What Will Starship Test on its Next Flight? A 6-Planet System in Perfect Resonance. And Betelgeuse Might Not be Rotating at all. ⛽️ Orbital refuelling video: https://youtu.be/5EXvEXfY1ts ? Starship IFT-2 Special: https://youtu.be/ReXZvXPak4U ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:11 Starship refuelling test https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/nasa-wants-to-see-gas-stations-in-space-but-so-far-its-tanks-are-empty/ 02:28 Perfect resonance https://www.u ..read more

How did life begin on Earth? It's one of the most important questions ever. Clearly, we don't have an answer yet, but how can we even approach it? What methods and studies can we use to come closer to the answer? Figuring all this out with Dr Sukrit Ranjan, Assistant Professor at University of Arizona. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:33 Where does the Theory of Evolution start 06:21 The earliest organism 08:26 Testing the theories 16:41 Biosignature ..read more

What is the farthest object you can see with the unaided eye? Do galaxies have Lagrange points like stars or planets? What does NASA think about Starship's last flight attempt? Which future space telescopes are the most exciting? How will Starship fly without a crew escape system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 01:01 [Andoria] How will Starship fly humans without a crew escape system ..read more

Black holes are defined by only three parameters: mass, charge and spin. We know that black holes spin. But how can we measure that? What tools and methods are at our disposal? Answering these questions with Dr Ruth Daly, Professor of Physics at Penn State University. ? New Black Hole Spin Values for Sagittarius A* Obtained with the Outflow Method https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.12108 ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:11 Black Holes' mass 06:22 Jets from Qu ..read more

What was it like to fly on the Space Shuttle? What made this vehicle so important for the history of spaceflight? What stories can it tell? Answering all these questions with NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut, Tom Jones. ? Space Shuttle Stories: https://astronauttomjones.com/product/space-shuttle-stories/ ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:43 Why Space Shuttle was so great 04:47 Precursors of full reusability 10:05 RS-25 Engines 14:21 The book 20:28 Overview ..read more

How bad can a solar flare really be for the Earth? What would evolution in an isolated star system look like? What damage can a rogue planet flying through the Solar System cause? When will we have Lagrange point interferometers? What's the speed limit for gravitational assists? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:53 [Andoria] What damage would a rogue planet cause for the Solar System? 05:37 ..read more

It happened! Starship and SuperHeavy Did Launch for the second time. All 33 raptors were working. Hot staging went as planned. But then both the Booster 9 and Ship 25 were lost. What exactly went wrong and what does it mean for the future of Starship? Finding out with Scott Manley and Marcus House. ? Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley ? Marcus House: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:02 Before ..read more

SpaceX Starship launches again. Webb finds methane in the atmosphere of an exoplanet and reveals a star forming region near the center of the Milky Way. The overwhelming logistics of dealing with an asteroid threat. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:16 Starship Second Flight https://www.universetoday.com/164331/spacex-tested-its-starship-again-successful-launch-but-both-vehicles-were-destroyed/ 04:36 JWST finds methane on an exoplanet https://www.unive ..read more

Did James Webb already reach its full potential or is there more to come from it? How does TESS compare to Kepler? Can we use Starlinks as a giant space-based interferometer? Can we rip a black hole apart to see what's inside? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A! ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:54 [Andoria] Were primordial gravitational waves stretched? 07:15 [Vulcan] Are black holes the same with very early Universe? 09:28 ..read more

China is planning a Mars Sample Return Mission. James Webb tracks water moving towards planets. The Hubble Tension has gotten even more tense. ? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday ? Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 00:12 China's Mars Sample Return Mission https://www.universetoday.com/164186/china-wants-to-retrieve-a-sample-of-mars-by-2028/ 02:36 Active Oort Cloud https://www.universetoday.com/164213/the-oort-cloud-might-be-more-active-than-we-thought/ 04:40 Amateur supernova discovery https ..read more