Universe Today Podcast
Your Ultimate Guide to All Things Space
Space news, interviews, Q&As, and exclusive content from Universe Today.
Audio versions of Fraser Cain YouTube channel.
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November 5th, 2024
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November 1st, 2024
Is this Event Horizon image accurate? Webb scans Vega for planets, another problem with Voyager 1, and a supernova space dandelion.
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October 29th, 2024
How hard can it be to retrieve a sample from Europa? How strong are the winds on Titan? What are the differences between different types of time dilation? Will Starship have landing legs? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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October 25th, 2024
What comes after the International Space Station, first results from Euclid, there’s hope for the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and a triple star system with a black hole.
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October 23rd, 2024
We know that stars start with a cloud of gas and then turn into a glowing ball. But how exactly does this process happen? How do stars turn on? Astronomers have been using JWST to find out.
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October 22nd, 2024
Can there be Dark Energy detectors? When will Sgr A* start shrinking? Should the Prime Directive apply to Mars? Can we bring a proper observatory in space? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.
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October 18th, 2024
Starship takes its fifth test flight, Europa Clipper launches successfully, China’s science plans from now until 2050, and Jupiter’s jiggly Great Red Spot.
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October 16th, 2024
What's the best way to do science communication? Will Jupiter expand when the Sun dies? How would aliens experience their environment? Can New Horizons get new targets in future? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Overtime Q&A.
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October 15th, 2024
SpaceX caught Super Heavy with Mechazilla. Starship survived re-entry and did a precise landing in the ocean. How did they do that? What does it mean for SpaceX? What to expect from IFT-6 now?
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October 11th, 2024
A new spacecraft is going to look at the aftermath from the DART mission, the Milky Way is part of a much, much larger structure, an early galaxy that’s similar to the Milky Way, and Starship test flight five could be just around the corner.
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October 8th, 2024
How old is the Universe? Why do no missions go to Mars' ice poles? What does X-37B actually do? Why not abandon the SLS? Can Starship solve the problems Starlinks create? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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October 3rd, 2024
Planets at Bernard’s Star, Chinese lunar spacesuits, Voyager 2 Has to power down one of its instruments, and a comet seen from space.
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October 1st, 2024
What are the limits for the telescopes of the future? Can you play disk golf on Mars or the Moon? Will all galaxies eventually fade away? When will we launch Voyagers v2.0? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A.
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September 27th, 2024
Those aren’t Dyson Spheres they’re hotDOGs, the best gravitational lens in the Universe, new Starlinks are really bright in the radio, and SpaceX recovers its SuperHeavy.
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September 25th, 2024
Are we alone in the Universe? Probably, one of the most important questions one can ask. So, how are we currently trying to answer it and what happens when we finally do?
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September 24th, 2024
What happens if astronauts throw stuff from orbit? Can we travel through a black hole? What is our Sun's place in the Milky Way? How can human spaceflight become profitable? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show.