Universe Today Podcast

Who will pay for the next-generation space stations that follow the ISS? How much do rockets pollute? Did James Webb make the observable Universe bigger? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Best place for a space factory? 05:21 Can stars and planets escape the Milky Way? 08:02 Did JWST make the observable universe bigger? 09:58 Do rockets pollute a lot? 13:36 Does it make sense to build a new space station? 17:32 What came before the big bang? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/4fhMZNuKpno 📰 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)

Dragonfly is taking a Falcon Heavy to Titan, What’s inside Uranus?, Russia’s cargo ship delivers a stinky smell to the station, and testing robots to go under the ice on Europa. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 A ride for Dragonfly https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-dragonfly-mission/ 01:30 Inside Uranus https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/11/25/a-clue-to-what-lies-beneath-the-bland-surfaces-of-uranus-and-neptune/ 03:51 Europa Clipper unrolls its instruments https://www.nasa.gov/missions/europa-clipper/nasas-europa-clipper-millions-of-miles-down-instruments-deploying/ 05:50 Robots for under the ice exploration https://www.universetoday.com/169887/testing-the-robots-that-might-explore-europa/ 06:56 Baby planet https://www.universetoday.com/169863/astronomers-find-a-3-million-year-old-planet/ 08:17 Vote results 08:49 Haolong haoloooong https://www.universetoday.com/169703/chinas-proposed-cargo-shuttle-the-haolong-has-entered-development/ 10:08 Russian spaceship stinks https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/after-russian-ship-docks-to-space-station-astronauts-report-a-foul-smell/ 10:50 Sombrero galaxy by JWST https://www.universetoday.com/169895/fantastic-new-image-of-the-sombrero-galaxy-from-webb/ 11:42 Alien-like Jupiter https://www.universetoday.com/169920/magnetic-tornado-is-stirring-up-the-haze-at-jupiters-poles/ 13:21 SLS fireplace https://www.universetoday.com/169912/the-holiday-fireplace-video-we-needed/ 13:55 Questions for upcoming interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/D-xKbLrJb_g 📰 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)

Why don't comets run out of "tail fuel"? If Voyager crashes into something, can we tell it apart from a regular failure? What are the chances we will drive into a lava tube? Will satellite communication become dominant at some point? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-116788920 00:00 Start 00:37 How can comets leave tails for thousands of years without running out? 02:57 Can we detect a hit to a Voyager? 04:20 How possible would it be to drive into a lava tube on the moon? 05:44 More Space Bites from website authors? 09:52 Does Moon getting farther away impact tides on Earth? 11:34 Will satellite communications overtake traditional on-ground ones? 16:01 Can we protect a Moon colony with an artificial magnetic field? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/FwLo1h8l5Oc 📰 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)

James Webb recently detected a new kind of exoplanet. It's a steam world. How did they find it and what does it mean for the future of exoplanet search? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: pattern.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Eshan Raul 📜 JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich "Steam World" Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f00 00:00 Intro 01:47 The Steam World 10:49 Steam worlds VS Hycean worlds 14:38 Exoplanet research with JWST 17:04 Questions from Patrons 23:33 Where can we find more of them? 30:09 Bonus part 30:46 Current obsessions 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/DvEQDv4yg0c 📰 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)