What's the most challenging part of Astronomy? What happened to Uranus? Which telescope to get for $200? Could we detect Voyager-like spacecraft flying through the solar system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's 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 00:47 What's challenging about astronomy? 01:48 What do I think about Planet 9? 04:02 Thoughts on Project Lyra? 07:02 What priorities would I give NASA? 10:13 Any recommendation on a $200 telescope? 11:43 What's most important in binoculars? 14:52 Why is Uranus on its side? 15:34 Do I want to see missions to Uranus and Neptune? 17:18 Are there any resources for learning astronomy math online? 18:24 Why is it harder to explore the inner Solar System? 19:51 Where do supermassive black holes come from? 22:04 Would we detect the Voyagers passing through the Solar System? 23:09 Does civilizations need the metals from kilonovae? 23:45 Could the Solar System make a new planet? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/72VaI5kkf38 📰 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