Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 21:18
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The source of a powerful cosmic ray, did the late heavy bombardment actually happen? Did Titan create Saturn’s Rings? And James Webb is going to pin down the future orbit of YR4. And in Space Bites+, we might be able to intercept 3I/ATLAS.
00:00 Intro

00:18 Amaterasu Particles https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-continue-to-trace-the-origin-of-the-mysterious-amaterasu-cosmic-ray-particle

03:18 Doubts for Late Heavy Bombardment https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-lunar-samples-challenge-the-late-heavy-bombardment

06:58 Possible Origin of Titan and Saturn’s Ring https://www.universetoday.com/articles/an-ancient-merger-could-have-created-titan-and-the-debris-created-saturns-rings

08:48 Fading Star https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-fading-star

10:27 Bennu Samples Continue to Deliver Science https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-make-a-game-changing-find-in-the-bennu-asteroid

12:19 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

13:13 Rotten Eggs and Exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-rotten-eggs-solved-an-exoplanet-mystery

15:38 Auroras on Ganymede https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/university-of-liege-scientists-reveal-similarities

16:55 The Heart of Mira A’s Latest Outburst https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-get-to-the-heart-of-mira-as-latest-outburst

18:40 JWST to Observe

YR4 19:33 Succesful Artemis II WDR https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/19/nasa-begins-artemis-ii-launch-pad-ops-after-successful-fuel-test/

21:18 BONUS PART: Catching up with 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-concept-for-catching-up-with-3iatlas

23:20 Making money on YouTube

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:54
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Could we spot a black hole approaching us? Is the Moon just a distraction on the way to Mars? Why don't we see other stars' Oort clouds? And in Q&A+, can the make it rain on Mars?
00:00 Start

00:23 [@keithromig] Is the Moon a distraction from Mars?

04:10 [@vistotutti6037] Should we put a steam engine on the Moon?

06:25 [@ashd.007] What if a rogue black hole comes our way?

08:26 [@mrjp2149] A better description for a black hole

09:42 [@allixandra] Is the asteroid belt a failed planet?

10:46 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Why can't we see other stars' Oort clouds?

11:32 [@evandotpro] Is our view of other galaxies outdated?

12:56 [@Mark-Mattison] How does cosmological redshift work?

13:54 [@prugrade] Can they make it rain on Mars?

BONUS PART STARTS AT 34:49
Why is time moving forward? Some find an answer in the Second Law of Thermodynamics. That entropy defines the arrow of time. But is there another force behind it? My guests think so. Diving into this concept in this interview.
🟣 Guests: Dr. Robert Hazen, Dr. Mike Wong
📚 Time's Second Arrow Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature https://miquai.myportfolio.com/times-second-arrow
🎧 Strange New Worlds Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/strange-new-worlds-a-science-star-trek-podcast/id1246395860
00:00 Intro

01:50 Order in the Universe

19:39 Biosignatures

27:11 Fermi Paradox

34:49 Star Trek

47:16 Current obsessions

51:56 Final thoughts

Is Earth actually a planet or not? Can dark matter be just black holes? Can a planet have a figure-eight orbit around binary stars? And in Q&A+, what happens if you put antimatter into a black hole?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:31
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00:00 Start

00:25 [@churchdiscography] Is Earth not a planet?

02:02 [@paulhatfield1333] Can a planet have a figure-eight orbit?

04:03 [@lucashouse9117] Can dark matter be black holes?

06:59 [@clarkholt7892] What would a star remnant look like through a telescope?

09:04 [@andyfry.wireless] Are we in the center of the Universe?

10:56 [@iancudmore9795] Are there more space publishers like me?

14:31 [@irri4662] Does dark matter contribute to black holes?

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 14:28
A lava tube found on Venus, China tests its new capsule and softlands a rocket, SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to the Moon, and in Space Bites+, 5 galaxies colliding in the early Universe.
00:00 Intro

00:16 New image from EHT https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-collaboration-that-brought-you-the-first-image-of-a-black-hole-just-released-photos-of-its-massi

02:19 Lava Tube on Venus https://www.universetoday.com/articles/massive-venus-lava-tube-detected-using-data-from-nasas-long-defunct-magellan-spacecraft

04:43 China's Moon Rocket Test https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-11/VHJhbnNjcmlwdDg5MDIw/index.html

06:25 SpaceX pivots from Mars to Moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacex-makes-a-huge-pivot-wants-to-build-on-the-moon-instead

08:21 Another possible explanation for Little Red Dots https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-little-red-dots-observed-by-webb-were-direct-collapse-black-holes

11:17 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

11:55 Possible bright comet alert https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-sungrazer-comet-a1-maps-could-be-bright-in-early-april-if-it-survives-perihelion

13:46 More of 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-mission-spots-3iatlass-bright-envelope

14:28 BONUS STORY: 5 galaxy merger https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cosmic-collision-the-jwst-found-an-early-5-galaxy-merger

16:23 Why SpaceX plans make sense