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[Space Bites] China's Space Junk // Graphene on the Moon // Best Meteor Shower Is Here
It’s time for the Perseids meteor shower, Gaia has found hundreds of asteroid moons, Starliner is still in question, and where does the Moon’s atmosp…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Interview] How Simulated Observations Help Future Telescopes
Future telescopes like Vera Rubin and Nancy Grace Roman will generate a lot of data. This will be a big challenge. To get ready for it astronomers us…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Q&A] Things Falling Into Black Holes, Interstellar Medium, Beyond Science
What happens to the stuff that falls into black holes? Do supergiants have sunspots? How can you do a gravitational slingshot from the Sun? Answering…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Interview] When Will James Webb Finally Reveal the TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres Results?
TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most interesting systems out there. JWST did observe them but we still don't have the results from all of them. Why is that …
2 years, 2 months ago
[Space Bites] Dark Oxygen in Deep Ocean // Solar Cycles // Starliner Suspense
We’ve learned much more from the DART mission, dark oxygen is being generated at the bottom of the ocean, Starliner is almost ready to come home, and…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Bonus] Discussing Starship's Fifth Test Flight with John Michael Godier
John Michael Godier and Universe Today's Fraser Cain discuss the exciting developments in space exploration, focusing on Spacex and the upcoming fift…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Overtime Q&A] Expanding Universe, Starship Telescopes, Quasi Stars VS Black Holes
What happened at the earliest stages of the Universe and what is it expanding into? Can they just put a telescope inside a Starship? Why do I like th…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Interview] Fluids Get Really Weird In Space. NIAC 2024
Fluids behave very differently in space. We can make good use of it. For example, a recent NIAC grant was awarded to investigate a Magnetohydrodynami…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Space Bites] GAIA Damaged // Possible Signs of Life on Mars // Lava Tubes Mapped
Gaia was hit by a micrometeoroid and a solar storm, mapping a lunar lava tube from space, both Mars rovers found fascinating rocks, and a direct imag…
2 years, 2 months ago
[Overtime Q&A] Telescopes Shooting Lasers, Assembling Telescopes in Space, Growing Plants on Mars
What are those lasers shooting out from telescopes? Can we build a space elevator? Could we grow plants in Mars regolith? Why not assemble telescopes…
2 years, 2 months ago