Super Dangerous Solar Storms, Sampling Interstellar Objects, Alpha Cen vs Tau Ceti | Q&A 361

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How close are we to another Carrington-style event and how bad will it be? Why do people keep calling interstellar comets alien spaceships? Why not shift our focus from Alpha Centauri to Tau Ceti? And it Q&A+, if we see the Universe in the past, do we have a model of how it looks right now?

00:00 Start
00:31 [Jay Garrick] What plans are in the works to capture a sample from an interstellar object?
04:05 [Bradley Fitzik] Why does Avi Loeb keep calling interstallar objects alien spaceships?
06:36 [Lee Marinus] How does one tell if a comet has a tail if it's coming straight at the Earth?
07:34 [Tim P] Have we seen any Carrington-like events since the actual Carrington event, but pointed the opposite direction of the Earth?
07:55 [Ost san] Would a modern day Carrington Event not be as destructive because electronics are more resilient?
09:36 [siddharth rai] What is the strongest motivator for humanity to attempt interstellar probe with a camera
09:57 [Daniel Verberne] Is there a chance for habitable worlds around M-dwarf stars?
13:10 [Makayla Sol-Speed] Why focus so much on Alpha Cen not Tau Ceti?
14:34 [Sam B] Could space be part of war strategies in the future?

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