Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 21:25
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Starshades for ground-based telescopes, DART proved that asteroids share material, a new way to measure the age of the Universe, Webb sees Jupiter’s auroras. And in Space Bites+, how Dyson Spheres and Stellar Engines could be stable.
00:00 Intro

00:18 Starshades for Telescopes https://www.universetoday.com/articles/starshade-concept-could-reveal-earth-like-exoplanets

03:38 Proba-3's problems https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Work_ongoing_to_restore_contact_with_Proba-3_s_Coronagraph

05:19 More from DART https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-find-the-first-direct-evidence-of-binary-asteroids-sharing-material

08:28 New way to measure the age of the Universe https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-answer-is-written-in-the-stars

11:51 JWST Reveals Surprises in Jupiter’s Auroras https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-reveals-some-puzzling-surprises-in-jupiters-northern-aurora

13:13 New Findings About The Sun https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-that-never-flips

14:57 Sun's Heartbeat https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-has-a-heartbeat 16:34 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

17:11 This Could be Masking The Signals from Aliens https://www.universetoday.com/articles/aliens-might-have-their-radio-signals-blurred-by-their-stars-solar-wind

19:09 Detecting Binary SMBHs Without Gravitational Waves https://www.universetoday.com/articles/looking-for-supermassive-black-hole-binaries-with-a-flash-of-starlight

20:40 Cosmic Hawk https://www.universetoday.com/articles/vlt-image-captures-a-cosmic-hawk-spanning-its-wings

21:25 Stabe Dyson Spheres https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-study-says-theres-a-way-to-make-dyson-bubbles-and-stellar-engines-stable

22:49 Thoughts on YouTube Premium

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:13
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Which different types of astronomers exist? If Mars flat? Is there a gravitational limit for planets? And in Q&A+, could other civilizations be frozen in time?
00:00 Intro

00:23 [@paigepotter4682] How do telescopes decide where to look?

03:34 [@drZab] How can neutrinos from a supernova arrive faster than light?

07:05 [@luboinchina3013] Is there a gravitational limit for planets to launch rockets from?

10:01 [@RP1_4breakfast] is Mars flat too?

10:31 [@fstrelniece] Which flavours do Astronomers come in?

12:37 [@Justchris6436] Would the perception of us from far away be the same?

13:34 [@silasmiller4417] How powerful could gravitational waves get on earth?

15:13 [@bryce.lochlan] Could most civilizations we see still be frozen in a time before they even evolved?

18:37 Outro

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:15
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What will Vera Rubin find? Can life on Tau Ceti be found? Why do we find galaxies of different age at same angular size? And in Q&A+, which is the closest planet we could find life at?
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@pete.runde.j] Will Vera Rubin find planet 9?

02:03 [@joshmiller7870] Is Vera Rubin currently scanning in the direction we suspect Planet 9 might be?

04:29 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Can Vera Rubin find a terrestrial world at Tau Ceti?

05:55 [@FLPhotoCatcher] Why do interferometers need insane time sync?

10:34 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Why can very different galaxies look the same in a telescope?

14:15 [@jackseabranch7960] Which is the closest star system that might contain intelligent life?

17:26 Outro

We built a search engine that allows us to search through all the Questions Shows we've recorded to look for specific topics. It turns out that black holes were the most searched-for topic, so we decided... let's make a supercut of all 300, spanning 10 years of my life, running 10 hours long. Was it a good idea? Insanity? We're beyond that point now. So busy wondering if we could, we never stopped to ask if we should. Nor will we... ever.
So now, you have the perfect machine to fall asleep to. Forever. An actual human, droning on until the heat death of the Universe. It will drive you mad, and yet, you might see the truth of the cosmos.
The only way past is through. Proceed into the black hole... with caution.
00:00:00 Intro

00:01:37 2016

00:22:19 2017

01:19:52 2018

01:48:06 2019

02:34:38 2020

03:20:29 2021

04:23:07 2022

05:47:14 2023

06:58:01 2024

08:28:32 2025

09:35:21 2026

BONUS PART STARTS AT 01:10:56
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👉 My previous interview with Dr Lee Feinberg https://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao
How's James Webb doing? What's the state of the Habitable Worlds Observatory and when can we realistically expect it to launch? What is the LIFE observatory and what new tech will it bring? Finding out in this interview.
🟣 Guest: Dr. Lee Fienberg
📜 Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11803
00:00:00 Intro

00:02:54 Meet Lee Feinberg

00:03:39 State of JWST

00:13:28 Habitable Worlds Observatory

00:33:47 Finding planets vs Observing planets

00:43:28 Timeframe for HWO

00:58:12 LIFE Telescope

01:10:56 Quantum telescopes

01:21:51 Current obsessions

01:26:08 Final thoughts