Spacetime With Stuart Gary

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 8Listen to SpaceTime on your favourite App with our universal listen link: https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime *Making stars out of bubblesA new study has found the local bubble – a region of the galaxy through which the Sun, Earth and solar system are now travelling -- may have triggered the birth of thousands of new stars.*A new model to explain the lunar dichotomyA new study supports the idea that a massive cosmic impact billions of years ago could account for the vast differences between the near and far side of the Moon.*Chinese space station to be completed this yearBeijing says it will complete construction of its Tiangong or Heavenly Palace space station this year.*Japan launches new hybrid telecommunication satelliteThe largest and most sophisticated commercial telecommunications satellite ever launched – the Inmarsat-6 F1 has blasted into orbit aboard an H2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Centre 40 kilometres sout

Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite App with our universal listen link: https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 7*The Galaxy’s supermassive black hole maintains its mysteryA new study has shown that Sagittarius A* -- the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy -- is unpredictable, erupting and flaring irregularly not just from day to day, but also in the long term.*Discovery of one of the biggest structures in the Milky WayAstronomers have identified a massive 3,900 light-years long filament of atomic hydrogen.*Australia’s largest rocket engine test declared a successGilmour Space Technologies say they’re still on track to reach orbit this year with their new Eris rocket.*Earth’s volcanic hotspots are surprisingly coolA new study has found that some of the so-called hotspots that create volcanic islands like those of Hawai’i and Iceland are surprisingly cool and so may not originate from active lava plumes i

Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite App with our universal listen link: https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 6*Killer White dwarfsAstronomers have found that a killer white dwarf ripping a nearby planet, brown dwarf, or very low mass star apart.*International Space Station to fly till 2030Washington has formally extended the life of the International Space Station to 2030.The space station was originally expected to be deorbited in 2028..*The 2022 Australasian sky guide launchedThe Powerhouse Museum Sydney Observatory has launched the 32nd and latest edition of its popular Australasian sky guide -- providing stargazers and the general public with an easy-to-follow tour of the majestic southern night skies.To purchase a copy of the guide click here: https://amzn.to/3zW54Mt *China tops 2021 in orbital launchesChina ended 2021 with a record 55 orbital rocket launches – more than any other nation and ten more than the United State

Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite App with our universal listen link: https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 5*Failed Russian rocket crashes back to EarthA failed Russian test launch has seen a 4-tonne rocket stage crash back to Earth in an uncontrolled fiery re-entry.*Exploring the Jovian ice moon EuropaNASA’s new Europa Clipper mission to study the Jovian ice moon Europa and global subsurface oceans.*TESS continues with mission extensionNASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS – is now well into its extended 27 month extended mission having already identified more than 2,600 candidate exoplanets – that is planets orbiting stars other than the Sun.*Russia’s latest space tourism missionTwo Japanese space tourists and a Russian cosmonaut have returned safely to Earth aboard their Soyuz MS-20 capsule.*The Science ReportWarnings the amount of rainfall in the Arctic may increase at a faster rate than previously thought.Work begins on Australia’s new MQ-4C Triton high-altitude,

Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite App with our universal listen link: https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 4*New study measures antimatter’s reaction to gravityA new study has confirmed that matter and antimatter both respond the same way to gravity.*Joint European and Russian mission to the MoonThe European Space Agency will include a drill and sample analysis package aboard the Russian Luna-27 mission to the Moon’s South Polar region in 2025.*James Webb deployment underwayNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has successfully begun the long and complicated process of unfurling and reconfiguring itself for operations.*An Update on the asteroid ApophisA new forecast by the Russian Emergencies Ministry warns that the asteroid Apophis close encounter with the Earth in 2029 will see the mountain sized space rock skim over the planet’s surface at an altitude of just 35,700 kilometres – closer than the orbits of geostationary satelli

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 3*Solar Orbiter publishes a wealth of science results from its cruise phaseScientists are busy sifting through a wealth of data from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission which is studying our local star – the Sun.*How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Making Mars Safer for AstronautsA radiation sensor aboard NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is providing scientists with key data to help prepare humans for life on the red planet next decade.*Electrons big brother – the neutron rocketRocket lab are developing a new launch vehicle designed to carry far bigger payloads than the company’s current two stage Electron rocket.*Starlink under fire for crowded skiesBeijing has slammed Elon Musk and SpaceX following two close encounters between China’s new Tiangong space station and Starlink’s ever growing constellation of broadband internet satellites.*The Science ReportHow global warming is impacting tropical rain forest bird populatio

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 2*Earth and Mars were formed from inner Solar System materialA new study has confirmed that the Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated in the inner Solar System – with only a tiny few percent originating beyond Jupiter's orbit.*Black holes carve out gigantic bubbles in a massive galaxy clusterAstronomers have found four enormous cavities, or bubbles, at the centre of a galactic cluster which appear to have been carved out by a pair of erupting supermassive black holes closely orbiting each other.*France launches its new signet spy satellitesArianespace has successfully launched a Vega rocket carrying three new French spy satellites into orbit.*A Turkish delight in orbitSpaceX have launched a new Turkish telecommunications satellite.*The Science ReportWarnings that the Thwaites Glacier could shatter part of the Antarctic ice shelf within five years.The top 10 government-subsidised medicines prescribe

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 1*The biggest scientific discovery of the past year - first black hole-neutron star mergersOne of the unquestionable highlights of the past year in scientific research was the historic confirmation that one of the densest objects in the universe – a neutron star had been consumed by a black hole – the only thing even denser.*Discovery of a huge new population of free-floating planetsAstronomers have discovered at least seventy free floating planets – worlds not orbiting host stars – in our part of the galaxy.*Iran continues its nuclear weapons campaignIran has moved a step closer to developing a nuclear weapon and the means to deliver it with the launch of another missile in what military experts are describing as a thinly disguised rocket launch.*New Dragon docks to the space stationThe SpaceX CRS-24 cargo ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station 418 kilometres over the South Pacific Ocean.*China en

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 145*Ingenuity soars through alien skies yet againNASA’s Mars Ingenuity rotocopter has undertaken its 18th flight over the surface of the red planet.*Blue Origin launches its third space tourism flight.Blue Origin has launched its third space tourism flight into the clear blue skies of west Texas.*China undertakes its 400th Long March rocket launchChina has undertaken its 50th orbital mission for the year – with the flight also marking the 400th launch of a Long March series rocket.*January SkywatchThe Earth enters perihelion, a look at Sirius the dog star and the brightest star in the night skies, and the Quadrantids Meteor Shower are among the highlights of the January night skies.For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen too. Thank you…To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus c

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 144*Evidence of a dark matter free galaxyAstronomers think they’ve found evidence of a dark matter free galaxy.*Asteroid Eurybates reveals some of its secretsAstronomers have used the blink of a distant star to determine the size of an asteroid in orbit near Jupiter.*Russia launches classified military satelliteRussia has launched a classified military payload into orbit. The mission was launched aboard a Soyuz 2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.*Astra finally reach orbit on their latest attemptCalifornia company Astra Space have finally achieved orbit incertion with their latest rocket launch attempt.*The Science ReportThree in five people have some sort of mild reaction to their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.People who have had the Pfizer COVID-19 booster jab are 10 times less likely to get infected.A daily dose of yoghurt could help fight high blood pressure.Scientists have discovered the first

SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 143The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.*James Webb Space Telescope launches into spaceThe James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully launched into orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.*NASA touches the SunFor the first time in history a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reached the Sun’s extended solar atmosphere, known as the corona, spending five hours there.*Giant asteroid near missAn asteroid the size of the Eiffel tower has just zoomed past the Earth.*ExoMars discovers water hidden in Mars’ Grand CanyonAstronomers have found significant amounts of water hidden in the red planet’s massive Valles Marineris canyon system.*Galileo launchArianespace have launched two more European Galileo navigation satellites into orbit using a Russian Soyuz rocket.*The Science ReportYou are far more likely to get COVID after six months without a jab.Phase three trials of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine show it to be 90.4 per cent effective.A new arctic

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 142*Most of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies are new to the neighborhoodA new study claims most of the fifty satellite galaxies surrounding the Milky Way are new to the neighbourhood and are only on their first pass of our galaxy.*The largest comet ever observedA new study shows that comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein -- the largest comet ever discovered – became active far earlier than previously thought.*New Zealand launches its sixth mission this yearRocket Lab has successfully deployed another two BlackSky satellites to orbit. The 'A Data With Destiny' mission – the sixth and last for the year -- was launched aboard an Electron rocket from the company’s Mahia Peninsula launch complex on New Zealand’s north island east coast.*The Science ReportAspirin use linked to a 26% increased risk of heart failure.US North East to get worse Hurricane outcomes because of Climate Change.Study finds a link between coffee consumption and a

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 141*NASA’s new laser satellite launched into orbitThe future of space communications has been launched into orbit by NASA. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration together with a joint NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation were launched as part of the U.S. Space Force's Space Test Program 3 mission.*Hubble back to full operationsNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is now back up and running after technicians were able to recovered the last of the orbiting observatory’s four primary instruments – the Imaging Spectrograph.*Russia sends two more space tourists to the ISSA Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Japanese space tourists and a Russian Cosmonaut have docked successfully with the International Space Station.*Space Station antenna destroyed by space debrisMeanwhile, astronauts have finally been allowed to undertake a space walk outside the International Space Station to repair a

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 140*NASA launch’s its new X-ray eyes in the skyNASA has launched a new x-ray telescope to study the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe such as supernovae and black holes.*Manned Moon landing could be delayed until 2027NASA’s original plans to return people to the Moon in 2024 have already been pushed back by a year -- Now there are serious concerns that man won’t return to the Moon until 2027 at the earliest – meaning its going to take longer to get back to the Moon – than what it did in the first place.*Two more flights for the Mars Ingenuity helicopterNASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity has completed another two flights over the red planet. The latest missions bring Ingenuity’s tally to 17 missions since landing in Jezero Crater attached to the Mars Perseverance Rover in mid-February. *The Science ReportCOVID-19 may have become more lethal in the UK in late 2020.Australian native plants and wildlife are facin

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 139*Jets discovered erupting from the Milky Way’s supermassive black holeAstronomers have detected jets erupting from Sagittarius A* -- the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.*A new tool in the search for life beyond EarthA new study says scientists need to know more about the chemical make up of the Venusian atmosphere before they can really speculate about the possibility of life in the clouds.*Antarctic solar eclipseThe Antarctic has experienced a rare total solar eclipse is giving researchers a unique opportunity to learn more about how solar eclipses affect space weather.*The Science ReportChina has launched another cyberattack against AustraliaAI-designed life forms develop a new -- never before seen in nature -- form of reproduction.Archaeologists have discovered a 2,100-Year-Old Hellenistic fortress in central Israel.Skeptic's guide to a 12-year study psychic predictions.Listen to SpaceTime

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 138*New study says one in five galaxies could be hiddenAstronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously invisible galaxies 29 billion light-years away.*Hundreds of new planets discoveredNASA has announced the discovery of another 301 exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun.*Black Sky launches from southern QueenslandBlack Sky Aerospace has successfully launched a satellite security test play load from its Goondiwindi launch complex in south western Queensland.*Russia launches a new module to the Space StationA Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan carrying the new Prichal docking module for the International Space Station.*December SkywatchThe December Solstice, the Eta Carinae ticking time bomb, the Orion constellation, and the annual Geminids meteor shower are among the highlights of Decembe

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 137*The Magellanic stream closer than previously thoughtA new study suggests the Magellanic stream is five times closer to the Milky Way galaxy than previously thought. The discovery means it will start colliding with the Milky Way far sooner than expected.*New Zealand’s Rocket Lab launches its 22nd Electron missionRocket Lab has successfully launched another two satellites into orbit aboard its Electron rocket.*There’s been an incident involving the James Webb space telescopeOops is not something you want to hear when moving a ten-billion-dollar space telescope. But that’s what’s just happened at the European Space Agency’s Kourou Space Port in French Guyana as technicians were attempting to attach the new James Webb Space Telescope to its launch vehicle adapter on the upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket.*NASA continues work to retore the Hubble Space TelescopeNASA has brought the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument back on line

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 136*Near-Earth asteroid might be a lost fragment of the MoonA new study claims a near Earth asteroid might be a fragment of the Moon. The one hundred and fifty metre wide space rock called Kamo`oalewa is a quasi-satellite orbiting around the Sun with the Earth -- often getting to within 15 Million kilometres of Earth.*The fastest spinning white dwarf ever seenAstronomers have discovered the fastest spinning white dwarf star ever seen.*The longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440Skywatchers over much of the world have enjoyed the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years with the Moon bathed in brilliant scarlet.*NASA’s DART mission blasts off on a journey to slam into an asteroidNASA has successfully launched a mission which could eventually save planet Earth from an asteroid impact.*The Science ReportGrowing fears globally following the discovery of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19.How well different measures work

To listen to SpaceTime on your favorite App automatically: https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 135*NASA’s Dragonfly mission to TitanDragonfly is a NASA mission to explore the chemistry and habitability of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.*Hubble Space Telescope back onlineNASA’s Earth orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is partially back on line after mission managers successfully recovered the observatory’s Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument.*Another 53 Starlink satellites launchedSpaceX has launched another 53 Starlink satellites as it continues to expand its broadband internet constellation.*More Chinese spy satellites launchedChina is continuing its spy satellite launch program at a blistering pace with three more Yaogan 35 reconnaissance satellites blasting in to orbit.*The Science ReportNew test for laser ignition nuclear fusion.High speed rail linked to reduction in carbon emissionsPalaeontologists have identified a new spec

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 134*DAVINCI mission to study VenusNASA’s DAVINCI -- Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging mission will launch in 2029.*Evidence of an exploding comet discovered in ChileA new study has revealed that slabs of silicate glass covering the ground in Chile’s Atacama Desert were caused by a comet.*Ingenuity undertakes its 15th flight on MarsNASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has undertaken its 15th flight in the skies above Jezero crater on the first leg of a journey taking it back to its starting point from where it took off on its first ever flight on the red planet.*The Science ReportTragedy at a Nebraska zoo where three extremely rare snow leopards have died of COVID-19.Effects of global warming on soils could see food and fibre production affected by fungal plant pathogens.Extinct Japanese wolf might be the domestic dogs closest relative.Alex on Tech – Apple launches a self-service repair pro