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Universe Today Podcast

Universe Today Podcast

By: Fraser Cain
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Public feed with [Space Bites+], [Q&A+], [Interview+] and other episodes. Free for everyone.Copyright Fraser Cain Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Science
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  • [Q&A+] What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon?
    May 14 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53

    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gTTqqXj-REs

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon?

    • 03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia?

    • 05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith?

    • 06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS?

    • 08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?

    • 11:53 [@webfiji7346] How to apply coding skills for astronomy?

    • 15:46

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    18 mins
  • [Q&A+] What Happens If Somebody Claims Mars?
    May 12 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:26

    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lQDNwSAK3Z8

    What would happen is a country claims Mars as their own? Will we have the Expanse scenario? What's a realistic timeline for Moon exploration? And in Q&A+, can we use those inflatable modules on the Moon?

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:26 [@neilvonholtum2555] What happens if a country claims Mars as their own?

    • 05:22 [@MikeD_] Isn't this the Expanse?

    • 08:05 [@GigBossMan] After 53 years how far along would we be on the Moon?

    • 14:26 [@danielwhitehouse7682] Do you think those blow up modules would work on the moon

    • 17:22 Latest UFO release

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    20 mins
  • [Space Bites+] Io's Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought
    May 8 2026

    BONUS STORY starts at 15:34

    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f5t09W_tdfE

    Patreon Q&As https://www.patreon.com/collection/116972

    Pandora interview with Dr Ben Hord https://youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU

    Curiosity gets a rock stuck to its drill. NASA releases over 12,000 images of the Artemis II mission. The new Pandora Space Telescope sees first light. How Io's lava lakes are hotter than we thought. And in Space Bites+, a meteorite that is very similar to the planet Mercury.

    • 00:00 Intro

    • ]00:19 NASA Releases 12,000 Artemis II Photos https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1778194875140121

    • 02:15 Curiosity Lifting Rocks on Mars https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4879-4885-struggle-at-atacama/

    • 03:33 Pandora's first light https://www.universetoday.com/articles/first-images-from-the-pandora-exoplanet-mission

    • 05:31 ESPRESSO Telescope https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-paranal-solar-espresso-telescope-a-new-tool-for-finding-exoplanets

    • 07:42 Io's superhot https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-might-have-massively-underestimated-ios-thermal-output

    • 09:30 Radar drones https://www.universetoday.com/articles/drones-scanning-earths-glaciers-are-paving-the-way-for-future-mars-helicopters

    • 11:25 Vote results 11:51 Subaru on 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/subaru-telescope-reveals-new-data-on-the-interior-composition-of-3iatlas

    • 13:20 Superionic ice inside ice giants https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-quasi-1d-state-of-matter-could-be-hiding-inside-ice-giant-planets

    • 15:34 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/how-a-meteorite-helps-explain-mercurys-chemical-makeup

    • 17:40 My current obsessions

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    22 mins
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