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[Space Bites] 3I/ATLAS Is NOT Normal // JUICE Lost Contact // Mars' Lumpy Interior
3I/ATLAS is very different from any comet we’ve ever seen before, Mars is filled with fragments from ancient impacts, ESA loses contact with JUICE ri…
1 year ago
[Q&A] Showstopper for Mars Missions, Vera Rubin vs Aliens, Space Whales
Which is a bigger showstopper for a human Mars mission: food or radiation exposure? Does Vera Rubin leave any chance for aliens to still sneak upon u…
1 year ago
[Q&A] Flat Galaxies, Future of The Space Race, Mining Mars
Why are galaxies and star systems flat? What does the future of the space race look like? Are we going to Mars to mine it? And in Q&A+, what sparked …
1 year ago
[Starship Special] Full Analysis of IFT-10 with Scott Manley and Marcus House
The boys are back! Discussing all the things that happened during Starship IFT-10. Why didn't they catch the Super Heavy booster? What did explode ne…
1 year, 1 month ago
[Space Bites] "WOW!" Signal Gets an Update // Starship IFT-10 // JWST Finds No Atmospheres
The Wow signal was even more Wow. Starship Flight 10 makes it space and returns to Earth, more red dwarf planets get crossed off the list as lacking…
1 year, 1 month ago
[Q&A] Fermi Paradox Special
Can the difficulty of interstellar travel the answer to the Fermi paradox? Or maybe it's the fact that we can only apply it to our galaxy and not fur…
1 year, 1 month ago
[Interview] How Close Are We To Building A Practical Skyhook
We definitely won't see a space elevator built in any foreseeable future. But there is a similar but much more practical approach – a skyhook. How cl…
1 year, 1 month ago
[Q&A] Dangerous Supernova, Astronomy's Blind Spot, Space Race to Mars
When is a supernova too close for comfort? Will USA's Moon race against China accelerate a race towards a Mars base? How can we see the Oort cloud? A…
1 year, 1 month ago
[Space Bites] Origin of Ryugu and Bennu // JWST's Big Discovery // A Star Ate a Black Hole
Ryugu and Bennu are related, a star tried to eat a black hole and it didn’t go well, using moons to save fuel, and China tests its new human lunar la…
1 year, 1 month ago
[Q&A] Starships on Mars, Molten Salt Moon Batteries, Observable Universe
Why do people believe Starships will go to Mars? Can we use molten salt batteries on the Moon? What's the difference between the Universe and the Obs…
1 year, 1 month ago