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  • [Space Bites] Artificial Solar Eclipses // Mother of All Meteor Storms // Vera Rubin's First Light

    [Space Bites] Artificial Solar Eclipses // Mother of All Meteor Storms // Vera Rubin's First Light
    Jun 20 2025
    A new mission can make solar eclipses on demand, what do supernovae and stellar flybys do to Earth’s climate, how asteroid 2024 YR4 will make the mother of all meteor showers, and Starship 36 explodes during testing. And on Space Bites+, how we could use a space elevator to extract water from Ceres. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 💥 NSF's video: https://youtu.be/71AwkBt3ts?si=YznNNyumC9VakFu 💥 Scott Manley's video: https://youtu.be/0C_L-qgHsE0?si=UzpyqdtjHJDw2s4N 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:25 Artificial solar eclipse with Proba-3 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esas-new-mission-can-see-a-solar-eclipse-every-day 01:55 PUNCH sees a solar erruption https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-punch-mission-captured-images-of-a-huge-solar-eruption 03:08 Could stellar flybys change Earth's climate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/have-stellar-flybys-altered-earths-climate-in-the-past 05:43 Supernovae changing Earth's climate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/supernova-explosions-changed-earths-climate-and-shaped-humanitys-history 08:19 Mother of all meteor showers https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-potential-danger-to-satellites-due-to-ejecta-from-a-2032-lunar-impact-by-asteroid-2024-yr4 10:18 Vote results 10:57 China's Mengzhou abort test https://www.universetoday.com/articles/china-tests-the-crew-escape-for-its-new-lunar-capsule 12:36 Honda tests a reusable rocket https://global.honda/en/topics/2025/c2025-06-17ceng.html 13:42 Starship explodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71AwkBt3ts&ab_channel=NASASpaceflight 15:46 Vera Rubin's first light https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-first-images-from-vera-rubin-are-about-to-drop 17:50 More space news 18:54 Bonus story 19:12 Vancouver island 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/wI_Hk36bx7Q 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    22 minutos
  • [Q&A] Seeing the Oort Cloud, Rogue Planet Nearby, Knocking the Moon Away

    [Q&A] Seeing the Oort Cloud, Rogue Planet Nearby, Knocking the Moon Away
    Jun 19 2025
    Can a giant asteroid knock the Moon from its orbit? How good does a telescope need to be to see the Oort cloud? What are the odds of a rogue planet hiding nearby in our Solar system? And in our extended Q&A+ version, can we be sure that we're alone in the Universe? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:30 [angus campbell] Could a giant meteor knock the Moon out of orbit? 02:19 [Liam Dobbyn] Could dark matter be just failed stars with planets? 04:04 [Annie Alexander] How powerful would a telescope have to be to be able to see the Oort cloud? 05:17 [Clint Davis] Can we artificially rotate a tidally locked planet? 06:17 [your average terraria player] Why does breaking light speed cause paradoxes? 07:47 [Correctimus] How likely is it that a rogue planet is in the Oort cloud right now? 09:32 [Snelwegkoek] The coolest object I've seen in a telescope 12:37 [Sid Remey] How to through things down from the ISS? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/r8lcoL2Fy-I 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    18 minutos
  • [Bonus] No Aliens?! Space Journalist Fraser Cain on Astronomy, Space Discoveries, Sci-Fi

    [Bonus] No Aliens?! Space Journalist Fraser Cain on Astronomy, Space Discoveries, Sci-Fi
    Jun 17 2025
    This is an interview with me for the Worldviews Podcast. 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/yj0Gi7d0zm4?si=NYLERm4yquBpkqbb 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Introduction 01:25 Fraser’s upbringing into science 04:59 Proud career moments 06:01 Space misconceptions 09:05 Black Holes 11:05 From planes flying to flying into space 13:05 Topics Fraser has changed his mind about 19:35 Aliens are not real 29:40 Greatest space discoveries of the century 34:12 Discoveries on the horizon 38:25 The name “Fraser” 39:15 Smartest people Fraser has interviewed 40:55 How impressive astronauts are 43:05 Purpose and meaning in the cosmos 44:35 Fine tuning of the Universe 46:55 Multiverse theory 48:45 Multiverse vs dimension 51:45 Mount Rushmore of Scifi tv shows 54:30 Sci-Fi books & Creativity 1:00:15 What’s next for Fraser 1:04:30 One question for God 1:06:16 Closing 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    1 hora e 7 minutos
  • [Interview] Planning a Mission to Uranus

    [Interview] Planning a Mission to Uranus
    Jun 16 2025
    We never came back to Uranus after the Voyager 2 flyby in 1986. It's time to come back. But what will it take to organise a mission to Uranus? What priorities will it have and when can it launch? Finding out in this interview. 😍 [Interview+] Same video. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Amy Simon https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/amy.a.simon 00:00 Intro 02:11 What have we learned since Voyager 05:58 Requests for the mission 15:59 Planning a modern-day mission 24:22 LUCY mission 29:38 OSIRIS-ReX 37:52 Current obsessions 40:47 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/S-jz0o5H4Oo 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    43 minutos
  • [Bonus] The Challenge/Promise of AI & Science Communication 🧠📢

    [Bonus] The Challenge/Promise of AI & Science Communication 🧠📢
    Jun 15 2025
    This is an interview with me done by Salman Hameed @ Kainaat Astronomy in English. Salman Hameed has a PhD in astronomy and is Charles Taylor Chair and Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, and a member of the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD) in Massachusetts, USA. He is also the CEO of the non-profit Kainaat Studios. You can find more information about Kainaat Studios here: https://www.kainaatstudios.com/ 🚀 YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/99CeM9GmUqk?si=ICweyVo4TgkXdxAS 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    58 minutos
  • [Space Bites] Sun’s Pole Revealed // Sun Shade vs Climate Change // Source of Cosmic Rays

    [Space Bites] Sun’s Pole Revealed // Sun Shade vs Climate Change // Source of Cosmic Rays
    Jun 13 2025
    Have we finally found the source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays? Our first look at the Sun’s south pole, New Glenn slips again, what kind of damage would rockets do to the ozone layer? And in Space Bites+, a pair of quasars that dominated Cosmic Noon. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🌌 Zone of Avoidance interview: https://youtu.be/BpaEskYuBk0 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:23 Source of cosmic rays https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cosmic-rays-astrophysicists-closer.html 03:25 First ever view of the Sun's pole https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-solar-orbiter-is-giving-us-a-decisive-look-at-the-suns-poles 05:10 Detailed view of the Sun https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-suns-identity-crisis-solved 06:30 New Glenn launch slips again https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/second-new-glenn-launch-slips-toward-fall-as-program-leadership-departs/ 08:12 Vote results 08:59 Rockets and the ozone layer https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-01098-6 11:10 Sunshade to combat climate change https://www.universetoday.com/articles/would-a-planetary-sunshade-help-cool-the-planet-this-mission-could-find-out 13:01 Star formation in the center of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galactic-center-struggles-to-form-massive-stars 14:46 Colliding Galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/colliding-galaxies-tearing-at-each-other-with-gravity-and-radiation 15:45 A planet forming https://www.universetoday.com/articles/youre-looking-at-a-newly-forming-planet 17:12 More space news 18:09 Bonus story 18:26 NASA's SMM 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/_8EZb6NOauo 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    22 minutos
  • [Q&A] Giving Up on Dark Matter, Swarm of Cheap Probes VS Single Expensive One, Rotating Universe

    [Q&A] Giving Up on Dark Matter, Swarm of Cheap Probes VS Single Expensive One, Rotating Universe
    Jun 12 2025
    At what point we should just admit defeat and give up on our search for dark matter? Should we be sending a lot of cheap space probes instead of a single expensive one? If the Universe is rotating, where is the axis? And in our Q&A+ version, how to make a friend fall in love with Astronomy? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:30 [Tyler] Have we ever sent a swarm of really cheap probes instead of a single expensive one? 03:03 [Nithin Cleetus] If the Universe is rotating, around which axis does it do that? 04:31 [Trinidatt] What are the requrements to get a gravitational lens? 07:36 [estraume] Any updated on the idea of air-breathing ion engines? 09:10 [Andreas Lusti] How do I arrange my interviews? 12:39 [Frosty⛄️Winnipeg] When will I get an asteroid named after me? 15:05 [Maciej Jurkowski] How long will we be searching for dark matter before giving up? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/LrIYot5w5z8 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    21 minutos
  • [Interview] Unveiling The Most Obscured Part of Our Galaxy

    [Interview] Unveiling The Most Obscured Part of Our Galaxy
    Jun 10 2025
    For a long time the central part of our galaxy was mostly hidden from us because of all the dust. It was even called the Zone of Avoidance. But with better telescopes and modern techniques we can peer inside and reveal what's hiding. Even build 3D-maps of the region. 😍 [Interview+] Bonus Part. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr Cara Battersby https://battersby.physics.uconn.edu/ 📜 3D Structure of our Galaxy’s Central Molecular Zone https://centralmolecularzone.github.io/3D_CMZ/ 00:00 Intro 01:46 Zone of Avoidance 12:15 3D-map of the Central molecular zone 16:36 Star formation 22:58 Unsolved questions 27:59 Current obsessions 28:36 PRIMA mission with NASA 35:01 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/BpaEskYuBk0 📰 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 frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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    37 minutos