[Q&A] Bigger JWST for Starship, Day on A Gas Planet, Real Science Gatekeepers
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Why don't they just build a bigger version of James Webb for Starship? What's the pressure inside Europa's oceans? How can you measure a day on a planet without a surface? Answering all these questions and more in this week's question show. 🦄 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] What's the pressure in Europa's ocean? 04:45 [Vulcan] Should they build another JWST for the Starship? 09:53 [Risa] How long is a day on a gas planet? 13:45 [Aeturen] How does a total solar eclipse look like from the Moon? 16:17 [Vendikar] Suggestions for backyard telescope hobbyists 24:16 [Remus] Who are the real science gatekeepers? 28:05 [Janus] What would I do differently for the next eclipse? 30:55 [Cait] Phone apps with sky overlay 33:12 [Betazed] How will Japan's pressurised rover keep dust from the inside? 37:06 [Cheleb] What effects can a gamma ray burst have on Earth? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/fkF_BJTCjiA 📰 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
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