Universe Today Podcast

Moon Ejecta Hitting Earth // China’s Satellite Rescue // Asteroid Closeup

Lucy’s close up images of another asteroid, why Mars has a lopsided magnetic field, Chinese engineers rescue a pair of satellites with gravitational slingshots, and new hints about where Mars’s carbon dioxide atmosphere went. In our longer Space Bites+ on Patreon, a proposed human mission to both Mars and the asteroid Ceres.

Pessimism Regarding Humanity, Dark Stars, Source Kilonova | Q&A 315

Why am I so pessimistic about the progress of humanity? Which kilonova did all our heavy elements come from? What's the deal with the dark stars? And in our free Q&A+ on patreon, can a single nation realistically have a Moon outpost? Answering all these questions and more in this question show.

Mystery of Little Red Dots, Renaming Uranus, Why Fund Science? | Q&A 314

Should we really be renaming Uranus and stop making fun of its name? How will astronomers deal with the floods of data when Vera Rubin comes online? Do little red dots found by Webb solve the mystery of supermassive black hole formation? And in our free Q&A+ on patreon, what are my personal space obsessions right now? Answering all these questions and more in this question show.

How Space VFX Are Made

Creating realistic images for space movies is tough. Often little details like the interfaces on the screens matter a lot even though you barely notice them. How is it done? Finding out in this interview.🟣 Guest: Marti Romances, https://territorystudio.com/

[Space Bites] Cancelling Roman Telescope // Big Biosignatures Update // Spinning Universe

We’ve got more details about upcoming NASA cuts, the first evidence of life on an exoplanet? is the entire Universe spinning? how global warming could reduce room for satellites, and in our free Patreon edition of Space Bites+, a new way to search for life as we don’t know it.