Episode Details

How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre? What happens when the space elevator cable snaps? Can we solve the Hubble Tension? All this and more in this week's Q&A!

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday

• 00:00 Start

• 00:47 [Tatooine] How does Venus hold its atmosphere without a magnetosphere?

• 03:58 [Coruscant] Which is the best target for the Solar Gravitational Lens telescope?

• 06:40 [Hoth] Why aren't there more launch complexes near the equator?

• 10:00 [Naboo] Should you use 'microgravity' instead of 'zero gravity'?

• 11:37 [Kamino] How does the Milky Way look from the ISS?

• 13:03 [Bespin] Why doesn't Jupiter catch fire if it's flammable gas?

• 15:28 [Mustafar] Will I ever go to space?

• 18:33 [Alderaan] Is the Sun moving to the Milky Way's centre?

• 20:55 [Dagobah] What happens when the space elevator cable snaps?

• 22:58 [Yavin] How does time dilation change interstellar flights?

• 25:18 [Mandalore] Why don't we make space probes more definitive?

• 29:43 [Geonosis] What is my favourite recent Sci-Fi novel?

• 31:30 [Corellia] Have I ever seen a UFO?

• 32:23 [Crait] Can we solve the Hubble Tension?

• 34:39 [Endor] How weight changes on top of Mount Everest?

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/iZVuydCw5qc

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.

Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS

Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/

Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/

Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain

Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday

Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday

Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

📩 CONTACT FRASER

frasercain@gmail.com

⚖️ LICENSE

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Support Universe Today Podcast