Episode 668: Q&A 122: How Will We Know It's Alien Life? And More...

In this week's episode, I answer questions about alien life, why the ISS is at its current altitude, and of course, many questions about black holes.
00:00 Start
00:11 How do we know it's life?
02:00 Could smaller planets form directly?
04:33 Any way to service Hubble?
05:55 Boost the station up? What does that mean?
07:18 If you went the speed of light to 10 light-years away...
08:40 Will we change our DNA?
11:34 Is Paul really a Doctor?
15:13 Have any stars gotten closer than Alpha Centauri?
16:13 Why can't you escape an event horizon?
17:30 Are black holes a singularity?
19:44 Why have we found so many hot Jupiters?
22:25 Why is ISS at its current altitude?
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In this week's episode, I answer questions about alien life, why the ISS is at its current altitude, and of course, many questions about black holes.

00:00 Start

00:11 How do we know it's life?

02:00 Could smaller planets form directly?

04:33 Any way to service Hubble?

05:55 Boost the station up? What does that mean?

07:18 If you went the speed of light to 10 light-years away...

08:40 Will we change our DNA?

11:34 Is Paul really a Doctor?

15:13 Have any stars gotten closer than Alpha Centauri?

16:13 Why can't you escape an event horizon?

17:30 Are black holes a singularity?

19:44 Why have we found so many hot Jupiters?

22:25 Why is ISS at its current altitude?

Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week and answer them here.

Our Book is out!

https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/

Audio Podcast version:

ITunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2

RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio

Weekly email newsletter:

https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter

Weekly Space Hangout:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/

Astronomy Cast:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg

Support us at https://www.patreon.com/universetoday

More stories at https://www.universetoday.com/

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday

Instagram - https://instagram.com/universetoday

Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected]

Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw

Chad Weber - [email protected]

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