Universe Today Podcast

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:25
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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? And in Q&A+, is there anything in the Universe that's static?
00:00 Intro

00:27 [@iancudmore9795] Next telescopes to be excited about

07:34 [@smkolins] Any update on Vera Rubin pics for the public?

10:39 [@darthex0] do we have a supermassive black hole in the milky way, or does it have us? 11:59 [@joeyhoser] Is planet 9 already in the Rubin data?

14:02 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] So someone with Vera Rubin gets to name it right?

16:25 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 20:35
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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 a danger for astronauts.
00:00 Intro

00:17 MMX Goes to Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jaxas-martian-moons-exploration-mission-is-on-its-way-to-mars-and-phobos

03:09 Self-Interacting Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-distant-supercluster-of-galaxies-points-to-self-interacting-dark-matter

06:25 Actually, there are Green Stars https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/astronomers-reveal-true-colours-of-white-dwarf-stars/

08:08 Mars’s Most Mysterious Cloud https://www.universetoday.com/articles/marss-most-mysterious-cloud-might-be-defying-textbook-cloud-physics

10:06 Euclid Discovers a Comet https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-esas-euclid-space-telescope-has-discovered-a-new-comet

12:21 How the Milky Way's Disk Formed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-stubborn-question-answered-new-research-reveals-how-the-milky-ways-disk-formed

14:40 Vote results

15:06 Microblazar Confirmed https://www.universetoday.com/articles/achievement-unlocked-microblazar-confirmed

17:39 Cool pictures https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-captures-stars-in-the-early-stages-of-life-in-a-nearby-stellar-nursery https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2625/?lang

20:35 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-moon-is-still-shrinking-as-it-cools-that-could-create-a-hazard-for-lunar-mission

23:59 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:54
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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?
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@idodekkers9165] Was there a time when all the universe was visible?

06:02 [@madmillion91920110] Does the 'present' actually mean anything a cosmic scale?

09:42 [@LDEKSOCH] Why these particular laws of physics?

14:54 [@georgegherghinescu] Do event horizons of fast rotating black holes have a flattened sphere shape?

17:43 Final thoughts

BONUS PART STARST AT 21:45
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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 this interview.
Interview with Lee Feinberg about the HWO https://youtu.be/0R3ykUkxH5M?si=DhJxA32PyHr3ypUh
Huge interview about TRAPPIST-1 system https://youtu.be/B8H4EnbKkgU?si=_mGhpuR5w2G0bCtX
🟣 Guest: Dr. Allison Youngblood https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/allison.a.youngblood
📜 ESCAPE: a small explorer mission to study the stellar drivers of exoplanet evolution https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.00683
00:00 Intro

02:19 M-dwarf stars and their planets

07:10 ESCAPE mission

17:27 Next steps

21:45 TESS

30:40 Current obsessions

35:46 Final thoughts

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:22
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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 panels?
00:00 Intro

00:25 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Why are there no binary planets?

02:39 [@andrewczski1969] Do you buy into dark matter?

08:46 [@alcalbg] Does total dark energy increase as space expands?

10:11 [@Noonyuh] What are your favorite apps or sites for real-time maps of the sky?

15:22 [@andrewczski1969] just couldn't send along swiffers, huh?

20:00 Final thoughts