Space
- Good space podcasts?
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some good in-depth space podcasts. I got into Startalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson a few months ago and have listened to a ton of the episodes, but I've been trying to branch out and find more information heavy podcasts and ended up checking out the Cool Worlds podcast which is much more informative than Startalk IMO, while I still like that it definitely feels like they lean more into entertainment rather than informational content.
I'd like to find some more in-depth discussions about Astronomy and Astrophysics, I'm a huge space nerd so I prefer it to be more in-depth even if some of it will potentially go above my head. I've been reading Astronomy stack exchange questions for months now as my bedtime reading, and even though a ton of the answers go into complicated math/physics that I can't understand, I still love it, so I'd like to find the same thing in podcast format if possible.
Any recommendations for some good podcasts about space?
Bonus question, what are some good space audiobooks? Not sci-fi, I already have a big list of things I want to listen to/read but actual informative books based on Astronomy/Astrophysics. I've already gone through Welcome to the Universe by Michael Strauss but it's not the greatest as a strict audiobook since it frequently references diagrams in the accompanying PDF. I have a job that allows me to listen to whatever I want all day, but I can't be stopping what I'm doing to look at something, merely listen.
Thanks!
- Voyager space probe closes in on a 50 year missionwww.theregister.com Voyager space probe closes in on a 50 year mission
Dwindling power and problematic communications, but the spacecraft just keeps on going
- [Article] Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study findsphys.org Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds
A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in the company of the few select worlds in our solar system with potentially life-sustaining environments.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47012012
- [Image] A recent image of Jupiter captured by Juno spacecraft
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47042771
> Process on an image processed by Gerald - Enhancement of colors > > πΈ NASA/JPL/SWRI / MSSS / Gerald EichstΓ€dt / Thomas Thomopoulos >
- Will water on Mars be mined or harvested?
If you mine something, you can't mine it again. It's gone from the ground.
If you harvest something, then wait a certain amount of time (a year, for example), you can harvest it again.
Is Water on Mars a renewable resource?
- Chinaβs New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceXβs Starshipwww.wired.com Chinaβs New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceXβs Starship
The Long March 9 super heavy-lift rocket made an appearance at a major airshow recentlyβand looks awfully familiar.
- Planet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.com Meet the first star system to "solve" the 3-body problem
Due to chaos, it was long thought that planets couldn't stably orbit systems containing three stars. GW Orionis is the first counterexample.
It was long thought that planets couldnβt stably orbit systems containing three stars. GW Orionis is the first counterexample.
- Voyager's Historic Journey and Legacy
Voyager's Historic Journey and Legacy
https://joshuniverse.com/voyagers-historic-journey-and-legacy/
This article explores the journey, significance, and ongoing contributions of the Voyager spacecraft within the context of space exploration.
@space@lemmy.world @astronomy@lemmy.world @science@beehaw.org @science@beehaw.org #astronomy #space #nasa @news@lemmy.world
- Gilmour Space Secures License for Eris Rocket Launch
Gilmour Space Secures License for Eris Rocket Launch
https://joshuniverse.com/gilmour-space-secures-license-for-eris-rocket-launch/
@space@lemmy.world @astronomy@lemmy.world @science@beehaw.org @science@beehaw.org #astronomy #space #nasa @news@lemmy.world
- Researchers spot black hole feeding at 40x its theoretical limitarstechnica.com black hole feeds at 40 times the theoretical limit
May explain how the Universe built supermassive black holes so quickly after the Big Bang.
- Europe's most important rocket test almost foiled by a slice of cheeseinterestingengineering.com Europe's most important rocket test almost foiled by a slice of cheese
Swiss students made history with Europe's first rocket hop test, but a slice of Gruyère almost turned it into a disaster.
- Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981www.livescience.com Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981
NASA lost contact with the interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft for nearly a week after a technical glitch shut off the probe's main transmitter. Using Voyager's weaker backup transmitter, engineers are assessing the problem from 15 billion miles away.
- Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranusgizmodo.com Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus
The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.
- For some reason, NASA is treating Orionβs heat shield problems as a secretarstechnica.com For some reason, NASA is treating Orionβs heat shield problems as a secret
βIβm not going to share right now. When it comes out, itβll all come out together.ββ¦
- Hera asteroid mission's CubeSat passengers signal homephys.org Hera asteroid mission's CubeSat passengers signal home
The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA's Hera mission for planetary defense have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming their nominal status. The pair were switched on to check out all their systems, marking the first operation of ESA CubeSats in deep space.
- NASA successfully integrates coronagraph for Roman Space Telescopephys.org NASA successfully integrates coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman's Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission's instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft at a later date. The Roman...
- Video Provides Rare Look Inside Chinaβs Space Stationhackaday.com Video Provides Rare Look Inside Chinaβs Space Station
China has a space station β itβs called Tiangong, the first module was launched in 2021, and itβs all going quite swimmingly, thank you very much. Thatβs essentially what weβ¦
- NASA astronaut hospitalized after Crew-8 returnspacenews.com NASA astronaut hospitalized after Crew-8 return
A NASA astronaut who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission is hospitalized in stable condition after experiencing an unspecified medical issue after splashdown.
- Boeing reportedly considers selling off its space businesswww.theverge.com Boeing reportedly considers selling off its space business
Boeing is trying to turn things around.
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/18440429
- [Cody'sLab] Maybe Humans Should Not Go to Mars Yet
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Recent unscripted video from Cody Reeder of Cody'sLab.
I don't agree with several of his points, but he raises some interesting issues nonetheless.
Any thoughts on the optimal ways to balance human space exploration with planetary protection?
- James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universewww.space.com James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe
"It's difficult to explain how these quasars could have grown so big if they appear to have nothing to feed from."
- Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Piecesfuturism.com Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces
A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1341668
> A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
- New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single sourcephys.org New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source
The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is part of a much larger and incredibly dynamic system.
- Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilitieswww.jpl.nasa.gov Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities
Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life.
- China launches plan to lead the world in space explorationwww.theregister.com China launches first long-term space exploration plan
Long-term research program includes building Moon bases, finding habitable exoplanets, and probing 'space-time ripples'
- The 'Comet of the Century' Just Grew a Rare Anti-Tailgizmodo.com The 'Comet of the Century' Just Grew a Rare Anti-Tail
The phenomenon, known as an anti-tail, is an optical illusion caused by the Earth's position in the comet's orbital plane.
- Study: Dark matter does not exist and the universe is 27 billion years oldwww.earth.com Study: Dark matter does not exist and the universe is 27 billion years old
A study from the University of Ottawa suggests we might not need dark matter or dark energy to explain the workings of the universe.
- Europa Clipper launch success on Monday
>Europa Clipper is NASAβs mission to explore one of Jupiterβs four large Galilean satellites. Europa has an icy outer crust that covers an ocean world. It holds twice as much water as Earthβs oceans. So, Scientists want to know more about the habitability β the ability for some form of live to exist β on this large moon.
- Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!threadreaderapp.com Thread by @SpaceX on Thread Reader App
@SpaceX: Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!
- NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for lifeapnews.com NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft named Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust and determine whether conditions there could support life.
- NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gasmashable.com NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas
Surely, exoplanets have moons, too.
- Event horizon: After photographing black holes, scientists are now making a moviephys.org Event horizon: After photographing black holes, scientists are now making a movie
The first moving images of a black hole could reveal swirls of plasma and collapsing stars, deepening our understanding of the universe.
- Earth as seen from the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during the launch of Europe's Hera asteroid mission on Oct. 7, 2024.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1843340069501055427