Episodes

  • [Q&A+] How Hot Are Black Holes?
    Jun 30 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:12

    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wusLmLQ5uqA

    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

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    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

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    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
  • [Space Bites+] JWST's Biggest Mystery Might Be Finally Solved
    Jun 19 2026

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    Could we even find von Neumann probes in the solar system? Could alien megastructures be raining down on the moon? Do we finally have an explanation for little red dots?

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:14 Where Are Alien Probes Hiding? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-alien-probes-hiding-in-our-backyard-a-new-study-says-weve-barely-looked

    • 03:15 Best Place to Look for Alien Megastructures https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-best-place-to-look-for-alien-megastructures-might-be-moon-dust

    • 06:26 Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-exoplanets-choked-by-diesel-smog

    • 08:20 Did we finally solve Little Red Dots https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-little-red-dots-that-turned-out-to-be-black-holes-in-disguise

    • 10:55 LISA Could Double as an Asteroid Scale https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lisa-could-double-as-an-asteroid-scale

    • 12:54 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts

    • 13:33 The Galaxy's Spin Is Hiding in the Hum of Gravitational Waves https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galaxys-spin-is-hiding-in-the-hum-of-gravitational-waves

    • 15:05 Pulsar in an Almost Flawless Circular Orbit https://www.universetoday.com/articles/fast-finds-a-pulsar-in-an-almost-flawless-circular-orbit

    • 16:42 The Cause of Venus’ Weird Rotation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/venus-strange-rotation-was-likely-triggered-by-a-high-velocity-moon-sized-impactor

    • 18:11 More space news

    • 18:39 YouTube Thumbnails

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    22 mins
  • [Q&A+] So, We Built a Moon Base. What's Next?
    Jun 19 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:41

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    What does a nation gain from a continuous Moon presence? Will it ever make sense to mine asteroids? What question should we ask aliens and what should we tell them first? And in Q&A+, don't believe everything you see.

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:23 [@teknophyle1] What can a nation gain from continuous presence of the Moon?

    • 05:20 [@churchdiscography] What do we ask the aliens first?

    • 09:23 [@floater81floats37] When will it make sense to mine asteroids?

    • 13:41 [@lukeskydropper] Do not believe everything you see

    • 17:56 For All Mankind

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    21 mins
  • [Interview+] What Will We Eat in Space?
    Jun 18 2026

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    We've seen a lot of depiction of the future of food in space in sci-fi. People eat food in space every day. But with future Moon base missions and trips to Mars, food will have to evolve as well. Which way will it go? Finding out in this interview.

    🟣 Guest: Tor Blomqvist https://www.deepspacefood.org/

    📜 From production to food systems: A systems-level review of drivers, requirements, and integration for Lunar and Martian food systems https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652600113X

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 02:06 Who did space food best

    • 05:35 What food will martian missions have

    • 13:41 Setting up a greenhouse

    • 34:01 Future missions

    • 44:09 Current obsessions

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    52 mins
  • [Q&A+] How to Break Away from The Solar System?
    Jun 17 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:34

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    How will future historians see space exploration? Did NASA handle well the 3I/ATLAS story? How fast do you really need to go to break free from the solar system? And in Q&A+, some sci-fi books recommendation.

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:26 [@madmillion91920110] How did NASA handle 3I/ATLAS?

    • 04:24 [@NooLoon-c1t] How fast would you need to go to leave the solar system?

    • 08:43 [@paigepotter4682] What do you think future historians will get wrong about space exploration??

    • 11:53 [@jeffhans1] Do you think future people will look back on us with pity for only having natural vision and hearing?

    • 12:34 [@kimbarron4239] What books are people reading?

    • 14:24 Future events

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    17 mins
  • [Space Bites+] Super-Rare Meteorite Hints at an Ancient Destroyed Planet
    Jun 12 2026
    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:51Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tEliREVlWQEDavid Kipping’s @CoolWorldsLab video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT7V4gE4ZIc Matt’s podcast https://storiesbywilliams.com/podcast-series/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/houseofwilliamsMeet the crew for Artemis III, Weighing a dormant black hole, evidence for a long-gone early planet, how robot probes could take over the galaxy, and in Space Bites+, scanning 3I/ATLAS for alien signals.00:00 Intro 00:18 Artemis III Updates https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/nasa-assigns-crew-for-artemis-iii-sets-aggressive-timeline-for-flying-it/ 04:13 Weighing a Dormant Black Hole https://www.universetoday.com/articles/orbiting-stars-give-clues-to-a-quiescent-black-holes-mass 05:43 How SMBHs Gain Weight https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-is-how-supermassive-black-holes-feed-themselves 07:22 Sgr A* Wind https://www.universetoday.com/articles/theyve-been-searching-for-the-milky-ways-black-hole-wind-for-50-years-and-finally-found-it 08:42 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 09:18 Evidence for an Early Planet https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-rare-meteorite-just-revealed-a-lost-mars-sized-planet-from-the-dawn-of-the-solar-system 11:44 Observing Protoplanetary Disk’s Rotation https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-make-live-observation-of-a-nearby-protoplanetary-disks-rotation 13:16 Cosmic Web Like You've Never Seen it Before https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-cosmic-web-like-youve-never-seen-it-before 15:14 David Kipping Has a New Take on the Existence of Advanced Life https://www.universetoday.com/articles/david-kipping-has-a-new-take-on-the-existence-of-advanced-life-in-the-universe-and-the-numbers-are-n 17:51 BONUS story https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-seti-institute-releases-technosignature-report-on-3iatlas19:47 Matt Williams' podcast https://storiesbywilliams.com/podcast-series/
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    22 mins