Landing on Venus, Neutron Stars Going Boom, Shape of the Oort Cloud | Q&A 357

Landing on Venus, Neutron Stars Going Boom, Shape of the Oort Cloud | Q&A 357

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Fraser Cain
20 Video Views·Sep 26, 2025

Can neutron stars create an equivalent of Type 1a supernovae? Can you land on Venus without a parachute? How do we know the shape of the Oort cloud? And in Q&A+, what's going on with 3I/ATLAS' weird tail situation?

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00:00 Start
00:26 [Ian Cudmore] Can neutron stars create supernovae?
05:17 [Hanneskitz] Can one land on Venus without a parachute?
09:27 [Thomas Starkey] What is the true form of the Oort cloud?

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