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[Overtime Q&A] Poison for Stars, Moon Telescope VS JWST, Solar System Killer Star

Author
Fraser Cain
Published
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Episode Link
https://universetoday.fireside.fm/1182

Can Iron kill stars like poison? Will a Moon telescope be better than JWST? Can a fast-moving star be fatal for the Solar System? Which worlds are the best to extract resources? Answering all these questions and more in this week's episode of Overtime.

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  • 00:00 Start

  • 01:07 Did I discover that Triton is a star?

  • 02:24 Best worlds for extracting resources

  • 03:38 Would a telescope on the Moon see farther than JWST?

  • 04:36 How would humans evolve on other worlds?

  • 06:02 Planet orbiting binary red dwarf stars

  • 06:52 Could a high-velocity star destroy the Solar System?

  • 07:35 Is astronomy research only sustainable through taxes?

  • 09:27 Can I recommend binoculars?

  • 11:36 Is iron poison for stars?

  • 12:41 Is the Universe 26 billion years old?

  • 14:39 Does a planet need a magnetic field to be habitable?

  • 15:52 Could there be a planet between the Sun and Mercury?

  • 16:35 Could we dive into gas giant?

  • 17:04 Opinion on naming exoplanets

  • 17:48 Is JWST rewriting cosmology?

  • 18:50 Am I sad that I won't see the story of humanity?

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