SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

*A new type of supernovae A new study suggests that an unusual fast-spinning highly magnetic type of exploding star in the early universe may be responsible for creating some of the heaviest naturally occurring elements on the periodic table. *New data shows Saturnian ice moon Enceladus resurfacing its frozen crust New data suggests the northern hemisphere of Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus has recent...

*Solar cycle 25 formally underway Scientists have determined that our local star has now formally moved into a new solar cycle which is expected to peak with a new Solar Maximum in 2025. *Asteroid Bennu ejecting particles into space When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, mission scientists knew that their spacecraft was orbiting something strange. *Sentinel 6A getting ready f...

*First flights from Southern Launch’s new Australian rocket range a big success Southern Launch has undertaken its first flights from its new rocket test range in western South Australia. *263 new Near-Earth objects detected over the past month The latest data from the European Space Agency’s Near-Earth Objects co-ordination centre indicates there are now at least 23 thousand 423 asteroids and 111...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 98 - Special Edition *A signature for life discovered in the clouds of Venus A special edition looking at the discovery of a potential signature for life in the form of phosphine in the clouds enshrouding the planet Venus.  *What does the detection of phosphine really mean? *And how excited should we really get *I speak with astronomers and astrobiologi...

*The possibility of life below the surface of Mars A new study suggests there’s enough evidence of liquid water below the Martian surface to make it the prime target in the search for life on the red planet. *Rocket Lab formally licenced to launch from Wallops Island The US Federal Aviation Administration has formally licenced Rocket Lab to begin flying its Electron rocket from its new launch pad...

Hubble maps a giant halo around Andromeda Astronomers have mapped an immense halo of gas surrounding our nearest large galactic neighbour -- the Andromeda galaxy M-31. *Rogue planets could outnumber the stars An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets - planets that float in space without orbiting a star - than what there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. *Vega’s return...

*Biggest black hole collision ever detected Scientists have observed the most massive black hole collision ever seen. The event appears to have originated from a point some seven billion light-years away – at a time when the universe was just half its present age – and making it one of the most distant gravitational wave sources ever detected. *A new estimate for the age of Earth’s core A new stud...

*Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed A new study of meteorites suggests Earth may always have been wet. The findings reported in the journal Science add a new chapter in to ongoing debate about the origins of Earth’s water. *NASA’s planet-hunting TESS spacecraft completes its primary mission NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS – has finished its primary...

*A small but evolving dent in Earth's magnetic field Scientists are seeing a split in the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field. *The strange hot world of KELT-9B Astronomers have discovered one of the strangest most extreme worlds in the galaxy. *Calls for development of a new satellite early warning system The United States and Japan are looking at developing a n...

*Finding our place in the Universe Deep sea ocean sediments are helping scientists better understand the complicated structure of our local galactic neighbourhood. *New Zealand’s rocket lab back in the air Rocket Lab has successfully placed a new Earth observation satellite into orbit. The flight was the first since July’s failed launch attempt. *Project starship gathers pace SpaceX boss Elon Musk...

*Looking at the end of the universe A new study claims the universe will end not with a bang but with a whimper facing a heat death from a black dwarf supernova *The Pentagon looking at Shooting Star military space station The Pentagon is looking at using Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star cargo module as the basis for a military space station. *NASA to begin operational Commercial Crew Program flights...

*Southern Launch to carry out its first test flight this month Southern Launch will carry out its first suborbital test flight in the South Australian outback on September the 15th. *Europa’s surface not connected to the core A new look at high-resolution observations of the frozen surface of the Jovian ice moon Europa shows that it’s rotated by some 70 degrees over the last few million years. *CH...

*Mysterious movements in the heart of the Milky Way Astronomers have discovered mysterious cold dense blobs of gas being shot out like bullets from the centre of the Milky Way. *New questions about the South Atlantic anomaly A new study suggests the South Atlantic anomaly may be a recurring feature which has been around for up to eleven million years. *Space Station leaking air Astronauts aboard t...

*The world-famous Arecibo dish seriously damaged The National Science Foundation has been forced to suspend astronomical observations from its iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico after its 305-metre dish was seriously damaged following a cable break. *SOHO discovers 4000th comet Citizen scientists looking through data from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft -- SOHO – ha...

*New record for a close call for planet Earth with an asteroid Planet Earth’s just had another close call with an asteroid the size of a small truck narrowly missing the planet. *The ultimate rave data set released Some call it the ultimate rave – the release of the sixth and final data set from the RAdial Velocity Experiment or RAVE -- the largest systematic spectroscopic survey of motions of sta...

*Best place on Earth to see stars A new study has determined that a frozen plateau in Antarctica called Dome A is the best place on Earth to see the stars. *Dozens of brown dwarfs discovered in our neighbourhood A new study has uncovered 95 previously unknown brown dwarfs lurking in our cosmic neighbourhood. *The tenth pack of Starlink satellites now in orbit SpaceX has launched its tenth Starlink...

*Asteroid Psyche could be the core of an unformed planet A new study of the Main Belt asteroid Psyche suggests it could be the remnant of a planet that never formed. *New discovery about the Higgs Boson Physicists at CERN the European Centre for nuclear research have witnessed the Higgs Boson decaying into a pair of muons. *Satellite Navigation systems Satellite navigation systems have become esse...

*New study warns that alien life would be dangerous to Earthlings Discovery that alien peptides containing two amino acids commonly found in carbonaceous meteorites would pose a serious threat to human health. *NASA looking at a new mission to Venus The proposed mission named VERITAS would transform sciences understanding of the internal geodynamics that shaped Earth’s sister planet Venus. *The Kr...

*Astronomers discover a pulsar powering up Astronomers have for the first time seen material spiralling into a distant neutron star and triggering a massive outburst of energy thousands of times brighter than the Sun. *The solar system’s largest impact crater discovered on Ganymede Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the solar system’s largest impact crater on the Jovian moon Ganymede....

*A neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987A There’s growing evidence that a neutron star was created from the explosion of supernova 1987A *SpaceX Dragon completes its first mission carrying crew to the space station The first-ever privately operated manned orbital space flight has returned safely to Earth. *Stunning early morning Proton launch A Proton rocket has transported two new telecommu...

*Discovery of a possible origin for mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Astronomers have detected mysterious signals known as Fast Radio Bursts apparently emanating from a highly magnetic neutron star known as a magnetar. *First exposed planetary core discovered Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the exposed core of a planet – providing an unprecedented opportunity to see inside the interior...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 80 *Discovery of a mysterious ancient stellar cluster Astronomers have discovered the shredded remains of an ancient globular star cluster that was torn apart by our own Milky Way galaxy more than two billion years ago. *NASA launches the most sophisticated ever mission to Mars After more than a decade of preparation NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover...

*Debate continues over the age of the universe New observations by the National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope have now placed the age of the universe at 13.77 billion years -- give or take 40 million years. *Signs of a new ocean opening up in Africa Scientists say a 60 kilometre long crack in the Ethiopian desert which first opened up in 2005 with the equivalent of several hundr...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 78 *Hayabusa-2 asteroid sample return capsule to land in Australia The Australian Space Agency confirms Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule will land in the Woomera Rocket Range in outback South Australia on December the 6th. *NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope set to fly on October 31st 2021 After decades of development NASA's James Webb s...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 77 *Stunning first images of the Sun sent back by Solar Orbiter The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has sent back its first stunning close-up images of the Sun revealing miniature omnipresent solar flares – which have been named campfires. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /624157305271992320  https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.c...