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Universe Today Podcast

Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.

Science Natural Sciences Astronomy Physics
Update frequency
every day
Average duration
27 minutes
Episodes
1405
Years Active
2014 - 2025
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[Q&A] Space Questions Special

[Q&A] Space Questions Special

This time it's different. As always, it's your space questions, but not my answers. I invited my fellow space YouTubers to give their answers to help me with the Q&A. Enjoy!

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00:32:57  |   Mon 28 Nov 2022
[Space Bites] Asteroid Explodes Over Canada, Artemis I Updates, Very Large Telescope Improvements

[Space Bites] Asteroid Explodes Over Canada, Artemis I Updates, Very Large Telescope Improvements

Updates on Artemis I. Predicting an asteroid strike with stunning accuracy. Webb’s view of Titan. New adaptive optics for the Very Large Telescope.

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00:20:58  |   Sat 26 Nov 2022
[Interview] Chance for Life After The Sun Dies with Dr Andrew Vanderburg

[Interview] Chance for Life After The Sun Dies with Dr Andrew Vanderburg

Is there a chance for life to continue after the Sun eventually explodes? Can we find evidence of potentially habitable planets near white dwarfs, remnants of dead stars? How can future telescopes he…

00:36:29  |   Thu 24 Nov 2022
[Space Bites] Artemis 1 Launch, Secret Space Plane Returns, James Webb Protection Plan

[Space Bites] Artemis 1 Launch, Secret Space Plane Returns, James Webb Protection Plan

SLS finally launches to the Moon. SpaceX get another contract from NASA. James Webb gets a protection plan from micrometeoroids. China continues to trash the orbit. Secret space plane returns.

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00:19:01  |   Fri 18 Nov 2022
[Interview] The Existential Threat of Solar Storms with Dr Benjamin Pope

[Interview] The Existential Threat of Solar Storms with Dr Benjamin Pope

How trees can tell us a story of previous solar storms? What are the chances of having another Carrington-scale event and what would it mean? How can we understand solar storms better?

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00:36:55  |   Wed 16 Nov 2022
[Q&A] Harvesting Dark Energy, Making Own Telescope, Escaping Gravity Wells

[Q&A] Harvesting Dark Energy, Making Own Telescope, Escaping Gravity Wells

How hard is it to escape the gravity wells of massive planets for other civilizations? How hard is it to make your own telescopes? How do gas clouds become stars? Can we harvest dark energy after the…

00:40:44  |   Wed 16 Nov 2022
[Space Bites] SLS In Trouble, James Webb Fixed, Strange Quark Star

[Space Bites] SLS In Trouble, James Webb Fixed, Strange Quark Star

JWST’s MIRI is fully operational again, have astronomers found the first strange star?, the first test of an inflatable heat shield, and SLS just got hit by a Hurricane.

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00:21:18  |   Fri 11 Nov 2022
[Bonus] Dr Brian Keating interviews Fraser Cain

[Bonus] Dr Brian Keating interviews Fraser Cain

This in an interview with Dr Brian Keating that happened on his YouTube channel. We talk about how Universe Today runs, what do I want to achieve with it, how science journalism works in general and …

01:24:40  |   Wed 09 Nov 2022
[Q&A] Quantum Computers for Astronomy, Catching Interstellar Guests, The Book Club

[Q&A] Quantum Computers for Astronomy, Catching Interstellar Guests, The Book Club

Can we catch the next interstellar visitor? Why do black holes' accretion disks glow? Can we make spaceships out of asteroids? How do we know that dark matter and dark energy actually exist? All that…

00:42:24  |   Tue 08 Nov 2022
[Space Bites] Worrying Solar Storm Data, Falcon Heavy is Back, Total Lunar Eclipse

[Space Bites] Worrying Solar Storm Data, Falcon Heavy is Back, Total Lunar Eclipse

Historical data about solar storms carved in trees, and it's a bit worrying. Falcon Heavy's back after 40 months of absence. There's a meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse in the coming days. And …

00:19:13  |   Sat 05 Nov 2022
[Interview] James Webb, LUVOIR and Mindblowing Future Projects

[Interview] James Webb, LUVOIR and Mindblowing Future Projects

What's the current state of James Webb? What were the main technical difficulties and what does the future look like? What comes after JWST and LUVOIR? Will it be possible to ever build a quantum tel…

01:19:07  |   Tue 01 Nov 2022
[Q&A] DART Successor, Fixing Space Debris, Viking Missions Controversy

[Q&A] DART Successor, Fixing Space Debris, Viking Missions Controversy

If Moon was created with a big collision, where's the crater? Can we fix the space trash problem? Is doing Astronomy just a waste of money that can be better spent elsewhere? What will come after DAR…

00:43:52  |   Tue 01 Nov 2022
[Interview] Bacteria That Can Survive on Mars for Millions of Years with Dr Michael Daly

[Interview] Bacteria That Can Survive on Mars for Millions of Years with Dr Michael Daly

How do we know that certain organisms can survive for millions of years in the conditions of Mars? What do we know about them? And where should we be looking for them on Mars?

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00:33:40  |   Sun 30 Oct 2022
[Space Bites] Closest Black Hole Ever Discovered, Starlink as GPS, Early Life Killed Mars

[Space Bites] Closest Black Hole Ever Discovered, Starlink as GPS, Early Life Killed Mars

There’s a monster black hole in our backyard (astronomically speaking). Life could survive underground on Mars for hundreds of millions of years. Starlink was hacked to work as GPS. Bad news for Arec…

00:20:01  |   Fri 28 Oct 2022
[Interview] Processing Astronomical Images with Judy Schmidt

[Interview] Processing Astronomical Images with Judy Schmidt

All the nice space images you see on the web are processed. It's a complex process that takes the raw data from the instruments and turns them into a picture. Judy Schmidt is one of the best in this,…

00:55:25  |   Thu 27 Oct 2022
[Q&A] Spaceships Made of Ice, Best Space Pet, Astronomy and Photoshop

[Q&A] Spaceships Made of Ice, Best Space Pet, Astronomy and Photoshop

How do you clean up astronomy images and what part does Photoshop play in it? Can you make spaceships out of ice found in space? When will SpaceX carry people to Mars? What pet will be the best compa…

00:40:23  |   Tue 25 Oct 2022
[Interview] Understanding Dark Energy With Most Detailed Supernovae Survey | Dr Dillon Brout

[Interview] Understanding Dark Energy With Most Detailed Supernovae Survey | Dr Dillon Brout

Dark Energy will determine how the Universe will die. With the help of Pantheon+, the most detailed survey of Type 1A supernovae, astronomers can understand more details about Dark Energy and the exp…

00:46:37  |   Mon 24 Oct 2022
[Meet the Team] Matt Williams, Writer

[Meet the Team] Matt Williams, Writer

We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Matt Williams. Fraser and Matt discussed long format writing, stories about the future of space exploration, science fict…

00:36:19  |   Sun 23 Oct 2022
[Space Bites] The Big Rip Averted, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Faster Than Light Jet

[Space Bites] The Big Rip Averted, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Faster Than Light Jet

The Pillars of Creation revealed by JWST. It seems like Big Rip isn't happening after all. Black holes twisting spacetime into knots. Jets that seem to be going faster than the speed of light.

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00:20:20  |   Fri 21 Oct 2022
[The Big Q] What James Webb Discovered in Its First 100 Days

[The Big Q] What James Webb Discovered in Its First 100 Days

It has been exactly 100 days since we got the first images from JWST. Here's an overview of all the most important discoveries that the James Webb Space Telescope did since then.

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00:25:52  |   Thu 20 Oct 2022
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