The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 105 *Astronauts smell smoke and burning on Russian Space Station module There have been more problems aboard the Russian section of the International Space Station with the smell of burning plastic triggering a smoke alarm in the Zvezda service module. *NASA set to extend the life of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter indefinitely NASA mission managers are so pleased with the performance of their tiny Mars Ingenuit...
Sep 17, 2021•29 min
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Sep 15, 2021•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 103 *First evidence for a new type of supernova Astronomers have gathered evidence of what appears to be a new type of supernova. *Cosmic filament discovery supports Lambda Cold Dark Matter hypothesis Astronomers have discovered the longest intergalactic filament ever seen. The discovery strongly supports the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model explaining the evolution of the universe over the past 13.82 billion yea...
Sep 13, 2021•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 102 *Perseverance collects its first samples of the red planet It was a case of second time lucky as NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover successfully collected a sample of red planet rock for the first time. *Curiosity celebrates nine years on Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has just drilled its 32nd hole into the surface of the red planet marking nine years of exploration in Gale Crater. *Will it be safe for huma...
Sep 10, 2021•36 min
SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 101 *A new study of stellar streams in the Milky Way A new study of 23 stellar streams in the Milky Way galaxy suggest that the vast majority originated in other galaxies. *The weird, metallic star hurtling out of the Milky Way Astronomers have spotted a remnant fragment of a white dwarf star being flung out of the galaxy. *More cracks in the Russian part of the space station There are growing concerns about the safety of the Russian segments of the International Spac...
Sep 08, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 100 *Possible detection of a new type of gravitational wave Scientists using a ground-breaking new high frequency gravitational wave detector have made two possible detections which are sparking a lot of excitement. *A break discovered in one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a break in one of the Milky Way galaxy’s majestic spiral arms. *The fastest asteroid ever se...
Sep 06, 2021•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 99 *Space junk destroys satellite It now looks like space junk from a 1996 Russian rocket may be behind the destruction of China’s Yunhai 1-02 weather satellite earlier this year. *More delays could push Starliner’s launch to next year The long awaited second orbital test flight of Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station may be delayed until next year following discovery of a critical...
Sep 03, 2021•31 min
For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Your support is needed... SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we’re working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills. Th...
Sep 01, 2021•25 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 97 *New observations say Saturn’s core is fuzzy A new study has concluded that Saturn’s core is a fuzzy diffuse soup of ice, rock, and metallic fluids rather than a solid ball of rock. *Extraterrestrial radioactive isotopes discovered on Earth Scientists are needing to rethink the possible origin of some of the heaviest elements on the periodic table following the discovery of plutonium-244 alongside radioacti...
Aug 30, 2021•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 96 *Red Dwarfs less harmful to exoplanets than previously thought A new study suggests planets orbiting around red dwarf stars may be more habitable than previously thought. *Space Station mishap worse than thought Mission managers at NASA have revealed that the Russian module malfunction which sent the International Space Station out of control for 47 minutes, spun the orbiting outpost around on its axis one ...
Aug 24, 2021•24 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 95 *Odds of Bennu hitting the Earth get worse A new study suggests the hazardous Near Earth Asteroid Bennu now has a one in 1,750 chance of slamming into the Earth between now the year 2300. *Countdown to the Europa clipper mission NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to the Jovian ice moon Europa may find evidence that fundamentally alters our understanding of the solar system. *A major failure for India’s space pro...
Aug 19, 2021•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 94 *Mars rover comes up empty after first sample collection attempt NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover mission managers are working out what to do next after their first attempt to collect a rock and regolith drill sample failed to get anything in to the sample tube. *Earliest moments of supernova explosion captured for the first time Astronomers have for the first time captured the first moments of a supernova – ...
Aug 16, 2021•37 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 93 *Software failure blamed for loss of space station control The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has blamed software issues for the sudden thruster burn aboard Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module which sent the space station out of control for 47 minutes. *Neutron Star Mountains New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimetres high, due to...
Aug 13, 2021•26 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 92 *Shortest ever Gamma Ray Burst Astronomers have discovered the shortest-ever gamma-ray burst. The huge blast identified as GRB 200826A was caused by the supernova implosion of a massive star in a distant galaxy – emitted 14 million times the energy released by the entire Milky Way galaxy in the space of just 0.65 seconds. *Approval given for Australia’s second orbital launch site The Australian Space Agency...
Aug 11, 2021•23 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 91 *Astronomers zero in on source of the impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs A new study claims the impactor believed to have wiped out and 75 percent of all life on Earth 66 million years ago including all the non-avian dinosaurs -- likely came from the outer half of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. *Producing matter out of pure energy. Scientists have directly converted pure light energy in...
Aug 09, 2021•44 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 90 *Ingenuity scopes out the road ahead on Mars Scientists studying NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter’s ninth flight have revealed a spectacular landscape of dunes and ancient rocky outcrops spread across the dried river delta and lakebed of Jezero Crater. *Dark matter slowing the spin of the Milky Way's central bar A new study claims the rotation of the Milky Way's galactic bulge has slowed by about a quarter ...
Aug 06, 2021•33 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 89 *New map of the Milky Way’s halo Astronomers have developed a new map of the galactic halo – the outermost region of our Milky Way galaxy. *Mars Perseverance Rover ready to collect its first samples NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has laid the groundwork for the mission’s next major milestone – collecting its first samples from the red planet for eventual return to Earth. *Norway treated to a spectacular met...
Aug 04, 2021•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 88 *High drama aboard the International Space Station The International Space Station is now stable again after Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module suddenly started firing its thrusters -- briefly sending the orbiting outpost out of control. *Discovery of a molten core in Mars New data from NASA’s Mars Insight lander has confirmed that the red planet’s core is still molten. *A new instrument to h...
Aug 02, 2021•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 87 *Small impacts churning up Europa’s surface A new study claims small comet and meteoroid impacts on the Jovian ice moon Europa will make the search for any evidence of the signs of life beyond Earth far more difficult. *ExoMars fails to detect any Martian biomarkers The joint European Space Agency Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has failed to detect any chemical biomarkers – potential signs of life in t...
Jul 30, 2021•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 86 *Climate change on Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been studying geologic evidence of massive ancient climate change on the red planet. *Heavy metal found in comets Astronomers have discovered iron and nickel in the atmospheres of comets throughout our Solar System, even those far from the Sun. *India tests engines for its new manned spacecraft India is continuing with plans to launch its first manned ...
Jul 28, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 85 *Australia’s Interstellar laser propulsion system Scientists with the Australian National University have designed a new laser powered propulsion system as part of the ambitious Breakthrough Starshot project to send a fleet of light sail spacecraft to explore the worlds of Alpha Centauri our nearest neighbouring star system *The biggest comet ever seen becomes active Astronomers have discovered the largest ...
Jul 26, 2021•39 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 84 *Claims the Toba volcanic eruption disrupted climate but not human evolution A new study claims the biggest volcanic eruption in human history – Indonesia’s Toba eruption 74,000 years ago -- likely caused severe climate disruption but didn’t affect human evolution as much as thought. *Why Comet Halley was a dumper in 86 It was billed as being an astronomical spectacular but for most people Comet Halley’s 19...
Jul 23, 2021•33 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 83 *Discovery of four Earth-sized rogue planets all alone in the night A new study has found tantalising evidence for a mysterious population of “free-floating” so-called rogue planets -- planets that aren’t orbiting a host star. *Cosmic filaments spinning in space A new study has confirmed that the filaments which make up the cosmic web-like structure of the universe are spinning in space. *China’s space prog...
Jul 21, 2021•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 82 *New type of ancient massive explosion explains mystery star A massive explosion ten times more powerful than a supernova - known as a magneto-rotational hypernova -- could provide the power to produce one of the most mysterious stars in the galaxy. *The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a snack Astronomers have come up with two possibilities to explain a sudden outburst of activity from the Milky Way...
Jul 19, 2021•37 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 81 *The mystery of the Martian south pole Scientists taking another look at data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter have had a rethink about what they’re seeing under the Martian south pole. *Mars helicopter most challenging flight yet NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter has successfully completed its ninth and most challenging flight yet on the Red Planet. *NASA’s exoplanet watch for citizen s...
Jul 16, 2021•21 min
SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 80 *Could mystery methane plumes discovered on Enceladus be a sign of life A new study suggests that methane detected on the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus could be a sign of life. *Plate tectonics on Venus Astronomers may have finally detected evidence of plate tectonics on Venus. *Earth hit by powerful X class solar flare The Sun has emitted its first X-class solar flare of the new Solar Cycle 25. X class flares are the most powerful of all solar flare categories and ...
Jul 14, 2021•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 79 *Discovery of a White Dwarf so massive it might collapse Astronomers have discovered the most massive white dwarf ever seen. The smouldering cinder, which formed when two smaller white dwarfs merged, is packing a mass greater than that of our Sun squeezed into an object about the size of our Moon. *A new hypothesis to explain Mercury’s huge iron core A new study claims that rather than being the result of a...
Jul 12, 2021•35 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 78 *Looking back to the cosmic dawn A new study claims the first stars began shining between 250 and 350 million years after the big bang 13.8 billion years ago. *Hubble still off line as technicians struggle to fix it The Hubble Space Telescope remains off line following a major onboard computer crash last month. *One Web latest launch adds to Star links satellite pollution A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfu...
Jul 09, 2021•43 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 77 *The Earth has a cycle of geological activity A new study claims geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a pulse. *New studies suggest Asteroid Psyche isn’t what scientists are expecting The widely studied metallic asteroid known as 16 Psyche was long thought to be the exposed iron core of a small planet that was smashed apart during the earliest days of the ...
Jul 07, 2021•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 76 *National Intelligence UFO Report inconclusive Those American military UFO sightings are no closer to resolution with the official congressional intelligence report by the Pentagon failing to provide an explanation for most of the sightings. View Full Report: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a6t0t7fk7d6qsfw/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf?dl=0 *Discovery of a new type of supernovae Astronomers have discovered...
Jul 05, 2021•39 min
