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[Space Bites] Planet 9 Hint // Problems for Psyche // Uranus Occultation
There’s a problem with Psyche’s propellant fuel lines. Have astronomers found the first hint of Planet 9? How Kerbal Space Program could help space agencies design real missions, and gold from magnetars. And on our longer Space Bites+ edition on Patreon, a soviet Venus mission will be re-entering the atmosphere in May. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:24 Problem with Psyche https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyhe/2025/04/29/nasas-psyche-mission-looking-into-propulsion-system 02:46 Signs of Planet 9 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-this-the-first-hint-of-planet-nine 05:07 Uranus occultation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-get-a-chance-to-study-uranus-that-wont-happen-again-for-thirty-years 07:19 KSP helping space missions https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-kerbal-space-program-is-inspiring-real-mission-designs 10:06 Your vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 10:42 Gold from magnetars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/magnetars-are-a-surprising-source-of-gold-in-the-universe 12:43 Giant dark matter bridge https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-observe-dark-matter-bridge-in-the-perseus-cluster 13:43 Galaxy with no dark matter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/an-ultra-diffuse-galaxy-found-with-almost-no-dark-matter 15:01 Cool space image https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-dark-nebula-with-a-starry-background 16:24 Titan shadow season https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astro-challenge-see-titans-shadow-cross-saturn 17:55 Guide to Space Newsletter 19:47 Space Bites+ 20:10 Vera Rubin interview 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/RZOgaZ05brA 📰 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] Inside The Space Voids, Protecting Mars, JWST Deep Fields
Can we protect Mars from solar radiation? What happens in the cosmic voids? Would we have different astronomy if we lived in another part of the galaxy? And in our Q&A+ edition, Can we use the energy of the Apophis flyby to launch an interstellar probe? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:31 [LD-EK SOCH] Does longer mean better for a JWST deep field image? 03:32 [Andrew Fisch] Would we have different astronomy if we lived in another part of the galaxy? 05:28 [ngutngut40] Can we protect Mars from solar radiation? 08:01 [MrFuggdup] What happens in the cosmic voids? 10:35 [Loololima] "Fringe" experts 14:00 [Laura Jervis] My dream interview 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/aFFcQw1A9aQ 📰 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] Dinosaurs VS The Asteroid, Infinite Gravity, Real Autonomy of ISS
Is gravity infinite? Did the dinosaurs feel the effects of the asteroid before it crashed? How long would the ISS survive without support? Would potential life on K2-18b be trapped in their gravity well? And in our Q&A+ edition, is Vera Rubin telescope DOGE-proof? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:32 [Fisious] Would life on K2-18b be trapped by the gravity of its planet? 02:14 [paul wilson] Is gravity infinite? 04:07 [VergylTantor] My elevator pitch for restoring NASA funding 07:09 [ConspiracyTheoryEnthusiast] Did the dinosaurs feel the effect of the asteroid before it crashed into Earth? 10:22 [Kasie Ream] How long can ISS survive without help from Earth? 14:45 [Doogle] Where does all space dust go? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/ypm9lWwdg 📰 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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[Interview] The Tricky Part of Finding Extraterrestrial Life
Finding extraterrestrial life is a goal for a lot of space missions. Telescopes are analysing distant planets in search of biosignatures. We've spent a lot of time thinking about what it will be like to find life on other planets. But what if we don't? What happens then? Finding out in this interview. 👉 [Interview+] Same video. No ads. Bonus part https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr Daniel Angerhausen https://dananger.me 📜 What if we Find Nothing? Bayesian Analysis of the Statistical Information of Null Results in Future Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignature Surveys https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/adb96d/meta 00:00 Intro 02:03 Proving or disproving life 11:24 Agnostic factors to observe 21:08 Solutions for the Fermi Paradox 32:25 Current obsessions 38:44 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/ksToCDS8cI4 📰 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] Moon Ejecta Hitting Earth // China’s Satellite Rescue // Asteroid Closeup
Lucy’s close up images of another asteroid, why Mars has a lopsided magnetic field, Chinese engineers rescue a pair of satellites with gravitational slingshots, and new hints about where Mars’s carbon dioxide atmosphere went. In our longer Space Bites+ on Patreon, a proposed human mission to both Mars and the asteroid Ceres. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 00:24 LUCY flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-lucy-probe-snaps-closeup-of-a-weirdly-shaped-asteroid 02:01 Mars' magnetic field https://www.universetoday.com/articles/mars-has-the-remnants-of-a-lopsided-magnetic-field 03:55 Where did Mars' atmosphere go? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/marss-atmosphere-used-to-be-thicker-has-curiosity-found-where-it-all-went 05:29 China's satellite rescue https://www.universetoday.com/articles/chinese-engineers-used-gravitational-slingshots-to-rescue-a-pair-of-satellites-1 07:01 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 07:42 Bacteria mimicing multicellular life https://www.universetoday.com/articles/bacteria-that-can-mimic-multi-cellular-life 09:29 Planet orbiting perpendicular to its stars https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-planet-found-in-perpendicular-orbit-around-two-stars 11:10 Moon ejecta hitting Earth https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15502 12:42 Cool images https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-version-of-the-sombrero-galaxy-taken-by-hubble https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dazzling-pictures-celebrate-hubbles-35-years-in-orbit https://www.esa.int/ESAMultimedia/Images/2025/04/SolarOrbiterswidesthigh-resviewofthe_Sun 15:10 Guide to space 15:56 Space Bites+ 16:19 Telescope updates 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/jQNFiTQORvM 📰 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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