In this episode of Space Time, Stuart Gary discusses a mysterious neutron star named M82X2 that appears to be breaking the laws of physics by radiating energy that is 100 times brighter than it should be based on the Eddington limit. He also talks about lightning bolts creating a never-before-seen mineral and highlights a new hypothesis on how Saturn got its rings. [00:00:46] Ultra-luminous pulsar. [00:04:54] Never-before-seen mineral from lightning. [00:08:20] Saturn's Axial Tilt. [00:11:48] Sa...
May 12, 2023•24 min•Season 26Ep. 57
S26E56 - In this episode of SpaceTime, we cover a range of space and science news. Astronomers have captured a super flare erupting from a nearby star using a combination of space and ground-based observations. The European Space Agency has announced its plans to develop a nuclear-powered rocket for deep space exploration, following in the footsteps of NASA. With air pollution being a serious problem, ESA's air quality missions are taking a deep breath to understand and monitor its impact. In th...
May 10, 2023•27 min•Season 26Ep. 56
In this episode, we discuss some of the latest developments in space and astronomy news. China's Zhurong rover has reportedly found evidence of liquid water on dune surfaces at low latitudes on Mars, challenging our understanding of the Red Planet's climate history. Meanwhile, a new study by Chinese scientists suggests that astronomers may have gotten the shape of the Milky Way all wrong. NASA is also working on its largest interplanetary spacecraft, the Europa Clipper, which is set to launch ne...
May 08, 2023•22 min•Season 26Ep. 55
*A new study proposes that ultralight particles called Axions, which act in waves, could solve the mystery of dark matter. *The European Space Agency's Integral Spacecraft is now safe thanks to a series of fixes by mission managers. *Rocket Lab has created a modified version of its Electron orbital launch vehicle called the HASTE for suborbital hypersonic test flights. *In the May edition of Skywatch, we explore the Scorpius constellation, the M6 and M7 open star clusters, and the Eta-Aquarids m...
May 05, 2023•39 min•Season 26Ep. 54
Welcome to this episode of SpaceTime, where we bring you some fascinating stories from the world of astronomy and space science. First up, astronomers have made an incredible discovery using an Artificial Intelligence program. They have found a supermassive black hole that is ripping apart a giant star in what is being called the brightest, most energetic, and longest-lasting stellar murder ever seen. This discovery has stunned the astronomy community, and we discuss the implications of this dis...
May 03, 2023•24 min•Season 26Ep. 53
*Solving the 60-year-old mystery of quasars Astronomers believe they’ve finally solved the mystery of quasars – the most powerful objects in the Universe. *Discovery of an embryonic exoplanet in a distant star system Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet forming in the protoplanetary disk around a distant newly formed star. *Japan fails in its attempt to land on the Moon Japanese start-up ispace has confirmed that its Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft has crashed while attempting to land on the l...
May 01, 2023•27 min•Season 26Ep. 52
In this episode, we explore some of the latest developments in astronomy and space news: Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) from deep space continue to mystify astronomers with their sudden bursts of energy. Last year's Tongan volcanic explosion was confirmed to be the largest natural explosion on Earth in over a century. China has launched a new constellation of spy satellites for Earth observation purposes. The Science Report covers new research linking Vitamin D deficiency to premature death, warnings ...
Apr 28, 2023•25 min•Season 26Ep. 51
*Ingenuity reaches half a century *Curiosity gets a major software update *Biggest ever Brown Dwarf discovered *The Science Report *Alex on Tech Elon Musk to develop a new better AI. Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you… To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial fr...
Apr 26, 2023•24 min•Season 26Ep. 50
*First starship launch ends in massive explosion *Europe’s JUICE mission bound for Jupiter *Russia backs down on space station threat *The Science Report *Skeptics guide to Ivermectin This week’s guests includes: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from iTWire.com Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics Jonathan Nally the editor of Australian Sky and Telescope Magazine Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and s...
Apr 24, 2023•27 min•Season 26Ep. 49
*Ancient White Dwarf hosts a planetary graveyard *New study shows that Einstein was right – again *Russia’s new weapon *The Science Report *Skeptics guide to Lincoln’s ghost Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you… To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editio...
Apr 21, 2023•28 min•Season 26Ep. 48
*Invisible monster on the loose in intergalactic space *Understanding the mystery of the neutrino mass *A fascinating new look at Uranus *The Science Report *Alex on Tech For more SpaceTime visit us online at www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you...
Apr 19, 2023•29 min•Season 26Ep. 47
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 46 *This week’s Australian Total Solar Eclipse Sky watchers from around the world are making their way to the outback Western Australian township of Ningaloo on north west cape for one of the most spectacular events on the astronomical calendar – a total eclipse of the Sun. *Snowball Earth might have been slush ball At least five ice ages have befallen Earth, including one 635 million years ago that was thought to have created glaciers from pole to pole. *Discovery of...
Apr 17, 2023•41 min•Season 26Ep. 46
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 45 *Starship readied for first flight SpaceX has commenced final assembly of their new Starship rocket in preparation for its maiden orbital test flight which could happen as soon as this week. *The black widow pulsar consumes its sibling A rapidly rotating neutron star has set a new mass record after consuming part of its binary stellar companion. *Claims Earth’s inner core is driven by dipole geomagnetic field Scientists have found that the structure of Earth’s soli...
Apr 14, 2023•28 min•Season 26Ep. 45
*Scientists observe flattest explosion ever seen in space Astronomers have just witnessed what they’re calling the flattest explosion ever seen in space. *Was plate tectonics occurring when life first formed on Earth? A new study claims plate tectonics was already active on the Earth 4.2 billion years ago – at a time when the first life is believed to have started forming. *Europe’s space rider space plane Space rider is the European Space Agency’s answer to Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser reusable...
Apr 12, 2023•23 min•Season 26Ep. 44
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 43 *The brightest gamma ray burst ever seen Astronomers around the world have been stunned by the brightest gamma ray burst ever seen. *Comprehensive map of all 85,000 volcanoes on Venus A new study has mapped no less than 85 thousand volcanoes on Venus. *Perseverance begins its next science campaign on Mars NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has commenced its new science campaign on the surface of the red planet. *The Science Report Levels of ozone killing chlorofluoroca...
Apr 10, 2023•42 min•Season 26Ep. 43
*RNA nucleobases found in space rocks Scientists studying samples of the asteroid Ryugu brought back to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission have discovered it contains uracil – one of the four nucleobases that make up RNA . *Discovery of an asteroid orbiting the Sun inside of Venus Astronomers say the discovery of an asteroid orbiting the Sun inside the orbit of Venus could be the first of a population of inner solar system asteroids. *Oumuamua's weird orbit due to gas Scientists have developed ...
Apr 07, 2023•28 min•Season 26Ep. 42
*Second coronal hole detected on the Sun in a week For the second time in a week, a huge coronal hole has been detected on the Sun. *Rocket launches into the northern lights Scientists in Sweden have launched a sounding rocket to study the spectacular auroral displays which have lit up the night skies at higher latitudes in recent weeks. *NASA’s new PACE mission to study the world’s carbon Whether in plants or animals, greenhouse gases or smoke, carbon atoms exist in various compounds as they mo...
Apr 05, 2023•29 min•Season 26Ep. 41
*Discovery of one of the biggest black holes ever found Astronomers has discovered one of the biggest black holes ever found – some 30 billion times the mass of the Sun. *New clues on how the Earth’s continents formed A new study claims the planet’s first continents were not stable and were recycled into the Earth’s mantle. *Redness of Neptunian asteroids sheds light on early Solar System A new study suggests that asteroids sharing their orbits with the planet Neptune have been observed to exist...
Apr 03, 2023•38 min•Season 26Ep. 40
*How heat flow affects the Earth’s magnetic field Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth’s magnetic field. *NASA’s Parker Solar Probe kisses the Sun NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has undertaken its 15th close encounter with the Sun. *Indirect evidence for existence of dark matter surrounding black holes Astronomers have provided indirect evidence support...
Mar 31, 2023•43 min•Season 26Ep. 39
*Another stellar stream adds more evidence to the Milky Way‘s cannibalism Astronomers have discovered another stellar stream hidden deep in the Milky Way Galaxy. *The most accurate measurement so far for the W boson Physicists at CERN have refined their understanding of the mass of the W boson finding it to be 80,360 MeV. *Australian hypersonic scramjet to undergo US defence department tests The United States Department of Defence has selected the Australian Hypersonix Launch System for testing ...
Mar 29, 2023•28 min•Season 26Ep. 38
*Dangerous asteroid on its way to Earth NASA says an asteroid on an orbit that takes it close to Earth will almost certainly miss the planet despite some predictions of doom and gloom. *Asteroid impacts on the Moon are mirrored on Earth Scientists have discovered that asteroid impacts on the Moon millions of years ago coincided precisely with some of the largest meteorite impacts on Earth including the KT boundary event impactor which wiped out all the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago. *...
Mar 27, 2023•28 min•Season 26Ep. 37
The European Space Agency says its ExoMars mission to the red planet is back on with a launch window opening in October 2028. *Extremely rare Coronal Mass Ejection event A blast which scientists are calling an extremely rare bright Coronal Mass Extinction event has just rocked the surface of the far side of the Sun. *China spying on other nation’s satellites as it launches two more spy satellites It’s been revealed that a Chinese spy satellite launched in 2018 has been inspecting other nations' ...
Mar 24, 2023•30 min•Season 26Ep. 36
*Modern glacier remains found near Martian equator Scientists have discovered recent glacial activity near the Martian equator. *Where did Earth’s water come from Water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface, but no one knows how or when such massive quantities of water arrived on Earth. *CHEOPS mission extended After more than three years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS mission has been extended until at least 2026 and possibly 2029. *The Science Report New study claims a Mediterranean-ty...
Mar 22, 2023•29 min•Season 26Ep. 35
*Modern volcanic activity discovered on Venus There have been lots of hints but now astronomers have finally discovered direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on the surface of Venus. *Looking back to first light and the beginning of everything Research using new antennas in the Australian hinterland has reduced background noise and brought us closer to finding a 13-billion-year-old signal *NASA shows of its new Artemis spacesuit NASA has shown off its latest prototype space suit...
Mar 20, 2023•40 min•Season 26Ep. 34
*Board of inquiry hands down its findings into the Vega C rocket failure A European Space Agency board of inquiry has found a fault in a nozzle caused the failure of the European Vega C rocket's second flight. *The most detailed study yet of a Gigantic Jet A detailed 3D study of a massive electrical discharge that rose 100 kilometres into space above an Oklahoma thunderstorm has provided new insights into an elusive atmospheric phenomenon known as gigantic jets. *Working out the time on the Moon...
Mar 17, 2023•27 min•Season 26Ep. 33
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 32 *Mars Helicopter undertakes its 46th flight on the red planet NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter has undertaken its 46th flight in the skies over the red planet to reposition the tissue box sized twin rotor chopper for future scout missions *More evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world There’s growing evidence that Saturn’s tiny ice moon Mimas could be another ocean world – or at least in the process of transforming into one. *NASA spacecraft back on line follow...
Mar 15, 2023•29 min•Season 26Ep. 32
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 31 *How the DART spacecraft ripped a hole in an asteroid It’s been revealed that NASA’s Dart spacecraft blasted over a thousand tonnes of rock and debris out of the asteroid Dimorphos when it crashed into the space rock in September last year. *Crash and burn for Japan’s new H3 rocket Japan’s shiny new 60 metre tall H3 rocket has exploded in flames on its maiden flight from the Tanegashima Space Center south of Kyushu. *A newly discovered nearby Earth like planet Astr...
Mar 13, 2023•36 min•Season 26Ep. 31
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 30 *How mysterious Venus may be resurfacing itself A new study based on archival NASA data suggests that the planet Venus may be losing heat from geologic activity in regions called coronae, possibly like early tectonic activity on Earth. *Astronomers discover mature galaxies in the early universe Astronomers studying observations of the ancient universe gathered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an ancient galaxy that’s far more mature than it shou...
Mar 10, 2023•46 min•Season 26Ep. 30
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 29 *New insights from ancient asteroid Ryugu Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Ryugu have identified some of the oldest material in the solar system. *The Sun getting more violent Planet Earth caught a glancing blow from a coronal mass ejection which blasted out of the Sun following an M-8.6 class solar flare last week. *NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 arrives aboard the space station NASA have sent a new crew to the International Space Station. *The Science Report S...
Mar 09, 2023•26 min•Season 26Ep. 29
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 28 *The Earth’s magma ocean solidified faster than thought A new study claims the Earth’s original magma ocean must have solidified in just a few million years rather than the hundreds of millions of years previously thought. *A new approach to the search for dark matter Scientists have studied an unusual form of cesium atom which could help in the search for a particle to explain dark matter. *Two key NASA missions suddenly go offline NASA have major problems with tw...
Mar 07, 2023•40 min•Season 26Ep. 28
