# \[Q&A\] SMBH Images, Primordial Gravitational Waves, Terraforming Tidally-Locked Planets

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 26 Jun 2025, 21 min.

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Does terraforming a tidally-locked planet make any sense? Are the images we got of our galaxy's supermassive black hole fake? Can we observe gravitational waves that came before the CMB? And in Q&A+ who is currently working on space elevators? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 \[Q&A+\] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question. FREE: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 \[Overtime\] Even more Q&As: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 00:31 \[Poshact\] What's the feasibility of terraforming a tidally-locked planet? 03:26 \[Jay Drummond\] Why it's okay for space companies to dump rockets into the ocean? 05:50 \[Scott Smillie\] Is the image of Sag A not real? 08:44 \[Richard R\] Do we expand the observable Universe if we launch a telescope 1 ly from Earth? 10:02 \[michael blacktree\] Can we observe gravitational waves before the CMB? 13:11 \[Uğur E.\] When do we start orbiting our SMBH after leaving the solar system? 15:06 \[drZab\] Should we be building a big spaceship in orbit? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/xXQs259LESw 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Support Universe Today Podcast

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