Can dark energy be just empty space and nothing else? Is there a new space race going on? Why is NASA so slow with its Moon plans? Is there an upper limit for a star? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
π¦ Support us on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/universetoday
π Suggest books in the book club:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club
00:00 Start
01:07 [Andoria] Is dark energy just empty space?
06:29 [Vulcan] Canadian accent
08:48 [Risa] What if a nebula collapsed back on its central neutron star?
12:11 [Aeturen] Why not use a satellite on a cycler orbit for high-bandwidth data transfer?
16:25 [Vendikar] Is a new space race on?
21:20 [Remus] How can NASA be so slow?
23:57 [Janus] Can space voids actually be Dyson spheres?
26:25 [Cait] What's the upper limit of star mass?
28:42 [Betazed] How can we protect against solar flares?
32:14 [Cheleb] Controversial topics among science discoveries
36:46 [Nimbus] What is the latest news about life on Europa?
πΊ VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/D6y0xNGmDUc
π° EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter
π§ PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
π€³ OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday
π© CONTACT FRASER
frasercain@gmail.com
βοΈ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Support Universe Today Podcast
[Interview] We Must Go Back To Enceladus! Here's Why
[Special] Real Science Results Behind JWST's First Year
[Space Bites] India's Moon Lander Launch // JWST Anniversary // Strong ELT Progress
[Interview] Axions or Not. What's Hiding Behind Dark Matter
[Space Bites] Big JWST Discoveries // 63-Day Silence for Ingenuity // Lensing Gravitational Waves
[Q&A] Submarine for Titan, Planets Changing Size, Even Bigger LIGO
[Bonus] Robo Eels Exploring Water Worlds, NASA UAP Study, AGI to Take Over
[Space Bites] Gravitational Waves Background Announced // Planets in The Oort Cloud // Big Starship Update
[Interview] Vera Rubin Telescope Will Revolutionise Astronomy. Here's Why
[Q&A] Dark Matter Evidence, Oort Cloud Shape, Size of Lagrange Points
[Space Bites] Ancient Echo from Sgr A* // Lightning on Jupiter // TRAPPIST-1c by James Webb
[Interview] Simulating The Universe with Supercomputers
[Q&A] Strange Isotopes in Supernovae, External Gravitational Lenses, Existence of The Present
[Interview] Can Axions Be Dark Matter?
[Space Bites] Another Enceladus Breakthrough, Crystallising White Dwarf, 19-Hour Earth Day
[Q&A] Solar Wind Slowing Down Planets, Nuking the Sun, Exomoon Reflection
[Space Bites] James Webb Deep Field, Betelgeuse's Doing It Again, Starliner Fail
[Q&A] True Size of the Universe, Inescapable Planets, Magnetic Poles Reversal
[Space Bites] Huge Discoveries by James Webb // Fire In Space // Quantum Squeezing
NASA Selected Blue Origin // Galaxies Getting More Impossible // First (Exo)Radiation Belt
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Weekly Space Hangout Audio