Episode Details

In this week's questions and answers show, I talk about supermassive black hole nucleosynthesis, the threat of grabby aliens and why would we ever bother building Von Neumann Probes.

00:00 Start

01:00 [Tatooine] Are elements being formed in quasars?

03:50 [Corusant] What will the coverage of the Moon landings be like?

06:39 [Hoth] How close will Comet C/2014 UN271 get to us?

08:29 [Naboo] Why send out Von Neumann Probes?

09:56 [Kamino] Will we actually develop the technology for Von Neumann Probes?

12:34 [Bespin] Why do colliding black holes turn mass into gravitational waves?

13:56 [Mustafar] Should we broadcast signals into space?

18:05 [Alderaan] Would bowl-spin habitats help with lower gravity?

21:07 [Dagobah] What will the first pictures from Webb be?

22:31 [Yarvin] How do we know the Oort Cloud exists?

23:31 [Mandalore] What telescopes can fly with Starship?

26:46 [Geonosis] Could a heavy suit mimic Earth gravity?

28:41 [Corellia] Why do people want to colonize other planets?

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