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[Space Bites] Revolutionary Mercury Mission Concept // Dust Shield for the Moon // First Crewed Polar Mission
Webb discovers auroras on Neptune, and measures the exact size of Asteroid 2024 YR4, the first Private Mission to carry humans on a polar orbit, a mission that could reach and explore Mercury using only a solar sail. And in our bonus story on Patreon, what would it take to build a sample return mission to Io? 🚀 Watch THIS VIDEO with NO ADS and a secret BONUS for FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:24 JWST sees Neptune's auroras https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-sees-neptunes-auroras-for-the-first-time 01:46 Webb measures the size of asteroid YR4 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-scans-asteroid-2024-yr4-its-60-meters-across 03:02 Private polar mission Fram-2 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/four-private-astronauts-are-about-to-make-a-polar-orbit-for-the-first-time 04:36 Riding a solar sail to Mercury https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-mission-could-reach-mercury-on-solar-sails-alone 07:37 Gaia is gone https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-mission-over-gaia-rides-off-into-the-sunset 08:59 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 09:35 Electromagnetic dust shield https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-new-dust-repelling-shield-seems-to-work-well 11:43 Protoplanetary disks are small https://www.universetoday.com/articles/many-protoplanetary-disks-arent-much-bigger-than-earths-orbit 13:35 Cool images https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-dramatic-einstein-ring-seen-by-webb https://www.universetoday.com/articles/here-are-spherexs-first-images 15:40 Guide to space https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lunar-polar-regions-could-have-microbes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/subsurface-voids-could-allow-for-living-on-the-moon-and-mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-can-we-find-cryovolcanoes-on-europa https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spaceflight-weakens-our-weight-bearing-bones-the-most 17:05 Bonus story 17:33 Shows to watch 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/1NN_dPBVRoE 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Dying Moon Landers, Gravitational Waves from Betelgeuse, Furthest Galaxies
Why don't moon landers just heat themselves to live through the lunar night? Will Betelgeuse's explosion cause a lot of gravitational waves? Is it even theoretically possible to accelerate close to the speed of light? And in our free bonus question on Patreon, what is my dream space mission? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&A: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:29 [TuckFeem0] Which galaxies does JWST see in its most distant surveys? 03:50 [Silas Miller] Why do moon rovers and landers die from cold instead of just heating themselves? 09:04 [Larry Ward] What's happening with the expansion of the Universe? 12:06 [Lost in space] When Betelgeuse goes boom, will there be detectable gravitational waves? 13:30 [Bohr1um] Did my audience growth stagnate? 18:12 [Oh Ish Waddup] Can you realistically accelerate close to the speed of light? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/5UcujAzxSOI 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Nearby Rogue Planets, Beaming Power from Space, Solar Sail Propulsion
Could there be rouge planets floating in space between us and Alpha Centauri system? Will the Chinese be beaming power from a space station to Earth? Will solar sails be used for propulsion in our lifetime? And in our free bonus question on Patreon, how Lagrange points work for different planets and moons? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&A: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:33 [Visto Tutti] Could there be rogue planets between us and Alpha-Cen? 03:59 [Wilkse1] Are there rogue black holes? 06:31 [KoiJoiJoe] Is the Chinese project to harvest solar energy in space and beam it to Earth real? 09:41 [KayKay14m] Will beaming power from space harm the atmosphere? 11:26 [Somadove] Will solar sails be used for propulsion in our lifetime? 13:21 [Abdul Samad Kholia] How can one work on realistic interstellar travel? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/I8dH_L58mpQ 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Interview] Can We Fix Liquid Mirror Telescopes' Biggest Problem?
Liquid mirror telescopes exist. But there's a big problem with them. They can only look directly up. Can we fix it? Can they work beyond the Earth's surface, in orbit or on the Moon? Finding out in this interview. 👉 Watch this video with NO ADS and a BONUS part for FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Alvaro Romero-Calvo https://lowgravitylab.ae.gatech.edu/ 00:00 Intro 01:16 How liquid mirror telescopes work 06:39 Changing the orientation 17:18 Adaptive optics with liquid mirrors 19:32 Going beyond Earth surface 25:18 Current obsessions 29:02 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/PIVuv64h19c 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Space Bites] Possible Solution for Hubble Tension // Weird Rock Found on Mars // Space Tornadoes
Long-chain hydrocarbons found on Mars, has dark energy been decreasing over time? a completely flat telescope lens, the center of the Milky Way contains a star grinder. And in our free version on Patreon, a new theory for the formation of Mercury. 🚀 Watch THIS VIDEO with NO ADS and a secret BONUS for FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:20 Long-chain Hydrocarbons on Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/long-chain-hydrocarbons-found-on-mars 02:10 Weird Mars rock found by Percy https://science.nasa.gov/blog/shocking-spherules/ 03:44 Possible solution for Hubble Tension https://www.universetoday.com/articles/fresh-findings-strengthen-the-case-for-dark-energys-evolution 08:24 Flat lens telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-test-a-completely-flat-telescope-lens 10:23 Updates on the earliest galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-most-distant-known-galaxy-already-had-oxygen 12:34 Galaxy blowing on cosmic fog https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-sees-an-early-galaxy-blowing-away-the-cosmic-fog 14:41 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 15:14 Space tornadoes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/there-are-space-tornadoes-surrounding-the-core-of-the-milky-way 16:59 The star grinder https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-star-grinder-a-cloud-of-black-holes-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way 18:01 Cool space images https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-sees-a-young-star-create-a-cosmic-tornado 19:13 More space news 20:32 Bonus story. Origin of Mercury 21:02 Our biggest piece of content ever https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-questions-125246249 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Q_UyQqTv-oA 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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