Universe Today Podcast

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:08
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New Glenn Explodes, NASA leans in on a moon base. Starship makes its 12th flight. Have astronomers found a primordial black hole? And in Space Bites Plus, flying a plane through a rocket plume to measure its pollution.
00:00 Intro

00:13 New Glenn explodes https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-just-exploded-during-a-static-fire-test/

02:22 NASA Moon base plans https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-provides-update-on-moon-base-rovers-landers-missions/

05:19 Starship Flight 12 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spacexs-next-gen-starship-doesnt-fire-on-all-engines-during-first-test

08:40 Primordial black hole candidate https://www.universetoday.com/articles/something-just-passed-between-us-and-a-distant-star

11:37 Early SMBH https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-weirdness-of-early-universe-smbhs-gets-even-weirder

14:32 Ultra faint galaxy https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-observe-the-most-chemically-primitive-galaxy-in-the-early-universe

16:39 Vote results

17:10 TESS sky map https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-tess-reveals-epic-all-sky-map-of-distant-worlds

19:00 Triple star system https://www.universetoday.com/articles/three-stars-one-extraordinary-system-and-a-drama-still-to-come

20:08 Rocket pollution https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-satellite-megaconstellations-accidentally-geoengineering-the-earth

22:51 More space news

21:29 Reaching out to me

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:05
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Why don't they just charge the shell of the spaceship to repel radiation? What happens when something breaks the speed of light? What weird thing did James Webb recently find? And in Q&A+, what's up and what's down in space?
00:00 Intro

00:36 [@LBTurner56] What did JWST find recently?

02:27 [@doogle4144] Can you just charge the surface of a spaceship?

08:07 [@cagmuer] What happens when something breaks the speed of light?

10:14 [@rebokfleetfoot] Is the Universe complex on purpose?

13:29 [@Jason-Darkholm] The universe is not obligated to make sense

15:05 [@Timvolleydarts] Is there an up & down in space?

18:49 Why do human spaceflight?

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:00
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What's going on with LIGO? Which fictional spaceship is the most realistic? How will astronauts protect themselves during long time flights? And in Q&A+, what evidence will remain if humanity vanishes tomorrow?
00:00 Intro

00:24 [@Hooves1] LIGO upgrades?

02:13 [@JamesMcIntosh-r7j] aren't there a couple more LIGOs?

03:53 [@tedkrouse8222] How do we plan to protect astronauts from radiation?

07:52 [@howlmg] Can we train removing stellar contamination on the Sun?

10:36 [@paigepotter4682] What fictional spaceship design feels the most realistic?

13:00 [@paigepotter4682] If humanity vanished tomorrow, what would be left?

14:23 Filming outside

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32
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Maybe Europa doesn't have plumes after all. A new way to detect dark matter. Maybe exo-venuses are more common than exo-earths. A private flight around the moon and Mars? And in Space Bites+, how the solar cycle influences space junk. All this and more in this week's Space Bites.
00:00 Intro

00:17 No Plumes After All https://www.universetoday.com/articles/it-looks-like-europa-doesnt-have-plumes-of-water-vapour-after-all

03:07 Another Independent Evidence for Dark Matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dark-matter-may-have-left-its-fingerprint-in-a-gravitational-wave

05:08 Weird Wheels https://www.universetoday.com/articles/future-mars-rovers-could-mimic-a-swimming-motion-to-traverse-the-planets-surface

06:41 More Venus-Like Planets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hellish-venus-like-planets-may-be-more-prevalent-than-true-exoearths

08:51 Crypto Investor Wants to Fly Around Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/crypto-investor-works-on-a-plan-to-ride-spacexs-starship-around-mars

10:40 Vote results

11:09 Getting to Asteroids https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-algorithm-cracks-the-asteroid-routing-problem https://www.universetoday.com/articles/asteroid-2022-ob5-spins-too-fast-for-current-prospectors-highlighting-the-divide-between-accessible

14:02 Psyche at Mars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-psyche-mission-says-goodbye-to-mars-and-heads-for-its-metal-rich-target

15:31 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/study-shows-how-sunspot-activity-speeds-up-reentries

17:34 Unidiscoveries in science

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57
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Channels mentioned:  
@JustHaveaThink 

@SimonClark 

@ProfessorDaveExplains 

@potholer54 

Timecodes
00:00 Intro

00:32 [@HenryWarren-b6j] Are Von Neumann probes coming soon?

06:08 [@FunkyLoiso] What will it take to categorize every neighboring star?

11:17 [@PokerYoda] Where are all the Vera Rubin discoveries?

12:57 [@mimivirus173] Which dwarf planet humanity should explore next?

14:38 My opinions