SpaceTime 20190524 Series 22 Episode 40 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *The incredibly shrinking Moon causing MoonquakesAstronomers say moonquakes are being generated as the Moon continues to cool and contract. *A new way to form volcanoesScientists have discovered a new way to form volcanoes. Geoscientists have discovered the first direct evidence that material from deep within Earth's mantle transi...
May 24, 2019•30 min
SpaceTime 20190522 Series 22 Episode 39 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *The riddle of the most distant object ever exploredScientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission say mystery still surrounds the formation of the most distant world ever explored. *Solving the century-old mystery of ancient Egyptian Desert GlassScientists have solved a hundred year old mystery discovering that glass found in the Eg...
May 23, 2019•32 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Blue Moon lunar lander unveiledThe world’s richest man -- Amazon boss Jeff Bezos –– says his Blue Origin aerospace company could have people walking on the Moon by 2024. The 2024 date was proposed by the Trump administration earlier this year after NASA had originally suggested a return of manned missions to the Moon in 2028. Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstu...
May 17, 2019•30 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *First possible Neutron Star – Black Hole Merger detected by LIGOAstronomers may have just detected their first case of a neutron star being devoured by a black hole. If confirmed, the long predicted but never before seen event on April 26 would be history making. *Massive Milky Way collision triggers starburstAstronomers have identified a massive collision between our ...
May 16, 2019•33 min
SpaceTime 20190510 Series 22 Episode 36 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Magma is the key to the Moon's makeupNew computer simulations have provided some new clues about the birth of the Moon. *Meteorite grain holds new clues to solar systems originsA tiny grain of dust -- older than our solar system -- is shining new light on how planetary systems are formed. *China expects to have operational Moon b...
May 10, 2019•28 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Black Hole twisting spacetimeAstronomers have witnessed a black hole twisting the fabric of spacetime by its rotation. The black hole’s powerful gravitational pull is dragging nearby spacetime causing jets of fast-moving energy and plasma being expelled from the area surrounding the black hole to wobble so fast that their change in direction can be seen in periods as s...
May 08, 2019•34 min
SpaceTime 20190503 Series 22 Episode 34 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *First results from ExoMars Trace Gas OrbiterDuring its first year in orbit, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has made some surprising discoveries about the impact of the recent global Martian dust storm and an apparent lack of methane in the red planet’s atmosphere. *Dragon spacecraft destroyed in dramatic explosionThe first crew Dr...
May 03, 2019•28 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *New model for Nova explosions Scientists will need to go back to the drawing board to come up with new ways in which powerful explosions -- known as novae – can occur on the surfaces of white dwarf stars. *Explaining super-luminous novaeAstronomers have discovered that shockwaves generated during nova explosions can dramatically amplify their power and brightness. *NAS...
May 01, 2019•34 min
SpaceTime Series 22 Episode 32 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Beyond Einstein and the black hole singularityPhysicists have reached beyond Albert Einstein to develop new equations that hypothesize that singularities don’t exist inside black holes. *Meteoroid strikes eject precious water from MoonScientists have discovered that streams of meteoroids striking the lunar surface are blasting a thin show...
Apr 26, 2019•28 min
SpaceTime Series 22 Episode 31 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Astronomers capture the first ever direct image of a black holeAstronomers have successfully captured one of the most important pictures in scientific history – an actual image of a supermassive black hole. This breakthrough was announced in a series of six papers published in a special issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters, and at a...
Apr 24, 2019•33 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *More confirmation of methane spikes on MarsA re-analysis of data collected by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has corroborated NASA’s Curiosity rover’s detection of methane on the red planet’s surface. *America to be back on the Moon within five yearsUS President Donald Trump has called for a spark of urgency to speed up NASA’s plans to place US astron...
Apr 12, 2019•26 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Potentially deadly asteroid has a far more rugged surface than expectedNew close up observations of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu shows its surface to be far rockier and rougher than expected. *Dark matter is not made up of tiny black holesA new study has ruled out primordial black holes as a possible explanation for that mysterious substance called dark matter. *Satur...
Apr 11, 2019•37 min
This episode of SpaceTime has been brought to you by The Great Courses Plus...lifelong learning from the very best in their fields...for your free trial offer go to www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/spaceStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Rivers raged on Mars late into its historyA new study has found that significant quantities of water was still flowing down Martian rivers much later than expected. *Girls night out scrubbedNASA’s plans for what was to...
Apr 05, 2019•33 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Discovery of galaxies without dark matterAstronomers have discovered two galaxies that appear to contain little or no dark matter. *Earth confirmed as a less volatile version of the SunA new study has confirmed that the Earth is made out of the same elements as the Sun – but has less of the volatile elements such as hydrogen, helium, oxygen and nitrogen. *New evidence of deep groundwater on MarsA new study claims...
Apr 03, 2019•30 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Could mysterious Fast Radio Bursts be MagnetarsAstronomers have discovered a highly magnetic neutron star called a magnetar which appears to have a lot of the characteristics of mysterious high energy pulses known as Fast Radio Bursts. *Bering Sea meteor blastThe Earth’s been hit by its biggest meteor blast since the 2013 Chelyabinsk event in Russia. *Israeli Moon mission on trackIsrael’s first mission to land on...
Mar 29, 2019•24 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Giant asteroid impact crater discovered in Western AustraliaScientists have discovered a giant 12 to 16-kilometre wide asteroid impact crater in Western Australia. *A new discovery of matter-antimatter asymmetryPhysicists have for the first time, witnessed the matter-antimatter asymmetry known as charged parity or CP violation -- in a particle known as the D0 meson. *Giant X-ray chimneys discovered at the core of...
Mar 27, 2019•40 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *83 Supermassive black holes discovered in the early universeAstronomers have discovered 83 monstrous black holes feeding in the early universe. *Einstein’s still rightScientists with the GRAVITY Collaboration have put general relativity to its strongest test yet – this one involving the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. *World’s biggest telescope moves a step closer to fruitionDevelop...
Mar 22, 2019•30 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *New studies show the Milky Way is warped and twistedThe first accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way shows that the galaxy is warped and twisted. *Asteroid Bennu spinning faster over timeAstronomers have found that the asteroid Bennu is gradually spinning faster over time. *Second giant impact crater found in GreenlandScientists have discovered a possible second impact crater buried under more than a kil...
Mar 21, 2019•32 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Breaking up is hard to do – if you’re an asteroidThe Hollywood notion of Bruce Willis rocketing into space to blow up a giant asteroid on a collision course with the Earth is unlikely to ever reach fruition – following new studies showing some asteroids may be a lot harder than previously thought.*Magnetic Bubbles on the Moon Reveal Evidence of "Sunburn"New NASA resear...
Mar 15, 2019•34 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Crew Dragon 2 completes its maiden missionSpaceX’s Crew Dragon 2 capsule has splashed down safely in the North Atlantic Ocean successfully ending its first unmanned orbital certification test flight.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/183415231898 You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/183348021328 You tube vid...
Mar 14, 2019•28 min
This episode of SpaceTime has been brought to you by the following kind sponsors:The Great Courses Plus...lifelong learning from the very best in their fields...for your free trial offer go to www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/spacePlus - MOVA Globes. Our North American listeners can check out the full range and get a 10% discount on your first order. Just visit www.movaglobes.com/spacetimeStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Crew Dragon2 docks with Space...
Mar 08, 2019•34 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Crew Dragon2 launches successfullyNASA and SpaceX have successfully launched the Crew Dragon 2 capsule on its historic first demonstration flight test flight to the International Space Station.YouTube link… http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/183177437178 *Curiosity rover suffers a computer glitchNASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is working again following a glitch last week. The issue triggered a back-up pr...
Mar 07, 2019•29 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *The Earth’s outer atmosphere found to extend twice as far as the MoonScientists have discovered that a tenuous gaseous unseen outermost region of Earth’s atmosphere called the geocorona extends out into space almost twice as far as the orbit of the Moon.*Evidence of a violent past around NeptuneAstronomers say a mysterious moon discovered orbiting the ice giant Neptune in 2013 may be the result of a massiv...
Mar 01, 2019•32 min
This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you by KiwiCo...Monthly deliveries to inspire kids to be scientists, creators, and innovators! Everything needed to create, explore, and learn—delivered. And we have a special free trial offer...just go to www.kiwico.com/spacetime Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Hayabusa2 touches down on the asteroid RyuguJapan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has briefly touched down on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu to ...
Feb 27, 2019•29 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). For our North American listeners, MOVA Globes have a special offer for you....10% off any purchase. Just use our special URL www.movaglobes.com/spacetime and use the checkout code spacetime to claim your discount.*Asteroid impacts on Earth have been increasingThe Earth has seen an increase in asteroid impacts over the past 290 million years.*Could gravitational waves settle debate over cosmic expansionScien...
Feb 22, 2019•28 min
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you by KiwiCo...Monthly deliveries to inspire kids to be scientists, creators, and innovators! Everything needed to create, explore, and learn—delivered. And we have a special free trial offer...just go to www.kiwico.com/spacetime SpaceTime 20190220 Series 22 Episode 15*Goodbye farewell and amen as mission end de...
Feb 20, 2019•34 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *A new fundamental constant of the SunAstronomers have discovered that magnetic waves in the Sun's corona - its outermost layer of the atmosphere - react to sound waves escaping from the inside of the Sun.*Ultima Thule more like a walnut pancake than a snowman New images of the distant Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule show that its far stranger than previously thought.*Black Hole mergers could reveal new par...
Feb 15, 2019•22 min
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *A new date for the Milky Way’s collision with the Andromeda galaxyNew data has pinpointed a new more accurate time of collision between our Milky Way galaxy with the giant neighbouring M-31 galaxy in Andromeda.*Distant moons may harbor lifeScientists have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons orbiting them.*Scientists observe a ne...
Feb 13, 2019•40 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *New twists in the expansion of the universeAstronomers have uncovered what appears to be a glitch in the early expansion of the universe – beyond that predicted by the standard model of cosmology.*Lunar nights colder than expectedChina’s Chang’e 4 mission to the rarely-seen far side of the moon has found that lunar nights there are far colder than expected.*Meteoroid damage to space stationHundreds of tiny...
Feb 08, 2019•32 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *New insights into exploding starsAstronomers have experienced the most detailed observations ever undertaken of the first moments of the death of a star as a thermonuclear supernova.*An eclipse Impact on the MoonLast month’s spectacular lunar eclipse came with a surprise for those watching it closely enough – a meteor impacting on the lunar surface.*India to launch its first manned spaceflight in 2021India...
Feb 07, 2019•29 min
