SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

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 dr...

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 pla...

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 inne...

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 imm...

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 S...

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....

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...

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 Ma...

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 ou...

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 c...

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 ex...

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...

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 detaile...

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 ta...

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 undert...

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 o...

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....

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 w...

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 stre...

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...

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...

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. *Sta...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 20 *Lockheed Martin to build the first rocket to take off from another planet NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build the first rocket to launch from the surface of Mars. *Counting down to the launch of ExoMars This year should finally see the launch of the second part of the joint European Space Agency Roscosmos ExoMars mission to the red planet. *More p...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 19 *Discovery of a free-floating black hole hiding in plain sight Astronomers have found evidence of black holes floating undetected through the darkness of interstellar space. *New planet detected around Proxima Centauri A third planet has been discovered orbiting around our nearest neighbouring star Proxima Ce...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 18 *A new theory explains how the Moon’s crust was formed A new study has shown how the freezing of a slushy magma ocean may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. *Lunar Gateway update Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally signed Canada up to NASA’s Lunar Gateway project. *Joint R...