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[Q&A] Deflecting Gravitational Waves, Destruction from Comets, Religious AI
Do gravitational waves deflect like waves on the water? Which type of comet would cause the most destruction for Earth? Will we see humans on Mars in our lifetime? And in Q&A+ could AI become religious? 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:25 [Web Fiji] Which type of comet will cause the most devastation if it hits Earth? 04:04 [James Sobek] Do gravitational waves reflect off objects? 07:09 [Pat Ludwig] Are there rogue gravitational waves? 07:27 [Rob Wright] Can a planet exist at the barycenter of a binary system? 09:28 [Clockwork Rex] Betelegeuse explosion wen? 11:41 [TJ] Will we see humans on Mars in your lifetime? 12:17 [Aiden Weatherbee] What would be my PhD research project? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/GltwBRguTWc 📰 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] End of Expansion of the Universe, Hypervelocity Stars, Retrograde Planets
Do we predictions when will the Universe stop its expansion? Did we find hypervelocity stars in M31? What does it mean when planets go retrograde? And in Q&A+ could the Big Bang be a white hole? 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:27 [Peter Keyson] When will the Universe stop expanding? 02:54 [John De Keizer] Hypervelocity stars in M31 06:20 [kindness] What does it mean that planets are retrograde? 08:31 [J E] Are we working on strategies to mitigate the effect of satellites? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/F5cmyeN1N9k 📰 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] Modern Day Space Enigmas. Fast Radio Bursts
FRBs are a great example of a modern day space mystery. We've seen a lot of them. We know a fair amount about them. But we still don't really know for sure how do they work and what's their true source. Some of them can be super weird. How exactly? Finding out in this interview. 😍 [Interview+] Bonus Part. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Fengqui Adam Dong 📜 A ‘Unicorn’ Object Defies Astrophysics https://public.nrao.edu/news/unicorn-object/ 📜 CHIME/FRB Discovery of an Unusual Circularly Polarized Long-Period Radio Transient with an Accelerating Spin Period https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05139 00:00 Intro 01:52 FRB on a conference 10:10 Source of FRB 19:59 New research 32:21 Current obsessions 36:03 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/xr7okMr9WIY 📰 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] Betelgeuse Has a Companion // Blow Against Planet X // Huge SMBH Discovery
Betelgeuse has a companion star, Vera Rubin discovered the third interstellar object accidentally, the first evidence of direct collapse supermassive black holes, and in Space Bites+ developing plans to help humanity deal with finding an extraterrestrial intelligence. 😍 PROMO -57% OFF your first month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 🚀 [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 00:24 Betelgeuse's companion star https://www.universetoday.com/articles/betelgeuse-isnt-alone-it-has-a-very-dim-companion 03:17 Vera Rubin discovered 3I/ATLAS accidentally https://www.universetoday.com/articles/apparently-vera-rubin-captured-images-of-3iatlas-before-it-was-even-discovered 05:09 Even more 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/gemini-north-sees-brightening-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-in-detail 06:34 "Unicorn" object https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-identify-an-object-that-defies-astrophysics 08:29 Direct collablse SMBH https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-might-have-found-the-first-direct-collapse-black-hole 11:28 Low-mass black holes in an early universe https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-plenty-of-low-mass-black-holes-in-the-early-universe 12:51 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 13:23 A blow against Planet X https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-object-found-deep-in-the-kuiper-belt 15:34 Double tidal disruption https://www.universetoday.com/articles/do-supermassive-black-holes-play-with-their-food 16:46 Great images https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-newborn-planet-is-carving-out-a-home-in-its-protoplanetary-disk https://www.universetoday.com/articles/seeing-the-exact-moment-when-new-planets-started-forming 18:55 Guide to space newsletter 19:53 Bonus story 20:29 BIG SUMMER PROMO https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-my-patreon-134941769 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/M0wy9F9kEoM 📰 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] Concerns About China, Book to a Movie, Space Set SciFi
Should we be concerned about China's progress in space? Is their progress held back by a lack of cultural freedom? Which space-set book story desperately needs a movie adaptation? and in Q&A+, the best space-set movie that's factually accurate 🎁 [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 00:24 [2Evil2Hope] Are we concerned about China? 09:41 [mr man] Is China's science held back by lack of cultural freedom? 13:13 [Alan Laurie] Which book should be turned into a movie? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/9myC2Dba1hs 📰 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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