Episodes
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AI Is Destroying YouTube. But NOT In The Way You Think
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[Q&A+] The Future of Space Telescopes
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:46 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DIqlwbuEE4g Which space event would I want to observe firsthand? How will artificial gravity systems work? What’s the direction for future space telescopes? And in Q&A+, how does astronomy adopt AI?...
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[Space Bites+] Vera Rubin Finally Delivers Its First Big Discovery
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 23:19 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Vera Rubin finds a new dwarf planet, while Webb sees dwarf planets colliding in another system, Valles Marineris might still be volcanically active, and Hera...
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[Q&A+] Space Lasers VS Space Nukes
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:12 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DCUndRxFz7M 00:00 Intro 00:26 [@iancudmore9795] when do we get research on what low G does to our health as compared to micro gravity? 05:27 [@JacobBouchard] Could we use Buoyancy Tests to simulate…
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[Q&A+] Exciting Telescopes Coming After JWST and Roman
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:25 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YLR1oYfXD3Q Which cool telescopes are coming after Nancy Grace Roman? Is the Planet 9 data already taken and is waiting to be discovered? Do we have the supermassive black hole or does it have us?…
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[Space Bites+] "Impossible" Green Stars Might Actually Exist
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 20:35 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B9P_8oZ4rCA The Japanese mission is off to Phobos. Actually, there are green stars. Explaining the most mysterious cloud on Mars. Euclid discovers a comet. And in Space Bites+, how the shrinking Moon could be…
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[Q&A+] Was the UN-Observable Universe Always UN-Reachable?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:54 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a0t-G4LKiMU What does "the present" mean in space? Why do we have the laws of Physics we have? Was there a rime when all the Universe was accessible? And in Q&A+, are all black holes perfect spheres?...
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[Interview+] Going Beyond Hubble and Roman to Find Planets With Atmospheres
BONUS PART STARST AT 21:45 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sx-qjgeslfQ A new mission that was just proposed to NASA is an extreme UV telescope that will observe hundreds of stars to find the conditions for planets with atmospheres. How exactly will it work? Finding out in...
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[Q&A+] Why Are There No Binary Planets?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:22 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MhJFyC_vdtk Why are there no binary planets? Should you buy into dark energy and dark matter? What apps are best for stargazing? And in Q&A+, why don't NASA just bring put wipers on Mars solar…
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[Space Bites+] Turns Out, Hypernovae Might Not Exist At All
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 14:37 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qpthhx9svK8 Do hypernovae actually exist? The science is in from the Artemis 2 mission. A second generation planet found around a white dwarf. Starship 40 finally makes it home. And Space Bites Plus, a red dwarf...
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[Q&A+] Should We Still Be Worried About The Apophis Asteroid?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:25 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/99euKNYNKIE Are interferometers the future of telescopes? Can we aim at stars by knowing only where they were billions of years ago? Is the Apophis asteroid still dangerous? And in Q&A+, can we just...
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[Q&A+] Why Won't NASA Just Buy Falcon 9 from SpaceX?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:14 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bmthiCOpbMQ If SpaceX no longer want Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon, why won't NASA just buy them for themselves? What would a perfect space station look like? What is being done to improve the deep space...
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[Space Bites+] Finally, A NASA Mission To Explore Lava Tubes
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:14 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/S7Vbh0p5Vfc Team Human https://www.teamhuman.org/ A Moon lava tube mission. Remnants of the Moon’s magnetosphere. Where are the wondering supermassive black holes. And on Space Bites+, why Mars’ ice caps are…
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[Q&A+] How Realistic Are Mars Colonizations Plans?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:42 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B_h8kKdiHe8 Why do star shades look like flowers? Is Mars colonization just a Ponzi Scheme? Why would it be worth doing? And on Q&A+, should you scream into the void? 00:00 Intro 00:23...
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[Interview+] Two Football Fields of Solar Sail in One Rocket | NIAC 2026
BONUS PART STARTS AT 25:44 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/B8xbSUstIhA 🟣 Guest: Dr. Artur Davoyan https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/artur-davoyan/ Solar sails are great. It's a propulsion method that doesn't require carrying fuel. But the need to be really big to be...
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[Q&A+] What’s The Best Way To Go Under The Ice of Europa?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:37 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eLHeqk2Yh1Q How bright is space? What's the best way to go under the ice on Europa? Are there new gravitational wave detectors in the works? And on Q&A+, have we actually seen black holes grow? 00:00...
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[Space Bites+] This Telescope Will Do What JWST and Roman Can't
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:56 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y9Iknlzbn5s NASA is working on a new far-infrared space telescope, Starship finally makes it to orbit, a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and an exoplanet orbiting backwards. On Space Bites plus, a galaxy with a...
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[Q&A+] What Does The Milky Way Orbit?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:23 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BWKrIT28Uk0 We orbit the Sun, Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way, but what does the Milky Way orbit? Can we still catch up with Oumuamua? Is the Big Crunch a ruled-out theory? And in Q&A+, have…
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[Interview+] How Good Was Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Really?
BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:25 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/izP3FsO9u8o PBS Spacetime video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo Professor David Kipping's channel: @CoolWorldsLab We've done a lot of searching for extraterrestrial life over the years. But how good…
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[Q&A+] We Were Promised A Firehose of Results From Vera Rubin. Where Are They?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:56 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cdHAMQf1Fnk When will we see the surfaces of exoplanets? What non-western telescopes should we expect? Where are all the big promised results from Vera Rubin? And in Q&A+, how to get in space...
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[Space Bites+] Turns Out, Superflares Are Quite Possible for Our Sun
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:59 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pkZ5tjeeiS0 00:00 Intro 00:33 Superflares are on the table https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-is-physically-capable-of-producing-a-superflare-according-to-a-new-study 04:10 Direct image of the…
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[Q&A+] What Happened At the Very Beginning?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:04 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XukdOeLfIgQ What does matter and antimatter annihilate into? How do we know what happened before the CMB? Is outer space dirty? And in Q&A+, initial thoughts about Seestar S50 pro. 00:00 Intro 00:48...
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[Interview+] A Far Side of The Moon Radio Telescope May Happen Sooner Than You Think
BONUS PART STARTS AT 31:55 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OVcy19IcuIg 🟣 Guest: Dr. Dave Deboer 📜 The Lunar Farside Transients and Technology Telescope (LFT3) Mission https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.25762 https://lft3.space/ A radio telescope on the far side of the Moon…
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[Q&A+] How Feasible Is A Starship-Based Space Station?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:28 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6utGiIvm2LE Is combining multiple space telescopes the way to go? Can we detect ice-shell exoplanets? How feasible would a Starship space base be? And in Q&A+, why didn't CMB go past us? 00:00 Intro...
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[Space Bites+] Moon Cities Are Not Happening. Here's Why
BONUS PART START AT 15:19 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hCgllDUvjMk Interview with Martin Elvis about the Moon: https://youtu.be/CvFMw-kXIzs Astronomy Cast video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZdAB_hwPeA Maybe we won’t be living on cities on the Moon. A fresh new...
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[Q&A+] Why Didn't NASA Just Build Another Kepler When It Failed?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:07 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/koZUXaCXpYA When Kepler failed, why didn't we just build another one? Do we know about all the potentially dangerous asteroids? Could one just come out of nowhere? And in Q&A+, which planets are more...
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[Interview+] This Crazy Robot Could Explore the CAVES of Titan | NIAC 2026
BONUS PART STARTS AT 32:27 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6h5It3GnTGI Titan Dragonfly is one of the most exciting missions in development. But it'll have its limits. For example, it won't go into caves on Titan. Which are super interesting. But this NIAC project will…
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[Q&A+] Can You Put An Consumer-Grade Telescope In Space?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:01 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UjOkLC6N9cY Can someone launch a regular small telescope into space? Are Moon caves stable enough for a permanent base? What happened to the Swift rescue mission? And in Q&A+, was the asteroid belt a...
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[Space Bites+] This Supernova Candidate Turned Out To Be Something Completely Different
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:05 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fA75k6U2HYg Is this a supernova ready to explode, or is it just a trick of the light. A mission to Halley’s Comet in 2060. An amazing new image from Vera Rubin. Webb fails to find an exomoon. And in Space Bites...
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[Q&A+] Did China Really Steal the Falcon 9 Design?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:32 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tdTe2acoWKc Should SpaceX be concerned about China's reusable rocket designs? Have we ever found meteorites coming from Mercury? Why is it called the speed of light, not the speed of gravity? And in...
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[Interview+] We All Love Space. Here's Why
BONUS PART STARTS AT 33:01 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wk7ccTP9Aag 🟣 Guest: Mat Kaplan https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio Mat Kaplan is a huge inspiration for me. We talked about the Planetary Society, his career hosting The Planetary Radio, most exciting...
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[Q&A+] Will Roman Find Even More New Physics?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:31 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lG_soURwfxk Will new telescopes continue bringing up new discoveries? Why doesn't the CMB get blocked by galaxies? Where did the first stars form? And in Q&A+, the truth about Roman's mirror. 00:00...
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[SpaceBites+] NASA's Roman Telescope Is In Space
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:53 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/AvoSIyuVXWM Nancy Grace Roman has launched. Webb sees little red dots merging. Black holes make a mess when eating, there's a 10 sided feature at Saturn South Pole. And on Space Bites Plus, figuring out how a...
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[Q&A+] Are Meteorites A Big Problem for The Moon?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:06 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TvXlCBcnOgc How much stuff falls on the Moon every day? What if Von Neumann probes had AI? How did studying the Universe change my world views? And in Q&A+, should I grind my own telescope mirror?...
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[Interview+] Did Ground-Based Astronomy Already Lose to Mega-Constellations?
BONUS PART STARTS AT 24:48 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0RvsOFWZFtw There soon will be tens of thousands of satellites in orbit. Possibly, even millions. Does it mean that ground-based Astronomy is a lost cause? How can we make it work? Also, how is New Horizons doing?...
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[Q&A+] How Many Supernovae Made The Solar System?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:23 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1E7v7lv0U-o Can you DYI a binocular telescope at home? Which binoculars should you get for stargazing? How many supernovae it took to create the Solar System? And in Q&A+ what happens is the Voyagers...
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[Space Bites+] SpaceX Go All-In On Building The Biggest Spaceport In History
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 25:06 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8eMctTM-dug Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts My sister's website: https://haislacollins.com/ Japan’s Phobos mission is almost ready to launch and so is Roman, NASA needs…
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[Q&A+] What Percentage of The Universe’s Life Has Already Passed?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:37 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2gtlfvI9JJ0 How much of the Universe's life has already passed? Is the Universe spinning? How do binary planets work? And in Q&A+, does solar wind influence the orbits of planets? 00:00 Intro 00:24...
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[Interview+] How Much Gravity Is Too Much To Escape A Planet?
BONUS PART STARTS AT 20:51 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QD5sJ636wxM More interviews: https://www.patreon.com/collection/44300/ 🟣 Guest: Dr. Sanjoy Som https://www.bluemarblespace.org/ 📜 Multistage Rocket Optimization, Geophysics, and the Spacefaring Envelope of...
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[Q&A+] Can We Turn The Entire Moon Into a Giant Datacenter?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 21:21 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xrMsuZTdfAM Couldn’t we use the entire moon as a data center? Does the vastness of space ever scare me? Do solar systems have Lagrange points? And in Q&A+, will we ever get to a Jetsons reality?…
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[Space Bites+] Swift Will Now Inevitably Die // China Lands a Rocket (again) // Starship Survived
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 26:33 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ccPtQeURDzM 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Interview with Vasiliy Kokorev about Little Red Dots https://youtu.be/zoHtCmCbcEU Interview with Nobel Prize Winner Adam…
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[Q&A+] Earth’s True Path Through The Galaxy | Q&A 451
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:13 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aX16AFy_Y9Q Do we go through same places in the Milky Way every rotation? How should we celebrate the first contact? Will artificial magnetosphere help creating an atmosphere on Mars? And in Q&A+…
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[Q&A+] How Bad Would a Super Solar Storm Be for The Moon Base? | Q&A 450
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:48 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R8_XwBxWsn0 How dangerous would a massive solar storm be for future Moon and Mars bases? Can more exoplanet discoveries stimulate more funding? What’s the ultimate fate of galaxy clusters? And in…
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[Space Bites+] Bad News for Europa Exploration // Watching Pluto’s Atmosphere Fade Away // Auroras on Mars
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:16 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9XGHRoVJgYA 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts How can there be auroras on Mars? More bad news for the exploration of Europa. Watching Pluto's atmosphere. And on Space…
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[Q&A+] Alien Megastructures or Microbes?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:15 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vMgKQDzRzUE My Top-100 movie list: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday/posts/my-top-100-space-153930141 Which are we more likely to find, alien megastructures or alien microbes? Why is the US…
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[Interview+] Swarming The Rings of Saturn With Tiny Probes, NIAC 2026
BONUS PART STARTS AT 21:56 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VqBVL2vwh04 🟣 Guest: Dr. Mike Rubenstein 📜 Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere...
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[Q&A+] Best Way For The Universe To End
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:37 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N2INt2XOCp0 My Top-100 movie list: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday/posts/my-top-100-space-153930141 If white holes exist, could we ever see one? Do SETI researches have access to Vera Rubin?...
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[Space Bites+] SpaceX Slams Into The Moon // Liquid on Pluto // Venus Isn’t Dead
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 19:40 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube https://youtu.be/rV0bRCA2cSs 🔵 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts Interviews mentioned: 👉 Interview with Dr Matt Weller https://youtu.be/R18W6VVZMhc?si=RasWhg-Y9sfKvXys 👉 Interview with Dr...
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[Q&A+] Can We Detect Gravitational Waves from the Big Bang Itself?
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:26 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2lopY61vhgc Channels mentioned: @filmjoy @WeirdExplorer Are primordial gravitational waves still coming to us? How big would a 30 billion Sun mass black hole be? Do photons start experiencing time…
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[Interview+] How Metamaterials Can Help Moon Rovers Survive Both Days and Nights, NIAC 2026
BONUS PART STARTS AT 30:33 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bbJ3I37yS4o 🟣 Guest: Dr. Austin Phoenix https://nationalsecurity.vt.edu/personnel-directory/phoenix-austin.html 📜 ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental...