Universe Today Podcast

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:26
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What would happen is a country claims Mars as their own? Will we have the Expanse scenario? What's a realistic timeline for Moon exploration? And in Q&A+, can we use those inflatable modules on the Moon?
00:00 Intro

00:26 [@neilvonholtum2555] What happens if a country claims Mars as their own?

05:22 [@MikeD_] Isn't this the Expanse?

08:05 [@GigBossMan] After 53 years how far along would we be on the Moon?

14:26 [@danielwhitehouse7682] Do you think those blow up modules would work on the moon

17:22 Latest UFO release

BONUS STORY starts at 15:34
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Patreon Q&As https://www.patreon.com/collection/116972
Pandora interview with Dr Ben Hord https://youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU
Curiosity gets a rock stuck to its drill. NASA releases over 12,000 images of the Artemis II mission. The new Pandora Space Telescope sees first light. How Io's lava lakes are hotter than we thought. And in Space Bites+, a meteorite that is very similar to the planet Mercury.
00:00 Intro

]00:19 NASA Releases 12,000 Artemis II Photos https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1778194875140121

02:15 Curiosity Lifting Rocks on Mars https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/

03:33 Pandora's first light https://www.universetoday.com/articles/first-images-from-the-pandora-exoplanet-mission

05:31 ESPRESSO Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-paranal-solar-espresso-telescope-a-new-tool-for-finding-exoplanets

07:42 Io's superhot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-might-have-massively-underestimated-ios-thermal-output

09:30 Radar drones https://www.universetoday.com/articles/drones-scanning-earths-glaciers-are-paving-the-way-for-future-mars-helicopters

11:25 Vote results 11:51 Subaru on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/subaru-telescope-reveals-new-data-on-the-interior-composition-of-3iatlas

13:20 Superionic ice inside ice giants https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-quasi-1d-state-of-matter-could-be-hiding-inside-ice-giant-planets

15:34 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-a-meteorite-helps-explain-mercurys-chemical-makeup

17:40 My current obsessions

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:16
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How hard is it to keep rocket fuel in space? Which is better, a Moon mission on the surface or in orbit? How would a space station look like in a binary planet system? And in Q&A+, could we launch a probe into a black hole?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@geohondo] Is it problematic to keep rocket fuel in space for extended time?

07:09 [@drewd2] Would a lunar base be more effective for reducing the cost of space exploration?

09:32 [@vistotutti6037] Are we capable of launching Voyager class probes out of our solar system today?

12:21 [@thelightrunner2612] Would a large space station at the barycentre of binary planets work?

15:16 [@JohnnyApplleseed] What could we learn from launching a probe into a black hole?

17:14 Science VS Religion

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:25
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00:00 Intro

00:25 [@paigepotter4682] If we detected a technosignature tomorrow, what’s the first thing scientists would argue about?

04:46 [@Jimdica] Could humanity fall victim of an alien infohazard?

08:06 [@savr4est] Will AI find alien first?

10:55 [@terryhardaway3285] Would there be a CHZ for earth sized moons around rouge brown dwarfs?

13:25 [@EdSceptic-y2e] How far realistically do you think biological humans will ever get from Earth?

15:46 Books I read

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:18
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New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early black hole formation, why is half the Milky Way hotter than the other? And in Space Bites+, different sources for two of Uranus moons.
00:00 Intro

00:15 More info on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-research-reveals-that-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-formed-in-a-system-far-colder-than-our-own

04:04 NASA tests new ion engine https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/

06:45 NO to NASA budget cuts https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-keep-nasa-funding-flat/

07:50 Earliest SMBH Mystery https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-mystery-solved

09:46 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

10:15 Milky Way’s Hot Side https://www.universetoday.com/articles/our-galaxy-has-a-hot-side-and-now-we-know-why

11:56 Where's the edge of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-ways-star-forming-disc

13:52 Disappearing exoplanets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/toi-201-planets-are-wobbling-out-of-our-line-of-sight

16:02 That's no moon https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-hunts-for-an-earth-moon-twin-in-a-habitable-zone-but-the-star-has-other-plans

18:18 BONUS STORY

20:45 More space news

21:16 Working with Vera Rubin data