Naked-Eye Nova Coming Soon // Starship Mars Sample Return // Frost on Olympus Mons

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  • We’re now weeks away from a nova, NASA is looking for new Mars Sample Return mission ideas, there’s frost on Olympus Mons, and watching asteroids collide in another star system.
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    00:00 Intro
    00:15 A nova's coming
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    04:08 Alternative Mars Sample Return architectures
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    06:34 Chandra confirms exoplanet habitability
    08:06 Euclid sees rogue planets too
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    09:17 Frost on Olympus Mons
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    11:03 Vote results
    11:51 Free lunch for satellites
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    13:57 JWST sees asteroi collisions in another star system
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    15:28 Starliner has 5 leaks
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    17:03 More space news
    17:36 Moon-based astronomy
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  • @churchdiscography
    @churchdiscography 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    16:52 The switch to black & white for moments of thought are a great touch.

    • @XJapa1n09
      @XJapa1n09 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And the music stops 😂 😁

  • @katesmiles4208
    @katesmiles4208 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    For Australians. Swinburn astronomer Alan Duffy stated earlier this month in timeout website, that the best way to find the nova in our sky is to "Look towards the north an hour after sunset; the constellation will reach its highest and most visible point at midnight. Stretch your arm outright towards the horizon, about a hand's width above the ground. Make sure to have no hills or buildings in the way."
    Hope this helps any fellow Aussies out there 😁

    • @frasercain
      @frasercain  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I didn't realize you could see Corona Borealis from the south

    • @katesmiles4208
      @katesmiles4208 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thats what i originally read, until i found the recent timeout publication. I'm not an astronomer so I'm putting a bit of faith that these guys know about what they are reporting. I did find a couple of independent sources, one an indigenous astronomy site that stated arcturus could be seen in september on the northern horizon. They seemed to lend some credibility to the timeout item.
      Fingers crossed

    • @katesmiles4208
      @katesmiles4208 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@frasercain oops forgot to tag u in my thoughts. Its under my original posting. ❤

    • @albertvanlingen7590
      @albertvanlingen7590 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If it works for Oz it will work for us same here in South Africa 🇿🇦

    • @tonywells6990
      @tonywells6990 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It should get to about 30 degrees above the horizon.

  • @MistSoalar
    @MistSoalar 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    I cannot wait to watch interview about air-breathing satellites!

    • @BLD426
      @BLD426 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Ewhaaaat? I'll be googling that. News to me.

    • @heartyfisher
      @heartyfisher 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Wonder how it will handle the random atmosphere expansions from the sun's activity.

    • @JenniferA886
      @JenniferA886 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same can’t wait

    • @paulmuszynski5138
      @paulmuszynski5138 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I thought the satts would just briefly dip into the atmosphere to collect some air. Staying there seems more difficult. Lower altitude, higher orbital speed!

    • @TheJadeFist
      @TheJadeFist 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@paulmuszynski5138 Nah It's probably not meant to be dipping down, it's staying at an altitude. Technically speaking if you're moving fast enough you can orbit the planet at sea level, you'll just have a ton friction and ... mountains in the way. The lower you orbit the faster you have to be moving forward, move faster along the curve of the planet than gravity can accelerate you down. Plus like was said in the video you get extra atmosphere drag which makes it even harder, you're having to fight both friction and gravity.
      It does give me an idea though, what if we could transmit an energy source or apply force on it from the ground, you could make it much lighter because you don't need the equipment on the satellite itself, by like shooting a laser or microwave at it.

  • @revblade
    @revblade 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    SpaceX switched to argon for the Hall-effect thrusters in 2023. You are correct that the older Starlink satellites used krypton.

  • @Psi105
    @Psi105 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    What astrophysics get super excited about.. [A new star appears in the sky with similar brightness to every other star you see in the sky]
    What regular people expect to see based on how excited all the astrophysics are [The end scene from the movie Angels & Demons]

  • @roqua
    @roqua 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    15:40 Can't have Butch (Cassidy) without the Sunni Dance kid. 😆

  • @oberonpanopticon
    @oberonpanopticon 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    It’s cool, I was reading a book from the 1880s and they specifically mentioned an outburst of T Corona Borealis

  • @bardigan1
    @bardigan1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Tiny nova shmova, I want to see Betelgeuse explode!

  • @Bluelagoonstudios
    @Bluelagoonstudios 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I would be happy if they place a LIGO on the moon, the video with Dr Martin Elvis was epic, thank you.

  • @joeschmoe9242
    @joeschmoe9242 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Hey Fraser, I love your channel and what you do not just for astronmy journalism but journalism as a whole! Idea, a video on the top satellites scientist are using, what they do, and what they are doing now/in the future. You got me hooked to go see a satellite launch, and being a Floridian, I've not seen one....yet!

  • @MarinCipollina
    @MarinCipollina 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks again for the Dr Martin Elvis interview, re: lunar based observatories. That was a fascinating and thought provoking conversation. I hope perhaps we can follow up on that.

  • @mkyeny9
    @mkyeny9 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Appreciate the tip on how to find the nova! Great work as always.

  • @CaryTheEagle
    @CaryTheEagle 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It might be possible to use an expendable starship to launch a 25 ton lander+rover+MAV setup straight to Mars. Even for a fully expended starship the cost would only be around 100 million USD. Not having to refuel starship in LEO means they could launch it much earlier. Probably the fastest, simplest way to do MSR.

  • @nobodyatall1010
    @nobodyatall1010 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thanks for all the awesome work you do, you really brighten up my weeks with your journalism! Something I was wondering, maybe for the question show: how do we know Venus has had water levels similar to Earth in the past?

  • @tech5298
    @tech5298 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    The solar system is becoming readily and easily accessible.
    Starship: indeed

    • @michaelstoliker971
      @michaelstoliker971 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      If all else fails, maybe we can ask the Chinese to deliver them for us?

    • @totalermist
      @totalermist 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      That's a weirds statement to make given that Starship on its own is unable to get beyond LEO. Until cryogenic refuelling in space has been successfully demonstrated, I remain sceptical.

    • @sarcasmo57
      @sarcasmo57 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I might go check it out.

    • @marting1056
      @marting1056 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@totalermist LOL and you will need 12-18 flights of other Starships to refuel it once! a recipe for failure!

    • @riparianlife97701
      @riparianlife97701 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We're already painting pictures of rockets doing interplanetary travel! - Blue Origin

  • @FloridaMarlinWrangler
    @FloridaMarlinWrangler 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'll bet this new star will bring in newly inspired astronomers

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      One can only hope! 🤞

  • @glasseyemarduke3746
    @glasseyemarduke3746 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    having even a single set of LIGO style gravity detection equipment on the moon would open up a huge range of discoveries and would help to massively increase the sensitivity of the whole array of LIGO style observations

  • @progkarma944
    @progkarma944 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Excellent update!

  • @richardloewen7177
    @richardloewen7177 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Danger also exists for COOL stars. Yes, they have a habitable zone, but it is very close to those stars. Even beyond the solar flare concern, any exoplanets that close will experience immense tidal forces. Presumably, those will lead to massive tectonic activity.

  • @Nolan1410
    @Nolan1410 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Why doesn't the nova destroy the other star when it goes off? How much larger would the nova need to be?

    • @agentdarkboote
      @agentdarkboote 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Was wondering the same thing!

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Stars are dense as hell. It will take an enormous amount of force to destroy one

  • @rJaune
    @rJaune 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That interview was a great listen! Thanks for the Space Bites!

  • @fizzmaister
    @fizzmaister 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fraser, it sounds like you're not familiar with the quick and easy way to find Arcturus.
    Arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica.
    Follow the arc of the handle of the big dipper and you get to Arcturus. You can then extend that in a straight line, and get to Spica.

    • @frasercain
      @frasercain  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Hah, I'm so used to seeing it.

  • @kenycharles8600
    @kenycharles8600 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cool video, Bro.
    Thank you for this presentation.
    You covered several topics I think are noteworthy that I have not caught up with in a while. I'll be checking in from time to time.
    Good stuff !!!

  • @Space30MINUTES
    @Space30MINUTES 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nova will be 1,500 times brighter and you just need to go outside to see it. I don't know if anyone is sure yet, but just hearing it is interesting. A natural star glows like a 'Christmas tree' in the night sky!

    • @TheJadeFist
      @TheJadeFist 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      With my luck, it'll be cloudy or storming and I won't be able to see it. Still mad the recent auroras that I didn't get to see because of weather.

  • @roqua
    @roqua 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    18:10 Watched the interview and can confirm: a radio telescope on the (radio) dark side of the Moon could achieve some fascinating science goals. Also the other kinds of telescopy could be cool.

    • @XJapa1n09
      @XJapa1n09 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I loved it, it was such a cool interview, listened to it multiple times!

  • @richb2229
    @richb2229 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Is Boeings Starliner crew going to need rescue from the Space Station. If they do will the Starliner be sent back unmanned to an “safe crash” location? Southern pacific?

  • @XJapa1n09
    @XJapa1n09 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excited for the air breathing ion engine interview!

  • @NicholasNerios
    @NicholasNerios 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    👋 does that mean the perchlotates that are found in the Martian regolith that make it toxic for farming are NOT in the regolith at the poles? Since the moisture has to form on the surface and the evaporate, the moisture essentially should be cleansing the regolith....

  • @philochristos
    @philochristos 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When I took astronomy in high school, we were told to start with the Big Dipper, follow the handle out and "Arch to Arcturus." That's how you find Arcturus. From there you can "Speed on to Spica."

  • @bbbenj
    @bbbenj 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for these space bites ❤

  • @joaodecarvalho7012
    @joaodecarvalho7012 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    11:15 - Cool sound.

  • @davidpe76
    @davidpe76 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Air breathing ion engines" first thing I thought of was Stargate Universe and how the ship refuels itself by diving into certain resource rich suns

  • @cacogenicist
    @cacogenicist 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    _"The expecation is that you only get that water ice forming near the poles ..."_
    I guess you meant that one wouldn't expect water ice frost to form near the equator, but it sort of sounded like you meant that one wouldn't expect _any_ ice away from the poles -- which is of course totally wrong; there's a huge amount of water ice at mid latitudes, and some sulfate salt-insulated alpine glaciers (or at least one) near the equator, up by a recently discovered caldera complex
    Lots of people still seem to think there's no water on Mars away from the poles, but that's absolutely not the case.

  • @patrickgriffiths889
    @patrickgriffiths889 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks!

  • @DAYBROK3
    @DAYBROK3 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    lights from the city is going to make seeing the nova hard

    • @ReinReads
      @ReinReads 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Anywhere you can see stars as bright as the North Star, Polaris, will be able to see the nova.

    • @belstar1128
      @belstar1128 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yea i live in Belgium its one of the worst countries for this it will probably be cloudy too maybe i should take a trip to north Africa or at least Spain for this .

    • @brick6347
      @brick6347 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@belstar1128 Go to the Eifel National Park, Germany. It's a dark sky park, and literally on the border with Belgium. Granted, you're less likely to have bad weather in Spain or North Africa.

    • @RockinRobbins13
      @RockinRobbins13 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If you have a Seestar photographic telescope you'll be able to photograph Corona Borealis before and after the nova to spectacular effect, even from bright city locations. That's my plan!

    • @kenycharles8600
      @kenycharles8600 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@RockinRobbins13 I like the sound of your plan !!!

  • @blengi
    @blengi 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    you'd think they could send 30 ingenuity mars' helicopters with claws, a couple of communication base stations , all using 3 or 4 skycranes to land on mars via a falcon heavy for less than a billion. Then fly helicopters to retrieve samples with massive systems redundancy and all systems basically previously tested. I mean curiosity was ~4,000kg total and falcon heavy can send >10,000 kg to mars. helicopters weigh squat and comms stations similarly not heavy leaving return rocket less than half a rover itself.....

  • @CloudPeopleRecords
    @CloudPeopleRecords 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Of course the supernova will happen in my lucky horseshoe.. awesome, thanks for the info as always!

    • @CloudPeopleRecords
      @CloudPeopleRecords 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nova.. sorry.. it does sound pretty super still..

  • @heisenberg69
    @heisenberg69 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Bootes", as your software calls it, is actually spelt Boötes, with diacritics over the second o. This is because when there's a case of diaeresis, i. e. two consecutive vowels pronounced individually, the English language uses the aforementioned diacritics over the second vowel to show it is to be pronounced. E. g. naïve, Zoë, Chloë, Brontë and of course Boötes of bovine fame with two pronounced o's in it.

  • @arcturus6688
    @arcturus6688 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I got mentioned.

  • @ElitePhotobox
    @ElitePhotobox 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fuel scoops Old technology it was first used in the space ships in Elite ! 👾

  • @MadMatty72
    @MadMatty72 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice vid, informative.

  • @sadderwhiskeymann
    @sadderwhiskeymann 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My buddies couldn't care less about astronomy 😢
    Tbf, i live in the 2nd largest city of greece so light pollution is pretty bad.
    But i bet you good money if i even try to explain to them where the supernova is, they will laugh at me thinking i am pulling their leg. In most people's minds the stars are so many and so random that a person like me (who is not an astronomer) couldn't possibly make heads and tails of them. Maybe a sailor but then again from 2 centuries ago!

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      That's a little bit depressing. I hope you find better friends, or at least a more fruitful location.

    • @sadderwhiskeymann
      @sadderwhiskeymann 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@smeeself thank you ❤️

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @sadderwhiskeymann No worries. I'm a sailor, so had to weigh in. 👍

  • @terrylandess6072
    @terrylandess6072 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I knew there is no way to know if a Super Nova was happening till it appears, but went back to learn that a regular Nova is 'common' and now see an example of why. Thanks for giving me the will to self educate.
    A little math tells me there are 33 'nova' pulses travelling through space from this star to our planet that already exist and we are waiting on their appearance over the next 2,680 years if not another one ever happened.

  • @TiagoTiagoT
    @TiagoTiagoT 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Could those atmosphere skimming ion-thrusters also help heavier rockets save fuel on ascent by circularizing around that lower altitude and refueling with thin air to help boost to a higher altitude without having to carry that extra fuel from the start (maybe with various small boosts at the thin air perigee to raise the apogee over sever passes)? And how about installing some of those collector- thrusters on the ISS to assist with the recurring boosts?

  • @CocoaBeachLiving
    @CocoaBeachLiving 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fascinating uoadte. Lots happining. Btw, Suni Williams name is pronounced 'Sunny', not Soony 😉

  • @JustMe-dc6ks
    @JustMe-dc6ks 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You know it probably takes about the same amount of propellant to go to Mars orbit and back as to get to a main belt asteroid. How much would it cost to make and launch a Dawn based space ferry to take a sample pickup lander to Mars and bring back the return capsule?

  • @rogeriopenna9014
    @rogeriopenna9014 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Summer 2024? So I will have to wait until December?

    • @AndrewBlucher
      @AndrewBlucher 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Apparently denizens of the Southern Hemisphere are unworthy of mention by Mr Cain, much less a reply

    • @rogeriopenna9014
      @rogeriopenna9014 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@AndrewBlucher he is probably envious that we are some 4000 km out of 45 trillion km closer to Alpha Centauri.

  • @AshCloud
    @AshCloud 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Always enjoy your content. Is it possible to include southern hemisphere instructions to view celestial events as well as northern?

    • @frasercain
      @frasercain  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      This one won't be visible from the south. But also, the constellations are universal whether you view them from the north or the south. We see the same Scorpio that you do, for example.

  • @MikeKisil
    @MikeKisil 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Air ion looks to have a major bang for dollar in that would build much more durable but in weight increase.

  • @djblackprincecdn
    @djblackprincecdn 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    QUESTION: Fraser, you've been in charge of Earth's very first colony ship of a 1000 brave souls who are to brave interstellar space to hopefully reach their new home within 3-4 generations on the ship. Where do you send the Colony Ship and why there and which five of your previous guests would you choose to go on the ship? Thanks.

  • @whatissixbynine
    @whatissixbynine 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wow, i've missed news about rogue planets. I thought they were more of prediction from planetary system models than observed phenomena.

    • @gerardwalker2159
      @gerardwalker2159 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I think there are literally thousands cataloged by now.

    • @georgespalding7640
      @georgespalding7640 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think they predict that there's billions of them out there. To me that's one of the most fascinating discoveries of the last few years in astronomy. It just reeks of some sort of sci-fi fantasy story but it is apparently real.

  • @EdwardHinton-qs4ry
    @EdwardHinton-qs4ry 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Q. Will it ever be possible to somehow capture and confine a quantity of spacetime in a lab. Could we study it expanding?

  • @philochristos
    @philochristos 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wonder how long a rogue planet could last if it started out as a vibrant life-filled planet like earth, but then got flung out into interstellar space. Like imagine they was a really advnaced civilization on it that could harness geothermal energy. I wonder how long they could last.

  • @dannystefanovski5513
    @dannystefanovski5513 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Michelson-Morley experiment was not the only one that was
    of concern to Einstein, however. In fact, since Einstein was well aware
    of previous experiments with the same results, he probably would have
    expected a negative result from Michelson-Morley. We suspect this to be
    the case since interviews with Einstein show that he was more concerned
    with the results of experiments performed about 10-50 years earlier.
    Robert Shankland’s interview with Einstein reveals the details:
    Prof. Einstein volunteered a rather strong statement that he had
    been more influenced by the Fizeau experiment on the effect of
    moving water on the speed of light, and by astronomical
    aberration, especially Airy’s observations with a water-filled
    telescope, than by the Michelson-Morley experiment.
    Why would the “Fizeau experiment” and “especially Airy’s
    observations with a water-filled telescope,” cause such consternation in
    the mind of Einstein? Very simply, Armand Fizeau and George Biddell
    Airy’s experiments are two of the foremost evidences of a motionless
    Earth ever produced by man. Einstein’s contemporary, Hendrik
    Lorentz , stated quite succinctly that these experiments put unbridled fear
    into the science establishment. In remarking on those same experiments
    Lorentz wrote this astounding admission: “Briefly, everything occurs as
    if the Earth were at rest...”
    Eventually, it would take the full force of Relativity theory and its attendant
    Lorentzian-derived “transformation equations” to make even an attempt at
    explaining the amazing results of Fizeau, Airy and various stellar aberration
    experiments.
    The Michelson-Morley experiment was merely a desperate effort, using more
    sophisticated equipment, to overturn Fizeau and Airy’s findings, but as
    noted above, it failed to do so.
    Einstein’s biographer probably didn’t even know this history
    when he wrote that, after the Michelson-Morley experiment, men were
    faced with the possibility of “scuttling the whole Copernican theory.”
    Unlike Einstein, most such biographers have fixated on the cart but were
    rather oblivious to the horse. All in all, we can say this much for
    Einstein: although his theories were certainly fantastic to the point of
    absurdity, at least he was smart enough to know from whence his
    opposition came. In the battle for the cosmos, the unexpected results of
    the Fizeau and Airy experiments had already put modern science on trial,
    but since they both produced anti-Copernican results, the clarion call to
    the courtroom was not being trumpeted to the rest of the world. For the
    rest of his career Einstein would do everything in his power to stop it
    from sounding. As van der Kamp has stated: “Yes, I think I understand
    the sentiment motivating him. If we cannot prove what we a priori
    ‘know’ to be true [a moving Earth], then we have to find a reason why
    such a proof eludes us .” And thus was born the theory of Relativity.
    All claims that the Earth is moving based on stellar aberration are presumptuous,
    since from Airy’s experiment it has been proven that the necessity of tilting
    a telescope to catch all of a star’s light is due to a fixed Earth in a moving star system,
    not a moving Earth in a fixed star system.
    Interestingly enough, the type of experiment Airy performed was suggested more than a
    century earlier in 1766 by Josip Ruder Boškovic (1711-1787), a Jesuit
    astronomer, and again by Fresnel in 1818, which may have been the source of Airy’s
    idea. In 1746 Boškovic published a study on the elliptical orbits of the planets based
    on the Copernican system (De Determinanda Orbita Planeta ope catoptrica, Rome
    1749). He published a second edition in 1785 ( Opera Pertinentia ad Opticam et
    Astronomiam, Bassan, 1785). Perhaps if Boškovic had had the good fortune to
    perform an Airy-type experiment, he might have thought twice about adopting the
    Copernican system.
    When one reads Einstein’s works there appears to be no
    ostensible concern that these experiments could “scuttle the whole
    Copernican theory,” nevertheless, there is an undercurrent in his writings
    that he is indeed cognizant of such implications yet does his best not to
    alarm the world.
    Relativity theory, by its very nature, is especially susceptible to
    anti-Copemican interpretations, since for everything that Relativity
    claims for itself in the way of a moving Earth in a fixed universe can
    easily be “relativized” for a fixed Earth in a rotating universe. In fact,
    stellar aberration was indeed a major concern of Einstein’s for that very
    reason, since Relativity theory, in principle, demands equal viability for
    both of the aforementioned perspectives. 492 Einstein’s concern was
    justified. As we will see, Airy’s experiment threw a wrench into the
    reciprocity of Relativity, for it demonstrated that it really does make a
    difference whether the Earth is moving or at rest in regards to how light
    from a star travels through a telescope mounted on the Earth.
    Consequently, Einstein could not “relativize” the results of Airy’s
    experiment, since stellar aberration provided a distinstion he could not
    readily overcome. Consequently, Einstein would be forced to resort to
    the ad hoc “field transformation” equations of Henrick Lorentz to answer
    Airy’s results; and although others didn’t voice their opinions too loudly
    for fear of being ostracized, everyone knew that Einstein’s efforts were
    just mathematical fudge factors. There was one inescapable fact that
    Airy’s telescope was revealing: barring any mathematical fudging, Earth
    was standing still and the stars were revolving around it, not vice-versa.
    😅

  • @MrGaborseres
    @MrGaborseres 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Cool 😎 stuff 👍

  • @jonmurph589
    @jonmurph589 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    With regard to habitable zones: Are they based on earths atmospheric pressure? Could planets with denser atmospheres be further from the parent star and still be habitable/ have liquid water?

    • @man_at_the_end_of_time
      @man_at_the_end_of_time 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Or puffy thick atmospheres on planets that are younger but smaller than Earth.

    • @thomasboese3793
      @thomasboese3793 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I was taught that habitable zones were about the distance a planet's orbit was from its host star, based on the type of star. Our Earth is 'in the zone', and so is our Moon, but you can't live on the Moon as we do on Earth.

    • @man_at_the_end_of_time
      @man_at_the_end_of_time 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thomasboese3793 I'd say as a practical matter the habitable zone will be different for planets of different sizes and atmospheres relative to each other with other variable being the star. Age is going to be an issue on all these variables. It is suspected both Mars and Venus in the first billion years or so my have been inhabitable for at least microorganisms.

  • @LeonelLimon-nj7tu
    @LeonelLimon-nj7tu 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    While Peelon is building towns, somebody else will be getting all the Martian Gold from Olympus Mons.

  • @coolhive2941
    @coolhive2941 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I use Sky Guide on my iPhone to find celestial bodies. Highly recommended.

  • @chemicalburn
    @chemicalburn 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I have tried to find an answer but I have have not been successful. Why is this star undergoing a re-current nova instead of accumulating enough matter to undergo a type-1a supernova? Will this nova cycle break eventually, and lead to a real supernova?

  • @tygical
    @tygical 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    frost on olympus mons is so exciting

    • @alexisdespland4939
      @alexisdespland4939 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      get yor news get or cold news here, lol

    • @tygical
      @tygical 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@alexisdespland4939 huh??? 😨😨😨

    • @alexisdespland4939
      @alexisdespland4939 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tygical you have never heard or read the famous statement of curb side newsellers get you hot news here.

  • @apostolakisl
    @apostolakisl 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I see a problem with the air breathing ion engines. When we have solar flare events, the atmosphere "puffs up". If you are running a satellite at those levels and the atmosphere puffs up, seems like you would lose the satellite to drag.

    • @thomasboese3793
      @thomasboese3793 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I understand your point of view.
      What I envision is, as the atmosphere 'puffs up', as you put it, the ion engines would have more 'fuel' to work with. A denser input would give you more output thrust. Is there just a single level of atmosphere pressure this ion engine can work in, or is there a wide range? As with any engine dealing with a drag, you need to explore the working envelope and plan to stay within limits. This would be an interesting project to research.

    • @apostolakisl
      @apostolakisl 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thomasboese3793 turns out Fraser Cain has a new video just released today that I am coincidentally watchin right now interviewing an engineer of that engine and they talk about this issue. The answer given was basically, "we are aware of the problem and working on solutions". There was talk about keeping a small tank of xenon on board to assist with pre-emptive orbit raising. The guy he is interviewing didn't really give the impression that this was a solved problem. He spoke of "reactionary" maneuvers meaning that without on board xenon, they would need to wait until the atmosphere had already "puffed up" to raise the orbit. But obviously if it "puffs up" too quickly, you lose the satellite. And then there are potential issues of your satellite having a variable orbit which depending on the application can be a problem.

  • @Kaizen712
    @Kaizen712 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    for the air breathing ion engines, do they have to throw it out the back faster than the speed the air hits the intake?

  • @BabyMakR
    @BabyMakR 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My son and I were watching a Kurzgesagt video saying that while we can't make a space elevator, we could have spinning tethers that could catch space craft in low orbit and accelerate them into higher orbit, or even to escape velocity. They would be powered by decelerating vessels coming back to earth by catching them at high speed and slowing them down to lower their orbit. Is this actually feasible?

  • @jasonbrady3606
    @jasonbrady3606 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'd think cool as a pull it out of hat plan would be to send a starship with a Dragon capsule with extra fuel in the cabin for getting off mars. A couple of Optimus robots to jump out and retrieve the samples....

  • @austinsapp5867
    @austinsapp5867 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Space bites!

  • @ripwreckraceway
    @ripwreckraceway 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    cool im a new sub ! if i lived out in the country yup

  • @azil7652
    @azil7652 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Summer has already passed my friend. Its winter now.

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Dude. You live on a globe.

    • @AndrewBlucher
      @AndrewBlucher 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@smeeselfI think you are missing the point.

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @AndrewBlucher Do enlighten me please, as I did, in fact, fail to see the point.
      Cheers.

    • @AndrewBlucher
      @AndrewBlucher 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@smeeself Hi Smee. Frazer mentioned the expected Nova, saying that it would occur in Summer of 2024. Azil was indirectly pointing out that in the Southern Hemisphere it's winter; summer finished months ago. I'd add that if we believe Frazer and wait for next summer then we would miss the Nova. It's a case of hemisphere discrimination, and very unscientific since, as you say, the Earth is a sphere.
      Kind regards, Andy

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @AndrewBlucher Ah, I see, I didn't detect the sarcasm in the answer. Thanks.
      It's good we're all on the same planet now. Cheers. 👍

  • @saumyacow4435
    @saumyacow4435 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey Fraser, have you covered Iodine ion engines? They have advantages include dense, solid fuel.

    • @frasercain
      @frasercain  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No, I'll look into it.

  • @BLD426
    @BLD426 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great episode, Fraser. Keep em coming.😁

  • @HobieH3
    @HobieH3 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Any chance we'll get a 1A instead of a nova?

  • @cavetroll666
    @cavetroll666 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm going camping in northern Ontario next weekend I hope the nova somehow happens sometime by then 😅

  • @briandoe5746
    @briandoe5746 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If your astronauts are celebrating actually making the trip, maybe it's not a good idea to continue to use that transportation device

  • @jacksawyer3626
    @jacksawyer3626 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just found your site and podcast. I have a kind of dumb question. Could the asteroid belt actually be a planet that somehow got destroyed?

  • @john-vincentsaddic6335
    @john-vincentsaddic6335 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Will James Webb observe the TCrB Nova? I saw a proposal for it, wasn't sure if it got picked up

  • @bucko4597
    @bucko4597 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fraser: Ror soil samples it's probable best/easiest to wait for a big dust storm and swoop down for a sample. No landing necessary. Right?

    • @frasercain
      @frasercain  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's been proposed as another way to collect samples. You'd also get useful atmospheric samples.

  • @Deadcat_.
    @Deadcat_. 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    @Fraser Cain
    Can you dip a little deeper into why that Star pair is doing what it is to make the Nova. Why is that Nova doing a Nova?

    • @orsonzedd
      @orsonzedd 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When a white dwarf reaches a certain mass that undergoes Fusion and either it will do this repeatedly throughout its life or it will detonate completely

  • @Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma
    @Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can see we're about the Starship now. Good, at the very least Fraser will get more views. Banzai!

  • @Inkerflargin
    @Inkerflargin 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    For the asteroid collisions at 15:17 why are the collisions labeled at the peaks on the red line? Wouldn't the amount of dust only increase once they had already collided?

  • @derek7793
    @derek7793 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What program are you using at 2:26 ?

  • @tomdalton4016
    @tomdalton4016 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Did something like this happen about 2020 some odd years ago ?

  • @michaeljames5936
    @michaeljames5936 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Astonauts- like the rest of us- "No way am I flying Boeing."

  • @kevintalmadge1526
    @kevintalmadge1526 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    And then Starship will use it's soon to be announced transporter to beam the samples back to earth! Elon "is confident" they can do this in two years max

  • @copperhillslaboratory7127
    @copperhillslaboratory7127 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    @frasercain Hey Fraser, I love your channel. I work at the new Snow King Observatory in Jackson, Wyoming, and we're all itching to point the 1-meter telescope at T Coronae Borealis when the nova happens.

  • @williemaddox3667
    @williemaddox3667 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gravitational mystery - Between the earth and moon there is a point where earths gravity and the moons cancels out.
    Riding in an elevator to the center of the earth, gravity would cancel out there too, at least that caused by earths mass.
    So extrapolate to a collapsing star on its way to becoming a black hole. As it collapses the the center, ideally, would
    not have a gravitational component due to being surrounded equally by mass. The geometry might be a hollow sphere with
    the surface being "infinitely" thin. Within this sphere where no gravity exists, time would stop. Going from
    outside the sphere where the gravitational potential is massive to inside where G=0 represents a discontinuity!
    Why is this never discussed in black hole conversation?

  • @r0sal3sr
    @r0sal3sr 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anyone else concerned about contamination from martian lifeforms? At least the Martian meteors that people have found on earth had go through an explosive ejection, vaccum and (surface) heating filter before landing on earth.
    Maybe just send some a good set of robotic microscopes finally? I know the previous technical pushbacks on bringing actual microbial lab equipment. But compare that complexity and cost to a return mission. Definitely cheaper and quicker than returning mass from Mars.

  • @aalhard
    @aalhard 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    13:45 the people making the ion thrusted aircraft should be in on this... Was it MIT, Stanford, it Berkeley....

  • @allineedis1mike81
    @allineedis1mike81 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anyone know what App/Software Frasier used to show the location of the Nova? Looks very familiar but I've got about 10 similar apps on my phone and a few on my laptop, no idea which one it is.

  • @Mogalize
    @Mogalize 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is there any chance someone will be trying to record a video of it happening? Or just pictures?

  • @LeonelLimon-nj7tu
    @LeonelLimon-nj7tu 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Some can be seen in the Daytime?

  • @cantordougramsay
    @cantordougramsay 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If we have hundreds or thousands of satellites skimming the atmosphere to "breathe" in their propellant, wouldn't this create a lot of turbulence in the upper atmosphere making it easier to gradually lose atmosphere over time? Has anyone (besides corporations) thought about the long term consequences of this practice?

  • @mrwolsy3696
    @mrwolsy3696 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Off road electric motorcycle could be a good way to retrace the rovers path for Mars astronauts, their suits could be skin tight instead of giant football bladders like the moon suits, the atmosphere would not inflate it as much as a total vacuum.

  • @RoryJamesFord-rn9yu
    @RoryJamesFord-rn9yu 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Q: could we design connectors to satellites and connect them post-launch so that we can keep congestion lower in the future? Ones that can share orbits?

  • @mundylunes7755
    @mundylunes7755 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You'd think Boeing would've lost any credibility or foothold in the space industry after the debacle with it's 737

  • @janbastrup1204
    @janbastrup1204 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How about sending the Lab to mars and get the samples studied on site. No need to return (half the cost) And then there is a lab on mars, for future studies.

  • @jamesneufeld6308
    @jamesneufeld6308 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What if time itself is tangled? Toward the end of the universe time starts to go backward then forward again. Who knows how many times we have been here doing the exact same thing.

  • @alexisdespland4939
    @alexisdespland4939 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    how dark a location do you need to be in to seee the nova how long will it be exploding.

  • @jase555uk
    @jase555uk 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hello Fraser I am looking to purchase some binoculars for my little girl for us both too use and I remember you have mentioned a particular one for viewing everything space related at least a beginner one ….do u remember what it’s called cos for the life of me I can’t find which video it’s linked in thx man we both love watching your content

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well, guess I'll be following the landing tomorrow then.
    Edit: looks like June 22nd now.

  • @jim.franklin
    @jim.franklin 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Fraser, I'm in Oxford - like you on the island, we have clouds - unless it lasts for about 3 months it is unlikely we get a clear enough sky until November/December for a clear sky :(

  • @ChristopherFlaten
    @ChristopherFlaten 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How much of the CMB represents the universe that is visible to us today? Are they the same? Or has much of the area of the universe represented by the CMB expanded beyond our cosmic horizon? If so, how much?