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Universe Today Podcast

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Universe Today Podcast
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    [Q&A+] What Happens When The Speed of Light Is Broken?

    29/05/2026 | 20 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:05
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uUuhxglQwF0
    Why don't they just charge the shell of the spaceship to repel radiation? What happens when something breaks the speed of light? What weird thing did James Webb recently find? And in Q&A+, what's up and what's down in space?
    00:00 Intro

    00:36 [@LBTurner56] What did JWST find recently?

    02:27 [@doogle4144] Can you just charge the surface of a spaceship?

    08:07 [@cagmuer] What happens when something breaks the speed of light?

    10:14 [@rebokfleetfoot] Is the Universe complex on purpose?

    13:29 [@Jason-Darkholm] The universe is not obligated to make sense

    15:05 [@Timvolleydarts] Is there an up & down in space?

    18:49 Why do human spaceflight?
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    [Q&A+] LIGO's Getting Its Upgrades. What's Next?

    27/05/2026 | 15 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:00
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PFIJ2nw_HLI
    What's going on with LIGO? Which fictional spaceship is the most realistic? How will astronauts protect themselves during long time flights? And in Q&A+, what evidence will remain if humanity vanishes tomorrow?
    00:00 Intro

    00:24 [@Hooves1] LIGO upgrades?

    02:13 [@JamesMcIntosh-r7j] aren't there a couple more LIGOs?

    03:53 [@tedkrouse8222] How do we plan to protect astronauts from radiation?

    07:52 [@howlmg] Can we train removing stellar contamination on the Sun?

    10:36 [@paigepotter4682] What fictional spaceship design feels the most realistic?

    13:00 [@paigepotter4682] If humanity vanished tomorrow, what would be left?

    14:23 Filming outside
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    [Space Bites+] A Big UN-DISCOVERY for Europa

    23/05/2026 | 20 mins.
    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32
    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IQPyYFCTn5Q
    Maybe Europa doesn't have plumes after all. A new way to detect dark matter. Maybe exo-venuses are more common than exo-earths. A private flight around the moon and Mars? And in Space Bites+, how the solar cycle influences space junk. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
    00:00 Intro

    00:17 No Plumes After All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all

    03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave

    05:08 Weird Wheels https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface

    06:41 More Venus-Like Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths

    08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars

    10:40 Vote results

    11:09 Getting to Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible

    14:02 Psyche at Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target

    15:31 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries

    17:34 Unidiscoveries in science
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    [Q&A+] We Were Promised a Flood of Vera Rubin Discoveries. Where Are They?

    22/05/2026 | 17 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dzgbXfW2BMQ
    Channels mentioned:  
    @JustHaveaThink 

    @SimonClark 

    @ProfessorDaveExplains 

    @potholer54 

    Timecodes
    00:00 Intro

    00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon?

    06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star?

    11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries?

    12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next?

    14:38 My opinions
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    [Q&A+] There Are Only 6,286 Known Exoplanets. Why Hasn’t JWST Observed Them All?

    20/05/2026 | 18 mins.
    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39
    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jNGaC5ltB2E
    00:00 Intro

    00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do?

    02:39 [@SnusKing] Why can't JWST just look at all known exoplanets?

    08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target?

    10:46 [@earthlingfire7168] Gaia data release 4 when?

    12:39 [@paigepotter4682] Why do Q&A+?

    15:02 Japan
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