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Universe Today Podcast
Fraser Cain
Your Ultimate Guide to All Things Space
- 40 minutes 52 seconds[Interview] Fundamental Limits of Life
To look for lifer in space we need to understand it. What fundamental boundaries does it have? What limits are imposed on life? Finding out in this interview.
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https://www.patreon.com/universetoday🟣 Guest: Dr Ricard Solé
https://santafe.edu/people/profile/ricard-sole📜 Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2024.0010👉 More interviews:
This Element Is Critical for Extraterrestrial Life. And It's Not Carbon https://youtu.be/Ppc3zzMTJTs
What The Hell Is Life? And How Do We Search For It? https://youtu.be/Eaa_b2tkiKQ
What Happens If We Find Extraterrestrial Life? https://youtu.be/2_buH0GXFx8- 00:00 Intro
- 01:26 Fundamental constraints
- 08:28 Information as a limiting factor
- 16:16 Fundamental logic of cell structure
- 23:25 Computer programming VS life
- 24:56 Limits for life
- 33:57 Current obsessions
- 38:16 Bonus part and more interviews
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)22 January 2025, 7:00 pm - 29 minutes 8 seconds[Q&A] Galactic Age of the Sun, Evidence for Dark Matter, Contamination of Mars
Did we already contaminate Mars with life from Earth? When will we find the first intergalactic object? How do we know dark matter is in the center of the Milky Way? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show.
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https://patreon.com/universetoday- 00:00 Start
- 00:26 Did we already contaminate Mars?
- 06:42 When will we discover a first intergalactic object?
- 11:19 How do we know that dark matter in at the center of the Milky Way?
- 14:44 Biggest night sky events of 2025?
- 15:57 What's the Solar System's ecliptic orientation in our galaxy?
- 17:57 How many laps did the Sun make around the Milky Way?
- 19:00 How do astronomers use JWST?
- 21:40 Why don't more people work with the data from telescopes?
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)21 January 2025, 6:00 pm - 44 minutes 19 seconds[Interview] Life in Space WITHOUT Planets
We're used to look for life on exoplanets. But what if we're looking in the wrong place? Can life exist without a planet? Finding out in this interview.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-interview-120418842🟣 Guest: Dr. Robin Wordsworth
https://eps.harvard.edu/people/robin-wordsworth📜 Self-sustaining living habitats in extraterrestrial environments
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.1447700:00 Intro
00:59 Life on Earth
03:57 Life without a planet
27:32 Finding life with no planet
35:50 Terraforming Mars
35:50 Current obsessions
42:00 Bonus part and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSION
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)20 January 2025, 8:00 pm - 20 minutes 26 seconds[Space Bites] Gaia Is Dead // Two MegaRockets in One Day // JWST’s Biggest Mystery Solved
The Gaia mission is over, New Glenn gets to orbit, SpaceX catches SuperHeavy but loses Starship, and we finally get an explanation for little red dots.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/patrons-send-in-120156795- 00:00 Intro
- 00:18 Gaia is over
- 02:51 SpaceX Starship IFT-7
- 04:53 Blue Origin New Glenn NG-1
- 06:54 Double Moon Launch
- 08:16 Flares from Sgr A
- 09:58 Vote results
- 10:37 Explanation for the Little Red Dots
- 14:15 Origin of Earth's latest quasimoon
- 15:39 Observing the changing Universe
- 17:24 NIAC 2025
- 18:17 Guide to Space newsletter
- 18:57 Ask your questions
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)17 January 2025, 11:00 pm - 22 minutes 52 seconds[Q&A] Humanity's First Megaproject, Will NASA Skip the Moon for Mars, Other Local Groups
Are there any other local groups of galaxies out there? Did the high temperature of the Universe create life? Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-120001337- 00:00 Start
- 00:25 Do we know of other 'local groups' of galaxies?
- 05:05 Did the temperature of the Universe create life?
- 08:37 What would be the first megaproject in space?
- 11:46 Can we move dirty production to the Moon?
- 16:09 Will NASA be skipping the Moon for Mars?
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)16 January 2025, 6:00 pm - 42 minutes 24 seconds[Interview] What Will It Take to Find All The Exoplanets? MAUVE and Beyond
How will the upcoming MAUVE telescope fit into the search for exoplanets? What science goals will it have? How will future instruments and telescopes help? Finding out in this interview.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-interview-120079050🟣 Guest: Dr. Emily Rickman
https://www.emilyrickman.com/📜 MAUVE: Mission to Analyze the UltraViolet universE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04164👉 More interviews:
- Nancy Grace Roman's Coronagraph https://youtu.be/HXZMRagv66M
- Habitable Worlds Observatory's Coronagraph https://youtu.be/pk9dLIw3IEM
- Searching for planets around red dwarf stars https://youtu.be/p8X_qrtxPm8
- Plato mission https://youtu.be/TofP5yeqNLg
- Gaia mission https://youtube.com/live/iHcLBZaC5x4
JWST & Quantum Telescopes https://youtu.be/eXchT7mtEao
00:00 Intro
02:05 UV astronomy
08:21 What is MAUVE
18:28 Science goals
26:16 Future instruments
35:35 Current obsessions
40:21 Bonus part
41:03 More interviews
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)15 January 2025, 8:00 pm - 32 minutes 36 seconds[Q&A] First Terrestrial Planets, Expanding Universe VS Gravity, Black Hole Lagrange Points
When did the first terrestrial planets form? How can galaxies collide when the Universe is expanding? Do black holes have Lagrange points? Answering all these questions and more.
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https://patreon.com/universetoday- 00:00 Start
- 00:25 When would the first terrestrial planets have formed?
- 04:40 Did humanity stall with spaceflight?
- 11:44 If the Universe is expanding, how can galaxy crash into each other?
- 15:12 How can a teenager help in space exploration?
- 19:06 Do black holes have Lagrange points?
- 21:15 Can we watch alien TV?
- 24:53 Are we alone in the Universe?
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)14 January 2025, 6:00 pm - 36 minutes 24 seconds[Interview] 10 Year Search for Dark Matter in Antarctica
How can neutrinos help us find dark matter? How a 10-year search can give null results and what significance does it have? What's next for this direction? Finding out in this interview.
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https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro
01:34 Why Neutrinos
14:03 High energy VS low energy search
17:04 Bonus Part: Null results
18:15 What's next
32:27 Current obsessions
34:54 More interviews📺 VIDEO VERSION
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)13 January 2025, 6:00 pm - 18 minutes 24 seconds[Space Bites] BIG Mars Sample Return Update // Three HUGE Launches // EPIC Comet Incoming
We’ve got two new options for NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission, an explanation for why Mars can get planet-wide dust storms, stealing secrets from Conan the Bacterium, and we could see a really bright comet next week.
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https://patreon.com/universetoday- 00:00 Intro
- 00:18 Two options for Mars Sample Return mission
- 03:45 Global dust storms on Mars
- 05:19 Mimicking a super-bacteria
- 06:50 Origin of the Pluto Charon system
- 08:55 Vote results
- 09:31 Loosing the night sky to satellites
- 12:21 Bright Comet incoming
- 13:59 Tree big launches
- 16:03 Guide to space
- 16:40 Mystery with ads
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)10 January 2025, 8:00 pm - 20 minutes 38 seconds[Q&A] Reaching The Great Attractor, Hiding UFO Accidents, NASA Avoiding Searching for Life
Can the government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents? Is NASA avoiding looking for life? How will Hubble Tension help science?
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtime-audio-q-119511175- 00:00 Start
- 00:25 Can government really hide any unwanted UFO incidents?
- 05:11 Is NASA avoiding looking for life?
- 11:21 How will Hubble Tension help science?
- 16:52 What happens when we reach The Great Attractor?
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)9 January 2025, 9:00 pm - 47 minutes 8 seconds[Interview] This Element Is Critical for Extraterrestrial Life. And It's Not Carbon
Searching for life is complicated. Which elements are critical and which ones are not? Which can we count as biosignatures and which can occur without life? Which role does Phosphorus play in all that?
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https://www.patreon.com/universetoday00:00 Intro
01:36 Phosphorus and Earth life
21:42 Biosignatures and Phosphorus
38:00 Bonus part: Underwater Biology
38:51 Current obsessions
45:04 Final thoughts📺 VIDEO VERSION
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)9 January 2025, 12:00 am - More Episodes? Get the App
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