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[Interview] x1,000 Resolution of JWST But x1,000 Cheaper

Interferometers are a great tool for getting incredible resolution without building giant mirrors. Why don't all telescopes use it? What projects sho…

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[Overtime Q&A] Starship Satellites, Alternatives to Black Holes, The Best Lifeform

Could entangled electrons be used for FTL communications? Will Starship enable better satellites? Could we detect radiation on another world? Are the…

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[Space Bites] Betelgeuse's Secret Companion // Starliner Fail Confirmed // New Glenn Launch Date

Is Betelgeuse a binary star? Starliner is coming home empty. New Glenn is on schedule to launch NASA’s next mission to Mars. NASA’s solar sail unfurl…

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[Overtime Q&A] China's Space Science, Colour of Neutron Stars, Sun's 11-Year Cycle

Why does the Sun have an 11-year cycle? Would I rather have a Venus mission or a Jovian moon mission? Do black holes attract other black holes? Can C…

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[Space Bites] Wow! Signal Solved // Consequences of DART // Blue Origin Explosion

The DART mission is going to create a meteor shower on Earth, an explanation for the Wow! Signal, big problems with New Glenn, and JUICE completes a …

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[Overtime Q&A] New Space Stations, Rocket Size Limit, Surviving Mass Extinction

Have I ever messed up a recording? Are there plans for new space stations? Is there a limit to the size of an orbital rocket? Will humanity survive t…

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[Interview] Can PLATO Be The Mission To Finally Find Earth 2.0?

The quest to find an Earth-sized planet around a Sun-like star continues. One of the telescopes that could achieve it is ESA's Plato mission. How wil…

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[Space Bites] Huge Lake on Mars // Fate of Milkdromeda // Hope for VIPER Rover

Vast amounts of water found on Mars, but there’s a catch, Milky Way and Andromeda might not merge after all, a planet found before it gets destroyed,…

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[Interview] Can Dark Matter Solve One Of The Biggest Mysteries of Black Holes?

The final parsec problem is a mystery that is yet to be answered by cosmology. On paper, supermassive black holes shouldn't merge. But yet they do. W…

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[Overtime Q&A] Why Is Uranus On Its Side? A Telescope for $200? Can We Build More Planets?

What's the most challenging part of Astronomy? What happened to Uranus? Which telescope to get for $200? Could we detect Voyager-like spacecraft flyi…

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Podcast Episodes

[Interview] x1,000 Resolution of JWST But x1,000 Cheaper

[Overtime Q&A] Starship Satellites, Alternatives to Black Holes, The Best Lifeform

[Space Bites] Betelgeuse's Secret Companion // Starliner Fail Confirmed // New Glenn Launch Date

[Overtime Q&A] China's Space Science, Colour of Neutron Stars, Sun's 11-Year Cycle

[Space Bites] Wow! Signal Solved // Consequences of DART // Blue Origin Explosion

[Overtime Q&A] New Space Stations, Rocket Size Limit, Surviving Mass Extinction

[Interview] Can PLATO Be The Mission To Finally Find Earth 2.0?

[Space Bites] Huge Lake on Mars // Fate of Milkdromeda // Hope for VIPER Rover

[Interview] Can Dark Matter Solve One Of The Biggest Mysteries of Black Holes?

[Overtime Q&A] Why Is Uranus On Its Side? A Telescope for $200? Can We Build More Planets?

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