Why won't NASA send a copy of Perseverance to the Moon? Can life exist on a planet around a blue giant star? How do satellites stay safe in orbit and don't collide with each other? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. 👉 Ad Astra Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@adastraspace 👉 Oxygen Bottleneck paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01160 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Start 00:26 [Andoria] Why won't NASA send Mars-style rovers to the Moon? 05:15 [Vulcan] How to get your discovery to the scientific community? 09:56 [Risa] Can life exist near blue giant stars? 13:41 [Aeturen] Can fire be the solution the Fermi paradox? 16:13 [Vendikar] Should you study journalism in a university? 19:26 [Remus] Robin Hanson's grabby aliens 24:21 [Janus] How do satellites stay safe in orbit? 28:39 [Cait] How do supermassive black holes form? 32:56 [Betazed] Will we become a Kardashev Type I civilization? 37:20 [Cheleb] Shape of the Universe 39:43 [Nimbus] Why some planets have no surface? 41:59 [Belos] Should we preserve Earth or find another home? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/Pu_4G76Jp4s 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Support Universe Today Podcast