Trump announces his choice for the new NASA administrator, we’ve got a new date for Artemis III, Venus might have never had liquid oceans, and finding habitable planets around white dwarf stars. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Gift Universe Today Patreon membership: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday/gift 00:00 Intro 00:15 NASA's New Administrator 02:08 Delays for Artemis 2 and 3 05:09 More evidence for gravitational waves background 07:35 Venus' past 09:38 Potential habitable planets around white dwarfs 12:26 Vote results 12:51 Vera Rubin and interstellar visit ..read more

Does building more JWSTs for different parts of the spectrum make sense? Are star types predetermined at their birth? Can you cook a pizza on the Sun? Why is the Sun's corona hotter than its surface? Are there binary supermassive black holes? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. ? More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:25 Does it make sense to have JWST in a different spectrum? 04:07 Are star types determined at their birth? 07:50 Thoughts about the flat Earth? 09:57 Can we see the light from the Big Bang? 11:54 Are there bi ..read more

James Webb recently detected a new kind of exoplanet. It's a steam world. How did they find it and what does it mean for the future of exoplanet search? Finding out in this interview. ? Get the extra part for free here: pattern.com/universetoday ? Guest: Eshan Raul ? JWST/NIRISS Reveals the Water-rich "Steam World" Atmosphere of GJ 9827 d https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f00 00:00 Intro 01:47 The Steam World 10:49 Steam worlds VS Hycean worlds 14:38 Exoplanet research with JWST 17:04 Questions from Patrons 23:33 Where can we find more of them? 30:09 Bonus part 30:46 Curr ..read more

Who will pay for the next-generation space stations that follow the ISS? How much do rockets pollute? Did James Webb make the observable Universe bigger? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. ? More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Best place for a space factory? 05:21 Can stars and planets escape the Milky Way? 08:02 Did JWST make the observable universe bigger? 09:58 Do rockets pollute a lot? 13:36 Does it make sense to build a new space station? 17:32 What came before the big bang? ? VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/4fhM ..read more

Dragonfly is taking a Falcon Heavy to Titan, What’s inside Uranus?, Russia’s cargo ship delivers a stinky smell to the station, and testing robots to go under the ice on Europa. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:15 A ride for Dragonfly https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-dragonfly-mission/ 01:30 Inside Uranus https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/11/25/a-clue-to-what-lies-beneath-the-bland-surfaces-of-uranus-and-neptune/ 03:51 Europa Clipper unrolls its instruments https://www.nasa.gov/missions/europa-clipper/nasas-europa ..read more

Why don't comets run out of "tail fuel"? If Voyager crashes into something, can we tell it apart from a regular failure? What are the chances we will drive into a lava tube? Will satellite communication become dominant at some point? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. ? More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-116788920 00:00 Start 00:37 How can comets leave tails for thousands of years without running out? 02:57 Can we detect a hit to a Voyager? 04:20 How possible would it be to drive into a lava tube on the moon? 05:44 More Space Bite ..read more

JUMBOs, Jupiter Mass Binary Objects. Over 500 of them were detected in the Orion Nebula by JWST. But where did they come from? How did they form and why are they in binary pairs? My guest has a good guess about it. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Guest: Jessica Diamond ?Formation of Jupiter-Mass Binary Objects through photoerosion of fragmenting cores https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.09159 00:00 Intro 01:34 JUMBOs 14:02 Photoerosion 24:57 Questions from Patreon community 31:26 Side track 34:30 Final thoughts ? VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/74ORN6ap1FU ? GUIDE TO SPACE N ..read more

Where will the money come from for the next generation of space stations? Does NASA have plans for a gravity tractor experiment for the Apophis flyby? Which part of the Milky Way can we see? Can there be different types of black holes? Answering all these and more in this Q&A show. ? More Q&A in the Overtime Audio: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:37 Which part of the Milky Way can we see? 02:41 Will space stations be economically viable? 05:50 Are there different types of black holes? 06:58 Can you un-distort images instead of using adaptive optics? 11:53 How do we kno ..read more

I just wrapped up an interesting conversation over at ‪DoomDebates‬ talking about the future of artificial intelligence, the Fermi Paradox, Great Filter, Grabby Aliens and more. Check it out and subscribe to the channel. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? VIDEO VERSION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u07Q7WUVWo ? GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter ? PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ ? CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative C ..read more

If there is a faster-than-light spaceship, could we detect it? Can we use the Sun as a magnifying glass? Which telescope to get under $200? Can Juno meet Europa clipper? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:18 Can we detect FTL spacecraft? 03:26 Good telescope for under $200? 05:51 Could we use the Sun as a magnifying lens? 06:50 Will Juno still be operational when Clipper and Juice arrive? 07:23 Why did SpaceX develop Mechazilla? 10:51 How can the Universe be infinite if it started in ..read more