Universe Today Podcast
Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 1405
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Episode 365: 319 - What Are The Van Allen Belts
The Van Allen Belts surround the Earth with deadly radiation. What can we do to get past them and escape into deep space?
Episode 364: 321 - Rise Of The Supertelescopes Part 2
In part 2 of this series, we look at the supertelescopes heading to space in the next few decades.
Episode 363: 320 - Rise Of The Supertelescopes Part 1
Astronomy is about to get much much more exciting, with a whole new class of enormous telescopes developed on Earth and in space. How much more powerful? What will we be able to see?
Episode 362: 322 - Supermassive Black Holes Or Galaxies
It’s a mystery that’s puzzled astronomers for years. Which came first, supermassive black holes or the galaxies that surround them?
Episode 361: QA 31: Is Contacting Aliens Our Worst Mistake? And More
In this week’s question show, Fraser wonders if science is the best tool we’ve got, if communicating with aliens is a wise idea, and how he feels about people falling asleep to his videos.
Episode 360: QA 30: Is the Earth Increasing or Decreasing in Mass? And More
In this week’s question show, Fraser answers questions about dark matter black holes, the magnetospheres of exoplanets and whether the Earth is increasing or decreasing in mass.
Episode 359: QA 29: Are Generational Ships Possible? And more...
In this week’s QA, Fraser worries about artificial super intelligence, getting flung out of the Milky Way.
Episode 358: 313 - What Happens During a Solar Eclipse
North America is preparing itself for the August Eclipse, so we thought it would be a good time to explain how eclipses work and what’s going on as the Moon briefly destroys the Sun.
Episode 357: 315 - How Do We Protect Earth From Asteroids Part 2
Once we know where all the dangerous asteroids are, how do we prevent one from hitting Earth?
Episode 356: 314 - How Do We Protect Earth From Asteroids Part 1
We know we live in a cosmic shooting gallery. Who’s got their eyes on the sky, and how will we prevent an asteroid strike if we find a dangerous space rock?
Episode 355: 316 - Where Will The Space Launch System Take Us
NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
Episode 354: QA 28: Dealing with Conspiracy Theories and More...
In this week’s questions show, Fraser explains how the Apollo astronauts got past the Van Allen Belt, bulking up brown dwarfs, and how to deal with conspiracy theories.
Episode 353: QA 27: Asteroid as a Space Ship and more...
In this week’s QA, Fraser talks using an asteroid for a space ship, colonizing the whole galaxy, and whether you’ve got dark matter all around you.
Episode 352: 312 - Why Haven't We Gone Anywhere
It’s been half a century since humans first set foot on the Moon? Why haven’t we gone back? Will we ever go anywhere interesting in space?
Episode 351: QA 26: Faster Than Light Into the Past?
In this week’s QA, Fraser talks about black holes consuming dark matter, if traveling faster than light moves you backwards in time, and what those big pools under rockets are for.
Episode 350: 311 - Is Time To Go Back To Uranus And Neptune
We’ve only seen Uranus and Neptune one time up close. There are now some mission ideas in the works that might take us back.
Episode 349: 310 - Is Human Hibernation Possible
We know trips in space will take a long time. Can we go to sleep for the journey and then wake up when we arrive?
Episode 348: QA 25: Is It Wrong to Dismantle Planets and More...
In this week’s QA, Fraser talks about how spacecraft deal with orbital debris, the ethics of dismantling planets, the age of life in the Universe. With special guest answerer, Dr. Paul Matt Sutter.
Episode 347: 309 - Seeing Gravity
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the detections made so far, and how we can see the Universe in a whole n…
Episode 346: 308 - Flying Into The Sun
NASA is planning a mission to get as close as possible as we can to the Sun and reveal its mysteries.