Episode 612: Open Space 58: First Pictures From the New Telescope, And More...

Author: Fraser Cain
Published: Tue 14 Jan 2020
Episode Link: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/612

Thanks to our good friends at Oceanside Photo and Telescope, our livestreaming telescope is back online. I featured a couple of quick pics I took with the telescope during a test stream on Twitch Sunday night.

I also answered questions about our trip to the AAS in Hawaii, if it's possible to make a more powerful telescope out of smaller telescopes, and why the ISS doesn't have an artificial magnetosphere.

02:20 New pictures from the telescope

04:30 American Astronomical Society meeting in Hawaii

07:45 Can we make a big telescope out of smaller telescopes?

11:59 Why don't we make a magnetic field around ISS?

14:10 Why hasn't TESS found many planets?

17:20 Has my opinion on the Fermi Paradox changed?

20:10 How do Type 1a supernovae form?

22:18 Can New Horizons flyby more objects?

23:50 How can we detect life if we're seeing the past?

26:19 Any plans for next generation of Hubble?

29:08 Any cool new images at AAS?

31:05 What about Origins?

31:44 Did I read many posters?

35:59 Are we the first civilization?

37:44 Next decadal survey?

39:00 How can evidence of civilization disappear?

41:35 Does the Solar System have too many planets?

43:55 Should humanity spread life into the Universe?

45:38 Interesting conversations at AAS?

49:07 Why focus on Mars?

51:20 Shouldn't we focus on asteroid defense?

53:04 Does Starlink increase the odds of a Kessler Syndrome?