Universe Today Podcasts With Fraser Cain
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The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy poddcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today
Episodios
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[Space Bites] The Rings of Earth // Servicing JWST at L2 // Mission to Neptune
20/09/2024 Duración: 18minCould we repair missions like JWST and Gaia? Polaris Dawn returns to Earth, did Earth once have rings? and a peanut-shaped asteroid just drifted past Earth.
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[Interview] Can AI Destroy the World And How Can We Prevent It
18/09/2024 Duración: 59minThis is an unusual interview for my channel. It's mostly about AI, our current developments and the threats it poses to us.
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[Q&A] Gravity Assist Speed Limit, Double Gravitational Lenses, Phones in Space
17/09/2024 Duración: 47minWhat's the maximum speed you can get from a gravity assist? Can we have a double gravitational lens? What do you need to do to a phone to sent it to space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Space Bites] Historical Spacewalk // A Star with Insane Resolution // Iron Winds on a Planet
13/09/2024 Duración: 22minPolaris Dawn launches and completes the first private spacewalk, the surface of a giant star is resolved with incredible detail, Starliner comes home empty, and amazing new images of Mercury from BepiColumbo.
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The Interview You All Have Been Asking For. Asteroseismology
11/09/2024 Duración: 56minStars oscillate. Even the Sun does. And we can learn a lot about them by studying those oscillations. How is it done and what can we learn? Finding out in this interview.
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[Q&A] Bringing Voyagers Back, Europa Clipper's Power Source, JWST Deep Field
10/09/2024 Duración: 34minWhat would it take to bring the Voyagers back to Earth? When will we see a true deep field by Webb? Why is Europa Clipper solar-powered? Why do black holes rotate? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Space Bites] China’s Mars Sample Return Announced // Strange Sounds from Starliner // Asteroid Fireball
06/09/2024 Duración: 15minAnother asteroid hit exactly where astronomers predicted, a monster asteroid rolled Ganymede over onto its side, strange sounds coming from Starliner, and China announces when it’ll try to grab a piece of Mars.
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[Interview] x1,000 Resolution of JWST But x1,000 Cheaper
04/09/2024 Duración: 01h09minInterferometers are a great tool for getting incredible resolution without building giant mirrors. Why don't all telescopes use it? What projects should we expect and what could we get from them? What are the challenges? Finding out in this interview!
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[Overtime Q&A] Starship Satellites, Alternatives to Black Holes, The Best Lifeform
03/09/2024 Duración: 28minCould entangled electrons be used for FTL communications? Will Starship enable better satellites? Could we detect radiation on another world? Are there alternative explanations for black holes? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.
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[Space Bites] Betelgeuse's Secret Companion // Starliner Fail Confirmed // New Glenn Launch Date
30/08/2024 Duración: 19minIs 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 unfurls.
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[Overtime Q&A] China's Space Science, Colour of Neutron Stars, Sun's 11-Year Cycle
28/08/2024 Duración: 29minWhy 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 Chinese astronomers use Hubble/Webb? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.
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[Space Bites] Wow! Signal Solved // Consequences of DART // Blue Origin Explosion
23/08/2024 Duración: 20minThe 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 flyby of both the Earth and Moon.
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[Overtime Q&A] New Space Stations, Rocket Size Limit, Surviving Mass Extinction
21/08/2024 Duración: 33minHave 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 the next mass extinction event? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.
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[Interview] Can PLATO Be The Mission To Finally Find Earth 2.0?
19/08/2024 Duración: 54minThe 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 will it be able to do it and what should we expect from it? Finding out it this interview.
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[Space Bites] Huge Lake on Mars // Fate of Milkdromeda // Hope for VIPER Rover
16/08/2024 Duración: 18minVast 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, and an easier way to terraform Mars.
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[Interview] Can Dark Matter Solve One Of The Biggest Mysteries of Black Holes?
15/08/2024 Duración: 40minThe 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. Why is it happening? What helps them slow down? Could it be dark matter? Looking for answers in this interview.
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[Overtime Q&A] Why Is Uranus On Its Side? A Telescope for $200? Can We Build More Planets?
13/08/2024 Duración: 27minWhat's the most challenging part of Astronomy? What happened to Uranus? Which telescope to get for $200? Could we detect Voyager-like spacecraft flying through the solar system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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[Interview] Why Is Nobody Talking About Multi-Stage Interstellar Spaceships?
12/08/2024 Duración: 01h14minInterstellar travel might not be as impossible as most people think. Especially if we adopt the multi-stage approach that we already use in everyday rockets. How can we do it and what results we can expect? Finding out in this interview.
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[Space Bites] China's Space Junk // Graphene on the Moon // Best Meteor Shower Is Here
09/08/2024 Duración: 19minIt’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 atmosphere come from?
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[Interview] How Simulated Observations Help Future Telescopes
08/08/2024 Duración: 47minFuture 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 use simulated observation data. Why is it important and how is it done? Finding out in this interview.