Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today. Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.

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[Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and Beyond
Ion engines can be a very efficient way to travel not only through our Solar System but even beyond. What kinds of ion engines are there? How are they different? What kind of missions can we expect? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: pattern.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Dan Fries https://engr.uky.edu/people/dan-fries 📜 Advanced Electric Propulsion Systems with Optimal Specific Impulses for Fast Interstellar Precursor Missions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385172298AdvancedElectricPropulsionSystemswithOptimalSpecificImpulsesforFastInterstellarPrecursor_Missions 00:00 Intro 01:20 What are ion engines 11:49 Possible Missions 18:15 Solar gravitational lens 30:42 Interstellar travel 34:04 Bonus part 35:10 Current obsessions 38:19 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/QgLE-tFUVow 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Space Base on Phobos, Starship Returning from Mars, Hibernation During Space Travel
Will we have a space base on Phobos? Will hibernation help us to cope with long-distance space travel? How will Starship be returning from Mars? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:24 Why not build a space station at Phobos? 02:33 How long would it take for live to evolve to human level again? 05:23 How to cope with radiation during long-distance space travel? 09:58 How will humans get back from Mars on a Starship? 15:01 Will hibernation help us survive during space travel? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/iRLrlgrK-og 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Space Bites] Game Over for Gaia // Why Ingenuity Crashed // Humanity's First Quasar
We finally learn why Ingenuity crashed. Gaia is nearing the end of its life. NASA is planning cargo deliveries to the Moon. And a twin of the Milky Way, seen in infancy by Webb. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 Why Ingenuity crashed 02:58 End of Gaia 05:52 Cargo missions for the Moon 07:34 Mass of the Milky Way 09:13 Vote results 09:47 Solar flares 12:30 Cosmic rays 14:47 Milky Way's early twin 16:25 Humanity's first quasar 17:56 Interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/4LXb-B3gf98 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Fighting Light Pollution, Venus Holding Its Atmosphere, Space Under New Administration
How can one fight light pollution? What will happen to space exploration in our modern political climate? Why doesn't Venus lose its atmosphere without a magnetosphere? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Get the additional Overtime audio episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-117715009 00:00 Start 00:23 How can Venus hang on to its atmosphere without a magnetic field? 02:17 What will happen to space exploration? 08:45 Would we see a Sgr A quasar from Earth if it became one? 11:54 How to fight light pollution? 15:36 What's going on with the "Crisis in Cosmology"? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/3LaXmvY5BBE 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Milky Way from the ISS, Poking a Black Hole, Sun Bringing The Moon Closer
How don't comets lose all their mass really quickly? Where are all the photos of the Milky Way from the ISS? Can you reach out from orbit and poke a black hole with a stick? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:24 Comets and their tails 04:06 Where are the pictures of the Milky Way from the ISS? 08:36 Will the Sun's expansion bring the Moon closer to Earth? 11:27 Can you poke a black hole with a stick? 13:35 When did 'our' part of the Universe form? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Jv07d5T9sQ8 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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