Universe Today Podcast

Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

Episodes 1,557
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (567)
Since Jan 2014
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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[Space Bites+] Super-Rare Meteorite Hints at an Ancient Destroyed Planet

Jun 12, 2026 21m

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 17:51Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tEliREVlWQEDavid Kipping’s  @CoolWorldsLab  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT7V4gE4ZIc Matt’s podcast …

[Q&A+] How Bad Is Crashing Rockets in the Ocean, Really?

Jun 12, 2026 24m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 16:01 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xxUV3w5rrfEShould we just wait and let Alpha Centauri get closer? Which will happen first, antimatter…

[Q&A+] What Happens to the Moon Race Now?

Jun 10, 2026 21m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:08Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8dVXQ2fZJ-AWith the New Glenn explosion and Starship having problems of its own, what is a realistic…

[Space Bites+] HUGE Milestone for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman

Jun 05, 2026 22m

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 16:42Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OrYQ_R33BxQWhat's next for Blue Origin after the explosion? Finding overly massive black holes at the early…

[Q&A+] Things I Changed My Mind About After 27 Years of Space Journalism

Jun 04, 2026 13m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 09:15Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube:00:00 Intro 00:52 [@paigepotter4682] What’s the last thing about space you changed your mind about? 09:15…

[Q&A+] What Cool Payloads Could Starship Launch?

Jun 02, 2026 17m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:51Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j4SunqVshNwRanking Solutions to the Fermi Oaradox: https://youtu.be/DFPfG413F58What could Starship…

[Space Bites+] DISASTER for Blue Origin // Primordial Black Hole Candidate // Starship Flight 12

May 29, 2026 25m

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:08Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ES_2Db9WAGQ​ @NASASpaceflight  https://youtu.be/9b-ZhGB8XDc?si=g8pQDX8OHTDd4R3D  @scottmanley …

[Q&A+] What Happens When The Speed of Light Is Broken?

May 29, 2026 20m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:05Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uUuhxglQwF0Why don't they just charge the shell of the spaceship to repel radiation? What happens when…

[Q&A+] LIGO's Getting Its Upgrades. What's Next?

May 27, 2026 15m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:00Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PFIJ2nw_HLIWhat's going on with LIGO? Which fictional spaceship is the most realistic? How will…

[Space Bites+] A Big UN-DISCOVERY for Europa

May 23, 2026 20m

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:32Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IQPyYFCTn5QMaybe Europa doesn't have plumes after all. A new way to detect dark matter. Maybe exo-venuses are more…

[Q&A+] We Were Promised a Flood of Vera Rubin Discoveries. Where Are They?

May 22, 2026 17m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:57Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dzgbXfW2BMQChannels mentioned:  @JustHaveaThink  @SimonClark  @ProfessorDaveExplains  …

[Q&A+] There Are Only 6,286 Known Exoplanets. Why Hasn’t JWST Observed Them All?

May 20, 2026 18m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:39 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jNGaC5ltB2E00:00 Intro 00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do? 02:39 [@SnusKing]…

[Space Bites+] Green Bank Telescope Took This Image of Orion

May 15, 2026 20m

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 15:24Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8QJnq45tm3QDr Paul Sutter: https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter Dr Brian Koberlein…

[Q&A+] What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon?

May 14, 2026 18m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 11:53Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gTTqqXj-REs00:00 Intro 00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon? 03:23…

[Q&A+] What Happens If Somebody Claims Mars?

May 12, 2026 20m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 14:26Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lQDNwSAK3Z8What would happen is a country claims Mars as their own? Will we have the Expanse scenario?…

[Space Bites+] Io's Lakes Turned Out Weirder Than We Thought

May 08, 2026 21m

BONUS STORY starts at 15:34Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f5t09W_tdfEPatreon Q&As https://www.patreon.com/collection/116972 Pandora interview with Dr Ben Hord…

[Q&A+] Orbital VS Surface Lunar Bases

May 07, 2026 22m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:16Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VFtMBTalNMgHow hard is it to keep rocket fuel in space? Which is better, a Moon mission on the surface…

[Q&A+] What If AI Finds An Alien Technosignature Tomorrow?

May 05, 2026 18m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 13:25 Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5PTjLZQ7qLU00:00 Intro 00:25 [@paigepotter4682] If we detected a technosignature tomorrow, what’s the…

[Space Bites+] Half Of Our Galaxy Is Hotter Than The Other (We Finally Know Why!)

May 01, 2026 24m

BONUS STORY STARTS AT 18:18Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tejYwoRqG38New info about 3I/ATLAS, NASA tests a new high-power ion engine, did dark matter power early…

[Q&A+] How Does A Telescope Made of 5000 Robots Work?

May 01, 2026 20m

BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:48Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/90S24jYGtd4Latest Patreon Q&A show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156265102/What did we really…

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