SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

*Dead stars in the galactic centre Astronomers have discovered a stellar graveyard near the centre of the Milky Way galaxy containing the corpses of 27 stars. *Curiosity on the move to its next location After more than a year exploring the so-called clay-bearing unit of Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has started a new journey that will take it higher up through the foothills of Mount Sha...

*Australian Space Agency to develop new-generation space suits The Australian Space Agency is working with NASA and the European Space Agency on a new generation of Space Suites for astronauts. *New type of subatomic particle discovered Scientists have discovered a new never before seen subatomic particle. The exotic particle is made up of four charm quarks *New space toilet – to go where no one h...

*Discovery of a new type of neutrino from the Sun Scientists have discovered a new type of neutrino being produced by the Sun.   *Why Betelgeuse suddenly dimmed so dramatically A new study suggests massive starspots could have caused the recent mysterious and unprecedented dimming of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse.   *How the European Space Agency’s dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic With most...

*Discovery of a cosmic ring of fire Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy -- described as a “cosmic ring of fire”. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /619166208183402496    *The black hole that generated light Astronomers have for the first-time detected light coming from the merging of a pair of black holes.   *A new name for an asteroid that’s about to be...

*Pluto’s liquid ocean Astronomers say there’s growing evidence that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have slowly frozen over.   *NASA looking at a mission to Neptune NASA is considering a mission to study the distant world of Triton -- one of the moons of the planet Neptune.   *New study says there could be dozens of intelligent alien civilizations out...

*Exploring the mysteries at the edge of the solar system NASA’s IBEX spacecraft has confirmed the Sun’s heliosphere is shaped like a giant comet. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/621539151474507776 *The lifespan of Neutrons A new mission to Venus could finally determine the life span of the neutron. *ESA’s mission to study the Earth’s hydrological cycle The European Space Agency Soi...

*Ancient eruption at the heart of the Milky Way still shines bright millions of years later About 3.5 million years ago, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy unleashed an enormous burst of energy, lighting up the surrounding space.   *OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample collection set for October 20 NASA has set October 20 as the date when the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will manoeuv...

*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...

*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 ex...

*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 satell...

*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....

*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 su...

*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.   *Skywat...

*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...

*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...

*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 in...

*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 parti...

*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...

*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 success...

*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...

*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 as...

*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...

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....

*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 Jov...

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 l...