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Universe Today Podcast

Universe Today Podcast

De: Fraser Cain
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Public feed with [Space Bites+], [Q&A+], [Interview+] and other episodes. Free for everyone.Copyright Fraser Cain Astronomía Astronomía y Ciencia Espacial Ciencia
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  • [Q&A+] Humanity's Biosignatures, Galaxy Rotation, The Ultimate Question
    Mar 17 2026

    BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 15:49

    Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GvVZsDw3Xk0

    If the robots take over, what would our biosignatures look like? is a galaxy's rotation tied to its black hole? what would happen to the Universe if dark matter disappeared? And in Q&A+, which scifi universe would I like to live in?

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 00:25 [@AriasThirdOfHisName] What will be left of us if robots take over?

    • 04:52 [@Frosty.Winnipeg] Is the rotation of a galaxy tied in any way to the rotation of its black hole?

    • 06:09 [@EdSceptic-y2e] What would happen if all the dark matter dissappeared?

    • 11:19 [@christiandesalliers4663] Why does material must shead it's angular momentum before falling into a black hole?

    • 14:58 [@BigC799] What three questions would I ask the Universe?

    • 15:49 [@kimbarron4239] Which fictional universe would I like to live in?

    • 17:40 Outro

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    21 m
  • [Interview+] Little Red Dots Could Be Something Completely Unexpected
    Mar 16 2026

    BONUS PART START AT 28:49

    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4caOfg5K8Is

    Little Red Dots are one of the biggest mysteries from JWST so far. They could be galaxies. They could be supermassive black holes. But they also could be supermassive stars. In fact, this suggestion could help solve another big cosmological mystery about globular clusters. More details on that in this interview.

    🟣 Guest: Dr. John Chisholm https://www.chisholmjohn.com/

    📜 Little Red Dots as Globular Clusters in Formation https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.15935

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 01:41 Finding LRDs in JWST data

    • 07:05 Probably not black holes

    • 13:08 Globular clusters as possible descendants

    • 18:56 The evidence for supermassive stars

    • 28:49 Deepest JWST image yet

    • 42:59 Current obsessions

    • 45:10 Final thoughts

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    47 m
  • [Interview+] How Vera Rubin's Insane Data Pipeline Works
    Mar 15 2026

    How does Vera Rubin's data stream work? Why are there data brokers and what's their function? Who can use the data and how you can do that? How will the discoveries be made and who will have naming rights? Finding the answers in this interview.

    Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VKrpJODdEM0

    🟣 Guest: Dr. Tom Matheson

    https://antares.noirlab.edu/

    • 00:00 Intro

    • 01:34 How Rubin's data pipeline works

    • 04:41 Data brokers

    • 08:45 Who can access the data

    • 10:02 How discoveries will work

    • 15:55 How can one tap in the data

    • 21:46 Final thoughts

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    24 m
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Fraser is very knowledgeable and explains everything so well. I love all the guests he brings on as well. Everyone should listen to this!

My favorite podcast!

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I have not found a better space science and news podcast. The news bites are great. The interviews even better. LISTEN TO IT

Awesome podcast.

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