The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 45 *X-ray blasts discovered being emitted by the crab pulsar Astronomers studying the pulsar at the heart of the famous crab nebula have discovered blasts of X-ray are being emitted when the pulsar experiences a sudden glitch called a giant radio pulses. *How much extraterrestrial dust falls on Earth each year A new study has calculated that some 5200 tonnes of space dust falls on to the Earth ...
Apr 23, 2021•20 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 44 *Mars did not dry up all at once A new study shows that Mars didn’t lose its water all at once, but over a series of wetter and dryer periods ending about three billion years ago. *Space junk conference The European Space Agency is currently hosting the 8th European Conference on Space Debris in Darmstadt, Germany. *Starlink 24 launch SpaceX has launched its 24th Starlink mission carrying 60...
Apr 21, 2021•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 43 *NASA delays Mars helicopter flight NASA has been forced to postponed the first flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity because of a software issue. *Growing evidence for new physics beyond the standard model The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Fermilab have supported earlier observations that muons aren’t be...
Apr 19, 2021•45 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 42 *Two Sizable Mars quakes detected on the red planet NASA’s Insight lander has just detected two significant Marsquakes on the red planet. *Could red dwarf exoplanet harbour life after all? A new study claims scientists shouldn’t be so quick to rule out the possibility of life on Earth like exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zones of red dwarf stars. *Moscow’s big lift: launching 38 satelli...
Apr 16, 2021•21 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 41 *Could there be parts of another planet inside the Earth? A new hypothesis claims large parts of the planet Theia may still be present buried deep in the Earth’s mantle. *The anatomy of a Nova explosion Astronomers have gathered their best ever observations of a spectacular stellar explosion called a nova. *China gears up for war launching another spy satellite China is continuing its military build-up with the launch of another spy satellite. *The...
Apr 14, 2021•23 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 40 *Confirmation of how the universe evolved Astronomers have discovered that much of the universe’s missing normal matter has been hiding in plain sight in the cosmic web. *OSIRIS-REx's final asteroid observation run NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has undertaken its final flyover the half kilometre wide asteroid Bennu passing just 3.7 kilometres above the alien world’s rugged rock strewn surface...
Apr 12, 2021•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 39 *Ocean currents predicted on Enceladus A new study claims ocean currents are churning the sub surface seas of the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus. *SpaceX SN11 test ends in another explosive failure They say space is hard and the latest SpaceX Starship test flight has once again proven how true it is. *Southern Launch granted space licence Following two test flights last year Southern Launch ha...
Apr 09, 2021•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 38 *Planet Earth safe from the asteroid Apophis for at least the next hundred years Astronomers have now ruled out the possibility of the asteroid Apophis slamming into the Earth in 2068. *Discovery of a nearby super Earth Astronomers have discovered a super Earth exoplanet orbiting a star just 36 light years away. *Gilmour Space to launch Fleet satellites Gold Coast company Gilmour Space have ...
Apr 07, 2021•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 37 *Earth’s first supercontinent A new study suggests Pangea was simply the latest of approximately three supercontinents that formed on the Earth’s surface and that they all formed with in the last two billion years. *NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight Mars 2020 mission managers say their Ingenuity helicopter should be ready for its maiden flight within the next few days....
Apr 05, 2021•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 36 *Is the nearest star cluster to the Sun being destroyed by dark matter? Data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia star mapping satellite has revealed tantalising evidence that the Hyades open star cluster -- the nearest star cluster to the Sun -- is being destroyed by the gravitational influence of a massive but unseen structure in our galaxy. *More air leaks in the Russian section of the s...
Apr 02, 2021•40 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 35 *Scientists determine the size of the Martian core Seismic data collected by NASA's Mars Insight lander suggests the red planet’s core is about half the size of the Earth’s. *Searching for signs of Martian life in outback Australia NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is continuing its final checks following its successful touch down on the surface of the red planet. *Kilometre wide asteroid zooms past Earth An asteroid almost a kilometre wide has m...
Mar 31, 2021•22 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 34 *New images reveal magnetic structures near a supermassive black hole The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which produced the first ever image of a black hole has now released a new image detailing the powerful magnetic fields generated by the supermassive black hole. *A cosmic jellyfish in the distant universe Astronomers have discovered a spectacular cloud of plasma in a distant clus...
Mar 29, 2021•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 33 *A gigantic jet from the early universe Astronomers have discovered one of the biggest quasars ever seen in the early universe. *The planet with two atmospheres Astronomers have found a planet orbiting a distant star that appears to have lost its atmosphere – only to have gained a new one through volcanic activity. *New Chinese rocket launches top secret satellite It was a case of second time...
Mar 26, 2021•23 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 32 *The discovery of Fast Radio bursts dating back ten billion years Astronomers have detected three of the most distant Fast Radio Bursts ever observed. *Have astronomers discovered hypothetical Boson Stars A team of scientists claim that the heaviest black hole collision ever observed may have been something even more mysterious: the merger of two so called boson stars. *NASA’s new Moon rocket...
Mar 24, 2021•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 31 *Count down for Australia’s return to orbit If all goes according to plan -- in almost exactly a year from now Australia will officially become a space-faring nation – again. *Interstellar visitors are more common than thought A new study suggests around seven interstellar visitors pass through our solar system every year. *Hubble emergency shutdown NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back onli...
Mar 22, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 30 *Organic material crucial for life discovered on the asteroid Itokawa Scientists have found water and organic material on the surface of a sample from the asteroid Itokawa. *A journey through the Main asteroid belt The main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is a torus-shaped region occupied by hundreds of thousands of asteroids, meteoroids and rocky debris ranging in size from the 950-k...
Mar 19, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 29 *First drive for the new Mars Perseverance rover NASA’s new Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has undertaken its first tentative test drive across the red planet’s surface. *A new map of binary star systems near the Sun Astronomers have developed the most comprehensive map ever achieved of binary star systems within the Sun’s local neighbourhood -- covering some 1.3 million binary star systems wi...
Mar 17, 2021•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 28 *Massive supernova remnant discovered Astronomers combining data from different types of telescopes have discovered a massive supernova remnant hiding in plain sight. *The origin of the Zodiacal Light finally revealed Data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft suggests that Mars may be the source of the solar system’s Zodiacal Light. *Joint Russian Chinese space station planned Russia and China have a...
Mar 15, 2021•38 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 27 *A change in dark energy to try and resolve a cosmological conundrum The universe was created by a Big Bang 13.82 billion years ago, and it’s been expanding ever since. *Parker Solar Probe swoops past Venus at some 87 thousand KPH NASA's Parker Solar Probe has just undertaken its latest close flyby of the planet Venus. *A new eye in the sky to monitor Amazon deforestation India has launched ...
Mar 13, 2021•26 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 26 *Neutron star found in famous supernova Astronomers believe they may have confirmed the existence of a neutron star produced by supernova 1987A *The mystery of the Martian moons A new study claims the two Martian moons Phobos and Demos were created through a titanic collision in orbit around the red planet over a billion years ago. *China launches three more spy satellites China has launched...
Mar 12, 2021•23 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 25 *Astronomers discover a space hurricane for the first time Astronomers have discovered what they’re calling a space hurricane high up in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. *Space Machines Company signs its first customer Space Machines Company has secured a contract for its new Optimus 1 orbital transfer unit. *SpaceX’s spectacular starship explosion after a successful flight test The SpaceX SN10...
Mar 10, 2021•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. *SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 24 *The most distant black hole ever seen Astronomers have set a new record for the most distant quasar ever found. The quasar dating back some 13.13 billion years is 1000 times more luminous than the Milky Way, and is powered by the earliest known supermassive black hole – a monster more than 1.6 billion times the mass of the Sun. *Mars Helicopter phones home NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter ...
Mar 05, 2021•39 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 23 *High energy neutrinos traced to a star being ripped to pieces by a black hole Astronomers have traced high energy neutrinos erupting from a star being ripped to pieces by a black hole in another galaxy. *Juno spots meteor impact on Jupiter NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a meteoroid slamming into Jupiter. *Cygnus 15 launches to space station A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship has succ...
Mar 03, 2021•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 22 *New observations of Cygnus X-1 change science’s understanding of Black Holes New observations of Cygnus X1 -- the first black hole ever detected -- have led astronomers to question what they really know about the Universe's most mysterious objects *Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago A new study has found that a temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic...
Mar 01, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 21 *Determining how Super Earths and Mini-Neptunes are made Astronomers have now found over four thousand exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. *How far are we from nuclear powered space transport A new report by America’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine think tank warns that NASA will need to pursue an aggressive and urgent nuclear technology develop...
Feb 26, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 20 *Sea salt discovered on the red planet Mars The European Space Agency has discovered sea salt high in the Martian atmosphere. *The Square Kilometre Array’s Engineering Development Array Work is starting to ramp up on the giant Square kilometre Array project to build the world’s largest telescope across outback Western Australia and southern Africa. *Another launch contract for Gilmour Space ...
Feb 24, 2021•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 19 *Touchdown! NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars After a seven-month 472 million kilometre journey, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has successfully touched down on the surface of the red planet. *A new model to predict galactic stellar production A new study suggests that massive galaxies with extra-large extended disks produce stars over longer periods of time than their smaller mor...
Feb 22, 2021•55 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 18 *New candidate planet discovered around Alpha Centauri A Astronomers may have discovered a planet in the habitable zone in our nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri. *The solar system’s most distant planetary object confirmed Astronomers have set a new record for identifying the most distant body in our Solar System. *What Phobos could reveal about the red planet A new study has fo...
Feb 19, 2021•35 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 17 *The Milky Way warped following galactic collision A new study has confirmed what some people have long suspected – the Milky Way galaxy is warped. *New kind of magnetic explosion on Sun Scientists have detected a magnetic explosion on the Sun -- the likes of which has never been seen before. *Gilmour Space to launch first customer next year Gold Coast based rocket company Gilmour Space Tech...
Feb 17, 2021•24 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 16 *Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulphur dioxide A new study claims last year’s observations of phosphine in the clouds of Venus was actually sulphur-dioxide. *The mystery of the Jovian Trojans A new study claims Jupiter's Trojan asteroids may be stranger than thought. *The growing Starlink problem for astronomy Elon Musk is now officially the world’s richest person w...
Feb 15, 2021•36 min
