[Space Bites] Zone of Avoidance Defied // Big Meteor Storm's Coming // Ozone Hole Shrinks
Some good environmental news, the Roman Space Telescope gets its mirror, astronomers defy the zone of avoidance, and moving stars halfway across the Milky Way
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Good news!
https://www.universetoday.com/169251/good-news-the-ozone-layer-hole-is-continuing-to-shrink/
02:41 Nancy Grace Roman gets its mirror
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/telescope-for-nasas-roman-mission-complete-delivered-to-goddard
05:01 Leonides
https://www.universetoday.com/169124/is-an-off-year-leonid-outburst-in-the-cards-for-november/
06:27 Trash compactor
https://www.universetoday.com/169229/a-trash-compactor-is-going-to-the-space-station/
07:43 Astronomers defy the Zone of Avoidance
https://www.universetoday.com/169287/astronomers-defy-the-zone-of-avoidance-to-find-hundreds-of-new-galaxies/
10:07 Finding black holes by their light echoes
https://www.universetoday.com/169227/using-light-echoes-to-find-black-holes/
11:33 Vote results
12:11 Life under ice on Mars
https://www.universetoday.com/169296/how-life-could-live-under-the-ice-on-mars/
13:46 Stellar engine
https://www.universetoday.com/169255/a-spider-stellar-engine-could-move-binary-stars-halfway-across-a-galaxy/
16:08 Habitable worlds observatory
17:05 More space news stories
17:49 New Zealand astrophotography competition
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20:18
[Interview] Are Membrane Telescopes The Future of Space-Based Astronomy?
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Sebastian Rabien
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📜 Membrane Space Telescope: Active Surface Control with Radiative Adaptive Optics
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.07741
00:00 Intro
02:27 Adaptive optics in space
05:17 Membrane-based telescopes
22:48 Taking membrane telescopes to space
32:54 A practical next step
34:02 Questions from patrons
36:54 Working with ELT
44:30 More interviews
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46:21
[Q&A] Spin Limit of Earth, True Colours of Exoplanets, Danger from Space Samples
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How fast can the Earth spin before it starts tearing itself apart? Should we be worried about samples from Mars contaminating Earth? Why don't space agencies use standardized platforms for their missions to save costs?
00:00 Start
01:05 How fast can the Earth spin not to tear apart?
05:19 Is bringing samples from space objects dangerous?
09:56 Can we make space probes standard?
14:34 Why is it so hard to go to other star systems?
19:01 What happens to time dilation in an Alcubierre drive?
21:32 Can our Oort cloud exchange material with Alpha Cen?
24:05 How would true colour images of exoplanets look like?
26:19 Are goofy thumbnails the zeitgeist of science channels?
29:41 Electromagnetic mass drivers on the Moon?
33:31 How long can satellites stay in orbit?
36:09 Why we don't expect life around M dwarf stars?
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43:25
[Space Bites] Satellite Survives Orbital Hit // Starship Flight 6 Date // Webb Finds a Steam World
Another Starship flight is right around the corner, how to make space telescopes insanely thin, a black hole feeding faster than it should, and plans to build your own radio telescope
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00:00 Intro
00:13 Starship IFT-6 Launch Date
03:27 Satellite surviving a collision
05:12 Ultra-thin space telescopes
07:42 Aftermath of a neutron star collision
09:48 Steam world
11:25 Vote results
11:58 Black hole that's eating too fast
13:33 The end for Skylon?
15:39 Build your own telescope
17:16 Guide to Space
17:59 Questions for the interviews
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19:19
[Q&A] How Loud Was The Big Bang? Does Planet Spin Matter? Can Black Holes Revert to Stars?
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00:00 Start
00:27 [Alaris] How loud was the Big Bang?
04:06 [Ardena] Can black holes become neutron stars again?
07:35 [Asuria] Why send missions to Europa, not Enceladus?
12:17 [Belote] Will humans feel weird on a planet spinning opposite to Earth?
13:33 [Belsa] Did we see globular clusters gain or lose stars?
15:40 [Cartego] What would a Moon or Mars cars look like?
19:03 [Chulak] Can Ganymede and Titan be considered planets?
21:51 [Dakara] How loud would the Sun be?
22:40 [Edora] Can we use lasers for solar sails?
27:30 [Goronak] How does mass cross the event horizon?
30:28 [Hadante] How do we predict the lifetime of stars?
33:45 [Hebridan] Could we send mass to space to change our orbit and stop global warming?
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