The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 75 *A possible link between the Sun’s solar cycle and La Nina weather patterns A new study shows a correlation between the end of the Sun’s 11 year solar cycle and a switch from El Nino to La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean. *Betelgeuse’s great dimming A new study has confirmed that the mysterious sudden dimming of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse in late 2019 and early 2020 was caused by a dusty veil s...
Jul 02, 2021•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 74 *Are supermassive black holes collapsed dark matter halos A new study suggests that supermassive black holes could be formed out of the collapse of dark matter halos. *Sentinel’s ocean data starts flowing After six months of check-out and calibration in orbit, the Sentinel-6A spacecraft has started providing its first data streams of the world’s oceans and how they’re being affected by global warming. *Juno ...
Jun 30, 2021•26 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 73 *Hubble computer crash NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has dropped into safe mode following a major onboard computer crash. *Southern Launch gets approval for its South Australian orbital launch complex Southern Launch’s new Whaler’s Way orbital launch complex is a step closer to fruition with formal approval now given for construction to begin. *New Oort Cloud object on its way Astronomers have discovered a ...
Jun 28, 2021•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 72 *A third mission bound for Venus The European Space agency has announced a new mission to study Venus. The EnVision orbiter will launch in the early 2030s to study Venus from its upper atmosphere down to its core o determine how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently. *Mars Perseverance rover on the move NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is continuing with its science mission searching for signs of past...
Jun 25, 2021•21 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 71 *Another step in understanding the difference between matter and antimatter Physicists using the world’s largest atom smasher the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have for the first time measured a difference in mass between matter and antimatter. *Volcanic activity on Venus An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering consistent with...
Jun 23, 2021•27 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 70 *An update on those US Navy Tic Tac UFOs Last year the US Department of Defence formally released three navy videos showing encounters between US NAVY fighter jets and a series of unexplained aerial phenomena – what most people call UFOs. Since then, more similar vision has been made public by crew aboard two US NAVY warships. So what are they really – we give you the latest update. *Studying the atmosphere ...
Jun 21, 2021•42 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 69 *No plate tectonics on Venus A new study claims Venus hasn’t had plate tectonics for at least 300 million and possibly more than a billion years. *First X-rays from Uranus Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time. *Searching for the signatures of life on other worlds Astronomers already know that that any search for life beyond Earth involves a search for water – because where there's ...
Jun 18, 2021•24 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 68 *Rosetta Stone eruption could help explain solar explosions A dramatic, multi-staged eruption on the Sun has revealed new clues that could help scientists solve the long-standing mystery of what causes the Sun’s powerful and unpredictable explosions. *Juno’s close encounter with Ganymede NASA’s Juno spacecraft has undertaken a close encounter with the Jovian moon Ganymede. *Dream Chaser delayed till next yea...
Jun 16, 2021•24 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 67 *Abbot Point selected for orbital launch facility Abbot Point on the North Queensland coast has been selected to host Gilmour Space Technologies new orbital launch complex. *Is Earth's core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet's interior A new study claims the Earth’s solid inner core is solidifying faster on one side than the other. *OSIRIS Rex heading home NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way ba...
Jun 14, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 66 *A new study of the distant Oort cloud Astronomers have undertaken a new analysis of the Oort cloud – the sphere of some 100 billion comets and chunks of icy debris in interstellar space which is gravitationally bound to the Sun. *Heavy metals found in comets for the first time Two separate studies have found heavy metals in the atmospheres of comets. *Ultraluminous X-ray sources retain their mystery Astrono...
Jun 11, 2021•37 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 65 *Space junk collides with space station The International Space Station has been stuck by a piece of space debris which has left a hole in a section of the orbiting outpost’s robotic arm. *The Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution The dark energy survey has released its first three years of data including observations of some 226 million galaxies covering over an eighth of the sky. *NASA’s Viper Luna...
Jun 09, 2021•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 64 *Two new missions to study Venus NASA has selected two new missions to explore the planet Venus. The missions known as DAVINCI+ and VERITAS will help scientists better understand how Venus became the nearest thing to hell in our solar system. *Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder’s first glimpse of the Galactic Plane Astronomers have used the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder -- or ASKAP -...
Jun 07, 2021•38 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 63 *Jovian ice moon Europa could have Seafloor Volcanoes New research shows volcanic activity may have occurred on the seafloor of Jupiter’s ice moon Europa in the recent past – and may still be happening today. *NASA launches high altitude plasma experiment NASA has launched a sounding rocket on a mission the better understand the interaction between charged particles from the Sun and those in near Earth space...
Jun 04, 2021•45 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 62 *New evidence of how and when the Milky Way came together A new study shows that our Milky Way galaxy already had a significant stellar population of its own, when it collided with an orbiting satellite galaxy, known as Gaia-Enceladus – or the Gaia sausage -- about 10 billion years ago. *Ten years of space station research into antimatter and cosmic rays NASA’s anti-matter and cosmic ray detector aboard the ...
Jun 02, 2021•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 61 *New evidence changing how we think galaxies evolve A new study has shown that galaxies like the Milky Way evolve gradually rather than through a series of violent collisions. *The most ancient spiral galaxy ever seen Scientists have found what may be the earliest Spiral Galaxy ever seen going back an amazing 12.4 billion years. *More possible organic compounds found on Mars Scientists using NASA’s Mars Curi...
May 31, 2021•45 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 60 *Perseverance starts conducting science on Mars NASA’s newest Mars rover has started its science mission searching for signs of past microbial life and studying the geology of the ancient lake bed of Jezero crater. *New theory on How Mars got its moons Scientists have come up with another new hypothesis to try to explain how Mars got its two moons Phobos and Deimos. *First near miss for Starlink and Oneweb O...
May 28, 2021•27 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 59 *A new type of aurora discovered Scientists looking through old videos have discovered a new type of Aurora called a called a diffuse auroral eraser. *Mysterious supernova shedding light on the violent death of stars A curiously yellow pre-supernova star has caused astrophysicists to re-evaluate what’s possible at the deaths of our Universe’s most massive stars. *Defence formally establishes new Space Divisi...
May 26, 2021•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 58 *Volcanic activity on Mars A new study claims there’s evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars showing that eruptions could have taken place on the red planet within the past 50,000 years – which is present day in geological time. *Red China rover lands on Mars Following in the wake of America’s latest success with its Mars Perseverance rover which has now commenced science operations on the red planet’s...
May 24, 2021•36 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 57 *A Lunar Crater Radio Telescope plan to Illuminate the Cosmic Dark Ages NASA are looking at the idea of building a giant radio telescope in a crater on the far side of the Moon. *New Lunar map ready for the return of humans to the Moon’s surface Scientists have put together a detailed new geologic map of the Lunar South Pole region to help astronauts who are expected to be walking there with in the next thre...
May 21, 2021•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 56 *Blue Origin to start sending tourists to space in July Blue Origin will send its first people including at least one tourist to space on July 20. *XMM-Newton helping to unravel the mystery of ultra-luminous X-ray sources. A new study using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton space telescope may be on track to solving the mystery of so called ultra-luminous X-ray sources. *A new deep space dish for the Ne...
May 19, 2021•30 min
For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or the all new www.bitesz.com The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 55 *Have astronomers found antimatter stars Astronomers have identified 14 potential candidate stars that -- just maybe – might be made out of antimatter rather than normal matter. *Ingenuity and Perseverance head south on the Red Planet NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has completed its first one way flight above the surface ...
May 17, 2021•33 min
For more SpaceTime visit our websites: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or the all new www.bitesz.com The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 54 *Key test for new Lunar Gateway Space Station NASA’s new Lunar Gateway space station has passed a key hot fire test of the main thrusters on its power and propulsion element module. *Stratolaunch undertakes its second test flight The Stratolaunch mothership has finally undertaken a second test flight – tw...
May 14, 2021•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 53 *Determining the age of Earth’s Continental Crust A new study claims Earth’s continental crust first emerged some 3.7 billion years ago. *More funding to build the world’s biggest telescope The Australian Government has provided another $387 million dollars in support funding for the Square kilometre array project to build the world’s largest radio telescope. *A new Interstellar mission on the drawing board ...
May 12, 2021•33 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 52 *Another out of control Chinese spacecraft crashes to Earth The Earth has once again faced a major threat from an out of control Chinese spacecraft crashing back to the surface. *Ingenuity begins a new demonstration phase on Mars After beating all its technology demonstration parameters, NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will now begin a new phase of flight operations scouting out ahead of the Mars Perseveran...
May 10, 2021•43 min
For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or the all new www.bitesz.com The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 51 *China launches its new space station China has successfully launched the first module of its new space station giving the communist part a permanent presence in space. *MOXIE makes oxygen on Mars An experiment aboard NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has successfully produced oxygen out of the red planet...
May 07, 2021•41 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 50 *Climate Change has shifted the axis of the Earth A new study claims glacial melting due to global warming was likely the cause of a shift in the movement of the Earth’s poles that occurred in the 1990s. *What may be the nearest black hole to Earth Astronomers have discovered what may be the nearest black hole to Earth, orbiting in a binary system with a nearby red giant called V723 Monocerotis. *New dragon crew safely arrive at the space station N...
May 05, 2021•36 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 49 *A record-breaking flare from Sun's nearest stellar neighbour Astronomers have detected one of the most violent stellar flares ever recorded in the galaxy exploding out of Proxima Centauri the nearest star system to the Sun. *More chopper flights on the red planet NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to set records, flying faster and farther in its latest test flights on the surface of...
May 03, 2021•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 48 *SpaceX Starship to be the new lunar module NASA has selected SpaceX to provide the lunar land landers that will carry crew and cargo between the Gateway space station and the Moon’s surface. *The secret to Jupiter's strange aurora activity New computer models suggest Jupiter’s spectacular auroral displays are unique in the solar system with a mix of different types of magnetic field lines. ...
Apr 30, 2021•27 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 47 *Russia quits the International Space Station Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station in 2025. The announcement by the head of its space programme comes in the wake of new space agreements between Russia and China and simmering tensions between Moscow and the west. *Unwrapping a supermassive black hole Astronomers have simultaneously focused 19 of the world’s most powerful ...
Apr 28, 2021•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 46 *History with the first flight of an aircraft on another world NASA has made history with the first flight of an aircraft on another world. The United States space agency’s Mars Ingenuity rotorcraft successfully lifted off from the floor of the red planet’s Jezero Crater -- climbing to an altitude of ten metres – maintaining a stable hover for 30 seconds – and then safely landing again. *The...
Apr 26, 2021•42 min
