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Hosts: Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis
Astronomers: David Dickinson, Gary Gonella, Roy Salisbury, Sharin Ahmed, Stuart Forman, Mike Simmons
and some gorgeous pics from Cory Schmitz in the Southern Hemisphere
Scott also shares pics from the viewers

Apps used by Scott: Phases of the Moon and Stellarium
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Universe Today Podcast

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 live questions show, I explain how amateurs can contribute to space and astronomy research, will I sign up for Starlink, and what would happen if the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way turned into a quasar?

00:00:00 Start
00:03:13 How can amateurs can contribute to science?
00:05:50 What if Sgr* turned into a quasar?
00:07:00 Will the Universe end in a Big Rip?
00:10:32 How can solar sails be pushed by massless photons?
00:12:45 Do we know what rocky planets are made out of?
00:14:18 How did my mind change after interviewing Wallace Arthur
00:18:06 Will I sign up for Starlink Beta?
00:20:00 Am I looking forward to Dune?
00:23:30 Isn't the buy in cost for Starlink too expensive?
00:26:08 How can the methuselah star be older than the Universe?
00:27:31 Can we observe Oort clouds in other Solar Systems?
00:30:00 Does Andromeda have a supermassive black hole?
00:32:43 Any progress on Event Horizon Telescope?
00:34:35 What if an Earth-sized world fell into the Sun?
00:36:01 How can spacecraft journey from star to star?
00:37:31 Is Andromeda more massive?
00:38:31 Propulsion systems I'm excited about?
00:40:23 Is the Sun gaining or losing mass?
00:41:10 Why is it a good year for comets?
00:42:52 Can we use fusion for spaceflight?
00:46:15 How could we destroy Saturn's rings?
00:47:23 Any update on Terrascope?
00:48:52 Could we put astronauts to sleep?
00:51:53 What about cold fusion?
00:53:21 Is a hot big bang feasible?
00:55:15 Could there be planets in globular clusters?
00:58:20 Could neutrinos be dark matter?