Are there any other local groups of galaxies out there? Did the high temperature of the Universe create life? Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A. 🦄 Additional Overtime episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-120001337 00:00 Start 00:25 Do we know of other 'local groups' of galax…

How will the upcoming MAUVE telescope fit into the search for exoplanets? What science goals will it have? How will future instruments and telescopes help? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-interview-120079050 🟣 Guest: Dr. Emily Rickman https://www.emilyrickman.com/ 📜 MAUVE: Missi…

When did the first terrestrial planets form? How can galaxies collide when the Universe is expanding? Do black holes have Lagrange points? Answering all these questions and more. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:25 When would the first terrestrial planets have formed? 04:40 Did humanity stall with spacefligh…

How can neutrinos help us find dark matter? How a 10-year search can give null results and what significance does it have? What's next for this direction? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:34 Why Neutrinos 14:03 High energy VS low energy search 17:04 Bonus Part: Null results 18:…

We’ve got two new options for NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission, an explanation for why Mars can get planet-wide dust storms, stealing secrets from Conan the Bacterium, and we could see a really bright comet next week. 🚀 Watch all our videos with no ads: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:18 Two options for Mars Sample Return mission …

Can the government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents? Is NASA avoiding looking for life? How will Hubble Tension help science? 🦄 Additional Overtime episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-119511175 00:00 Start 00:25 Can government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents? 05:11 Is NASA avoiding looking for life? 11:21 How will …

Searching for life is complicated. Which elements are critical and which ones are not? Which can we count as biosignatures and which can occur without life? Which role does Phosphorus play in all that? 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:36 Phosphorus and Earth life 21:42 Biosignatures and Phosph…

This is a bonus part for the interview with Harry Brodsky where he talks about his underwater research experience. 🦄 Subscribe to Patreon to get these bonus episodes in future: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📺 Full Interview https://youtu.be/Ppc3zzMTJTs 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter …

What happens if we find the true origin of life? What space things should you look forward to in 2025? Can a tidally locked planet qualify as Earth 2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:25 What would happen if we found out where life came from? 03:58 W…

NASA is working on an even bigger Mars helicopter, is dark energy just an illusion?, a particle that only has mass when moving in one direction, and Parker Solar Probe completes its closest flyby of the Sun. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 Mars Chopper 02:07 Dark Energy Illusion 07:19 One Direction Parti…

What will happen to Phobos and Deimos in Mars' orbit? What happens to different body parts in space? Could Venus be a better destination for human exploration than Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Additional Overtime episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-118616281 00:00 Start 00:24 What happens to …

All the best news stories from 2024 as voted by our viewers in Space Bites. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:09 January 02:36 February 04:02 March 05:44 April 08:23 May 10:40 June 13:12 July 16:03 August 19:47 September 22:17 October 26:11 November 28:39 December 31:11 Outro 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/…

Where did Phobos and Deimos come from? Can we send a mission into a gas giant? How many exoplanets did Gaia detect? What is Canada's involvement in space exploration? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:28 How is Canada involved in space exploration? 03:2…

To find life outside of Earth we first need to understand what life even is. So, what is life? How can we go from understanding 'life as we know it' to 'life as we don't know it'? And how can we then search for it in the Universe? More interviews: 👉 Venus Could Harbour Non-Water Based Life https://youtu.be/wK9LWHNHuF4?si=zqq62dMbje2ZhfSc 👉 Exomoons…

More landers are going to the Moon; maybe TRAPPIST 1b has an atmosphere after all; Perseverance climbs up to the rim of Jezero Crater and a supermassive black hole rolls over onto its side. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:14 2 Landers 1 Rocket 03:02 Trappist-1b atmosphere update https://www.universetoday.co…

How bright would the Moon be if it was covered with ice not regolith? How does spaghettification happen near black holes? How will the human body adapt to Mars's gravity after the long journey? Answering all these questions and more in the Q&A show. 🦄 Get the additional Overtime audio episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-118171439…

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-fri…

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 fo…

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 Mil…

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…

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…

Black Widow pulsars consume their partners. But if there were advanced alien species, it could be a perfect way to produce energy and move the stars around. They could also use pulsars as a global galactic navigation system. How exactly could they achieve it? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: patreon.com/universetod…

Trump announces his choice for the new NASA administrator, we’ve got a new date for Artemis III, Venus might have never had liquid oceans, and finding habitable planets around white dwarf stars. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🎁 Gift Universe Today Patreon membership: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday/gift 00:00 Intro…

Does building more JWSTs for different parts of the spectrum make sense? Are star types predetermined at their birth? Can you cook a pizza on the Sun? Why is the Sun's corona hotter than its surface? Are there binary supermassive black holes? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.…

Who will pay for the next-generation space stations that follow the ISS? How much do rockets pollute? Did James Webb make the observable Universe bigger? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Best place for a space factory? 05:21 Can stars and p…

Dragonfly is taking a Falcon Heavy to Titan, What’s inside Uranus?, Russia’s cargo ship delivers a stinky smell to the station, and testing robots to go under the ice on Europa. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 A ride for Dragonfly https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for…

Why don't comets run out of "tail fuel"? If Voyager crashes into something, can we tell it apart from a regular failure? What are the chances we will drive into a lava tube? Will satellite communication become dominant at some point? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overt…

James Webb recently detected a new kind of exoplanet. It's a steam world. How did they find it and what does it mean for the future of exoplanet search? Finding out in this interview. 🦄 Get the extra part for free here: pattern.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Eshan Raul 📜 JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich "Steam World" Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d https://i…

JUMBOs, Jupiter Mass Binary Objects. Over 500 of them were detected in the Orion Nebula by JWST. But where did they come from? How did they form and why are they in binary pairs? My guest has a good guess about it. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Jessica Diamond 📜Formation of Jupiter-Mass Binary Objects through p…

Where will the money come from for the next generation of space stations? Does NASA have plans for a gravity tractor experiment for the Apophis flyby? Which part of the Milky Way can we see? Can there be different types of black holes? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. 🦄 More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday…

I just wrapped up an interesting conversation over at DoomDebates talking about the future of artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, Great Filter, Grabby Aliens and more. Check it out and subscribe to the channel. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u07Q7WUVWo 📰 GUIDE TO S…

If there is a faster-than-light spaceship, could we detect it? Can we use the Sun as a magnifying glass? Which telescope to get under $200? Can Juno meet Europa clipper? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:18 Can we detect FTL spacecraft? 03:26…

Starship completes its 6th flight test, Webb analyzes a star in another galaxy and confirms the Hubble tension, again, and a new explanation for the moons of Mars. More interviews: 👉 Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology https://youtu.be/hmJOz9qCk0M 👉 Explanation for the Webb's "Impossible" Galaxies https://youtu.be/xPK9kF2tqf…

We're still waiting for the results from JWST about the atmospheres on the TRAPPIST-1 planets. But is there a way for red dwarf planets to keep atmospheres on planets. Latest research seems to show that it might be possible. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Joshua Krissansen-Totton https://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/wordpress/profile/joshua-krissansen-totton/ 📜 The…

Should they teach conspiracy theories in schools? How can we preserve history? How restricted is JWST because of its sunshield? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Watch our videos with no ads 👉 Get additional audio episodes of Overtime https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Should conspiracy theories …

Will SpaceX be able to deliver Starship in time for Artemis? Will Elon and Donald cancel SLS and replace it with Falcon Heavy? Is there any chance for real competition with SpaceX? How serious is the space race with China? Finding out the answers in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Eric Berger https://arstechnica.com/author/ericberger/ 🦄 UT Extra: Future o…

Moon has a non-uniform bumpy gravitational field. We can use these anomalies to launch stuff off the surface of the Moon with electromagnetic launchers. How exactly can we do it? Finding out in this interview. 🟣 Guest: Dr. Pekka Janhunen https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169 📜 Launching mass from the Moon helped by lunar gravity anomalies https:…

Some good environmental news, the Roman Space Telescope gets its mirror, astronomers defy the zone of avoidance, and moving stars halfway across the Milky Way 📸 New Zealand Astrophotography Competition: https://www.universetoday.com/169293/our-breathtaking-cosmos-new-zealand-astrophotography-winners-announced/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patre…

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien https://www.mpe.mpg.de/person/18090/2169 📜 Membrane Space Telescope: Active Surface Control with Radiative Adaptive Optics https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.07741 00:00 Intro 02:27 Adaptive optics in space 05:17 Membrane-based telescopes 22:48 Taking membrane telescop…

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space agencies use standardized platforms for their missions to save costs? 00:00 Start 01:05 How fast can the Earth spin not to tear apart? 05:19 I…

Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build your own radio telescope 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:…

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:27 [Alaris] How loud was the Big Bang? 04:06 [Ardena] Can black holes become neutron stars again? 07:35 [Asuria] Why send missions to Europa, not Enceladus? 12:17 [Belote] …

Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:13 Retake for the Sgr A image? https://w…

How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https…

What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black hole. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Vast He…

We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers have been using JWST to find out. 🟣 Guest: Adam Rubinstein 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/11984…

Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1…

Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:14 Starship IFT-…

What's the best way to do science communication? Will Jupiter expand when the Sun dies? How would aliens experience their environment? Can New Horizons get new targets in future? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://ww…

SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for SpaceX? What to expect from IFT-6 now? 📺 Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley 📺 Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse 🚀 IFT-4 Analysis: https://youtu.be/ecMlV4W_CLU 🚀 IF…