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[Q&A] Confidence in SpaceX, New Pale Blue Dot, A Day on Gas Giants
Did the recent streak of Starship failures change my confidence is SpaceX's future success? How can we measure the rotation of gas giant planets? Is there a chance Voyagers can make another Pale Blue Dot image? And in our Q&A+ extended version, do we have a moral obligation to spread life in the Universe? 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:28 [Tremolo Soul] Can we make another "Pale Blue Dot" image with Voyagers? 01:41 [Ammar] Can we still monitor Voyagers after they stop communicating? 03:24 [Blasty] Are science journals full of AI slop already? 05:14 [Vinny Contini] How do we measure the rotation of gas giant planets? 07:28 [wishmasterbrazen] Am I still confident about SpaceX after their last failures? 13:01 [churchdiscography] What's taking New Glenn so long? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/M5n64Zly9BY 📰 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] Vera Rubin's ONLINE // Huge LISA Update // Record-Breaking JWST Exoplanet
The first pictures from Rubin are finally here, construction begins on the LISA mission, Webb directly images a Saturn-sized exoplanet, and do pulsar have mountains? And in Space Bites+, a fast radio burst is coming from inside the Solar System. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:22 Vera Rubin Observatory is ONLINE https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-first-pictures-from-vera-rubin-are-here 07:49 LISA construction begins https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lisa-construction-begins 10:22 Webb images the lightest planet so far https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-directly-images-a-saturn-sized-star-in-a-nearby-system 12:08 JWST should detect exoSaturns https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rare-conditions-can-make-double-hot-jupiters 13:36 Hot Jupiters in binary systems https://www.universetoday.com/articles/rare-conditions-can-make-double-hot-jupiters 14:51 Vote reuslts 15:24 Mountains on pulsars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pulsars-could-have-tiny-mountains 17:45 First light from CODEX https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pulsars-could-have-tiny-mountains 19:07 Hakuto-R 2 aftermath 20:38 More space news 21:56 Bonus story 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/AMjRfS5PkLY 📰 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] SMBH Images, Primordial Gravitational Waves, Terraforming Tidally-Locked Planets
Does terraforming a tidally-locked planet make any sense? Are the images we got of our galaxy's supermassive black hole fake? Can we observe gravitational waves that came before the CMB? And in Q&A+ who is currently working on space elevators? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:31 [Poshact] What's the feasibility of terraforming a tidally-locked planet? 03:26 [Jay Drummond] Why it's okay for space companies to dump rockets into the ocean? 05:50 [Scott Smillie] Is the image of Sag A not real? 08:44 [Richard R] Do we expand the observable Universe if we launch a telescope 1 ly from Earth? 10:02 [michael blacktree] Can we observe gravitational waves before the CMB? 13:11 [Uğur E.] When do we start orbiting our SMBH after leaving the solar system? 15:06 [drZab] Should we be building a big spaceship in orbit? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/xXQs259LESw 📰 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] JWST Image Artefacts, TRAPPIST-1 Planets from the Surface, Liquid Glass Space Telescopes
Why doesn't NASA remove the artefacts from JWST images? How would TRAPPIST-1 planets look from their surface? Why don't they just form space telescope lenses from liquid glass in space? And in Q&A+ what shape does the solar gravitational lens look like? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:29 [Highmars] How would the TRAPPIST-1 system’s planets look like if we were standing on one of the planets? 02:07 [Thomas O'Neill] Why doesn't NASA filter out the star artifacts from JWST photos? 04:07 [Finn Erikson] With the solar orbiter hitting a speed of +600.000 km/h, is a mission to the gravitanional lens from the Sun in sight? 06:03 [Ian Matthews] Can we view the unobservable universe by using a quadrupled gravitational lense? 07:47 [Coco] What will the Nancy Grace Roman telescope achieve? 11:01 [Blasty] Could we form lenses from liquid glass in space? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/-LF4Xf-TSsg 📰 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] Improving Nuclear Power Generators for Future Space Missions
Solar power has its limits. Some space missions will need an alternative source of power like RTGs. How can we make them better? Which fuel is optimal for them and why? How to convert heat into electricity? Finding out in this interview. 😍 [Interview+] Bonus Part. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Tyler Bernstein https://www.zenopower.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:48 What is an RTG? 05:43 Different isotopes 19:25 Possible missions 28:07 Stirling engines 33:48 Current obsessions 43:02 Final thougths and more interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/r2SxXkm2_fc 📰 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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