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The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy podcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today
Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (SIUE), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported through individual donations and the sponsorship of Swinburne Astronomy Online.
The Weekly Space Hangout with Fraser Cain and our team of Journalists brings you the latest in space news as well as interviews with special guests from the space and science community.
The Weekly Space Hangout is recorded every Friday on the Cosmoquest G+ page. Journalists and astronomers discuss the top stories of the week in space and science, and answer audience questions. These are the audio files of those recordings.
The Weekly Space Hangout is recorded every Friday on the Cosmoquest G+ page. Journalists and astronomers discuss the top stories of the week in space and science, and answer audience questions
The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy videos by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today
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Episode 718: Interview with Fraser on SciManDan Podcast
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The awesome space communicator Fraser Cain joined me this week on the podcast to chat all things space, his glorious creation Universe Today and those pesky space deniers. Also, can he get a point for the guests in Guess the Conspiracy? You can find his brilliant website here: https://www.universetoday.com/ Here is Fraser's YouTube channel: https:/…
Coral Reef Scientist Emma Kennedy joined me this week on the podcast to chat coral reefs and the damage that climate change is causing, as well as climate change as a whole. She also has a crack at the now legendary game, Guess the Conspiracy! You can find Emma on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/reef_scientist And you can read more about her work…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 596: The Universe’s Background Noise by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay You might be familiar with the cosmic microwave background, but that's just one of the background radiations that astronomers look at. Some are well known and cataloged. While others are just starting to be possible to see at all. All of them tell us more about …
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Weekly Space Hangout: Melissa Thorpe, Interim Head of Spaceport Cornwall
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This week we are very pleased to be airing Fraser's pre-recorded interview with Melissa Thorpe, Interim Head of Spaceport Cornwall. Melissa is the main liaison for industry, military, Government, media, public, and schools for Spaceport Cornwall, the UK’s first horizontal launch site. Together with launch partner, Virgin Orbit, this ambitious proje…
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Episode 717: Q&A 136: Should Falcon Heavy Launch the Lunar Gateway? And More...
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In this week's questions show, I talk about why some missions go into orbit, and other missions make a direct landing on Mars. Is it a good idea for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch components for the Lunar Gateway? And how can we know if the Universe is finite or infinite? 00:00 Start 00:30 Why go into orbit when NASA goes straight for landing? 0…
Join us this week as Catz and I talk with the host of The Atheist Experience Matt Dillahunty. He speaks about atheism in general, how he got where he is now and of course pits his wits against guess the conspiracy! The Atheist Experience is on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAtheistExperience You can find Matt on Twitter here: https:/…
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Episode 716: Q&A 135: Where Will We Find Life First? In the Solar System or Another Star?
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00:00 Start 00:22 Easier to find life in the Solar System or Milky Way? 05:13 Could an exosuit simulate gravity? 06:36 Could you use water as a propulsion system? 08:28 Could you have space-based interferometry? 13:02 Are the moons of Jupiter in severe radiation? 14:19 Is anyone working on spinning habitats? 18:05 What about Amazon's satellite cons…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 595: Planet Hunting - Revisited by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay This is gonna be another one of those evergreen topics where we come back again and again. Finding planets. Every time we talk about this now it seems like we've gained thousands of new planets. Well, buckle up! New techniques will grow that by tens of thousands and …
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Weekly Space Hangout: Joseph Mallozzi, TV Producer, Writer, and Showrunner
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This week we are excited to welcome Joseph Mallozzi to the Weekly Space Hangout. Although you may not know his name, most of us certainly recognize — and love — many of the television shows Joe has produced, written, or showran. Joseph Mallozzi is a Canadian writer, showrunner, and producer with over 20 years experience in the television industry. …
Wolf (a.k.a. The Agent) from the magnificent Wolf Brothers Cinema joined us this week to talk about the world of psychic mediums and just how they do it! He even cold reads Catz with some surprising results! I talk about my own personal experience with a psychic medium and Wolf battles the famous Guess the Conspiracy Game. Here is the Wolf Brothers…
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Episode 715: Interview: Chris Prophet, SpaceX From the Ground Up
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This week I interview Chris Prophet, the author of "SpaceX from the Ground Up". His book, now in its 6th edition covers the story of SpaceX, from its initial concept to the latest Starship tests. https://www.amazon.com/SpaceX-Ground-Up-Chris-Prophet-ebook/dp/B01CUUUZZ2 🚀 OUR WEBSITE: ════════════════════════════════════ https://www.universetoday.co…
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Ep. 594: Juno - Primary Mission Highlights
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 594: Juno - Primary Mission Highlights by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Pamela is always loath to talk about spacecraft until the mission's in space and the science is rolling. NASA's Juno Mission just received a mission extension, adding Jupiter's moons to the menu. Now, finally, we can talk about Juno! [Ed. Juno what I mean?]…
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Episode 714: Q&A 134: Could Tethered Starships Provide Artificial Gravity? And More...
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In this week's Q&A show, I answer questions about Starship might be able to provide artificial gravity, whether I'd prefer to have LUVOIR or the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope, and if nuclear-powered rockets will work in space. You can join me live every Monday on my YouTube channel at 5pm Pacific Time to ask your questions live. 00:00 Start 00:18 …
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Weekly Space Hangout: Dr. Jani Radebaugh Discusses the Dragonfly Mission
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This week we are joined by Dr. Jani Radebaugh, Planetary Scientist from Brigham Young University. Jani's field work specializes in finding analogues to other planets here on Earth. She is a Science Team Member for the newly selected NASA Dragonfly rotorcraft lander mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. She was also involved in the Cassini and Galileo Mis…
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The Ex-Flat Earther & The Righteous Redemption
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YouTube's Seek Truth Speak Truth joined us to talk about his journey back from the dark side of flat Earth. We chat the process of coming back, what the flat earth community was really like and how many other conspiracies he was tied up with. This was a fascinating one! You can find him on YouTube and watch his journey here: https://www.youtube.com…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 593: Stellar Parasites by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Stars often come in groups of 2 or more. And if they're orbiting close enough to each other one star can feast on the other and when that happens, well, mayhem ensues!
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Episode 712: Q&A 133: What's Causing the Expansion of the Universe? And More...
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In this week's QA, I talk about what's driving the expansion of the Universe, how big the observable Universe is to the actual Universe, and what will happen to dogs in gravity. 00:00 Start 00:26 What's driving the expansion of the Universe? 04:01 How big is the observable Universe compared to the actual Universe? 07:25 Do people watch videos or li…
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Episode 713: Interview: The Story of the Europa Clipper: "The Mission" with David Brown
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In this week's interview, I talk to David Brown about his new book: The Mission. It's all about the campaign to design and build the Europa Clipper mission and everything that happened behind-the-scenes. David is a science journalist and writer with with work in the Atlantic, New York Times, Scientific American and more. https://www.dwb.io/ https:/…
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Weekly Space Hangout: Dr. Ann Marie Cody from the SETI Institute
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Tonight we are very excited to welcome Dr. Ann Marie Cody from the SETI Institute to the WSH. In her own words, Ann Marie searches for "the weird." Young stars exhibit some pretty bizarre behaviors, all of which have astrophysical explanations. However, there may be even stranger things out there, ready to be discovered with space telescopes. Her u…
The brilliant Chris Lintott from the Sky at Night joined me for a fascinating chat about the conspiracy theories of space, astronomy and the wonders of star formation, and of course has a crack at the famous guess the conspiracy game!! You can find Chris on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/chrislintott Thank you all for listening!…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 592: Gamma-Ray Bursts - Updated by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Some of the most powerful explosions in the Universe are gamma-ray bursts, capable of blasting a beam of death half way across the galaxy. In just the last few years astronomers have discovered a tremendous amount about these blasts and what's actually causing them. …
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Episode 711: The Universe in Formation. Hubble Sees 6 Examples of Merging Galaxies
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10 billion years ago, galaxies of the Universe were ablaze with the light of newly forming stars. This epic phase of history is known as “Cosmic Noon” - the height of all star creation. Galaxies like our Milky Way aren’t creating stars at nearly the rates they were in the ancient past. However, there is a time when galaxies in the present can explo…
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Episode 710: Interview: Robots Made of Ice with Devin Carroll
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In this week's interview, I talk with Devin Carroll, a robotics Ph.D. student at the modular robotics lab at the University of Pennsylvania. Devin is working on robots that can build their own structure out of ice. https://www.modlabupenn.org/people/devin-carroll/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfDRQWv0x0 🚀 OUR WEBSITE: ══════════════════════════…
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Weekly Space Hangout: Solar System Superhighways with Dr. Aaron Rosengren and Di Wu
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This week we are excited to welcome Dr. Aaron Rosengren and Di Wu to the Weekly Space Hangout. Their research team recently identified gravitational interactions which have produced a superhighway network of sorts within the Solar System. This network can reduce transport times for objects traveling between Jupiter and Neptune to decades rather tha…
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Episode 709: Q&A 132: How Much Of The Universe Could We Ever Explore? And More...
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In this week's live Q&A, I talk about the new Space Launch System hot-fire test, how Breakthrough Starshot spacecraft might be able to communicate with home, and what messages would we send to aliens that we might never be able to reach physically. 00:00 Start 02:11 How would Starship chipsats communicate with Earth? 05:00 How far can we ever explo…
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Daniel J Clark & The Demise of the Flat Earth
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In an absolutely fascinating interview, the director of Behind the Curve Daniel J Clark joins Catz and I as we chat THAT documentary, flat earthers as people and planet 9. Not only that, Daniel needs to try and pull the guests back into the game during Guess the Conspiracy! You can find Daniel on twitter here: https://twitter.com/djcfilm?lang=en Th…
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Ep. 591: What Are We Gonna Do With All That Space Junk?
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 591: What Are We Gonna Do With All That Space Junk? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Remember the good old days when there were only a few thousand living and dead satellites? Well, those days are long over. We're now entering an era where there will be tens of thousands of satellites. Not to mention the spent rocket boosters and …
