SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 126 *Measuring the rotation of the Milky Way’s central black hole Astronomers have for the first time measured the rotational spin of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. *The Jovian ice moon Europa glows in the dark Scientists have discovered that the Jovian ice moo...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 125 *Brightest kilonova ever seen Astronomers have detected the brightest kilonova event ever seen unleashing more energy in a half-second than the Sun will produce over its entire 12-billion-year lifetime. *A new way of seeing invisible dark matter Astronomers have found a new way to estimate th...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 124 *A new look at the early life of Jupiter and Saturn A new study has narrowed down the likely original orbits of the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. *Why is the Moon rusting? Scientists think they may have solved one of the Moon’s little mysteries – how an airless bone-dry world can rust? *Stud...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 123 *Virgin plans its first New Mexico space launch this month Virgin Galactic plans to undertake its first manned space flight from its new New Mexico spaceport within the next few weeks. *Rocket lab launches its fifth flight this year There’s still no launch date for Rocket labs first Electron flight from its new Wallops Island Launch complex on the V...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 122 *More evidence linking Magnetars to mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Astronomers have identified a sudden and violent outburst from a type of neutron star called a magnetar, as the likely source for those mysterious events known as Fast Radio Bursts. *New data release helps explain the evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy Astronomers have just released GAL...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 121 *Ancient galactic mystery deepens A new study of distant galaxies in the very early universe has found that they were already far more massive and mature than previously thought. *Pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds discovered in fireball meteorite Scientists have discovered pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds in samples recovered fr...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 120 *A Mars-sized Rogue planet discovered Astronomers have detected a Mars-sized rogue planet travelling through interstellar space. *Celebrating twenty years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station The International Space Station has just celebrated twenty years of continuous human presence in space. *Russia’s new spy satellite...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 119 *NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 in interstellar space NASA has re-established command control of the Voyager 2 spacecraft.  The Agency’s 70 metre Canberra Deep Space Network radio dish – the only antenna capable of contacting the 43-year-old spacecraft -- successfully sent a series of commands to the probe. *The mystery of the Centaurs Astronomer...

SpaceTime 20201106 Series 23 Episode 118 *When we look at the stars is there anyone looking back? Three decades after Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that Voyager 1 snap a picture of the Earth from billions of kilometres away -- resulting in the iconic Pale Blue Dot photograph -- two astronomers now offer another unique cosmic perspective. *Another delay for Russian Space Station module Th...

SpaceTime 20201104 Series 23 Episode 117 *OSIRIS-Rex sample return capsule overflowing with regolith Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA OSIRIS-REx mission managers confirmed that the spacecraft collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission objectives -- acquiring at least 60 grams of the asteroid’s surface material. *The best place in the universe to live is...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime 20201102 Series 23 Episode 116 *Lunar water is more abundant than previously thought Astronomers have found that water may be far more abundant on the Moon than previously thought. *The Milky Way’s clumpy galactic halo A new study has concluded that our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a lumpy halo of hot gases continuously being...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 115 *BepiColombo undertakes its first Venus flyby The BepiColombo mission has completed the first of two Venus flybys needed to set it on course with the Solar System’s innermost planet, Mercury. *Problems worsen aboard the International Space Station Russian mission managers say the International Space Station is working normally with no threat to the...

SpaceTime with Stuart GarySeries 23 Episode 114 *OSIRIS-REx successfully touches down on asteroid Bennu NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully touched down on the surface of the boulder-strewn asteroid Bennu – collecting samples of the space rocks regolith before returning to orbit. *Pluto’s snow-capped mountains In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered spectacular snow-capped mou...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 113 *Betelgeuse closer and smaller than thought A new study has found the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is closer and smaller than previously thought. *Thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening Two extreme bolts of lightning have smashed previous records for duration and distance. *Dream chaser getting closer to its maiden flight Sierra Nevada D...

*Nearby supernova exploded just two and a half million years ago Scientists have found telltale chemical signatures of a massive star between 11 and 20 times the mass of our Sun going supernova just two and a half million years ago in our stellar neighbourhood. *A successful 13th test flight for New Shepard Blue Origin has successfully completed its13th and latest test flight of its New Shepard sp...

*The Neutron Star collision that’s still producing X-rays three years later Astronomers are still detecting X-rays being emitted from where two neutron stars collided three years ago. *Record-setting flight to the space station The expedition 64 crew has safely arrived aboard the International Space Station following a record-breaking two-orbit fast rendezvous flight aboard their Russian Soyuz MS-...

*One of life’s building blocks produced faster than thought A new study has found that stars produce carbon – one of the key building blocks of life as we know it -- 34 per cent faster than previously thought. *OSIRIS Rex about to touch down on asteroid Bennu The final countdown is now underway in preparation for NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to touch down onto the surface of the asteroid Bennu to...

*Venus might have been a habitable world if not for Jupiter A new study claims Venus might not be the sweltering, waterless hellscape it is today if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun. *A new view of the northern sky NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS – has provided astronomers with a new view of the northern skies revealing a panorama of both familiar stars and newly...

*NASA’s Dragonfly drone mission to Titan A new study has found relatively fresh exposed water ice in impact craters on the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan. The findings could prove beneficial in plans for the proposed Dragon fly mission to send a drone aircraft to Titan. *Mars Close Approach The red planet Mars is putting on its best show in years right now. *New comic commode rockets into orb...

*More liquid water lakes found on Mars Researchers have found evidence of a patchwork of salty liquid water lakes below the surface of the red planet Mars. *Einstein’s description of gravity just got harder to beat They say you don’t bet against Einstein – and that’s been proven yet again in a new study of supermassive black holes. *COVID-19 delays NASA’s Northern Territory launch program Equatori...

*Discovery of an unknown stellar population at the galactic centre Astronomers have found an unknown population of stars near the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy. *Sweden to stop helping China’s space program Stockholm has announced that Sweden will cease providing satellite ground station services to China or accept new Chinese space business because of changes in what it euphemistically calls...

*A missing ingredient in dark matter theories Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves. *First detection of a planet larger than the star it’s orbiting For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a giant exoplanet orbiting a small white dwarf star. *New Chinese surveillance satellite China has launched a new ocean-m...

*Answering the question: is anyone out there? Forget what you’ve seen on Star Trek, it looks like our part of the Alpha Quadrant is quite devoid of advanced alien life. *Second alignment plane of solar system discovered Astronomers have found a second alignment plane in the solar system. The findings have important implications for models of how comets originally formed in the solar system. *Schoo...

*Asteroid Bennu proves life is full of Vesta situations A new study suggests material from the main belt asteroid Vesta has been discovered on the surface of the near Earth asteroid Bennu. *NASA signs agreement with US Space Force NASA has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the new United States Space Force. *Nebra Sky Disk iron not bronze age A new study claims the Nebra Sky Disk – an...

*New study claims the Sun may have had a binary partner A new study suggests the Sun may once have been part of a binary star system with a companion of similar mass. *A new more puzzling view of the universe New data from the Slone Digital Sky Survey suggests the current rate of expansion of the universe – known as the Hubble Constant -- is about 10 percent lower than the expansion rate measured...