What happened at the earliest stages of the Universe and what is it expanding into? Can they just put a telescope inside a Starship? Why do I like the NIAC program so much? Answering all these questions and much more in this week's episode of Overtime Q&A. 🦄 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 00:35 What happened in the earliest stages of the Universe? 02:56 What is the Universe expanding into? 03:57 Did it happen now or in the past? 07:48 Could we put big telescopes in Starship? 08:52 What was the source of energy of the Big Bang? 09:44 Is a quasi-star a good explanation for black holes? 12:35 Will the ELT do infrared? 13:57 What would a starquake do to Earth? 15:49 Does Io have tectonic plates? 16:29 Why do I like NIAC so much? 18:13 How do we get JUMBOs? 19:59 Why can't we see beyond the CMB? 21:07 Could you ride a black hole's polar jets? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/NRjn9KYzPGE 📰 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