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
Episodes
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[Space Bites] Starship Flight 4 Update // Giant Stars Disappearing // Volcanoes on Venus
31/05/2024 Duration: 21minStarship is ready for its 4th flight, Webb finds the most distant galaxy ever seen, a new way to detect Hawking Radiation, and fresh volcanoes on Venus.
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[Q&A] Danger from Solar Storms, Observing Planet X, Pink Auroras
28/05/2024 Duration: 37minWhere can we observe the effects of dark matter? How did all satellites survive the recent solar storms? Why auroras can show different colours? If we found Planet X, could we even observe it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Interview] NASA Funded This Crazy Project To Search For Life On Mars
26/05/2024 Duration: 58minNASA selected the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Phase 1 in 2024. It will be studying a possibility to search for existing and past life on Mars alongside the in situ resource utilization process. How will this device work and what potential implications could it have? Finding out with Dr Jan Spacek.
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[Space Bites] GIANT New Space Telescope Proposal // ExoVenus Found // China's Space Aquarium
24/05/2024 Duration: 19minA proposal for a giant new space telescope, a Venus-sized world in a star’s habitable zone, Vera Rubin gets its camera, and the first data release from Euclid.
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[Interview] Getting To Enceladus and Europa Under Tough NASA Budget
21/05/2024 Duration: 01h46sGetting to Enceladus is cool. However, it's not yet possible because there isn't enough budget for it. How can we make missions like that happen despite the budget limitations? Finding out the answers with Dr Manasvi Lingam.
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[Space Bites] Mars Methane Mystery // BepiColombo In Trouble // Crazy Auroras
17/05/2024 Duration: 16minA new answer for Mars methane, BepiColumbo is having thruster problems, three of the oldest stars in the Universe found nearby, and the best auroras in decades.
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[Interview] Here's Why GAIA Is My Absolute Favourite Telescope
13/05/2024 Duration: 01h04minHow exactly does Gaia operate? What should we expect from it in the near future? When and why will it come to an end? And what comes after Gaia? Finding out the answers with Dr Berry Holl.
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[Space Bites] Planet 9 Updates // Vera Rubin Mirror // New SpaceX EVA Suit
10/05/2024 Duration: 17minSpaceX announces their new spacewalking suit, China is off to the Moon again, progress on Vera Rubin, and take a one-way trip into a black hole.
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[Interview] What Comes After ALMA? Next Gen AtLAST Observatory
08/05/2024 Duration: 44minHow can we improve ALMA? What are the benefits of having a single big submillimeter telescope? What could we discover if the AtLAST telescope project goes through? Figuring out the answers with Dr Claudia Chicone.
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[Q&A] Messaging The Aliens, Moving the Earth, Shapes of Coronagraphs
07/05/2024 Duration: 39minHow can we let aliens know we're here? What does a lunar eclipse look like as seen from the Moon? Can we record a supernova in real time? Why aren't coronagraphs just circles? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Interview] How Robots Will Help Humans Conquer The Moon
05/05/2024 Duration: 48minWhen humans will return to the Moon they will need a lot of assistance to set up a settlement and carry out all the missions. They will need a lot of robots to do that. How exactly will it pan out? Figuring out with Professor Yang Gao from King's College London.
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[Space Bites] Big Space Debris Milestone // JWST Spies Exoplanet Weather // Immortal SLIM
02/05/2024 Duration: 16minWebb sees weather on an exoplanet, takes a new image of the horsehead nebula, and a satellite takes a close up image of a piece of space debris.
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[Interview] Is There Hope For TRAPPIST-1 Planets with James Webb?
02/05/2024 Duration: 28minWhat are the limits of James Webb when it's looking for Earth-like atmospheres? What can we possibly find out? Is there any hope for red dwarf stars and their planets to have a potential for habitability? Finding out the answers with Evelyn Macdonald.
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[Q&A] Effects of Planet Alignment, Protecting Antimatter Spaceships from Dust, JWST Deep Fields
30/04/2024 Duration: 43minHow can we protect antimatter-powered rockets from space dust? Will curing cancer solve deep space travel? What happens when planets align? Does dark matter lose angular momentum? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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[Space Bites] Artemis III in Jeopardy // Giant Lava Lake on Io // Voyager-1 Fixed
26/04/2024 Duration: 20minJuno sees a lava lake on Io, Voyager 1 isn’t spouting nonsense any more, Titan Dragonfly gets the greenlight from NASA, and TESS finds its first rogue planet.
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[Q&A] Bigger JWST for Starship, Day on A Gas Planet, Real Science Gatekeepers
24/04/2024 Duration: 42minWhy don't they just build a bigger version of James Webb for Starship? What's the pressure inside Europa's oceans? How can you measure a day on a planet without a surface? Answering all these questions and more in this week's question show.
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[Space Bites] ISS Debris Hit Florida House // Crisis for Mars Sample Return // Closest Black Hole
19/04/2024 Duration: 19minA piece of the ISS smashed into a house in Florida. Evidence for the first stars in the Universe. NASA is having to rethink its Mars Sample Return mission.
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Evolving Dark Matter // JAXA's Moon Rover for NASA // Eclipse Experience
12/04/2024 Duration: 22minNew measurements show dark energy may be evolving, Japan is joining Artemis with a pressurized rover, why the Moon has two different faces, and my experience with the total solar eclipse.
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[Q&A] Interstellar Propulsion, Uranus-Type Exoplanets, AGI Solving Space Mysteries
08/04/2024 Duration: 43minWhat engine type will the first manned interstellar mission use for propulsion? Will AI help solve any mysteries of space? Why do we have exoplanet types named after Neptune but not Uranus? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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[Space Bites] How To Watch The Eclipse // Vera Rubin's Huge Milestone // New Moon Rovers
05/04/2024 Duration: 16minVera Rubin’s Camera is complete, where are rogue planets coming from, NASA chooses suppliers for its new lunar rover, and an earlier formation for the Moon.