[Space Bites+] Jupiter’s New Size // NO Moon Impact // More Years for ISS
BONUS STORY STARTS AT 20:43
Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the moon in 2032. Jupiter is smaller and flatter than we thought. New ways to measure the expansion rate of the universe. And in Space Bites Plus, even tardigrades struggle in Martian Regolith.
00:00 Intro
00:16 Moon slam's not happening https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Asteroid_2024_YR4_will_not_impact_the_Moon
01:43 Interplanetary Habitable Zone https://www.universetoday.com/articles/introducing-the-interplanetary-habitable-zone
04:39 We Were Wrong About Jupiter https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jupiter-is-smaller-and-flatter-than-previously-thought
06:23 Most Detailed Radio Map of the Universe Ever https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-lofar-telescope-produces-the-most-detailed-radio-map-of-the-universe-ever
08:10 New Ways to Measure Cosmic Expansion https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-device-a-new-way-to-measure-cosmic-expansion-with-lensed-supernovae
10:15 Measuring Expansion with Gravitational Waves https://www.universetoday.com/articles/illinois-and-uchicago-physicists-develop-a-new-method-for-measuring-cosmic-expansion
13:37 Senate Approves Artemis Changes. Gives ISS 2 More Years https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/the-us-senate-empowers-nasa-to-fully-engage-in-lunar-space-race/
15:57 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts
16:26 Alien Megastructures on The H-R Diagram https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-coldest-stars-in-the-galaxy-might-actually-be-alien-megastructures
18:19 Just Like The Martian https://www.universetoday.com/articles/growing-future-meals-in-space-will-require-human-waste
19:46 Euclid and Hubble Team Up https://www.universetoday.com/articles/cosmic-collaboration-euclid-and-hubble-team-up-to-capture-the-cats-eye-nebula
20:43 Bonus Topic https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-toughest-animals-in-the-universe-just-got-a-new-job
22:42 Something Big's Coming
Comments (13)
Question for the Q&A show: the famous Pale blue dot picture with the Earth suspended in a ray of light: how can the light be cast as a ray because the sun shines in all directions? It is my favorite picture and favorite Carl Sagan text so I want to understand where the ray of light comes from.
I always thought that the rays in that picture was an optical artifact in the camera. But I might be wrong.
What do AI and Dyson spheres have in common? They're both projects that have no clearly defined purpose. Although I sure Nvidia executives are laughing all the way to their bank at the expectation of astronomical bonuses it's not clear if anyone would get a bonus for a Dyson whatnot.
They'll need that kind of power for the latest AI versions..
2024 YR4 will not hit the moon? Boo. Hiss. Boo. Silly dumb rock, you'd have made a lousy crater anyway. [sobbing, trashing of love letters, etc.]
There is something in the simulated Martian regolith that inhibits Earth life? Wouldn't that be the perchlorates? Or are perchlorates only poisonous to plant life?
Maybe NASA will fund a project that redirects the asteroid into the moon! Probably not, but it would be fun if someday we were able to play solar system billiards!
Forget flat Earthers~~ I'm now a flat Jupiterer!!
Jupiter feels flattered by the attention.
I wonder if u could make satilite magnifiers to extend the solar capabilities for solar in the farther regions of the solar system or to make solar available on the dark side of the moon.
I know I've heard of reflecters for 24 hr solar for earth. Probably could do that just for the moon, but would magnifiers help with solar in outer regions.
What a tease! I couldn't determine anything from the video glitch image when Fraser said "huge", but I'm looking forward to whatever it is!
He and Anton can be such teases!