://chandra.si.edu/press/26_releases/press_061526.html
00:00 Intro

01:56 Dynamic supernovae

08:28 What's going on there?

20:11 How can we resolve this mystery

22:08 X-ray binaries

24:24 Demarkation of compact objects

29:17 Neutron stars becoming black holes

34:06 Light pollution

43:53 Current obsessions

51:25 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:12
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00:00 Intro

00:26 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Is a magnetic shield the first step for a true Mars colonization?

04:58 [@giubl3] Does stuff near the black hole spin faster than stuff further away?

08:59 [@paigepotter4682] What’s the most “I can’t believe this is my job” moment I had?

14:12 [@Nomad77ca] Do I follow Nord Space and their new launch facilities in NFLD?

16:55 My sad telescope

BONUS PART START STARTS AT 18:21
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Interview with Dr. Noelia Noël about painting satellites black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yQegWQWtUo
Dragonfly is taking shape. A new exoplanet at Beta Pictoris. Hera gets a software upgrade mid-flight. And new features hiding in the Orion Nebula. On Space Bites Plus, how we can paint satellites black to reduce light pollution. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro

00:20 Dragonfly Takes Its Shape https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2026/07/09/nasas-dragonfly-clears-key-tests-as-titan-rotorcraft-takes-shape/

03:41 Software Update for HERA https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rebooting-a-spacecraft-140-million-kilometres-from-home

06:11 New Exoplanet at Beta Pictoris https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-exoplanet-hid-for-10-years-before-astronomers-finally-found-it

09:36 Missing Link for Black Holes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-relativistic-jet-could-be-an-indication-of-the-missing-link-for-black-holes

11:51 Vote results

12:13 Ancient astronomers were right about Theta Eridani https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-ancient-astronomers-theta-eridani-was-brighter-for-a-thousand-years-now-we-know-why

14:41 New Features Hiding in the Orion Nebula https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-new-features-hiding-in-the-orion-nebula

16:15 Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-discovers-first-of-star-clusters-missing-black-holes/

17:54 More space news

18:21 BONUS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/ultra-black-coating-could-mitigate-light-pollution-caused-by-satellites

19:03 How do you do, fellow kids?

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:04
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Why not push the ISS to a high orbit instead of de-orbiting it? Will we ever send a probe to another star? Is quantum computing more promising than AI advances? And in Q&A+, how close are we to a technological singularity?
00:00 Intro

00:27 [@TheLinthus] Why not push the ISS to a high orbit instead of deorbiting it?

06:18 [@zach_diecast_mansur] Will we ever send a probe to another star?

10:49 [@clivewarren3227] Is quantum computing more promising than AI advances?

14:04 [@slowboyfuelpump5438] How close are we to a technological singularity?

16:30 How your support helps

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:47
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Is Sgr A* even massive enough for a supermassive black hole? Are there galaxies around the Little Red Dots? How important is plate tectonics? And in Q&A+, what's the biggest showstopper for a interstellar crew?
00:00 Intro

00:26 [@Nomad77ca] Is our BH big enough to be "super" massive?

01:58 [@billionsandbillionsofstars] Are the Little Red Dots supermassive black holes inside galaxies?

05:54 [@luiscarneiro4123] Will Euclid + JWST data force a revision of dark matter models, or could something unexpected emerge?

09:38 [@kcvillain87] Do we have ideas about the roll of tectonics and habitability?

14:47 [@Dying2play13] what's the biggest showstopper for a interstellar crew?

19:48 Chill out and relax