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Universe Today Podcast

by Fraser Cain
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Public feed with [Space Bites+], [Q&A+], [Interview+] and other episodes. Free for everyone.

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  • [Interview+] How Good Was Our Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Really?

    September 30, 2026 · 59 min

    BONUS PART STARTS AT 43:25 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/izP3FsO9u8o PBS Spacetime video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OM0zTfdsPo Professor David Kipping's channel:  @CoolWorldsLab  We've done a lot of…

  • [Q&A+] We Were Promised A Firehose of Results From Vera Rubin. Where Are They?

    September 29, 2026 · 22 min

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:56 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cdHAMQf1Fnk When will we see the surfaces of exoplanets? What non-western telescopes should we expect? Where are all the big promised results…

  • [Space Bites+] Turns Out, Superflares Are Quite Possible for Our Sun

    September 25, 2026 · 21 min

    BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:59 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pkZ5tjeeiS0 00:00 Intro 00:33 Superflares are on the table https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-is-physically-capable-of-pr…

  • [Q&A+] What Happened At the Very Beginning?

    September 24, 2026 · 21 min

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:04 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XukdOeLfIgQ What does matter and antimatter annihilate into? How do we know what happened before the CMB? Is outer space dirty? And in Q&A+…

  • [Interview+] A Far Side of The Moon Radio Telescope May Happen Sooner Than You Think

    September 23, 2026 · 48 min

    BONUS PART STARTS AT 31:55 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OVcy19IcuIg 🟣 Guest: Dr. Dave Deboer 📜 The Lunar Farside Transients and Technology Telescope (LFT3) Mission https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.25762…

  • [Q&A+] How Feasible Is A Starship-Based Space Station?

    September 23, 2026 · 23 min

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 17:28 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6utGiIvm2LE Is combining multiple space telescopes the way to go? Can we detect ice-shell exoplanets? How feasible would a Starship space…

  • [Space Bites+] Moon Cities Are Not Happening. Here's Why

    September 18, 2026 · 20 min

    BONUS PART START AT 15:19 Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hCgllDUvjMk Interview with Martin Elvis about the Moon: https://youtu.be/CvFMw-kXIzs Astronomy Cast video: https://www.youtube.com/watch…

  • [Q&A+] Why Didn't NASA Just Build Another Kepler When It Failed?

    September 17, 2026 · 16 min

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:07 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/koZUXaCXpYA When Kepler failed, why didn't we just build another one? Do we know about all the potentially dangerous asteroids? Could one…