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Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Matt Golombek, Senior Research Scientist at the JPL; Mars Exploration Rover Project Scientist; Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist. Guests: Kimberly Cartier ( KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer) Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Their stories this week: The entire sky mapped via hydrogen […]
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While our Sun will only survive for about 5 billion more years, smaller, cooler red dwarfs can last for trillions of years. What’s the secret to their longevity? You might say our Sun will last a long time. And sure, another 5 billion years or so of main sequence existence does sound pretty long lived. […]
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We know that the Sun will last another 5 billion years and then expand us a red giant. What will actually make this process happen? One of the handy things about the Universe, apart from the fact that it exists, is that it lets us see crazy different configurations of everything, including planets, stars and […]
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Since the energy required to fuse iron is more than the energy that you get from doing it, could you use iron to kill a star like our sun? A fan favorite was How Much Water Would it Take to Extinguish the Sun? Go ahead and watch it now if you like. Or… if you […]
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So just what would it take to terraform Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system? Just a few videos ago, I blew minds with a “How to” on terraforming the Moon. Once we’ve developed a Solar System spanning civilization and have claimed mastery over the laws of physics, and have common-place technology which staggers […]
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When humans finally travel into space, where will we live? Will we ever be able to colonize gas giants like Jupiter? NASA and Elon Musk have plans to get your ass to Mars. It’s not impossible to imagine humans living and working on the Red Planet. Maybe they’ll be crusty asteroid miners making their fortune […]
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When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it can explode as a supernova. How quickly does this process happen? Our Sun will die a slow sad death, billions of years from now when it runs out of magic sunjuice. Sure, it’ll be a dramatic red giant for a bit, but then it’ll […]
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