James Webb Deep Field // Betelgeuse's Doing It Again // Starliner Fail 

Seeing Betelgeuse in a supernova state would the icing on the cake of a lifetime of stargazing.

I like the thought of Betelgeuse being ~500lyrs away but also estimated to be 10s to 100s of years before going nova, meaning its already gone nova, we're just waiting for it to get here.

The work on graphics as you lay down the news just gets better and better, really amazing work being done behind the scenes to edit these videos i love it! Thank you.

Maybe it's the "attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion!" (Betelgeuse)

It occurs to me that the ancient myth of Orion being killed by the Scorpion would tie in nicely with a surge in brightness of Betelgeuse. I doubt that it's possible to know if that's where that myth came from, but it would be interesting if it was an ancient memory of a prehistorical surge in brightness.

The reason that video of the landing Falcon 9 first stage appears to be so perfectly locked, is that this has been post-processed. A video is recorded that is not so perfectly tracking, and then a smaller section is cut out of this that is centered on the image of the rocket. So the result appears to track the rocket much better than it was in the original. You can see that when they zoom out at the landing, and a black bar appears at the top, revealing that they now don't have a recording of the part of the image that would have to be there. That issue would not occur on the raw video.

You explain concepts very well. From one goeey mass of stardust and water, thank you.

Love this segment each week, the quality of your work just keeps getting better and better. My vote this week goes for the Betelgeuse story 👍 I so want to see it go boom 🤞

Interesting to see how many people really want to see Betelgeuse blow up, I have to confess to being one of them. But, losing Betelgeuse would also be quite a loss as it is one of the brighter and most identifiable of stars given its location around Orion and its distinctive red color. Still, what a show that would be, nothing in our lifetime or the life time of all humans going back hundreds of years at least will compare to the show it should be. I do hope that there is always at least one good telescope watching Betelgeuse at all times. I also hope all the gravitational wave observatories are in operation when she pops... Of course, it might not pop for a million years.

Thanks for this update, it always makes me happy seeing you get so excited and joyful bringing us these spacebites.

The possibility of someone watching your channel but not the NIAC interviews is unbelievable. Id tell someone to watch them if nothing else. Great talks with amazing people you can't find anywhere else! Edit: please tell me the rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain

Plants are NOT doing it around my house right now, because it is dark. That's amazing, because the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. Couldn't resist.

Will the pre-launch cabin announcement on the Starliner include "In the unlikely event of a water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device..."

I really want to see a supernova too! (Thankfully we're at a safe distance :D)

I hope Betelgeuse 'splodes in our lifetimes 🤞👀🤞 What a magnificent site that would be, and what an honor it would be to witness it!

Great episode! Really well put together, interesting stories and commentary, thank you for posting! 👍👍

Oh Fraser... I get it... Rockets that land like in Buck Rogers ! It's still gives me goosebumps !

I like the starliner story. They really need to double check their MCAS systems, to the MAX

Thank you very much for sharing. Like you say, what a Time to be alive!

Will they put in a proposal to look at Betelguese with the JWST to see what's going on with it?

Really enjoying your channel Fraser. Thank you.

I know you've been in there for a while now, but I like your new studio. The lighting is good and the image and sound are really on point.

Thank you for the excellent coverage of space news!

Super excited about the NIAC interviews, great work!

Great episode. So much great information 😘

JADES, my vote is definitely for the deep field of JWST. The find of orgo that soon, wow!!! I wonder how many super Nova would have to happen to get enough elements for large amount of orgo molecules,?

I hope we get to see it!

I’d guess the best definition of “live” would be “events communicated at the speed of whatever medium is communicating them, like speed of sound and speed of light. So I think you would still say the Mars cam is live, even though it’s delayed 15 minutes? Right?

As always you deliver good info

Seeing these molecules are in line with doubting our ideas of deep time atleast in the concept of entropy time form.

You're the only proponent of competitive market that I listen to without mumbling anarchist commentaries. You do great work Fräser and you've been doing it for so long!

I sure hope Betelgeuse will go nova in my lifetime. That would be even better than watching Halley's comet. It will need to hurry though. lol. So Betelgeuse is my favorite story this time. As for power from space. One of the big advantages when the technology is developed enough would be that the power receivers on earth would receive power long before sunrise and long after sunset. That would drastically reduce the time that energy needs to be stored or generated in another way. (if I remember correctly, there are even some satellite constellations that could generate power close to 24/7)

In Bladerunner, when Roy Batty gives his iconic speech at the end, he says in part; "If you could see what Ive seen with these eyes. Attack ships on fire, off the shoulder of Orion." It was many years later that I realized that the shoulder of Orion is actually Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis). Just putting that out there. Kinda wonder if those attack ship were on fire because of war, or Betelgeuse was throwing a fit and hitting them with unexpected solar flares about a thousand times more lethal than our sun. Becuase if you think about it, there couldnt be an offworld colony there. Betelgeuse is far too volatile.

I often stand in our darkened garden, in the Southern Hemisphere, gazing at Betelgeuse and quietly pleading "Go on, just do it! Just explode before I shake off this mortal coil." It never does. Eventually my wife calls me to come back indoors. She threaten's to speak to our doctor!

NASA contracting with private companies completely killed the vibe. It’s like awesome space exploration, except now we’re making a few rich a-holes way more rich… for some reason… 😒

The rain in Spain is mainly in (terfering with pictures of) the plains (of Mars being seen).

Thanks for the news man!

Take a shot every time beteguise does something weird

That falcon 9 booster video is as brilliant and it is beautiful.

this is exciting ! thank you

Fraser, do you know if the falcon 9 has any moving parts to transfer the center of mass from one tip to the other? i really can't grasp my mind around a huge steal hollow rod going up and down at tens the speed of sound and then landing like a hummingbird on a flower

Being 73 I would not expect to be around to witness the supernova phenomenon of Betelgeuse...but what an absolute life experience that would be...terrifying but at the same time, the most fantastical, beautiful show the cosmos could ever provide us...🌃

Awesome story. Love your RU-vid channel and what you do!! I learn so much!!! Boeing will get it figured out. Better to find out now than something happens on flight 😮. Great job as always

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

It's probable that the main reason that Betelgeuse is behaving so weirdly is because of the mass ejection that caused it to dim in the first place. When that amount of material is ejected from a star there are going to be aftereffects, in this case large amounts of plasma sloshing around in the same way a bath sloshes around if you quickly pull a large bucket of water from it. In this case the effects on Betelgeuse would include shockwaves causing the core of the star to ring, and collisions between large amounts of plasma at very high speeds, the effects of which would lead to increased fusion and a brightening of the star.

Rumor has it if you say Betelgeuse 3 times in a row it will explode!

Thanks for all the news, Fraser! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

I really hope it goes supernova in my lifetime (and yours too Fraser!!!) Edit: Also hoping to see pop 3 stars via JWST.

*Solution to the "Time Light Problem"* The reason why people often stumble over the *assumption* that light years in outer space equals the same measure of distance and passage of time on earth is because general relativity is not being taken into account. In general relativity, the local rate of time and the measure of distance depend on the amount of matter or mass in the vicinity. Locally, the rate of time and measure of distance doesn't change much inside of our galaxy. However, the distance in our line of sight between us and distant galaxies is extreme and running at a much faster rate of time as well as an expanded measure of distance outside our galaxy compared to where we are near Sagittarius A's Milky Way black hole (where our rate of time is much slower and our measure of distance is much more contracted). The same way the earth appears flat locally, our universe also appears to be flat locally. However, over great distances throughout the universe there are differing measures of distance and differing rates of time from black holes to the lagrange points between black holes where there is very little acceleration compared to our relatively flat contracted local frames of reference near Sagittarius A. When we observe other galaxies, we are effectively looking at vastly differing measures of time and distance relative to our local observations within the gravitational force of the mass of the Milky Way galaxy. This can lead to various observed phenomena as we look into outer space such as redshift, superluminal motion and the apparent faster motion of the outer spiral arms of galaxies. It's not the same as our flat observations of cats and dogs locally here on earth where we don't observe differing measures of distance and time. So the supposed expansion of the universe, imaginary inflatons, invisible dark matter and dark energy or vacuum energy are *not* required to explain the observed redshift of light from distant galaxies or the faster than expected motion of the outer spiral arms of galaxies. As predicted by general relativity, the expanded space between galaxies due to the absence of matter in our line of sight where much less acceleration can explain the observed redshift without the need for a nonsensical universe expanding into oblivion for no apparent reason and it explains the faster than expected motion of structures and objects the farther it is from supermassive black holes. It turns out that the vacuum energy of space is due to the frame dragging of black holes that are growing from gobbling up spacetime regardless of the amount of matter being consumed. Recent findings of a team of scientists have found that dark energy or vacuum energy is associated with supermassive black holes that are all growing in size, as opposed to an ever expanding universe. It turns out that light is blue shifted going into a gravitational well so the converse is true of being redshifted traveling great distances outside of gravitational wells. Supermassive black holes are the most powerful forces in the universe with far reaching effects of gravity and vacuum energy. The problem and solution is that between galaxies, all of the galaxies all around are all together pulling and drawing in spacetime as well as exerting equal gravitational forces on empty space. This is the reason there is very little acceleration between galaxies and where there is expanded distance and a faster rate of time. The clocks are running faster outside of galaxies and the measuring sticks are larger meaning things are actually less distant than they appear. The more gravity drops off outside of the galaxy and in between galaxies, the more distance will be expanded and the faster the rate of time will be. As predicted by general relativity, the expanded space between galaxies due to the absence of matter in our line of sight where there is less acceleration explains the observed redshift without the need for a nonsensical universe expanding into oblivion for no apparent reason at all. The differing rates of time and differing measures of distance also explain *how* a day is the same as a thousand years and a thousand years is the same as a day, at the same time in the same universe. 13.8 billion years is the same as 6,000 years and 6,000 years is the same as 13.8 billion years *within the same created universe!*

About the perfect locked in view of Falcon 9 landing: several artifacts show that it's been digitally stabilized. First when the engine lights up, the rocket wobbles a bit. That means the view moved a bit and the shutter scan had an effect on the apparent size of the rocket. So it wobbled. Second, you can see the framing in top of the image when the rocket lands. That means the camera tracked too low. It was good, but it was not a perfect tracking.

Space based power was a thing in the old Maxis/EA Sim City games. Microwave power, only caveat was that there was a disaster available where the satellite could get misaligned with the ground station and you have some nice crispy microwaved citizen sims. The video of the Falcon 9 landing was a software stabilized video, if you noticed how the top of the frame moves down near the end.

Yes, what a time to be alive!!

I would also like to see it, but please... (my wishful thinking) during the Northern Winter. If it goes off in summer, we all be veeeery dissapointed!

I assume that the 500 light year distance of Betelgeuse is enough to protect Earth life from significant effects when it goes supernova. Maybe you covered this issue in a previous video. Great explanations. I also hope that Starliner flies successfully before too long.

Hi, very random question: How would one measure mass in microgravity - lets say on board the ISS? I.e. I would imagine it comes up in various experiments, and apart from a centrifuge and measuring the pull i couldn't really come up with a decent way. And the centrifuge way might not be the best choice for all scenarios, for example if we want to measure how much biomass we produced in some plant growth experiment, where the object can be somewhat large (plus the plant might not take it kindly).

Great video...👍

Having *_competent_* competition is far better than merely the *_Lowest Bidder_* on a contract! Astronauts in the 1960s worried about such things. 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯

The problem with expecting life from quasi-organic materials is that we still don't know the methods by which nature *_could_* have developed life. Too many steps along the way require the materials formed to be *_protected_* for an extended period of time. But even if you had ALL of the building blocks near one another, the *_Granddaddy of Hurdles_* is the mind-numbing crunch called *_"intelligence."_* How did intelligent code (DNA, RNA) first form without a "programmer?" What process in nature would create DNA code naturally? Arguably, NONE!... *_Ouch!_* 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯

Oh noooo the NIAC interviews finished? I found those really interesting. Oh well, here is hoping for next round not being tooo far away 🤞

have to remember too.. we arent seeing the star as it is now.. but as it was... ( however long ago determined from speed of light) whatever many years ago

What NASA could do regarding Starliner's electrical cabling and its flammable insulation is to paint all the cables with West System epoxy, the hardest and toughest epoxy in the universe (used for boats and canoes), and absolutely non-flammable. Far cheaper than having to redo the wiring, and far easier than to wrap anything around the cables; and probably far safer, as a wrapping would leave gaps, while a couple of coats of epoxy will probably not leave even a single point of exposed flammable material.

To see it go supernova, we all need to say "Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!" at the same moment. Maybe if we chew betel nuts and chant Betelgeuse?

It's as live as it gets!

@Frasier Cain Would it make sense to launch a Solar Gravity Lens mission to catch Betelgeuse in the act? Or maybe send probes in it's direction for direct sampling and/or monitor the effects on the Heliosphere?

Hi Fraser love your content as always. Everywhere we look in space we detect CMB. Any chance that is what is pushing the expansion of the universe?? Inside of dark energy as we think?

Does anyone remember when Boeing was associated with quality, reliability and safety...as in, you walked onboard for a flight and weren't worried whether you'd get to your destination with relatively high confidence?

Technically, the Great Red Spot is an anti-cyclone. It’s in Jupiter’s Southern Hemisphere but rotates counter-clockwise.

there's a 2200 day cycle and 3 shorter period brightness cycles, so I would assume it's burning carbon to neon/Oxygen. if it's large enough to supernova it's got less than 10k years, if it's nearing the end of the carbon cycle it could be ~ 200 years to 20 years away from exploding. neon ~ 15 years. Oxygen ~ 6 years. Silicon ~ days. Iron ----> boom

As everything is cyclical the old universe collapsed and boom, the big bang happened but this may have happened in multiple places and different times across the universe. It would be silly to think there was only one big bang. It would be like thinking there was only one galaxy or one star system. This concept would allow for differences in our thoughts on distance and time.

What would be the best way to beam energy? Signal going through storms, rain, wind, snow. But it seems a network of geostationary satellites with highly-efficient transmission of energy whether laser, microwave, radio...should give a nice boost to global grids.

I'd also like to add that the JWST images of these earliest galaxies are beginning to show up on Galaxy Zoo for classification. If you're someone who likes astronomy and has some spare time, you might want to take a look. (For those who don't know what I'm talking about, Galaxy Zoo relies on citizen scientists to classify galaxies and point out anything of note. Occasionally you'll see something really spectacular.)

Using entangled particles for point-to-point audio particles

A couple ways power from an orbiting satalite could become viable would be if most of the machinery/hardware was built from the moon or astroids or if we ever did get a space elevater built.

With best current estimates putting Betelgeuse from 500 to 750 light years away. It could have already gone super nova and we're still waiting for the light.

Space based solar power good for polar orbit satellites, down to temporary science or military outposts where the extra infrastructure would be hard to bring. In the summer get power above the Arctic, 45 minutes later you're beaming it to Antarctica.

I was wondering if could we map the path of our galaxy could we look back at that region of space and see our own path space?

Hey Fraser, what percentage of matter rotating around a quasar escapes the black hole and is ejected back into the universe? Have we ever measured this and if so how? Thanks and love the show!

How are they transmitting the power to and from space? Wouldn't it be dangerous with more power, in case of some issues with the satellite or if something get in between?

First it dimmed, later is brightening and growing... it start pulsating more frequently and significantly. Explosion in 50 years. BTW I always thought it would be exploding in my lifetime.

The camera shacked a lot, but they stabilized the video, you tell for the black bar at the end of the landing sequence, Still a great video.

I look at it from a military perspective. For civilians, I'd explain it as lightning and thunder. It may have already gone boom, but it's going to take some time for us to know.

Did anyone notice what looked like lightning on the Mars live stream at 17:38? About four frames have a moving flash but it would be really big, so it must be a glitch.

Space based power might find a niche in solving the long haul electric aircraft problem. Battery technology might advance sufficiently to negate even that, but it's a use case where I can't think of an alternative power source that doesn't involve hybrid propulsion.

When Betelgeuse explodes everybody on the planet will experience what the summer is like at night in Alaska. Lol

A bit off topic on this week's show but... Did anyone else sign their name on to the poem that's going along for the ride aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft?

Was the rain in Spain mainly on the plain?

14:45 I think it demonstrated it to be possible in practice, not just in theory, considering they did it. ;) 18:20 It's been stabilized in post, far less impressive of a feat than perfect tracking with a camera. Still a pretty cool video though, even if my vfx-artist side is bothered by the shoddiness of the execution and the absolutely zero effort made to avoid the stabilization artifacts. :)

Would a Betelgeuse supernova be bright enough to make rainbows? I saw a 'moonbow' once, it was super cool!

Hi Frazer please do a piece on Cecilia Payne, a brilliant astronomer long overlooked.

Hi Fraser, Firstly thank you for all your hardwork! Your podcast makes long distance driving much more enjoyable with something interesting to listen too! I’ve been wondering for a while, have we been thinking about terraforming all wrong. Shouldn’t we be focusing on “bio-forming” . So instead of trying to make a planet like earth, we make a dynamic ecosystem which is setup for organisms on that specific world. Such as creating a biosphere on Mars which creates its own magnetosphere via bio-magnetism. Is this all gobbledygook or actually feasible? Thanks, Ophir

Did the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain?

I’m 75. I hope Betelgeuse goes nova sooner.

Did rain in Spain stay mainly on the plains.

Where is the earth shattering kaboom? Thanks for making these BTW,.

15:24 I am unable to find the "Space Power Grid" interview...?

I would love to see this too!

My new favorite drinking game is taking a shot every time Fraser says STRONOMERS... Send help!

9:45 Just spitting ideas. But it would be cool to know if, Jupiter being Jupiter had a collision with another smaller planet or other with a core. But it had a different density which is why there seems to be separation and influence on the surface scans.

Might be a series of micro novas , could go on foe a very long time ?

Question: Do we know of any worlds sufficiently close to Betelgeuse that the supernovae would be more than just a light show?