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[Space Bites] Dangers of A Super Solar Storm // Jupiter Twice The Size // Crazy Moon Landing System
Jupiter could have been twice as big in the past, the challenges of landing on the Moon, the record for the farthest galaxy has been broken. And in our Patreon edition, how the location of gas plays a role in star formation. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129128649 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:19 Jupiter was 2 times bigger https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-study-suggests-that-jupiter-was-once-twice-as-big-as-it-is-today 02:05 Moon landing pads https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lunar-landing-pads-will-need-to-be-tough 03:41 Moon catching device https://www.universetoday.com/articles/building-a-giant-catchers-mitt-on-the-moon 05:59 The world isn't ready for a big solar storm https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-world-ready-for-a-catastrophic-solar-storm 08:45 New record for JWST https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-new-farthest-galaxy-has-been-found-by-webb-only-280-million-years-after-the-big-bang 10:54 The mystery of little red dots deepens https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-deepening-mystery-around-the-jwsts-early-galaxies 12:42 Vote results 13:17 Habitable moons of Jupiter https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf794/8137882?rss=1 14:57 Terraforming Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/terraforming-mars-could-be-within-reach 17:34 Guide to Space 18:21 [Space Bites+] bonus story 18:31 Dangers from space 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/HKI8xpwgQPU 📰 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] My Favourite Space Image, Shape of Oort Cloud, The Concept of Aliens
When did humans first think of aliens? Why is Oort cloud a sphere when the Solar System is a disk? Which space image is my favourite? And in our Q&A+ on patreon, is search for life only limited to looking for water? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:30 [Paige Potter] When did humans first think of aliens? 03:24 [PaulinTucson] Why is Oort cloud a sphere while Solar System is a disk? 06:51 [Walter Hartman] Are dark matter and dark energy 100% real? 11:33 [Scotty-Too-Hottie] How long before our Sun turns into a red giant? 13:34 [Heya Sasha] My favourite space image 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/k3iCw1Wtdws 📰 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] Lasers VS Space Junk, Missions Overdelivering, Asteroids Already Mined
Which space mission would I save from cancellation if I could? Is fighting space junk with lasers a good idea or not? What if we find asteroids that have already been mined? And in our Q&A+ on patreon, how do we measure masses of black holes ? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:28 [AshStar] Which mission would I save from cancellation? 05:54 [Fearthelettuce] Why missions last longer than their projected lifespan? 09:38 [Briar Patch] Lasers vs space junk. Good or bad? 12:55 [Marie la Misérable] Adblocks with our videos? 13:31 [MikeD] What if asteroids have already been mined? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/hxe3XDefWeA 📰 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] How Liquid Water Can Hide on Mars
So far we couldn't find liquid water on Mars. But there are still places where it can hide from us. One of them is pockets under the ice. How can it exist there and which possible ways do we have to detect it? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Aditya Khuller https://apl.uw.edu/people/profile.php?lastname=Khuller&firstname=Aditya 00:00 Intro 01:51 Liquid water on Mars 08:16 Habitability 11:57 Where on Mars could liquid water be? 17:34 How can we detect liquid water 29:52 Current obsessions 32:49 Final thoughts and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/5dS26HSjhyU 📰 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] Eyes for Plato // Water Ice in Another Star System // Venus Tectonics
ESA’s PLATO mission gets its eyes installed, Webb finds water ice in another star system, could it be dark matter and not dark energy that’s evolving over time? And in our longer [Space Bites+] on Patreon, researchers have found that hardy bacteria are evolving to thrive in spacecraft clean rooms. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:20 Plato gets its eyes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-plato-mission-just-got-dozens-of-cameras-installed 02:05 Cubesat telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-cubesat-to-capture-a-supernovas-uv-spectrum 04:14 Water ice in another star system https://www.universetoday.com/articles/water-ice-found-in-another-star-system 06:34 Evolving Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-dark-matter-be-evolving-over-time-and-not-dark-energy 09:13 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 09:55 Everything evaporates with Hawking radiation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/everything-in-the-universe-could-decay-from-hawking-radiation 11:25 Venus tectonics https://www.universetoday.com/articles/venus-might-have-tectonic-activity-after-all 13:25 Auroras on Jupiter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-watches-auroras-dance-in-jupiters-atmosphere 15:23 More space news in Guide to Space 16:13 [Space Bites+] bonus story 16:28 Patreon Q&A 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/VcOfDAf9UsU 📰 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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