Universe Today Podcast

BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:25
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PBS Spacetime video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo
Professor David Kipping's channel:  @CoolWorldsLab 
We've done a lot of searching for extraterrestrial life over the years. But how good was it? Did we look hard enough or deep enough? Is it too early for conclusions? Could do a better job? If so, how? Figuring out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Ben Zuckerman
📜 Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: a New Strategy To Find Nearby Alien Civilizations https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07333
00:00 Intro

01:36 SETI

05:07 How deep did we look

24:12 What could we have done differently

36:57 Most satisfying answer to the Fermi Paradox

43:25 BONUS PART: pollution of white dwarfs

53:01 Current obsessions

57:14 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:56
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When will we see the surfaces of exoplanets? What non-western telescopes should we expect? Where are all the big promised results from Vera Rubin? And in Q&A+, how to get in space journalism and is it worth it now?
00:00 Intro

00:33 [@theindianking3000] Will Roman see exoplanets better than JWST?

03:13 [@fwd79] Which non-western space telescopes are coming?

05:55 [@paulwilson1529] How packed is the asteroid belt?

07:35 [@GadZookz] Are there any calories on the Moon or Mars?

10:26 [@rilanfelnar2698] Results from Vera Rubin. When?

13:56 [@absolute-doink] Any advice for someone interested in space journalism?

20:31 Final thoughts

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:59
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00:00 Intro

00:33 Superflares are on the table https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-is-physically-capable-of-producing-a-superflare-according-to-a-new-study

04:10 Direct image of the youngest exoplanet ever https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-directly-image-the-youngest-exoplanet-ever

05:56 Weather report for exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-develop-a-way-to-check-the-weather-on-a-exoplanet

07:34 Zombie white dwarf https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-zombie-white-dwarf-star-is-born-again-hallelujah

08:55 More on LRDs https://www.universetoday.com/articles/little-red-dots-are-the-seeds-of-quasars-and-supermassive-black-holes

11:10 Vote results

11:35 Smashed icy moons https://www.universetoday.com/articles/smashed-icy-moons-cool-too-rapidly-to-retain-oceans

13:57 Early galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-distant-clump-of-early-galaxies-reveals-ancient-cosmic-secrets

15:59 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/earths-center-of-mass-drifts-less-than-we-thought

18:47 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:04
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What does matter and antimatter annihilate into? How do we know what happened before the CMB? Is outer space dirty? And in Q&A+, initial thoughts about Seestar S50 pro.
00:00 Intro

00:48 [@SirIke49] What do matter and antimatter annihilate into?

05:00 [@nitstyles13] How do we know what happened before the CMB?

12:36 [@Wackyg6] Question from a 6 yr old. Is outer space dirty?

15:04 [@HavoJavo] Thoughts on the Seestar s50 pro

17:42 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARTS AT 31:55
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Dave Deboer
📜 The Lunar Farside Transients and Technology Telescope (LFT3) Mission https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.25762
https://lft3.space/
A radio telescope on the far side of the Moon should become a reality very soon. How will it operate? What science will it do? Who and how will deliver it? Finding out in this interview.
00:00 Intro

01:59 Why the far side of the Moon?

08:01 Possible science

20:47 The potential survey

23:20 Getting to the Moon

31:55 Epoch of reionization

43:27 Current obsessions

46:03 Final thoughts