*New study changes the understanding of galactic evolution Astronomers have discovered that galactic evolution may have begun much earlier than thought. *CHEOPS launches into orbit The European Space Agency’s CHEOPS spacecraft has successfully blasted into orbit on a mission to study exoplanets – world’s orbiting stars other than the Sun. YouTube URL: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /183443264918 YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /189772522708 YouTube UR...
Jan 10, 2020•36 min
*Is Betelgeuse about to blow? The red supergiant Betelgeuse is dimming unusually and astronomers don’t know why. The strange activity is causing growing speculation that it may be about to go supernova --or maybe not. *Discovery of the earliest known cannibalism Astronomers have discovered the earliest known example of galactic cannibalism – an observation dating back some 13 billion years. *The Milky Way galaxy Okay, so we all know that we live on a small terrestrial planet orbiting a small yel...
Jan 08, 2020•27 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly *Proton Aurorae discovered on Mars Astronomers have found that a type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet. *All systems go for the maiden flight of the new Vega-C The European Space Agency will fly its new Vega C lightweight launch system on its maiden flight in March. Russian Space Tourism back on the flight pla...
Jan 03, 2020•33 min
*Could the Milky Way have two supermassive black holes? Astronomers are trying to discover if the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy might have a smaller companion. *Solar Cycle 25 strengthens its grip The Sun is showing more signs of moving into a new solar cycle. *Starliner returns safely to Earth After failing to reach the International Space Station on its maiden space test flight, Boeing’s new CST100 Starliner returned to Earth making a perfect pin point landing at the Whit...
Jan 01, 2020•32 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast. *How galaxies get their iconic spirals A new study claims galactic magnetic fields could play an important role in shaping the elegant sweeping arms of spiral galaxies like the Milky Way. *Best ever pulsar maps and measurements Astrophysicists are literally rewriting and redrawing the textbook on pulsars after obtaining the most precise and dependable measurements of both a pulsar's size and its mass, as well as the first-ever map of hot spots on its...
Dec 27, 2019•36 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Boeing’s new Starliner fails to reach the International Space Station Boeing has failed in its first attempt to send its new CST-100 Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station – instead getting the spacecraft stranded in a useless orbit. You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /189785819133 *The largest stellar-mass black hol...
Dec 25, 2019•35 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 94 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Interstellar comet makes its closest approach to the Sun The Interstellar comet 21 Borisov has now sped past the Sun and has thus begun its journey back out of the solar system. *How Enceladus got its stripes Scientists have finally developed a model which explains how the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus got its iconic sout...
Dec 20, 2019•38 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly) *Forget what you’ve heard: size really does matter when it comes to galactic rotation A new study has found that the direction in which a galaxy rotates depends on its mass. *The most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion Scientists have discovered the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion. *Bennu’s Mystery Part...
Dec 17, 2019•47 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E92The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *A new measurement for the mass of the most common particle in the universeScientists have set the upper limit for the mass of the neutrino -- the most common particle in the universe.*Wreckage found from India’s crashed lunar landerNASA has found the remains of India’s ill-fated Vikram lunar lander which crashed on to the surface of the...
Dec 13, 2019•43 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E91 *Biggest supermassive black hole in the local universeAstronomers have identified a record-setting supermassive black hole – some 40 billion times the mass of our Sun –making it easily the biggest in the local universe.*The Sun’s secrets being revealedThe first detailed results from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are revealing some surprising secrets about the Sun.YouTube URL: https://...
Dec 11, 2019•51 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 90The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Have scientists detected a mysterious fifth force in natureScientists with CERN the European Organisation for Nuclear Research are investigating fresh claims of the detection of an unknown particle that could carry a fifth force of nature.*Record-setting X-ray burstInstruments aboard the International Space Station have de...
Dec 06, 2019•32 min
SpaceTime 20191204 Series 22 Episode 89 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *A massive explosion rocks the centre of the Milky WayAstronomers have found evidence of a cataclysmic flare that exploded out from the centre of the Milky Way effecting the Magellanic stream linking our galaxy with two nearby dwarf galaxies 200,000 light-years away. *Milky Way stealing galaxies from its neighboursA new study has found that the Milky Way galaxy has been stea...
Dec 04, 2019•39 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E88 *Wolfe Creek Crater younger than thoughtWolfe Creek Crater, one of the world's largest meteorite impact structures is much younger than previously thought.*The first global map of Titan completedThe first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed revealing a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains.*Astronauts carry...
Nov 29, 2019•36 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E87 *Gamma Ray Bursts reveal more of their secretsA violent explosion in a distant galaxy has broken the record for the brightest source of high-energy electro-magnetic radiation in the universe.*Evidence of missing neutron star inside Supernova 1987AAstronomers have finally uncovered evidence of the missing neutron star that has been hidden at the heart of Supernova 1987A for over 30...
Nov 27, 2019•30 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Unexplained seasonal changes discovered in Martian oxygen levelsScientists have detected mysterious seasonal changes in oxygen levels in the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars.*Water detected on interstellar visitorAstronomers have detected signs of water spewing from the interstellar comet 2i Borisov which is about to make its closest approach to the Sun before beginning its trek back out of t...
Nov 22, 2019•40 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E85 *Mars 2020 rover to search for microscopic fossilsNASA’s Mars 2020 rover will land on the Red Planet’s JEZERO Crater. The landing site was selected as it’s considered the best place on the planet to look for signs of microscopic fossils and ancient life.YouTube URL https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /189029639023 *New comet interceptor missionThe European Space Agency...
Nov 20, 2019•41 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E84Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *New measurement for the mass of the Higgs bosonPhysicists have achieved a new level of precision in their efforts to measure the Higgs boson – finding it to have a mass of 125.35 GeV with a precision of 0.15 GeV -- an uncertainty of roughly 0.1%. *Voyager 2 illuminates the boundary of interstellar spaceScientists publish five new resear...
Nov 15, 2019•43 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Star thrown out of galaxy by a black holeAstronomers have detected a star that’s being flung out of the Milky Way galaxy at a record breaking speed of over six million kilometres per hour by the super massive black hole at the galactic centre.YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /189025267073 *Signs of the next solar cycle increaseThere’s more confirmation today that the Sun’s magnetic pol...
Nov 13, 2019•34 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *SpaceTime 20191108 Series 22 Episode 82 *New Gaia data shows stars stick in familiesNew data shows that newborn stars don’t simply drift away from their stellar nurseries – but rather stick together in long-lasting, string-like groups.YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /187341898803 *This week’s Transit of MercuryThe transit of Mercury happens...
Nov 08, 2019•35 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20191106 Series 22 Episode 81*Quantum squeezing to detect every stellar-mass black hole merger in the universeScientists have found a way to detect virtually every stellar black hole collision in the universe by refining a technique called quantum squeezing. *New evidence that the first stars formed very quicklyAstronomers studying and ancient quasar have discovered a primitive gas cloud providing new cl...
Nov 06, 2019•36 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20191101 Series 22 Episode 80 *Construction about to begin for the Lucy trojan asteroid missionNASA’s Lucy mission to study Jupiter’s trojan asteroids has passed its final design review and has now moved into the construction phase -- bringing it one step closer to its 2021 launch date.You tube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /188537172673 *Solar Orbiter on its way to the launch padT...
Nov 01, 2019•31 min
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20191030 Series 22 Episode 79 *The universe is expanding more rapidly than predictedNew observations suggest the universe is expanding far more rapidly that current models are predicting. *Solving one of the planet’s greatest who done its!A new study has confirmed it was the asteroid impact rather than volcanism which triggered the mass extinction event 66 million years ago that wiped out 75 percent of a...
Oct 30, 2019•46 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20191025 Series 22 Episode 78*Some water on the Moon may be fairly recentA new study suggests water ice discovered on the lunar surface didn’t all arrive at once by may have accumulated over billions of years with some deposits being relatively young. *New organic compounds found in Enceladus iceNew kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, h...
Oct 25, 2019•36 min
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20191023 Series 22 Episode 77 *Earth escapes another asteroid near missIt’s been revealed that astronomers discovered a new asteroid some seven and a half hours after it swooped just 37,399 kilometres above the Earth’s surface – that’s closer than some satellites. *Astronomers focus on our new interstellar visitorAstronomers have taken their best and sharpest ...
Oct 23, 2019•36 min
SpaceTime Series 22 Episode 76 The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Saturn surpasses Jupiter after the discovery of 20 new moons Move over Jupiter; Saturn is the new moon king following the discovery of 20 new moons orbiting the ringed world. *How asteroids affect Earth’s climateAbout 466 Million years ago a pair of asteroids collided between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. *A summer without sunspots The ...
Oct 18, 2019•32 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E75Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *New discoveries show galaxies sit in serene halos of gasAstronomers studying the origins of a mysterious cosmic blast known as a Fast Radio Burst have unexpectedly uncovered important clues about the properties of the vast halos of gas surrounding galaxies. *The Milky Way’s active galactic haloA new study has discovered that the Milky Way galaxy is constantly exchanging matter wit...
Oct 16, 2019•35 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E74 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Cometary orbital gateway discovered Science’s understanding of how comets are funneled into the inner solar system may have fundamentally changed following the discovery of an orbital gateway. *ASA and NASA sign formal agreement to work together ASA the Australian Space Agency has signed a formal agreement to work closely with NASA on future robotic and manned missions including ...
Oct 11, 2019•34 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E73Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Andromeda’s violent history Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its next main course. *How old are Saturn’s rings A team of researchers has reignited the debate about the age of Saturn’s rings with a study that dates the rings as most likely to have formed early in the ...
Oct 09, 2019•40 min
For access to the special double episode commercial-free version of SpaceTime plus bonus content, simply help support the show. Show your love via Patreon....and share in the rewards. Details at www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E72 *Indian Moon hopes fadeHopes are fading for Indian space officials to re-establish contact with their lost Vikram lunar lander. *The Moon cameraThe ...
Sep 27, 2019•34 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E71For more SpaceTime visit www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *What the geologic record tells us about the day the dinosaurs diedA new study has provided scientists with their most detailed look yet at the events which ended the age of dinosaurs – creating one of the Earth’s worst-ever mass extinction events. *Asteroid triggered ice age changed life on Earth foreverScientists have found that a cataclysmic collision in the main asteroid belt 466 million yea...
Sep 25, 2019•28 min
