Episode 661: Q&A 121: What Stops the Space Station from Re-Entry? And More... Featuring Michael Rodruck
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In this week\'s questions show, I answer questions about how the International Space Station stays above the Earth\'s atmosphere, does dark matter need a better name? And how do astronomers know they\'re looking at exoplanets and not sunspots?
\\n\\nMichael Rodruck with Pennsylvania State University
\\nhttps://sites.psu.edu/mrodruck/
00:18 How does the ISS stay up?
\\n01:54 Does dark matter need a better name?
\\n04:12 Could planets orbit something that isn\'t a star?
\\n07:00 GOTO Telescopes
\\n09:22 How do we know it\'s exoplanets and not sunspots?
\\n11:55 Interstellar travel without wormholes?
\\n14:23 Why make Mars habitable?
\\n16:38 Have we mapped Venus?
\\n18:23 What would it feel like to stand on a massive disk?
\\n20:25 Can dark matter get concentrated into a black hole?
\\n22:30 Are there even closer black holes?
\\n24:21 How do we know how many stars in the Milky Way?
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.
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