The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 50 *Seafloor spreading slowing down A new study claims that sea floor spreading of the Earth’s tectonic plates along the planet’s mid ocean ridges has been slowing down. *Discovery of the hottest rock on Earth Geologists in Canada have confirmed the discovery of what was once the hottest rock on Earth. *Confirmation that the Milky Way’s disk isn’t flat but curved and warped Astronomers have used thousands of v...
Apr 27, 2022•27 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 49 *Why Venus rotates so slowly and in the wrong direction A new study suggests the planet Venus is gravitationally tidally locked to the Sun – and this explains why it’s so strange compared to the Earth. *Perseverance arrives at its primary target on the red planet NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has finally arrived at its ultimate destination on the red planet – an ancient dried up river delta in Jezero Crate...
Apr 25, 2022•38 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 48 *Mars Perseverance Rover sets a new record on the red planet NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover is continuing to set new records on the surface of the red planet. While automotive engineers are struggling to get autonomously driven cars working safely on Earth – mission managers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California are using the self-driving capabilities of the car sized Perseverance rover...
Apr 22, 2022•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 47 *Discovery of a missing link in the origins of supermassive black holes Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that appears to be a crucial "missing link" between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes. *The Martian meteorite Black Beauty gets a CT scan NASA officials and the US Army have combined forces to undertake new research on a famou...
Apr 20, 2022•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 46 *The largest comet ever seen NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the largest comet ever seen – a 130 kilometre wide monster – fifty times bigger than most known comets. *Detection of the most distant galactic laser Astronomers have discovered a massive laser called a ‘megamaser’ generated by the collision of two galaxies. *China launches it 182nd spy satellite since 2016 China has launched what it ...
Apr 18, 2022•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 45 *Russia to end co-operation on International Space Station The Russian Federal space agency Roscosmos is briefing Moscow on its plans to terminate cooperation with Western partners on the International Space Station. *Rocket lab launches its 112th orbital satellite Rocket Lab has carried out another successful flight from its Mahia Peninsula launch complex on New Zealand’s North Island east coast. *North Ko...
Apr 15, 2022•30 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 44 *Solar Orbiter’s closest approach to the surface of the Sun The joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has undertaken its closest ever approach to the Sun well inside the orbit of the planet Mercury. *Significant Solar flare activity on the Sun A spectacular series of solar flare have erupted from the surface of the Sun sending material and radiation deep into space and triggering geomagnetic storm activit...
Apr 13, 2022•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 43 *The farthest and earliest galaxy ever seen Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the most distant star ever seen – astronomers have just discovered a galaxy 13.5 billion light years away -- making it the most distant object ever seen. *The best image yet of mysterious objects called Odd Radio Circles Astronomy’s newest mystery objects, odd radio circles or ORCs, have been pulled into sharp focus ...
Apr 11, 2022•29 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 42 *Artemis 1 undergoes a full launch dress rehearsal Two weeks after rolling out onto Space Launch complex 39B from the historic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida -- NASA’s massive new Moon Rocket -- the Space Launch System or SLS -- is undergoing its long awaited three-day wet dress rehearsal. *NASA to purchase more lunar landers NASA’s looking at more options for manned lunar ...
Apr 08, 2022•46 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 41 *What created Pluto’s giant ice volcanos A new study suggests that the giant cryovolcanoes seen across the surface of the distant frozen world of Pluto were created through multiple eruptions the likes of which have not been seen anywhere else in the solar system. *Ice on Mars provides clues about the red planet’s climate history A new study has found that just like Earth -- ice deposits on Mars show the re...
Apr 06, 2022•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 40 *The most distant star ever seen Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have set a new record for the most distant star ever seen – a giant 50 times the mass of the Sun located some 12.9 billion light years away. *Discovery of a new inner Milky Way galactic ring Astronomers have discovered a new inner ring structure near the centre of our galaxy the Milky Way. *Safe landing for Soyuz despite growin...
Apr 04, 2022•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 39 *New properties discovered in hybrid matter -- antimatter helium Physicists have found that a hybrid matter -- antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton – the antimatter equivalent of the proton -- in place of one of the two electrons has been found to have an unexpected response to laser light when immersed in superfluid helium. *Studies suggest Enceladus’s oceans boil A new study claims the famous s...
Apr 01, 2022•23 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 38 *Strange happenings aboard the International Space Station Three Russian Cosmonauts have surprized the world emerging from their newly arrived capsule aboard the International Space Station wearing yellow and blue flight suites reminiscent of the colours of the Ukrainian flag. *Artemis: crawling towards launch Last week’s historic roll out of the giant Space Launch System Artemis 1 moon rocket would not have been possible without one of the unsung heroes of the NAS...
Mar 30, 2022•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 37 *Gaia mission finds parts of the Milky Way much older than expected Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way known as the 'thick disc' began forming 13 billion years ago, around 2 billion years earlier than expected, and just 0.8 billion years after the Big Bang. *Looking at the radio sky in technicolour The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefiel...
Mar 28, 2022•46 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 36 *Solar Orbiter about to make its closest approach to the Sun The joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has now passed the orbit of Mercury – the nearest planet to the Sun and will shortly make its closest approach to our stellar host. Solar Orbiter’s close encounter with the Sun will be on March 26. *NASA’s Planetary Defence system detects an asteroid before impact For only the fifth time ever astronomers were able to predict an asteroid impact on Earth before it...
Mar 25, 2022•31 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 35 *NASA extends the Mars helicopter’s mission NASA has extended flight operations of its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter through to at least September. *Work on the Space Station continues despite growing tensions on the ground NASA says that despite the growing tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return to Earth from the International Space Station -- as planned -- aboard a Rus...
Mar 23, 2022•24 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 34 *Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole A new study has shown how giant bubbles stretching some 36 thousand light years above and below the Milky Way’s galactic centre are produced by the galaxy’s supermassive black hole as it feeds. *The world’s most powerful rocket rolls out to the launch pad After years of delays the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket -- NASA’s new...
Mar 21, 2022•32 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 33 *The dinosaur’s last spring A new study has concluded that the KT boundary event asteroid which killed the non-avian dinosaurs hit during the northern hemisphere's spring. *Supermassive black holes in a dance to the death Astronomers have spotted a pair of supermassive black locked in an epic cosmic dance to the death some 9 billion light years away. *A new science centre for the Port Macquarie observatory The Pacific coastal town of Port Macquarie is about to real...
Mar 18, 2022•27 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 32 *Astronomers shocked by the nearest ever Fast Radio Burst Astronomers have tracked a mysterious cosmic flash known as a Fast Radio Burst down to a globular cluster in a nearby spiral galaxy called M81. *CHEOPS reveals a rugby ball-shaped exoplanet The European Space Agency’s -- CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite CHEOPS – has discovered a strange rugby ball shaped exo-planet. *NASA’s Perseverance rover gets rocked on Mars NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has successf...
Mar 16, 2022•33 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 31 *The mysterious world of 16 Psyche The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than scientists originally thought. *A new way to find planets orbiting other stars Astronomers have tantalising new evidence for the existence of hidden exoplanets orbiting distant red dwarf stars. *More blatant nuclear breaches by Iran In yet another ...
Mar 14, 2022•41 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 30 *A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time Astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of the perpetual dark side of a hot Jupiter exoplanet that is “tidally locked” to its host star. The observations reported in the journal Nature Astronomy have been combined with measurements of the planet’s permanent day side to provide the first detailed view of an exoplanet’s global atmosphere. *New measurement for the mass of the Neutrino Scientists...
Mar 11, 2022•48 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 29 *Discovery of a black hole spinning on its side Astronomers have discovered a black hole in a binary star system which appears to be spinning on its side. The discovery reported in the journal Science challenges current theoretical models of black hole formation. *The James Webb space telescope reaches another milestone NASA scientists are continuing the laborious task of fine tuning the James Webb Space Telescope – which is now in its final orbital position some 1...
Mar 09, 2022•34 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 28 *How Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed space operations NASA and the European Space Agency are exploring new ways to keep the International Space Station flying without the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos -- as tensions continue to worsen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow has undertaken a full-scale attack against Ukraine leaving thousands dead and over a million refugees fleeing ...
Mar 07, 2022•37 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 27 *Perseverance celebrates its first year on Mars NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has celebrated its first year on the surface of the red planet. *How lightning actually starts A new study has confirmed the hypothesis that lightning is triggered inside thunderstorm clouds by streams of electrons through the condensation of atmospheric water vapor molecules. *Discovery of the largest radio galaxy ever seen Astronomers have discovered the largest radio galaxy ever seen ...
Mar 04, 2022•25 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 26 *Giant solar eruption The Earth has escaped a major geomagnetic storm event. Luckily the huge blast – occurred on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth. *Ancient dwarf galaxy reconstructed Astrophysicists have for the first time have calculated the original mass and size of a dwarf galaxy that was shredded in a collision with the Milky Way billions of years ago. *NASA's Swift catches first ultraviolet light from a neutron star collision On October 16th 2017 the...
Mar 02, 2022•32 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 25 *Cosmic cannibalism Observations from the latest data release by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have allowed astronomers to identify stellar streams belonging to six dwarf galaxies which have been cannibalised and merged into the Milky Way over the past few billion years. *How the Milky Way Galaxy was made Astronomers study the light from some six hundred thousand stars to get a better idea of the...
Feb 28, 2022•39 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 24 *New record for binary brown dwarfs Astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwarfs that have the widest separation of any brown dwarf binary system ever found. *Optus 11 to fly on the new Ariane 6 The new Ariane 6 has been selected to launch Optus’s next telecommunications satellite. *Spaceflight rewires astronaut’s brains A new study has shown that long stretches of time in space can change the way an astronaut's brain works. *Using a telescope in light po...
Feb 25, 2022•25 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 23 *Earth’s water was around before Earth A new study has concluded that Earth’s water was already present in that part of the solar system when the planet formed. *Science suspended on Mars due to dust storms Science operations on the red planet Mars have been hampered in recent weeks by a huge regional dust storm. *Parker Solar Probe captures its first images of Venus' surface in visible light NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the...
Feb 23, 2022•28 min
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 22 *A new insight into Earth’s inner core A new study suggests the Earth’s inner core isn’t a normal solid but composed of a solid iron sublattice and liquid-like light elements in a superionic state. *Exploring the secrets of the Southern Cross Astronomers have used a new technique to unlock the secrets of the interior structure of Beta Crucis – the second brightest star in the constellation Southern Cross an...
Feb 21, 2022•34 min
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 21 *More delays for NASA’s new SLS heavy lift rocket The long delayed maiden flight of NASA’s new heavy lift SLS Moon rocket has been postponed again possibly slipping back to May. *Exotic X particles detected in quark-gluon plasma Physicists have identified exotic primordial subatomic particles – called X particles – in experiments reproducing quark -gluon plasma. *Starlink satellites falling out of the sky Up to 40 of SpaceX’s latest launch of Starlink satellites ar...
Feb 18, 2022•37 min
