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![What Are The Candidates for Dark Matter? [Q&A Livestream]
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![Ring Galaxies Origin, Project Orion, Comet Hitting The Moon | Q&A 412
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How did the ring galaxies get their weird shape? Could we redirect a comet to hit the Moon? Could Project Orion ever launch? And in Q&A+, how bad did AI hit astronomy jobs?
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00:23 [@billionsandbillionsofstars] Can we expect a meteor storm in our lifetime?
02:48 [@CynicExtraordinaire] Will Project Orion ever work?
05:03 [@PhoboScorpio] Can you power a spaceship with Jupiter?
09:48 [@vistotutti6037] Could we redirect a comet into the Moon?
12:33 [@EdSceptic-y2e] How did ring galaxies form?
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![What If We Had Another Earth Instead of The Moon? | Q&A 423
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What would happen if we had another Earth as a binary companion? Will the Moon become the new ISS? Will humanity ever try panspermia? And in Q&A+, how to apply your coding skills for astronomy?
00:00 Intro
00:26 [@dan.sheppy7] What if we had a second Earth instead of the Moon?
03:23 [@reibee1972] Will humans ever try panspermia?
05:01 [@darthex0] Would fungi grow in regolith?
06:50 [@rJaune] Will the Moon become the new ISS?
08:45 [@tcarr925] How much light illuminates the dark side of the moon?
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![Moon Base Basics, HWO Targets, Mars Nuclear Reactor| Q&A 416
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How will we power the Moon bases? Which places will be the primary targets for the Habitable World Observatory? Which nuclear reactor is the new NASA proposal about? And in Q&A+, how long will it take to clear the L2 Lagrange point?
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00:26 [@Noonyuh] Could moonquakes or marsquakes cause problems for humans?
02:44 [@rJaune] Are there promising battery technology?
04:08 [@1000dots] Which nuclear reactor will NASA use for its new Mars mission?
09:20 [@smkolins] Is anyone setting up a public access list of new finds of Vera Rubin?
11:24 [@TestingTesting-1234] Where will HWO look first?
14:46 [@Matthew...1979] Could we see other planets in realtime?
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![Why Didnt The Universe Collapse? [Q&A Livestream]
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![How Moons Ridges Reveal Secrets About Its Geology
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How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know whats going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview.
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01:44 Is the Moon dead?
08:44 What created the faults
14:04 Returning to the Moon
24:24 Beyond just the Moon
26:58 Boulders on the Moon
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![What Will Vera Rubin Find? | Q&A 404
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What will Vera Rubin find? Can life on Tau Ceti be found? Why do we find galaxies of different age at same angular size? And in Q&A+, which is the closest planet we could find life at?
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00:25 [@pete.runde.j] Will Vera Rubin find planet 9?
02:03 [@joshmiller7870] Is Vera Rubin currently scanning in the direction we suspect Planet 9 might be?
04:29 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Can Vera Rubin find a terrestrial world at Tau Ceti?
05:55 [@FLPhotoCatcher] Why do interferometers need insane time sync?
10:34 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Why can very different galaxies look the same in a telescope?
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![We Need the Mars Sample Return [Q&A Livestream]
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