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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+] How Hot Are Black Holes?
    Jun 30 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:12

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    Dr Paul Sutter https://www.pmsutter.com/

    How can black holes be hot when all they do is suck in everything around them? Why is the Oort cloud so perfectly spherical? How do astronomical measurements work? And in Q&A+, can small Moon impacts be a threat to Earth?

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:23 [@MistSoalar] Why is the Oort cloud spherical?

    • 03:09 [@rJaune] Could we detect the Oort Clouds, or Kuiper Belts of exo-systems?

    • 03:45 [@nephilim20111] How hot black holes are?

    • 08:05 [@d.o.6769] What are the various units and how do they relate to each other?

    • 15:12 [@-Blackberry] Can small Moon impacts be a threat to Earth

    • 17:06 Dr Paul Sutter

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    20 mins
  • [Space Bites+] NASA's Insane Rescue Mission With A Crazy Budget
    Jun 26 2026

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:34

    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UdX5yLB0quc

    A mission to rescue a falling space telescope. More uses for the solar gravitational lens. The Euclid Space Telescope images the center of the Milky Way. And in Space Bites+, a star ate a planet.

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:15 Rescue mission for a falling telescope https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/this-week-nasa-will-launch-a-first-of-its-kind-mission-to-save-a-space-telescope-that-has-observed-the-sky-for-nearly-22-years-180988998/

    • 03:40 More Uses for the Solar Gravitational Lens https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-solar-gravitational-lens-could-map-white-dwarfs-and-black-holes

    • 07:43 Six Galaxies Become One https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-spies-six-galaxies-becoming-one

    • 09:44 Dying by the Wrong Rules https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-star-dying-by-the-wrong-rules

    • 11:40 Vote results

    • 12:07 The Secret of Early Galaxy Growth https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cosmic-dawn-fuel-discovery-unlocks-early-galaxy-growth-secrets-vla-fuel-discovery

    • 13:54 The First Pair of Sibling Supernova Remnants https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-is-the-first-pair-of-sibling-supernova-remnants

    • 16:07 Euclid Captures Milky Way’s Bulge https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/ESA_s_Euclid_captures_the_Milky_Way_s_crowded_heart

    • 18:34 Bonus story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-find-stellar-evidence-of-an-engulfed-planet

    • 20:22 More space news

    • 21:00 Bad naming in Astronomy

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    25 mins
  • [Q&A+] What Should We Do With Hubble?
    Jun 25 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:57

    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HcLciDTobu4

    The Moon is running away from Earth. How can we stop it? Why orbiting objects get tidally locked? What makes more sense, repairing Hubble or replacing it? And in Q&A+, did the Solar System produce its own interstellar objects?

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:25 [@JakeGajoff] Why objects get tidally locked?

    • 04:42 [@nephilim20111] How do we stop the moon from getting further away?

    • 05:04 [@Leafbinder] If moon tickets were only 500$ would I go?

    • 06:31 [@C.Lo.87] Which makes more sense, a new Hubble or a repair mission?

    • 11:45 [@a-a-ron929] Where to look during a meteor storm?

    • 13:57 [@C.Lo.87] Have we ever witnessed an object from our solar system get flung out at escape velocity?

    • 16:04 Summer plans

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    20 mins
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