SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

*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...

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 t...

*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...

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...

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 s...

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...

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 cho...

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 se...

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...

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 Inte...

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...

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 developme...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 34 *Revolutionary new images of a quasar Astronomers have obtained their best view yet of a massive quasar blasting out from a monster black hole a third of the way across the universe. *All systems are go for Vega-C maiden flight The European Space Agency says all systems are go for the maiden flight of Europe’s new Vega-C launch vehicle. *Expedition 6...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 33 *Are gamma ray bursts powered by a star’s collapsing magnetic fields? New research suggests gamma ray bursts -- the most powerful explosions in the universe since the big bang – may be caused by the collapse of a dying star's magnetic field. *The mysteries of Uranus A new study says the strange axis of rotation of the planet Uranus and the unusual pr...

*Claims the expansion of the universe could be different in different directions One of the fundamental pillars of cosmology is the understanding that the universe is 'isotropic – in other words everything looks the same in all directions -- if you look over large enough distances. But now new observations are questioning that. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/614838311356448768 htt...

*A new theory to explain how magnetars are made New computer simulations have shown astronomers how Magnetars – stellar corpses with the strongest magnetic fields in the known universe – could have evolved. *Japan’s Mission to the Martian moon Phobos The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA is planning a sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos. *New worlds found beyond Neptune Astronom...

Best evidence yet for intermediate-sized black holes. Astronomers have their best evidence yet for the existence of intermediate-sized black holes -- a long sort after missing link in black hole observations. *A new planetary defense mission to smash an asteroid The European Space Agency and NASA are teaming up for a mission to smash into as asteroid as part of a planetary defense test. *Solar win...

*NASA Canberra upgrade to affect the Voyager 2 spacecraft NASA is undertaking a critical upgrade of its 70 metre Deep Space Network radio antenna near Canberra (Australia). *A whole new generation of European Launch Vehicles about the fly The European Space Agency is preparing to begin flights with two new rocket launch systems this year the Ariane 6 and the Vega-C. *A new mission to study Giant S...

*Jupiter’s great red spot continues to shrink A new study has confirmed that Jupiter’s iconic great red spot is continuing to shrink. *New evidence showing Earth’s days are getting longer A new study has used fossil mollusc shells to provide a new way of confirming the days are getting longer as the Earth’s rotation continues to slow down. *New comet getting really bright really quickly A new come...

*Quasar Tsunamis rip across galaxies Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered massive tsunami-like energy outflows from distant quasars tearing across interstellar space and wreaking havoc on the galaxies in which they originate.   *The Mars Curiosity rover’s climb up the red planet’s Mount Sharp NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is preparing for the next stage in its accent of Ga...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 26 *Biggest explosion since the big bang Astronomers have detected the biggest explosion ever recorded anywhere in the universe – other than the big bang itself. *Could fragments of the planet Theia be buried under the lunar surface A new study claims fragments of the planet that hit the Earth to create the Moon may still be present below the lunar surf...

*New kind of magnetic explosion on Sun Scientists have detected a magnetic explosion on the Sun -- the likes of which has never been seen before. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189737593653 *How planets and planetesimals were formed Data from NASA’s New Horizons mission is providing new insights into how planets and planetesimals -- the building blocks of the planets -- are formed...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 24 *New type of pulsating star discovered Astronomers have discovered an unusual star that pulsates on just one side. The strange tear-drop shaped star reported in the journal Nature Astronomy is part of a binary system located some 1500 light-years away. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612348495540649984 *SpaceX to fly astronauts to the...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 23 *Could dark matter be made up of strange particles called d-star hexaquarks Scientists have identified a sub-atomic particle that could have formed the 'dark matter' in the Universe during the Big Bang. *Rare white dwarf merger Astronomers have identified an unusually massive white dwarf which may be the result of a rare merger between smaller two wh...

*A warp in the Milky Way Galaxy A new study suggests that a warp in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy is probably caused by an ongoing collision with another galaxy. YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/611539485078044672 YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/611516576367312896 *Mars 2020 rover officially named Perseverance NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has b...