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[Q&A] Dying in Space, Cancelling SLS, Getting My Mind Blown
What will we really lose in case SLS actually gets cancelled? Would nuclear rockets bring a significant enough improvement to space travel? Do we even know how to die in space? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 👉 Watch this same video with no ads and a bonus question: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-question-q-122574752 👉 Additional Overtime episode with even more questions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-for-q-122575228 00:00 Start 00:24 What are we losing if the SLS is cancelled? 05:59 Will a space dry dock work? 09:39 Do we even know how to die in space? 11:15 What blows my mind? 12:51 Would nuclear rockets go faster than our current engines? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/JxMjGabWNOE 📰 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 [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Terraforming Exoplanets, Dark Matter Annihilation, Finding Life in Other Galaxies | Q&A 296
Does dark matter annihilate with normal matter? Should we be searching for signs of life in other galaxies? Do we know how to terraform exoplanets? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A. 🦄 Watch additional Overtime: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:22 How can we terraform exoplanets? 08:28 Can we detect life in another galaxy? 12:46 Does dark matter and normal matter annihilate? 15:46 Does the YT algorithm help my channel? 21:34 SECRET bonus question 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/bP5RIQU8-0s 📰 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 [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[NIAC 2025] Exploring Enceladus with a Hopping Robot
Moving across the surface of Enceladus can be more tricky than you think. Rough icy terrain can be hard for wheels. No atmosphere makes helicopters impossible. Thus, hopping and jumping might be the answer! 👉 Watch our videos with no ads: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 NIAC 2025 playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmllrKLZ9d6STqkKc3Pj4S7M) 🚀 NIAC 2024 playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmn__xOxSjc9zn8AEeaL831-) 🚀 NIAC 2023 playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmmM_Ft5DzAbrwzXHB8ED0rf) 🟣 Guest: Dr. Justin Yim https://publish.illinois.edu/novelmobilerobotslab/ NIAC Award. LEAP – Legged Exploration Across the Plume https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/leap-legged-exploration-across-the-plume/ 00:00 Intro 01:29 Enceladus 02:34 NIAC proposal 04:35 SALTO hopper 10:27 Scientific challenges 13:15 Alternative destinations 16:18 Scaling things up 20:26 Deliverables for NIAC 22:03 Current obsessions 30:24 More interviews 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/fXQ0tWw0zjE 📰 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 [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Space Bites] Odds of An Asteroid Strike // Dark Matter Domination // Radiation Protection with Hydrogel
James Webb finds the smallest asteroids in the main belt, astronomers double the chances of that asteroid strike in 2032, using hydrogel to protect astronauts from radiation, and material from Alpha centauri is already streaming into the Solar System. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:20 JWST sees the smallest asteroid https://www.universetoday.com/170834/jwst-finds-the-smallest-asteroids-ever-seen-in-the-main-belt/ 02:45 Double the chances of hitting Earth https://www.universetoday.com/170837/yes-the-odds-of-an-asteroid-striking-earth-have-doubled-no-you-dont-need-to-worry/ 05:52 Webb sees newly forming planets https://www.universetoday.com/170882/the-jwst-gives-us-our-best-image-of-planets-forming-around-a-star/ 07:13 Protecting from radiation with hydrogel https://www.universetoday.com/170817/hydrogels-could-be-ideal-radiation-protection-for-astronauts/ 09:03 Vote results 09:38 Meterial from Alpha Centauri https://www.universetoday.com/170799/material-from-alpha-centauri-is-already-here/ 11:37 Dark Matter dominating early Universe https://www.universetoday.com/170833/a-new-study-reveals-how-dark-matter-dominated-the-early-universe-1/ 13:17 Mars clouds from Curiosity https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26519-curiosity-views-twilight-clouds/ 14:02 Einstein ring from Euclid https://www.universetoday.com/170864/the-euclid-space-telescope-captures-a-rare-stunning-einstein-ring/ 14:59 RCW 38 https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2503/ 15:41 More space news 16:17 Bonus story on Patreon 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/L6Hw1ofU0IE 📰 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 [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Most Exciting NIAC Project, Grains of Sand vs Stars, Total Solar Eclipse Going Away
Which NIAC project would be the best to bring to life? Are there really more stars than grains of sand on Earth? Is the solar eclipse going away from us? What's on my shelf behind me? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:26 Is the total solar eclipse going away? 02:24 Will Starship and New Glenn bring more space observatories? 04:36 Which NIAC award is the most exciting? 06:48 Are there places in the Universe with dozens of galaxies in the sky? 08:21 Are there more grains of sand than stars in the Universe? 09:54 Item from the shelf 12:33 A starhade project 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/MEfNk0dS2tI 📰 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 [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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