Universe Today Podcasts With Fraser Cain
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Sinopsis
The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy poddcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today
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Episode 370: 324 - What Are Globular Clusters?
10/09/2017 Duración: 08minOne of the most beautiful and scientifically interesting objects in space are the globular clusters, containing hundreds of thousands of stars. What are they and where did they come from?
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Episode 369: QA 32: Why Can’t James Webb Be Repaired? And More
08/09/2017 Duración: 19minIn this week’s question show, Fraser explains why James Webb can’t be repaired if anything goes wrong, why we even need space telescopes in the first place, and his favorite methods of zipping around the Solar System.
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Episode 368: 323 - Intermediate Mass Black Hole Discovered
07/09/2017 Duración: 08minAstronomers have been searching for mid-weight black holes, and now they’ve found one, right here in the Milky Way.
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Episode 367: 317 - What Missions Have Been Cancelled
05/09/2017 Duración: 11minOver the past decades, many missions have been canceled. What alternative history could we have had if these projects had gone through?
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Episode 366: 318 - Where Are The Voyagers Now
05/09/2017 Duración: 11minWe’re nearly at the 40th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. And they’re still going! Let’s remember these amazing missions.
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Episode 365: 319 - What Are The Van Allen Belts
05/09/2017 Duración: 10minThe Van Allen Belts surround the Earth with deadly radiation. What can we do to get past them and escape into deep space?
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Episode 364: 321 - Rise Of The Supertelescopes Part 2
05/09/2017 Duración: 10minIn part 2 of this series, we look at the supertelescopes heading to space in the next few decades.
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Episode 363: 320 - Rise Of The Supertelescopes Part 1
05/09/2017 Duración: 12minAstronomy is about to get much much more exciting, with a whole new class of enormous telescopes developed on Earth and in space. How much more powerful? What will we be able to see?
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Episode 362: 322 - Supermassive Black Holes Or Galaxies
05/09/2017 Duración: 11minIt’s a mystery that’s puzzled astronomers for years. Which came first, supermassive black holes or the galaxies that surround them?
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Episode 361: QA 31: Is Contacting Aliens Our Worst Mistake? And More
04/09/2017 Duración: 15minIn this week’s question show, Fraser wonders if science is the best tool we’ve got, if communicating with aliens is a wise idea, and how he feels about people falling asleep to his videos.
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Episode 360: QA 30: Is the Earth Increasing or Decreasing in Mass? And More
28/08/2017 Duración: 17minIn this week’s question show, Fraser answers questions about dark matter black holes, the magnetospheres of exoplanets and whether the Earth is increasing or decreasing in mass.
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Episode 359: QA 29: Are Generational Ships Possible? And more...
04/08/2017 Duración: 16minIn this week’s QA, Fraser worries about artificial super intelligence, getting flung out of the Milky Way.
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Episode 358: 313 - What Happens During a Solar Eclipse
30/07/2017 Duración: 08minNorth America is preparing itself for the August Eclipse, so we thought it would be a good time to explain how eclipses work and what’s going on as the Moon briefly destroys the Sun.
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Episode 357: 315 - How Do We Protect Earth From Asteroids Part 2
29/07/2017 Duración: 10minOnce we know where all the dangerous asteroids are, how do we prevent one from hitting Earth?
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Episode 356: 314 - How Do We Protect Earth From Asteroids Part 1
29/07/2017 Duración: 10minWe know we live in a cosmic shooting gallery. Who’s got their eyes on the sky, and how will we prevent an asteroid strike if we find a dangerous space rock?
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Episode 355: 316 - Where Will The Space Launch System Take Us
29/07/2017 Duración: 10minNASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?
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Episode 354: QA 28: Dealing with Conspiracy Theories and More...
24/07/2017 Duración: 22minIn this week’s questions show, Fraser explains how the Apollo astronauts got past the Van Allen Belt, bulking up brown dwarfs, and how to deal with conspiracy theories.
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Episode 353: QA 27: Asteroid as a Space Ship and more...
16/07/2017 Duración: 20minIn this week’s QA, Fraser talks using an asteroid for a space ship, colonizing the whole galaxy, and whether you’ve got dark matter all around you.
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Episode 352: 312 - Why Haven't We Gone Anywhere
06/07/2017 Duración: 11minIt’s been half a century since humans first set foot on the Moon? Why haven’t we gone back? Will we ever go anywhere interesting in space?
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Episode 351: QA 26: Faster Than Light Into the Past?
05/07/2017 Duración: 18minIn this week’s QA, Fraser talks about black holes consuming dark matter, if traveling faster than light moves you backwards in time, and what those big pools under rockets are for.