SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

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...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 21 *Rewriting the history of star formation at the heart of the Milky Way New observations have rewritten the history of star formation at the centre of the Milky Way. YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189733859513 YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189732690948 YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuar...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 20 *Volcanically active Vesta New evidence shows the asteroid 4 Vesta remained volcanically active far longer than it should have. *South Australia back in space flight this year. It’s been many decades since the last spacecraft were launched into orbit from the Woomera rocket range in South Australia’s far north. *Phantom Express project scrapped Boein...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 19 *Mars: rocking and rolling on the red planet New data has revealed that Mars is very geologically active with regular marsquakes occurring across the red planet. *Understanding the birth of atoms A new study will use new three-dimensional supercomputer simulations to recreate the evolution of different types of stars to better understand the origin o...

Introducing Life’s Little Mysteries Life's Little Mysteries is the newest Audioboom original podcast and co-production with Live Science. This podcast is for everyone and anyone who loves science and wants to know more about everything around us. Join hosts Mindy Weisberger and Jeanna Bryner of Live Science every Monday as they give you the low-down on all things big and small that truly make you...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 18 *Studying Jupiter’s water content NASA’s Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere. *Building a universe without dark matter Scientists have for the first time replicated a functioning universe without using dark matter. *Where are we now at - over the idea of Life on Mars? The possibility of l...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 17 *Mars could have liquid water on its surface A new study suggests that Mars might have liquid salty water on its surface for a few days every year. *New exoplanetary discovery Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of a new exoplanet located some 250 light years away. *Discovery of a stellar aurorae Astronomers have detected auroral activity around...

*Magellanic Cloud stars discovered in the Milky Way Astronomers have discovered stars made out of material from two nearby dwarf galaxies known as the Magellanic Clouds in the Milky Way. *Space Travel brain damage study A study reported in the journal eNuro has found that exposure to chronic, low dose radiation - the conditions present in deep space – would cause neural and behavioural impairments...

*The vampire star Astronomers have found a ‘vampire’ star in the midst of a feeding frenzy.   *Solar Orbiter launches to the Sun The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission has blasted into space on its historic mission to image the Sun’s polar regions, and study its magnetic fields and its heliosphere – the Sun’s extended atmosphere created by the solar wind which fills and encircles the en...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 14 *New type of aurorae discovered A new type of aurora called the dunes has been discovered in the skies above Finland. *Rare Atiras asteroid discovered Astronomers have discovered a rare asteroid orbiting inside the orbit of Venus. *Astronauts wrap up refurbishment of cosmic ray detector Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have successfu...

*Giant galactic structure hiding nearby in plain sight Astronomers have discovered a massive wave of interconnected stellar nurseries forming one of the largest coherent structures in the Milky Way Galaxy. *New estimates for the age of part of the Milky Way Astronomers have determined that one of the Milky Way Galaxy’s primary structures – its thick disk – is about ten billion years old. *New evid...

*NASA working to try and save Voyager 2 Mission Managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California are trying to restore systems after all five of Voyager 2’s science instruments suddenly stopped working. *Solar Orbiter ready to launch on a mission to the Sun It’s all systems go for this month’s launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission to the Sun. https://spacet...

*Growing evidence for a second planet around Proxima Centauri. Astronomers are finding growing signs of a possible second planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. *Discovery of the oldest dated asteroid impact crater Outback Western Australia’s Yarrabubba crater has set a new date record for the Earth’s oldest discovered asteroid impact structure. *Could Saturn’s moon Enceladus be habitable Analysis of a...

*A new view of the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy Astronomers have been shown a new never before seen glimpse of the centre of the Milky Way revealing regions of star birth and what appears to be an accretion ring of debris surrounding the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole.   https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /190113830498    *Supernova 1987A opens a new window in astronomy Sc...

*New type of object discovered at the galactic centre Astronomers have discovered four bizarre objects near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. *Tatooine like world discovered NASA’s TESS spacecraft has discovered its first circumbinary exo-planet. *New instrument to weigh planets A new instrument designed to measure the masses of exoplanets has received first light...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Seven billion year old star dust discovered in meteorite Scientists studying the famous Murchison meteorite which fell to Earth in Victoria in 1969 have discovered seven billion year old pre-solar grains – the oldest material ever found on Earth. *Farewell Spitzer *Russian spy satellite breaks up in orbit *Great Me...

*Evidence of the first stars Astronomers have discovered evidence of the universe’s very first stars. Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /190093052438  Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190093013803 *A third more near-Earth objects detected over the past year The European Space Agency says there’s been a record-breaking 30 percent in...

SpaceTime Series 23 Episode 05 *The birth of a black hole witnessed in gravitational waves Astronomers have confirmed another gravitational wave detection of neutron stars merging to create a black hole. Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /190115456628  Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post /190113243778  Youtube video URL: https://space...

*New study changes the understanding of galactic evolution Astronomers have discovered that galactic evolution may have begun much earlier than thought.  *CHEOPS launches into orbit The European Space Agency’s CHEOPS spacecraft has successfully blasted into orbit on a mission to study exoplanets – world’s orbiting stars other than the Sun. YouTube URL: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/pos...

*Is Betelgeuse about to blow? The red supergiant Betelgeuse is dimming unusually and astronomers don’t know why. The strange activity is causing growing speculation that it may be about to go supernova --or maybe not. *Discovery of the earliest known cannibalism Astronomers have discovered the earliest known example of galactic cannibalism – an observation dating back some 13 billion years. *The M...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly *Proton Aurorae discovered on Mars Astronomers have found that a type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet.   *All systems go for the maiden flight of the new Vega-C The European Space Agency will fly its new Vega C...