Universe Today Podcast

LLM and Generative AI seems to be everywhere. But at the same time it generates a lot of AI slop in all forms. However, there are really good ways we can use LLMs for science. How can we do it in astronomy? Can we teach ChatGPT or Gemini to do good science? Finding out in this interview. Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LF22szp7ouoBONUS PART STARTS at 40:59🟣 Guest: Nolan Koblischke https://nolank.ca👉 AION Search https://astronolan-aion-search.hf.space/ 00:00 Intro 02:30 Using LLMs for Astronomy purposes 10:30 Training LLMs 31:42 LLMs potentially contributing to new science knowlegde 40:59 Which part of astronomy is it most useful in 49:48 Current obsessions 58:11 Final thoughts

The best spacecraft images of 3I/ATLAS, maybe Titan doesn’t have a liquid ocean, planetesimals crashing in a nearby star system, and the first superkilonova. And in Space Bites+, astronomers are finding more exoplanet candidates that might have atmospheres.Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/35YuMlCSgQg00:00 Intro 00:14 More Activity from 3I/ATLAS https://www.universetoday.com/articles/esas-juice-mission-reveals-more-activity-from-3iatlas 02:28 We May Have Lost an Ocean World https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-solar-system-loses-an-ocean-world 04:48 Catastrophic Collision Spotted in Fomalhaut https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-hubble-witnesses-catastrophic-collisions-in-the-fomalhaut-system 07:34 Crashing Exocomets https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-hubble-witnesses-catastrophic-collisions-in-the-fomalhaut-system 09:30 Superkilonova https://www.universetoday.com/articles/did-astronomers-just-find-a-superkilonova-double-explosion-maybe 11:47 Vote results https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain/posts 12:15 "They Live" galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-jwst-found-a-jekyll-and-hyde-galaxy-in-the-early-universe 14:02 BONUS STORY https://www.universetoday.com/articles/five-new-planets-and-the-battle-for-their-atmospheres17:08 More space news 17:50 Wrapping up 2025

Could people on Mars see city lights on Earth? Will it still be possible for amateurs to discover asteroids after Vera Rubin? What can we expect from Mars samples? And in Q&A+, what happens if you put your hand across the event horizon of a black hole?Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U5PLC2fmNTw

Will Jared Isaacman fly to fix Hubble as NASA Administrator? Why was 2I/Borisov covered much less than Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS? Does the Milky Way have galactic weather? And in Q&A+, my thoughts about SpaceX IPO which is absolutely not financial advice?Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bx_tpfvhoOkHere's a link to the full, unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/2t71Jdjrp38

3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth, a new independent way to measure the Hubble constant, are Uranus and Neptune actually rock giants? Jared Isaacman is the new NASA administrator. And in Space Bites+, astronomers search for the black hole in the Omega Centauri cluster.Watch the video here (with no ads) or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_P7MmL67vzc