SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 149 *Hubble placed in emergency safe mode NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been placed into an emergency safety mode following an issue with one of its gyroscopes. *New joint European and Japanese EarthCARE mission slated for launch. The joint European and Japanese Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission – EarthCARE is now slated to launch in May next year o...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime 20231211 Series 26 Episode 148 *A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension Ever since its creation in a big bang 13.82 billion years ago the universe has been expanding. But that rate of expansion has been an ongoing area of debate with different measurement techniques giving contradictory values and different results. *The satellite discovered by the Lucy...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 147 *Detection of one of the highest-energy cosmic ray ever In 1991, the University of Utah Fly’s Eye experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. Then on May 27, 2021, the Telescope Array experiment detected what is now the second-highest extreme-energy cosmic ray ever recorded and the source is still a mystery. *Pinpointing...

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 146 *A new perspective on Mars Mission managers have maneuvered NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft to provide a new panoramic horizontal view of the red planet. *Determining the composition of the rock comet Phaethon. Phaethon has always been a puzzle for astronomers. The five kilometre wide space rock which generates this month’s annual Geminid’s meteor shower has puzzled...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 145 *Solar activity likely to peak next year. A new study claims the Sun will reach the peak of its eleven year solar Cycle next year. The current Solar cycle -- 25 began in December 2019 with a minimum smoothed sunspot number of 1.8. NASA’s Fermi Mission nets 300 gamma-ray pulsars … and counting A new catalogue shows that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray...

This episode is brought to you by the support of Dragonball Legends. Download and play for free from the Apple App store or Google Play. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 144 *Explaining why galaxies hang out with their own kind A new study may have solved one of the most perplexing mysteries in astronomy -- why galaxies in our neighbourhood hang out with their own kind. *NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Sets Stage...

This episode is brought to with the support of Dragonball Legends. Available for your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play Stores. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 143 *Triple star discoveries will mean changing astronomy textbooks Astronomers have found some of the biggest stars in the universe orbiting each other in triple star systems. *NASA tests its new deep space laser communica...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 142 *Discovery of massive mysterious blasts in the distant universe Astronomers are baffled by a mysterious series of massive explosions in the distant Universe which are emitting more energy than hundreds of billions of stars like our Sun. *Colliding neutron stars reveal one of their secrets Astronomers have identified the heavy element telluriu...

Welcome to the show notes for Episode 141 of the "Spacetime" podcast, hosted by Stuart Gary. In this episode, we delve into China's ambitious Mars mission, a novel cosmic source for gold, and NASA's upcoming SPHEREx mission. **Episode Highlights:** 1. **China's Mars Sample Return Mission**: Summary: China announces plans to conduct a Mars sample return mission, potentially beating NASA and ESA. Th...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 140 *Cerberus Fossae identified as the biggest source of marsquakes A new study of data from NASA’s Mars Insight lander mission has identified the Cerberus Fossae region east of Insight as the red planet’s most seismically active. *How soon could life begin in the universe A new study shows that oxygen -- one of the key ingredients for most life...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 139 *Discovery of some of the most ancient galaxies ever seen Astronomers have discovered two of the most distant galaxies ever seen – one of which dates back some 13.4 billion light years -- to a time when the universe was just 330 million years old. *Earth's surface water dives deep all the way to the core Scientists have found that water from...

Welcome to SpaceTime, the podcast that brings you the most fascinating stories and discoveries in astronomy, space and science. Your host, Stuart Gary, and in this episode, we'll talk about: ● How the first Dream Chaser space plane is ready to fly to the International Space Station and what it means for the future of space exploration. ● How astronomers have detected an infrared aurora on Uranus a...

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 137 - 1. **Euclid Mission's Groundbreaking First Images**: The European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft, dedicated to exploring the mysteries of the dark universe, has unveiled its first set of images. This marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the cosmos. 2. **Europe's Ambitious Space Transport Vision**: The European Space Agency is advancing space exp...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 136 *Record-Breaking Black Hole Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole ever seen The observation reported in the journal Nature Astronomy suggest the black hole was already in existence just 470 million years after the Big Bang. *NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4000 Days on Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has just celebrated its f...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 135 *Mineral salts and organic compounds discovered on Ganymede NASA’s Juno spacecraft has discovered mineral salts and organic compounds bubbling to the surface of Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede. *New space deal reached between Australia and the United States The United States and Australia have signed a bilateral technology Safeguards agreemen...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 134 **Pluto's Potential Super Volcano**: A recent study raises the possibility that Pluto may house a colossal super-volcano. **Youthful Martian Meteorites**: Investigations reveal that a significant number of Martian meteorites found on Earth are notably young. **NASA's Roman Mission's Galactic Quest**: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is s...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 133 *Do the remains of an ancient planet lie deep within Earth Back in the 1980s, geophysicists discovered two continent-sized blobs of unusual material buried deep within the Earth’s mantle. Now, a new study reported in the journal Nature suggests that they’re the remnants of the ancient planet Theia which collided with Earth four and a half bil...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 132 *Rare heavy element discovered in stellar collision Astronomers have discovered the rare heavy element tellurium being produced in the kilonova collision of a pair of neutron stars. *Planetary defence mission update The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft has arrived at ESA’s ESTEC test centre in the Netherlands as it continues preparatio...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 131 *Mystery of the Martian core solved A new study of data from NASA’s Mars Insight lander mission has concluded that the Martian liquid metallic core is both smaller and denser than previously thought -- but also that it’s surrounded by a layer of molten rock. *Protecting Europa Clipper from Jupiter’s immense radiation Engineers have just compl...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 130 *The most distant fast radio burst ever Astronomers have identified the most distant Fast Radio Burst ever detected. The ephemeral cosmic blast which has been catalogued as FRB 20220610A occurred some eight billion light years away. *The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought A new study of lunar rocks brought back by the Apol...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 129 *The largest ever Mars quake Scientists have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars. *The origin of organics on the dwarf planet Ceres One of the most exciting findings from NASA's Dawn mission is that Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid be...

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 128 *The dramatic history of the Andromeda galaxy A new study has unveiled the violent history of our nearest neighbouring big galaxy M-31 Andromeda. *Quartz crystals discovered in clouds of hot gas giant Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a...

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SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 125 *Carbon and Water discovered in Bennu asteroid samples An initial examination of the regolith samples returned to Earth from the asteroid Bennu by the Osiris Rex mission are showing evidence of high-carbon content and water. *When worlds collide Astronomers have captured the first-ever afterglow of a huge planetary collision between worlds in deep space. *Spain reac...