September 12th, 2024 Live Astronomy Q&A Session with Prof. Chris Impey

[@carlsagan495]

Always appreciate the content

[@igissmail]

Many thanks for this! Very interesting about how the telescope time is being distributed. I wonder if there is any bias, like some institutions and research teams getting the observation times faster and easier, and some institutions have to go through lengthy processes to achieve the same result.

[@Amin10555]

My question is What is Big crunch and is it possible our universe will experience it too??

[@howardrobinson4938]

Welp...I'm stumped. I can't even guess at the nature of the sound that occurs just after 32 minutes. Maybe air escaping a balloon? And this, after discussion of the high carbon dioxide atmosphere of Venus and the possibility of cleansing the atmosphere of it?

[@AstronomySOTA]

There is a vent in the office for the HVAC system with a valve or actuator that makes this sound. It's really annoying in real life, and frustrating that it is being picked up on stream. Our apologies.

[@howardrobinson4938]

@@AstronomySOTA Thanks for explaining. I was thinking perhaps an alien 👽 infiltration.