Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:11
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Artemis II lifts off for the moon. A comet slows down and reverses its rotation. Galaxies found without dark matter. Anti-matter goes for a ride. And in Space Bites Plus, how humanity is slowing down the rotation of the Earth.
00:00 Intro

00:17 Artemis 2 Launched https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-artemis-generation-begins-artemis-ii-launches-for-the-moon

02:40 Moonfall Drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsK-ff2Mycg

04:33 Never Seen Before Comet Behaviour https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-detects-first-ever-spin-reversal-of-tiny-comet/

06:35 Another Galaxy with NO Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-a-third-galaxy-missing-its-dark-matter-validating-a-violent-cosmic-collision-theory

10:13 AI Helped Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scouring-tess-data-with-ai-reveals-a-hundred-new-exoplanets

12:12 Transporting Antimatter https://home.cern/news/press-release/experiments/base-experiment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter

15:04 Vote results

15:53 Robotic Refueling https://www.china-in-space.com/p/sustain-space-successfully-completes

17:20 Plants for Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-plant-growth-from-cyanobacteria-based-fertilizer

19:07 Celebrating Spring https://www.universetoday.com/articles/to-celebrate-the-coming-of-spring-nasa-releases-images-of-blossaming-stellar-nurseries

20:11 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-are-slowing-down-the-planet

22:28 Interviews

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49
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What will we learn from going back to the Moon? Is there dark matter in the Solar System? Which telescopes would be best for Time Delay Cosmography? And in Q&A+, which planets will be left after the Sun dies?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@N.Armstrng] Which telescopes will be best for Time Delay Cosmography?

05:28 [@notmanyeclipsesleft] What is the most important long-term information mankind will acquire from creating a permanent presence on the moon?

09:24 [@jessienotot3558] Would WW3 lead to the Kessler Syndrome?

12:55 [@sferrin2] Why does the Universe appear to be the same size in every direction?

14:49 [@geohondo] Do we know if dark matter possibly in our solar system?

15:49 [@kasieream1248] Which planet will the sun be left with as a white dwarf?

17:38 Outro

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Fast Radio Bursts can be a key to dramatically improving cosmic distance measurements. A NIAC project suggests using it for a global cosmic positioning system. But at the same time it could be used to finally resolve the Hubble Tension. How will it work? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Matt McQuinn
📜 NIAC project report: Solar system-scale VLBI to dramatically improve cosmological distance measurements https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09141
📜 Solar System-scale Interferometry on Fast Radio Bursts Could Measure Cosmic Distances with Subpercent Precision https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/acc947
00:00 Intro

02:12 What are Fast Radio Bursts

09:07 Measuring distances with FRBs

18:00 How to improve the accuracy of measurements

24:60 Cosmic Positioning System

43:11 Alternative use cases

51:18 Current obsessions

52:23 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:00
🎬 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space Movies https://www.patreon.com/posts/153930141
📺 Top-100 Sci-Fi/Space TV Series https://www.patreon.com/posts/153997969
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Which animal would be the make the best space pet? Who has priority access to Vera Rubin’s data? Is there a limit on how many telescopes can we put in a Lagrange point? And in Q&A+, what’s the current progress with spacesuits?
Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/s9XkvvAyx9g
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@churchdiscography] What kind of animal would make a good space pet?

01:30 [@jamesmnguyen] Do fish care about living in a microgravity environment?

02:22 [@trickymick] What is the process for flagging and following up on objects reported by the Vera Rubin?

06:26 [@IARRCSim] Do US scientists have priority for Vera Rubin's data?

07:17 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Could a telescope on Earth use the moon as a star shade?

08:49 [@Nomad77ca] Is there a limit to how many telescopes we could put out at L1?

10:01 [@terryhardaway3285] Did 3I/ATLAS have any effect on objects in the Kuiper belt?

15:00 [@kasieream1248] Will spacesuits ever change much?

16:52 Outro

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The Habitable Worlds Observatory is our ultimate tool to see an Earth-sized world around a Sun-like star. But what will be the limits of its instruments? What will it realistically be able to see? Finding out the answers in this interview.
👉 HWO interview with Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M
👉 Coronagraph interview with Vanessa Bailey https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M
🟣 Guest: Celeste Hagee https://www.celestehagee.com/
📜 Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) IV: Analyzing CO2 Detections in the Near-IR to Determine the Long-Wavelength Cut-off for the Habitable Worlds Observatory Coronagraph https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12353
00:00 Intro

01:43 What could HWO see

06:20 Celeste's research

19:06 Findings

28:16 The quest of confirming extraterrestrial life

35:04 Current obsessions

39:00 Final thoughts