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The building blocks of life have been found in asteroid samples, the most volcanic activity ever seen on Io, astronauts are searching for bacteria on the outside of the space station, and Ingenuity found surprisingly fast wind speeds on Mars.
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π TRAPPIST-1 Interview
https://youtu.be/B8H4EnbKkgU?si=yx3T0c04AC2fRg8c
00:00 Intro
00:19 Building blocks for life in OSIRIS-REx samples
https://www.universetoday.com/170693/the-building-blocks-for-life-found-in-asteroid-bennu-samples/
03:08 First launch for an asteroid mining company
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/astroforge-selects-target-for-high-risk-seat-of-the-pants-asteroid-mission/
05:47 Record-breaking volcanic activity on Io
https://www.universetoday.com/170655/juno-sees-a-massive-hotspot-of-volcanic-activity-on-io/
07:08 2 planets 1 star
https://www.universetoday.com/170673/massive-gas-giant-planets-locked-in-a-gravitational-struggle/
08:39 Microbes outside the ISS
https://www.universetoday.com/170658/astronauts-are-going-to-check-if-there-are-microbes-on-the-outside-of-the-station/
10:31 Vote results
https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community
11:04 Ingenuity and wind speeds
https://www.universetoday.com/170619/ingenuity-measured-windspeeds-on-mars-during-its-flights/
12:43 M87 changing over time
https://www.universetoday.com/170642/watching-the-changing-m87-black-hole-event-horizon/
14:45 Predicting solar flares with AI
https://www.universetoday.com/170687/machine-learning-could-have-predicted-the-powerful-solar-storms-in-2024/
17:02 More space news
17:42 Flood of interviews
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How big can a space crowbar be? Why does the Sun look bigger near the horizon? How do we measure temperature on the Moon? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:23 How do we measure temperature on the Moon or in space?
03:51 Can you see more of the Milky Way in the Southern Hemisphere?
06:07 What is metallic hydrogen?
10:16 Is the Sun bigger near the horizon?
12:45 What's Gaia's role in the distance ladder?
15:45 How big can a crowbar be in space?
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NASA is launching a new telescope this year called Pandora. It'll be specifically inspecting atmospheres of exoplanets. It even uses spare parts from JWST. Learning more about the Pandora telescope in this interview.
π£ Guest: Dr Ben Hord
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00:00 Intro
01:31 What is the Pandora mission
07:37 Target selection
13:38 Spare detector from JWST
16:59 Fighting stellar contamination
26:32 An alternative for TRAPPIST-1
28:57 What's next for Pandora
35:05 Current obsessions
38:18 Final thoughts
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Did we find ore veins on Moon or Mars? Can we see astronomical objects in 3D? Can we catch a ride on a comet? How will the internet work on Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.
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00:00 Start
00:23 Did we find ore veins on Moon or Mars?
05:13 Is it harder to land on the Moon or on Mars?
10:40 What are the potential supernovae we could see in our lifetime?
12:41 Can we hitch a ride on a comet?
14:16 What will the Mars colony internet be like?
17:45 How to communicate with Mars when it's blocked by the Sun?
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What's going on with the TRAPPIST-1 system? Did James Webb find atmospheres or not? Do any of the planets have a chance to be habitable? When should we expect more information? Answering all these questions in this interview.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:43 TRAPPIST-1b
00:17:45 TRAPPIST-1c
00:35:12 TRAPPIST-1d
00:40:06 TRAPPIST-1e, f, g, h
00:42:19 The problem of stellar contamination
01:03:50 Current obsessions
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What happened to Starship during test flight 7? Astronomers see a black hole’s jets forming in real-time. Curiosity finds ripples of an ancient shore, and an insanely high-resolution image of Andromeda captured by Hubble.
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00:00 Intro
00:19 What happened to Starship during Flight 7
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7
02:25 Black Hole jets forming in real-time
https://www.universetoday.com/170504/black-hole-jets-seen-forming-in-real-time/
03:37 Flapping flag on the Moon
https://www.universetoday.com/170350/chinas-change-7-will-include-a-flag-that-will-flap-on-the-moon/
05:35 Super fast winds on an exoplanet
https://www.universetoday.com/170549/supersonic-winds-blowing-on-an-extreme-exoplanet/
06:55 Non-solo hot Jupiters
https://www.universetoday.com/170538/hot-jupiters-can-co-exist-with-other-planets/
08:19 Vote results
09:06 Predicting solar flares
https://www.universetoday.com/170547/coronal-loops-flicker-right-before-the-sun-unleashes-big-flares/
10:56 Why Mars has two different hemispheres
https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/new-marsquake-data-could-help-solve-one-of-our-solar-systems-biggest-mysteries
12:35 Open water marks from Curiosity
https://www.universetoday.com/170532/curiosity-finds-ancient-wave-ripples-on-mars/
14:13 2.5 Billion pixels of Andromeda
https://www.universetoday.com/170498/hubble-takes-a-2-5-gigapixel-image-of-andromeda/
15:45 NIAC season
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How does JWST stay in L2 and not drift away? What is the wait calculation for Alpha Centauri? How can we use Jupiter's Lagrange points? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:26 How does JWST stay in L2?
02:57 What is the 'wait calculation' for Alpha Cen?
06:49 Why don't they just ... wear weights to compensate for low gravity?
08:57 Can two telescopes act as an Earth-sized binocular?
14:25 Why so few timelapses?
16:15 Can we do anything interesting at Jupiter's Lagrange points?
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To look for lifer in space we need to understand it. What fundamental boundaries does it have? What limits are imposed on life? Finding out in this interview.
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π£ Guest: Dr Ricard Solé
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π Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2024.0010
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This Element Is Critical for Extraterrestrial Life. And It's Not Carbon https://youtu.be/Ppc3zzMTJTs
What The Hell Is Life? And How Do We Search For It? https://youtu.be/Eaab2tkiKQ
What Happens If We Find Extraterrestrial Life? https://youtu.be/2buH0GXFx8
00:00 Intro
01:26 Fundamental constraints
08:28 Information as a limiting factor
16:16 Fundamental logic of cell structure
23:25 Computer programming VS life
24:56 Limits for life
33:57 Current obsessions
38:16 Bonus part and more interviews
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Did we already contaminate Mars with life from Earth? When will we find the first intergalactic object? How do we know dark matter is in the center of the Milky Way? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:26 Did we already contaminate Mars?
06:42 When will we discover a first intergalactic object?
11:19 How do we know that dark matter in at the center of the Milky Way?
14:44 Biggest night sky events of 2025?
15:57 What's the Solar System's ecliptic orientation in our galaxy?
17:57 How many laps did the Sun make around the Milky Way?
19:00 How do astronomers use JWST?
21:40 Why don't more people work with the data from telescopes?
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We're used to look for life on exoplanets. But what if we're looking in the wrong place? Can life exist without a planet? Finding out in this interview.
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π£ Guest: Dr. Robin Wordsworth
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π Self-sustaining living habitats in extraterrestrial environments
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.14477
00:00 Intro
00:59 Life on Earth
03:57 Life without a planet
27:32 Finding life with no planet
35:50 Terraforming Mars
35:50 Current obsessions
42:00 Bonus part and more interviews
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The Gaia mission is over, New Glenn gets to orbit, SpaceX catches SuperHeavy but loses Starship, and we finally get an explanation for little red dots.
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00:00 Intro
00:18 Gaia is over
https://www.universetoday.com/170452/the-gaia-missions-science-operations-are-over/
02:51 SpaceX Starship IFT-7
04:53 Blue Origin New Glenn NG-1
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-ng-1-mission v
06:54 Double Moon Launch
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/blue-ghost-lunar-lander-heads-to-the-moon/
08:16 Flares from Sgr A
https://www.universetoday.com/170444/astronomers-see-flares-coming-from-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/
09:58 Vote results
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10:37 Explanation for the Little Red Dots
https://www.universetoday.com/170430/webb-provides-an-explanation-for-little-red-dots/
14:15 Origin of Earth's latest quasimoon
https://www.universetoday.com/170427/earths-temporary-moon-might-have-come-from-the-moon/
15:39 Observing the changing Universe
https://www.universetoday.com/170412/the-webb-shows-us-where-cosmic-dust-comes-from/
17:24 NIAC 2025
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-2025-selections/
18:17 Guide to Space newsletter
18:57 Ask your questions
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Are there any other local groups of galaxies out there? Did the high temperature of the Universe create life? Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.
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00:00 Start
00:25 Do we know of other 'local groups' of galaxies?
05:05 Did the temperature of the Universe create life?
08:37 What would be the first megaproject in space?
11:46 Can we move dirty production to the Moon?
16:09 Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars?
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How will the upcoming MAUVE telescope fit into the search for exoplanets? What science goals will it have? How will future instruments and telescopes help? Finding out in this interview.
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π£ Guest: Dr. Emily Rickman
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π MAUVE: Mission to Analyze the UltraViolet universE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04164
π More interviews:
* Nancy Grace Roman's Coronagraph https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M
* Habitable Worlds Observatory's Coronagraph https://youtu.be/pk9dLIw3IEM
* Searching for planets around red dwarf stars https://youtu.be/p8X_qrtxPm8
* Plato mission https://youtu.be/TofP5yeqNLg
* Gaia mission https://youtube.com/live/iHcLBZaC5x4
* JWST & Quantum Telescopes https://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao
00:00 Intro
02:05 UV astronomy
08:21 What is MAUVE
18:28 Science goals
26:16 Future instruments
35:35 Current obsessions
40:21 Bonus part
41:03 More interviews
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When did the first terrestrial planets form? How can galaxies collide when the Universe is expanding? Do black holes have Lagrange points? Answering all these questions and more.
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00:00 Start
00:25 When would the first terrestrial planets have formed?
04:40 Did humanity stall with spaceflight?
11:44 If the Universe is expanding, how can galaxy crash into each other?
15:12 How can a teenager help in space exploration?
19:06 Do black holes have Lagrange points?
21:15 Can we watch alien TV?
24:53 Are we alone in the Universe?
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How can neutrinos help us find dark matter? How a 10-year search can give null results and what significance does it have? What's next for this direction? Finding out in this interview.
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00:00 Intro
01:34 Why Neutrinos
14:03 High energy VS low energy search
17:04 Bonus Part: Null results
18:15 What's next
32:27 Current obsessions
34:54 More interviews
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We’ve got two new options for NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission, an explanation for why Mars can get planet-wide dust storms, stealing secrets from Conan the Bacterium, and we could see a really bright comet next week.
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00:00 Intro
00:18 Two options for Mars Sample Return mission
https://www.universetoday.com/170329/nasa-lays-out-two-new-options-for-mars-sample-return/
03:45 Global dust storms on Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/170270/new-study-explains-how-mars-dust-storms-can-engulf-the-planet/
05:19 Mimicking a super-bacteria
https://www.universetoday.com/170266/this-superbacteria-can-withstand-enough-radiation-to-kill-a-person/
06:50 Origin of the Pluto Charon system
https://www.universetoday.com/170313/heres-how-pluto-and-charon-became-a-bizarre-double-planet/
08:55 Vote results
09:31 Loosing the night sky to satellites
https://www.universetoday.com/170339/astronomers-are-losing-the-night-sky-and-radio-sky-to-satellite-megaconstellations/
12:21 Bright Comet incoming
https://www.universetoday.com/170008/will-comet-g3-atlas-perform-at-perihelion/
13:59 Tree big launches
16:03 Guide to space
16:40 Mystery with ads
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Can the government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents? Is NASA avoiding looking for life? How will Hubble Tension help science?
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00:00 Start
00:25 Can government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents?
05:11 Is NASA avoiding looking for life?
11:21 How will Hubble Tension help science?
16:52 What happens when we reach The Great Attractor?
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Searching for life is complicated. Which elements are critical and which ones are not? Which can we count as biosignatures and which can occur without life? Which role does Phosphorus play in all that?
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00:00 Intro
01:36 Phosphorus and Earth life
21:42 Biosignatures and Phosphorus
38:00 Bonus part: Underwater Biology
38:51 Current obsessions
45:04 Final thoughts
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This is a bonus part for the interview with Harry Brodsky where he talks about his underwater research experience.
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What happens if we find the true origin of life? What space things should you look forward to in 2025? Can a tidally locked planet qualify as Earth 2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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00:00 Start
00:25 What would happen if we found out where life came from?
03:58 What to look forward to in 2025?
07:38 Can a tidally locked exoplanet qualify as Earth 2.0?
14:26 Is there an island of stability out there?
17:06 Tesla Bots on Mars?
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