[Q&A] JWST Worth the Hype? How to Build a Wormhole? How to Pass Van Allen Belts?

October 11th, 2022
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Are there alternatives to CMB? Will we ever build a space elevator? How can we see radiation coming from a black hole when nothing can escape it? Can you heat something with gravitational waves? Why JWST can look lame to the laymen? All this and more in this week's Q&A with Fraser Cain.

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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:32 [Tatooine] Neutrino Background Radiation and CMB alternatives
  • 08:56 [Coruscant] Can gravitational waves heat a planet?
  • 10:39 [Hoth] Why do stars seem to change colour?
  • 13:00 [Naboo] How can radiation escape black holes?
  • 16:18 [Kamino] How to pass through the Van Allen belts?
  • 20:07 [Bespin] How do wormholes work?
  • 22:55 [Mustafar] Is JWST really worth its $10B?
  • 28:15 [Alderaan] Misconseptions about telescopes
  • 31:49 [Dagobah] Will we ever build a space elevator?
  • 36:34 Outro

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