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[Space Bites] Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, James Webb's Back

[Space Bites] Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, James Webb's Back

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[Space Bites] Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, James Webb's Back

FromUniverse Today Podcast

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Feb 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Webb is fully operational again, Rolls-Royce is building a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and the space debris worst-case scenario almost happened.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 James Webb is fully operational again
https://www.universetoday.com/159897/good-news-webb-is-fully-operational-again/
01:46 Rolls-Royce Nuclear Reactor for Space
https://www.universetoday.com/159859/rolls-royce-reveals-a-nuclear-reactor-that-could-provide-power-on-the-moon/
03:46 Very Nasty Space Collision Almost Happened
https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1619057013992071168
07:09 Drag Sail Success
https://www.universetoday.com/159903/drag-sail-success-this-satellite-wont-turn-into-space-junk/
08:47 Destroying Rubble Pile Asteroids
https://www.universetoday.com/159766/dont-bother-trying-to-destroy-rubble-pile-asteroids/
11:10 Q&A with Fraser
12:11 Extremely Heavy Early Stars
https://www.universetoday.com/159800/the-first-stars-may-have-weighed-more-than-100000-suns/
14:46 12-Year Exoplanets Timelapse
https://www.universetoday.com/159875/watch-this-12-year-timelapse-of-exoplanets-orbiting-their-star/
18:33 Measuring the Mass Of A Dead Star With Microlensing
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/light-bending-around-star
21:48 Outro
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Released:
Feb 3, 2023
Format:
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The Guide to Space is a series of space and astronomy podcasts by Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today