Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:37
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China Lands a Reusable Rocket, Spacecraft visit two asteroids up close. How spaceflight makes you older. And using permanent magnets to protect astronauts from radiation. And on Space Bites Plus, extending inflatable tunnels for the surface of Mars.
00:00 Intro

00:18 China Lands a Reusable Rocket https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rmmx86pdo

02:04 Two Close Asteroid Encounters https://www.universetoday.com/articles/another-success-for-hayabusa-2-as-it-completes-a-flyby-of-asteroid-torifune https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c10760422/content.html

06:11 Milky Way’s Arms Are Bigger Than We Thought https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-milky-ways-arms-reach-out-further-than-we-thought

07:36 Spaceflight Makes you Older https://www.universetoday.com/articles/does-space-speed-up-ageing-a-new-study-says-yes

10:24 Permanent Magnets Protect Astronauts? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-permanent-magnets-protect-astronauts-from-solar-storms

13:00 Vote results

13:35 Blue Origin’s Plan for LC-36 Repairs https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-return-to-flight

15:16 Quasars from Euclid https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-euclid-space-telescope-has-found-31-new-ancient-quasars-including-the-most-ancient-one-ever-foun

16:32 JWST's 4th anniversary https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_reveals_millions_of_stars_in_nearby_galaxy

17:37 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/university-team-proposed-retractable-pressurized-tunnels-for-missions-to-mars

20:48 More space news

21:14 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:55
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Will the Sun consume the Earth or not? Should we trade feet for arms to live in microgravity? How good is the peer review process in Astronomy? And in Q&A+, what happened to the Parker Solar Probe?
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@TimPointing] Will the Sun consume the Earth or not?

04:40 [@jeffhans1] Should we trade legs for arms to live in microgravity?

07:26 [@vrstovsek] How loud is the Sun?

08:21 [@JJsQuest] How good is the peer review process in Astronomy?

11:55 [@darrengreen8000] What happened to the Parker Solar Probe?

15:07 Interviews

BONUS PART starts at 29:32
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We're pretty familiar with orbits around the Earth. But as we start putting more and more things on the Moon, it means we'll need to cover more and more orbits that go to and around the Moon. And it's actually much trickier than you think.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Aaron Rosengren https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3654
📜 The Astrodynamics Primer on Cislunar and Translunar Space https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26367
00:00 Intro

01:51 New operating volume in space

03:58 Lunar orbits during the Apollo era

09:42 Lagrange points

14:07 Artemis orbits

25:34 Kessler syndrome in cislunar space

29:32 Risks of crushing things into the Moon

39:00 Current obsessions

41:38 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:11
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Is Helium-3 the real reason for the modern-day space race? Could there be an undetectable death ray coming towards us? Where's the best place to stargaze? And in Q&A+, where will Artemis missions land?
00:00 Intro

00:26 [@Ravi_GoodBetterBestNLIR] Is Helium 3 is the real reason for this new moon base race?

05:09 [@slowboyfuelpump5438] What is the best place in the US for sky gazing?

07:30 [@d.o.6769] What is my favorite naked eye or low mag observation?

10:16 [@kevinjelesnianski2260] Could there be an undetectable death ray coming towards us?

14:11 [@paigepotter4682] Where will future Artemis missions land?

16:20 My media

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:33
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SAVE STARGATE: https://www.change.org/p/save-stargate-with-martin-gero
Would the Sun be poisoned by iron if the Earth crashed into it? What happens to a binary companion when a supernova goes off? Which rocket is my favourite? And in Q&A+, could JWST pay more attention to the little red dots?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@psilocybe6115] Would the Earth poison the Sun?

04:31 [@paulmichaelfreedman8334] My favorite rocket or space vehicle?

09:56 [@tomholroyd7519] What happens when a binary companion goes supernova?

12:33 [@abdwyer] Could JWST be “focused” on the Little Red Dots?

15:43 Take action!