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Some good environmental news, the Roman Space Telescope gets its mirror, astronomers defy the zone of avoidance, and moving stars halfway across the Milky Way
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📜 Membrane Space Telescope: Active Surface Control with Radiative Adaptive Optics
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How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space agencies use standardized platforms for their missions to save costs?
00:00 Start
01:05 How fast can the Earth spin not to tear apart?
05:19 Is bringing samples from space objects dangerous?
09:56 Can we make space probes standard?
14:34 Why is it so hard to go to other star systems?
19:01 What happens to time dilation in an Alcubierre drive?
21:32 Can our Oort cloud exchange material with Alpha Cen?
24:05 How would true colour images of exoplanets look like?
26:19 Are goofy thumbnails the zeitgeist of science channels?
29:41 Electromagnetic mass drivers on the Moon?
33:31 How long can satellites stay in orbit?
36:09 Why we don't expect life around M dwarf stars?
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Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build your own radio telescope
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00:27 [Alaris] How loud was the Big Bang?
04:06 [Ardena] Can black holes become neutron stars again?
07:35 [Asuria] Why send missions to Europa, not Enceladus?
12:17 [Belote] Will humans feel weird on a planet spinning opposite to Earth?
13:33 [Belsa] Did we see globular clusters gain or lose stars?
15:40 [Cartego] What would a Moon or Mars cars look like?
19:03 [Chulak] Can Ganymede and Titan be considered planets?
21:51 [Dakara] How loud would the Sun be?
22:40 [Edora] Can we use lasers for solar sails?
27:30 [Goronak] How does mass cross the event horizon?
30:28 [Hadante] How do we predict the lifetime of stars?
33:45 [Hebridan] Could we send mass to space to change our orbit and stop global warming?
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Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion.
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How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black hole.
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We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers have been using JWST to find out.
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Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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00:29 [Alaris] What about Dark Energy detectors?
08:40 [Ardena] Why don't we see different constellations during the year?
11:15 [Asuria] When will Sagittarius A start shrinking?
13:42 [Belote] Can we build a space station observatory?
18:44 [Belsa] How do we see objects falling into black holes?
20:14 [Cartego] How will interstellar communication work?
21:48 [Chulak] Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars?
26:18 [Dakara] Does Mars have meteors from Earth?
27:32 [Edora] Why do comets leave tails?
29:03 [Goronak] Can black holes explode?
30:43 [Hadante] Does liver damage make Mars trips impossible?
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Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot.
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