[Q&A+] Nights on Venus, Best Interstellar Propulsion Tech, Sun's Stellar Flybys
BONUS QUESTION STARTS AT 12:02
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Does it get dark on Venus during the night? Which propulsion tech is the best for realistic interstellar travel? Which Astrophysicist is my favourite and why? And in Q&A+, what research would I do if I were a scientist, not a journalist?
00:00 Intro
00:25 [@Smo1k] Does it get dark on Venus during the night?
01:39 [@trickymick] Could strange orbits of the dwarf planets be caused by an ancient stellar flyby?
02:25 [@SuatÖzdemirci] What's the best tech for realistic interstellar propulsion?
04:45 [@N.Armstrng] What happens when two black holes merge?
06:38 [@doogle4144] Why do I do patreon interviews?
11:14 [@happybuttersblast8334] Who is my favorite astrophysicist and why?
12:02 [@Kingtad1136] If I were a scientist and not a journalist, what would I focus my research on?
16:13 Outro
Comments (6)
“When I knew less I hunched more.” Great, I love it!!😵💫😂
I love your thoughts on the benefits of interviewing subscribers. As a musician, I do the same thing; I create opportunities to have actual conversations with people who enjoy my music, rather than just letting the occasional troll get under my skin. You're so right about negativity bias; that one irritating insult is way sticker than 10 compliments. Your positivity and ethics are inspiring. Keep up the good work!
Hi Fraser. There's something you should know about the extreme TNOs related to the Planet Nine theory. Batygin and Brown said they thought the current configuration of the extreme TNOs could only last "just" 100M years or so, not billions of years. Perturbations from Neptune eventually disperse the TNOs' longitudes of perihelion over millions of years. They acknowledge that a stellar mass flyby could have caused the observations they see, but there's only a narrow time window when it could happen. It's why they prefer a planetary mass as an explanation, it's because the mass will maintain the current configuration for much longer. IIRC it's in their first couple of papers on P9, but I'm not totally sure.
I watch selected bloggers (David Kippong, From First Principles, Universe Today, Ethan Segal, Start Talk, ....). So I'm not usually watching The Algorithm.
I started a new job recently with a "listening tour", talking to 50+ people around the org for an hour on calls. It was the best onboarding experience ever and I'll do it everywhere I need to work now. It's similar to what you're doing with the Patreon interviews. Patreons aren't working with you exactly, but we're like minded and have our ideas and it makes us like the channel.
Has anyone ever cancelled their patreon and then re-subscribed to get a second interview?