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[Q&A] Funding New Space Stations, Pollution from Rocket Launches, Best Place for Space Factory | Q&A 276
Who will pay for the next-generation space stations that follow the ISS? How much do rockets pollute? Did James Webb make the observable Universe big…
1 year, 8 months ago
[Space Bites] What's Inside Uranus // Dragonfly Launch Secured // Best JWST Image of 2024
Dragonfly is taking a Falcon Heavy to Titan, What’s inside Uranus?, Russia’s cargo ship delivers a stinky smell to the station, and testing robots to…
1 year, 8 months ago
[Q&A] Fuel for Comet Tails, Detecting a Voyager's Crash, Driving Into Lava Tubes
Why don't comets run out of "tail fuel"? If Voyager crashes into something, can we tell it apart from a regular failure? What are the chances we will…
1 year, 8 months ago
[Interview] First Ever Steam World Found by JWST
James Webb recently detected a new kind of exoplanet. It's a steam world. How did they find it and what does it mean for the future of exoplanet sear…
1 year, 8 months ago
[Interview] Where Did The Mysterious JUMBOs in The Orion Nebula Come From?
JUMBOs, Jupiter Mass Binary Objects. Over 500 of them were detected in the Orion Nebula by JWST. But where did they come from? How did they form and …
1 year, 8 months ago
[Q&A] Funding Space Stations After ISS, Gravity Tractor Experiment, Digital Adaptive Optics
Where will the money come from for the next generation of space stations? Does NASA have plans for a gravity tractor experiment for the Apophis flyby…
1 year, 8 months ago
[Bonus] Cosmology, AI Doom, and the Future of Humanity
I just wrapped up an interesting conversation over at Doom Debates talking about the future of artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, Great Fi…
1 year, 8 months ago
[Overtime Q&A] Detecting Warp Drive Ships, Good Telescope Under $200, Solar Gravitational Lens
If there is a faster-than-light spaceship, could we detect it? Can we use the Sun as a magnifying glass? Which telescope to get under $200? Can Juno …
1 year, 8 months ago
[Space Bites] No Booster Catch for Starship // A Star from Another Galaxy // New Explanation for Moons of Mars
Starship completes its 6th flight test, Webb analyzes a star in another galaxy and confirms the Hubble tension, again, and a new explanation for the …
1 year, 8 months ago
[Interview] How Red Dwarf Stars Could Host Habitable Planets After All
We're still waiting for the results from JWST about the atmospheres on the TRAPPIST-1 planets. But is there a way for red dwarf planets to keep atmos…
1 year, 8 months ago