Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:50
🔭 Interview with Vera Rubin' Program Director Dr. Edward Ajhar: https://youtu.be/HQKswmYpxKE
🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts
Vera Rubin is operational! A star turned directly into a black hole and another exploded as a supernova. New images of Uranus from Webb. And in Space Bites+, scanning K2-18b for signals from intelligent civilizations.
00:00 Intro

00:18 Vera Rubin is operational https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2605/?lang 03:05 Star goes un-nova https://www.universetoday.com/articles/no-supernova-needed-this-star-collapsed-directly-into-a-black-hole

05:31 Dark Matter Galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hubble-and-euclid-team-up-to-identify-a-dark-matter-galaxy

07:48 JWST Peeping Inside Uranus https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-digs-into-the-uranian-ionosphere

08:40 Sun-Like Star Bubble https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-telescope-spots-a-young-sun-like-star-inflating-its-astrosphere

10:50 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

11:47 NASA Updates https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-is-preparing-to-roll-artemis-ii-rocket-back-into-the-hangar

14:36 Big restructuring for Artemis

16:03 Search for Exomoons Continues https://www.universetoday.com/articles/exomoons-could-reveal-themselves-through-lunar-eclipses

17:29 Supernova Progenitor Hid Behind a Thick Veil of Carbon Dust https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-supernova-progenitor-hid-behind-a-surprisingly-thick-veil-of-carbon-dust

18:32 Jellyfish galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/another-early-universe-surprise-from-the-jwst-a-jellyfish-galaxy

19:26 Cosmic Brain https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-cosmic-brain-as-seen-by-the-jwst

20:50 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-there-aliens-broadcasting-from-hycean-world-k2-18b-astronomers-just-listened-in

22:43 More space news

22:19 What I learned from a recent interview

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:21
Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dTMAWvRteaQ
How weathered are the Voyagers by now? Did we already start building the Dyson sphere? What should we expect from the Extremely Large Telescope? And in Q&A+, why do we prefer L2 Lagrange point for our telescopes?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@Sora._Cloud] Is Parker doing well?

03:44 [@Lothian53] Does Dyson sphere need to feed power to Earth?

05:33 [@paulwilson1529] How weathered are the Voyagers?

08:03 [@madmillion91920110] What to expect from ELT?

11:18 [@stevenlewis7669] Shouldn't we be sending robotic scouts to the Moon?

14:55 [@jimmirow] Is there mold on the ISS?

17:21 [@lclaurindo] Why send telescopes to L2?

AI data centers are a hot topic for a lot of space companies. That includes SpaceX who have applied for putting a million satellites into orbit. So, is this a genius idea that will put more money into space exploration and boost orbital infrastructure? Or are we all cooked when the bubble will burst?
Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qwO0NKAIbqA
00:00 Intro

00:37 [@mrspaceman2764] How screwed up are we?

10:38 [@jpietersen519] How would Moon-made satellites circularise their orbits?

16:59 [@darthex0] Will orbital data centers shade the Earth?

19:43 Celebrating 400 Q&A episodes!

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 21:18
Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a7TO-LHCCI4
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
Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JHFXyJmaHbw
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?