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March 26, 2012January 11, 2016

Sky Candy: Southern Lights Over The Indian Ocean

Time for your daily dose of awesomeness from the ISS! Here’s a time-lapse video of the Aurora Australis photographed by Expedition 30 crew members on March 4, as the Station passed 240 miles (386 km) over the chilly waves of the southern Indian Ocean. Absolutely gorgeous!

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Universe Today podcasts with Fraser Cain

The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy poddcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today

In this week's Open Space, we had a series of questions about the International Space Station. How long will it remain in orbit, and what role will it continue to play with other space stations under construction? We also talked about how much longer the Earth will remain habitable, and if it could be possible to replace Arecibo.

00:00:00 Start
00:03:35 How much longer with the Earth be habitable?
00:06:30 The great conjunction
00:09:11 Is nuclear power a good option in space?
00:13:31 What is the future of the ISS?
00:18:24 What are the chances of replacing Arecibo?
00:21:57 Couldn't we melt down the station for raw material?
00:23:35 What do I think of Axiom's private space station?
00:27:28 What's the best supernova candidate?
00:32:25 Could we add mass to Mars to restart its core?
00:36:03 Am I excited about the next Gaia release?
00:40:45 Are we looking backwards in time?
00:42:00 How's Chinese going?
00:46:39 What's the future of the Thirty Meter Telescope?
00:50:24 Will there be more international collaboration?
00:54:45 How much of the Universe has already disappeared?
00:56:33 Future telescope names?
00:57:00 Legit warp drive?
00:59:45 Any value putting a telescope on Mars?