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[Q&A] Giving Up on Dark Matter, Swarm of Cheap Probes VS Single Expensive One, Rotating Universe

Author
Fraser Cain
Published
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://universetoday.fireside.fm/1362

At what point we should just admit defeat and give up on our search for dark matter? Should we be sending a lot of cheap space probes instead of a single expensive one? If the Universe is rotating, where is the axis? And in our Q&A+ version, how to make a friend fall in love with Astronomy? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.

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  • 00:00 Start

  • 00:30 [Tyler] Have we ever sent a swarm of really cheap probes instead of a single expensive one?

  • 03:03 [Nithin Cleetus] If the Universe is rotating, around which axis does it do that?

  • 04:31 [Trinidatt] What are the requrements to get a gravitational lens?

  • 07:36 [estraume] Any updated on the idea of air-breathing ion engines?

  • 09:10 [Andreas Lusti] How do I arrange my interviews?

  • 12:39 [Frosty⛄️Winnipeg] When will I get an asteroid named after me?

  • 15:05 [Maciej Jurkowski] How long will we be searching for dark matter before giving up?

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