*New hints of hypothetical axion particles Scientists from the international XENON collaboration has come up with some exciting results that just might be opening a new window on a hypothetical particle called the axion that’s been linked to dark matter. *Solar Orbiter makes first close approach to the Sun ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has undertaken its first close approach to the Sun reaching a comfortable 77 million kilometres from the visible solar surface. *NASA’s new water hunting Lunar r...
Jun 26, 2020•26 min
*Serious questions continue over sciences understanding of cosmic history It’s becoming increasingly clear that scientists will need to rethink their understanding of the fundamental history of the Universe. A new set of precision distance measurements reported in the Astrophysical Journal Letters have reinforced discrepancies in two competing values for the Hubble constant which describes the expansion rate of the universe. *Pilbara meteor lights up early morning outback skies Well, despite wha...
Jun 24, 2020•36 min
*The need to weaponize space The United States found the need to create a separate defence arm for the space warfare arena last year – in order to meet the growing threat posed by existing Russian and Chinese space forces which have already weaponized space. The new branch will defend American space assets including communications, navigation, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance satellites. And with Australia having contributed significant funding towards some of these spacecraft, as w...
Jun 22, 2020•30 min
*First stars began shining earlier than thought A new study using some of the deepest images ever taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggests the first stars in the universe began to shine far earlier than previously thought. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /620269228147245056 https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /620269364009189376 https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /620269506080784384 *Planet Nine may not exist A new study suggests that the long sort...
Jun 19, 2020•37 min
*Probing the mysteries of the galaxy’s fascinating Fermi Bubbles Astronomers have studied the Milky Way galaxy’s mysterious Fermi Bubbles in visible light for the first time. *NASA’s new Lunar Gateway space station NASA has finalized its contract for the crew module of its new Gateway lunar orbiting Space Station. *Work begins on the Artemis 3 service module to take humans back to the lunar surface. Work is about to get underway on the European Space Agency Service module that will power the Ori...
Jun 17, 2020•28 min
*Discovery of a twinkling heart to the Milky Way Galaxy Astronomers have detected twinkling radio emissions from the inner edge of the accretion disk around Sagittarius A* -- the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy. *Zooming in on Fast Radio Bursts Astronomers are slowly uncovering more of the secrets of mysterious cosmic explosions known as Fast Radio Bursts. *Skywatchers get a penumbral lunar eclipse and annular solar eclipse Sky Watchers have been treated to a penumb...
Jun 15, 2020•34 min
*Discovery of a young nearby Brown Dwarf possibly forming planets Astronomers have discovered a brown dwarf with the protoplanetary disk system – which could potentially form planets. *SpaceX’s Starship prototype destroyed in massive explosion SpaceX’s Starship SN4 test article has exploded in spectacular fashion erupting in a massive fireball on its South Texas test stand. *Russia developing a new commercial launch system The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says it’s working on a new mor...
Jun 12, 2020•38 min
*New type of cosmic explosion Astronomers have discovered two new events similar to a strange inexplicable explosion which mysteriously blasted across the cosmos in 2018. *Galactic collision may have triggered our solar system’s birth The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a cosmic collision between our Milky Way Galaxy and a smaller satellite galaxy known as Sagittarius Dwarf. *Europe's Spaceport back to business The Euro...
Jun 10, 2020•32 min
*Confirmation of a second planet orbiting Proxima Centauri Astronomers have confirmed a second exo-planet orbiting around the nearest star to the Earth other than the Sun. *Discovering the universe’s missing matter Astronomers using mysterious explosions in the distant cosmos known as Fast Radio Bursts have solved a decades old riddle about the universe’s missing matter. *New type of matter inside neutron stars A new study suggests neutron stars may contain an exotic substance known as quark mat...
Jun 08, 2020•38 min
*Earth’s magnetic field continues to weaken A new study shows that the Earth’s magnetic field is continuing to weaken around the South Atlantic Anomaly – an area stretching from Africa to South America – which some scientists speculate could signify the start of a flip in Earth’s polarity. *New results raising more questions about the foundations of the cosmos Scientists analysing data from particle collisions have been getting strange results which seem to be pointing to mysterious new physics....
Jun 05, 2020•28 min
*The brightest explosions in the universe Mystery still surrounds events known as superluminous supernovae -- which are the brightest explosions in the universe. *The mysterious X-37B Space Shuttle launches on another classified mission The United States Space Force has launched one of its mysterious X-37 B space shuttles on another classified orbital mission. *Virgin Orbit crash and burns on its maiden flight Virgin Orbit’s new LauncherOne rocket launch system has a failure during its maiden fl...
Jun 03, 2020•27 min
*American’s fly into space from American soil for the first time in nine years The SpaceX Demo two mission successfully blasted off from Space Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre at in the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were aboard the Crew Dragon two capsule for the historic Demo-2 mission atop a Falcon 9 rocket which successfully docked with the International Space Station 19 hours after lift-off. *Astrobiologists put the ...
Jun 01, 2020•41 min
*Comet Swan swoops past Earth It seems to be the case of another month means another new comet as C/2020 F8 Swan is currently making its closest approach to Earth passing some 85 million kilometres away. *The Jovian ice moon Europa reveals new details New high-resolution images of the Jovian ice moon Europa are providing scientists with fresh clues about how its frozen surface formed. *The Mercury Telescope India is building a new telescope – with a difference instead of the traditional polished...
May 29, 2020•31 min
*Queensland company wins Australian orbital rocket contract The Australian Department of Defence Science and Technology has awarded Queensland-based Gilmour Space a contract to develop a new orbital rocket launch system. *WFIRST Dark Energy Telescope renamed after Nancy Grace Roman NASA has formally named its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope – WFIRST -- in honour of the agency’s first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, who paved the way for space telescopes like Hubble to observe the univer...
May 27, 2020•25 min
*Scientists create a new type of atom Physicists have created a new never before seen exotic atom called Pionic Helium. Researchers created the particle to study the properties of a subatomic particle called a meson. *The Sun is less active than most stars A new study has found the Sun is at least five times less active than other similar stars. A report in the journal Science based on an analysis of 369 Sun-like stars shows that solar brightness variations are extremely weak – just 0.07 percent...
May 25, 2020•31 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 49 *Stunning new images from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu Astronomers have released amazing new close up high-resolution images and video of the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. *Claims an extraterrestrial protein has been discovered Scientists have found what they think could be the first known extraterrestrial protein discovered inside a meteorite. *Gas giants do form differently to brown dwarfs A new study claims gas giant exoplanets located at ...
May 22, 2020•25 min
*New plan to intercept interstellar visitors NASA has provided some seed funding for an idea to develop a fleet of prepositioned spacecraft to study interstellar asteroids and comets before they zoom out of the solar system. *New evidence for watery plumes erupting on Europa New computer simulations based on data from NASA’s 1990s vintage Galileo spacecraft are providing more evidence that the Jovian ice moon Europa erupts plumes of water deep into space from its massive subsurface ocean. *Perse...
May 20, 2020•29 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 47 *One of the oldest objects in the Milky Way Astronomers have discovered an ancient globular cluster that appears to be a staggering 13.6 billion years old – making it one of the oldest known objects in the Milky Way galaxy. *Growing doubts about one of the universe’s fundamental constants A new study suggests one of the fundamental constants of the laws of physics doesn’t appear to be quite so constant across the universe and seems to change depend...
May 18, 2020•35 min
*Venus dominated by atmospheric tidal waves A new study shows Venus’s atmosphere rotates much faster than the planet itself because of a thermal tide generated by solar heating on the planet’s dayside and corresponding cooling on its nightside. *High speed turbulence preventing star birth in galactic centre A new study claims high speed gas collisions suppress star formation along the central bar of barred spiral galaxies. *X-37B Space Shuttle prepares for new mission The US Space Force is about...
May 15, 2020•29 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 45 *Using colliding neutron stars to detect exotic quark-gluon plasma New computer modeling has suggested an exotic substance called quark-gluon plasma generated by the merging neutron stars could be detected through gravitational waves. *Jovian like cloud bands discovered on nearest Brown Dwarf Astronomers have discovered that the nearest brown dwarf to Earth – has cloud bands similar to those seen around Jupiter. *Ariane 6 still on track for maiden ...
May 13, 2020•24 min
*Discovery of the nearest black hole to Earth Astronomers have discovered the nearest black hole to Earth located just 1120 light years away. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/617425473426833408 https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/617426176860880896 ; *How galaxies grew so big so early A new study suggests early galaxies first began growing big through their own internal gas reserves before they began consuming mass from other smaller nearby galaxies through galactic ca...
May 11, 2020•26 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 43 *Three companies selected to develop lunar module concepts to return people to the Moon NASA has selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to further develop their concepts for the next generation of Lunar module. *The US Navy releases its UFO videos The US Department of Defence has now formally released those three navy videos showing encounters between F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets and a series of unexplained aerial phenomena – what most peop...
May 08, 2020•35 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 42 *Plate Tectonics at least 3.2 billion years old A new study has found that planet Earth was already experiencing tectonic plate movements 3.2 billion years ago and that the plates back then were moving at similar rates to what they are now. *Hubble celebrates 30 years of science The Hubble Space Telescope has just celebrated its 30th anniversary in space. It’s hard to believe, but for more than a generation now, the Earth orbiting observatory has b...
May 06, 2020•27 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 41 *Centaurs identified as permanent interstellar visitors in our solar system Astronomers have identified the first known permanent population of asteroids originating from outside our solar system. *Asteroid Flyby A two kilometre wide potentially hazardous NEO or Near Earth Object has just flown past Earth space. *Keeping track of Bepi Columbo As the European Space Agency’s Mercury bound BepiColumbo spacecraft undertook its 30 kilometre per second f...
May 04, 2020•31 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 40 *When worlds collide – the titanic collision of two asteroids Astronomers have observed an expanding cloud of icy debris caused by the catastrophic collision of two asteroids in a distant star system. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /616007736900108288 https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /616002631330152448 *Why NASA chose Jezero Crater for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover Preparations are continuing at the Cape Canavera...
May 01, 2020•35 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 39 *Strongest evidence yet that neutrinos explain why the universe exists The difference between Neutrinos and their anti-matter counterpart may provide scientists with their best evidence yet to explain why the universe exists. *Possible second planet detected orbiting Proxima Centauri Astronomers have received some tantalizing clues of a possible second planet orbiting Proxima Centauri – our nearest neighbouring star system. *Cheops begins its scien...
Apr 29, 2020•25 min
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetimemobile friendly) *Stars dancing around a monster black hole prove Einstein was right again. *Interstellar comet21/ Borisov originated from a red dwarf. *May 27 named as date for American's return to launching people into space. *Iran launches military spy satellite *The Science Report. Sponsor Link: This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you by Express VPN - rated No.1 by TechRadar. For our special offer visit www.tryexpressvpn.com/space an...
Apr 27, 2020•31 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 37 *Discovery of superluminal jets generated by colliding galaxies Astronomers have discovered jets of charged particles bursting out at close to the speed of light from a pair of merging spiral galaxies. *First ever observation of rare helium white dwarf binary Astronomers have for the first time ever detected a rare helium white dwarf binary. *Is Interstellar Comet Borisov breaking apart Comet Borisov – the Solar Systems second confirmed interstella...
Apr 24, 2020•27 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 36 *Brightest supernova ever seen Astronomers have discovered the brightest, most energetic, and likely most massive supernova ever seen. *Bepi Columbo swoops past Earth at 30 kilometres per second The European Space Agency Bepi Columbo spacecraft has just undertaken a close gravity assist flyby of the Earth – swooping down over the South Atlantic Ocean at an altitude of just 12,677 kilometres. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/614557598...
Apr 22, 2020•24 min
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 35 *The origins of Earth’s water A new study claims Earth’s water was born with the planet and didn’t arrive later through asteroid or comet impacts. *Parkes radio telescope upgrade The CSIRO’s iconic Parkes radio telescope is getting an upgrade. *Key pre-launch test for the James Webb Space Telescope There’s been an important milestone in the development of NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope with a pre-launch test of its primary mirror being fully...
Apr 20, 2020•29 min
