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[Interview] Planning a Mission to Uranus
We never came back to Uranus after the Voyager 2 flyby in 1986. It's time to come back. But what will it take to organise a mission to Uranus? What priorities will it have and when can it launch? Finding out in this interview. 😍 [Interview+] Same video. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr. Amy Simon https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/amy.a.simon 00:00 Intro 02:11 What have we learned since Voyager 05:58 Requests for the mission 15:59 Planning a modern-day mission 24:22 LUCY mission 29:38 OSIRIS-ReX 37:52 Current obsessions 40:47 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/S-jz0o5H4Oo 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Bonus] The Challenge/Promise of AI & Science Communication 🧠📢
This is an interview with me done by Salman Hameed @ Kainaat Astronomy in English. Salman Hameed has a PhD in astronomy and is Charles Taylor Chair and Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, and a member of the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD) in Massachusetts, USA. He is also the CEO of the non-profit Kainaat Studios. You can find more information about Kainaat Studios here: https://www.kainaatstudios.com/ 🚀 YouTube episode: https://youtu.be/99CeM9GmUqk?si=ICweyVo4TgkXdxAS 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Space Bites] Sun’s Pole Revealed // Sun Shade vs Climate Change // Source of Cosmic Rays
Have we finally found the source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays? Our first look at the Sun’s south pole, New Glenn slips again, what kind of damage would rockets do to the ozone layer? And in Space Bites+, a pair of quasars that dominated Cosmic Noon. 🚀 [Space Bites+] No ADS. BONUS Story. For FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🌌 Zone of Avoidance interview: https://youtu.be/BpaEskYuBk0 👉 Vote for the best story here: https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/community 00:00 Intro 00:23 Source of cosmic rays https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cosmic-rays-astrophysicists-closer.html 03:25 First ever view of the Sun's pole https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-solar-orbiter-is-giving-us-a-decisive-look-at-the-suns-poles 05:10 Detailed view of the Sun https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-suns-identity-crisis-solved 06:30 New Glenn launch slips again https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/second-new-glenn-launch-slips-toward-fall-as-program-leadership-departs/ 08:12 Vote results 08:59 Rockets and the ozone layer https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-01098-6 11:10 Sunshade to combat climate change https://www.universetoday.com/articles/would-a-planetary-sunshade-help-cool-the-planet-this-mission-could-find-out 13:01 Star formation in the center of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galactic-center-struggles-to-form-massive-stars 14:46 Colliding Galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/colliding-galaxies-tearing-at-each-other-with-gravity-and-radiation 15:45 A planet forming https://www.universetoday.com/articles/youre-looking-at-a-newly-forming-planet 17:12 More space news 18:09 Bonus story 18:26 NASA's SMM 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/_8EZb6NOauo 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Q&A] Giving Up on Dark Matter, Swarm of Cheap Probes VS Single Expensive One, Rotating Universe
At what point we should just admit defeat and give up on our search for dark matter? Should we be sending a lot of cheap space probes instead of a single expensive one? If the Universe is rotating, where is the axis? And in our Q&A+ version, how to make a friend fall in love with Astronomy? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A. 🎁 [Q&A+] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 [Overtime] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:30 [Tyler] Have we ever sent a swarm of really cheap probes instead of a single expensive one? 03:03 [Nithin Cleetus] If the Universe is rotating, around which axis does it do that? 04:31 [Trinidatt] What are the requrements to get a gravitational lens? 07:36 [estraume] Any updated on the idea of air-breathing ion engines? 09:10 [Andreas Lusti] How do I arrange my interviews? 12:39 [Frosty⛄️Winnipeg] When will I get an asteroid named after me? 15:05 [Maciej Jurkowski] How long will we be searching for dark matter before giving up? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/LrIYot5w5z8 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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[Interview] Unveiling The Most Obscured Part of Our Galaxy
For a long time the central part of our galaxy was mostly hidden from us because of all the dust. It was even called the Zone of Avoidance. But with better telescopes and modern techniques we can peer inside and reveal what's hiding. Even build 3D-maps of the region. 😍 [Interview+] Bonus Part. No YT ads. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🟣 Guest: Dr Cara Battersby https://battersby.physics.uconn.edu/ 📜 3D Structure of our Galaxy’s Central Molecular Zone https://centralmolecularzone.github.io/3D_CMZ/ 00:00 Intro 01:46 Zone of Avoidance 12:15 3D-map of the Central molecular zone 16:36 Star formation 22:58 Unsolved questions 27:59 Current obsessions 28:36 PRIMA mission with NASA 35:01 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/BpaEskYuBk0 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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