Spacetime With Stuart Gary

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you by The Great Courses Plus. Use our special URL to take up our special offer of free access to the entire library of lectures. Just go to www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space and help support the show. Thank you.*The first clue to the makeup of dark matterThere’s evidence that star formation can heat up and move dark matter around.*OSIRIS-REx enters orbit around asteroid BennuNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has achieved orbit insertion around the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181665692463 *Mystery deepens as to what powers coronae around monster black holesA new study has found magnetic fields around supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies don’t appear to be strong enough to power the "coronae," clouds of superheated plasma seen around them.*Last year….In 2018 the Moon moved a further 3.8 centimetres away from

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *New Horizon’s reveals a new kind of worldNASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft has successfully completed its encounter with Ultima Thule – which at more than 6.6 billion kilometres – is the most distant world ever explored.*Milky Way about to collide with the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy Astronomers claim a nearby galaxy is hurtling towards the Milky Way on a collision course that could fling our solar system into intergalactic space.*China lands on the Lunar far sideChina has become the first nation on Earth to land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon.*SpaceX caps off a busy 2018 launch seasonSpaceX’s last launch for 2018 has placed the first of a new more advanced generation of GPS Navigation satellites into orbit.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181570164598 *BFR renamed StarshipSpaceX boss Elon Musk has tweeted that the company's new interplanetary spacecraft the BFR or Big Falcon

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Is our universe just fuzz on an expanding bubble in an extra dimension?Scientists have devised a new model for the Universe which may solve the enigma of dark energy.*NASA given data access from Israel’s up-coming lunar lander missionNASA has signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency giving it access to the data gathered by a new lunar lander expected to touch down of the Moon early this year.*New Zealand’s Electron Rocket blasts off on its third orbital missionAn Electron rocket has blasted into orbit on its first dedicated mission for NASA.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181569349233 *January SkywatchWe turn our eyes to the skies and check out the celestial sphere for January on Skywatch.*The Science ReportGlobal warming partly responsible for increases in plant growth.New secrets revealed about our Neandertal cousins.Colourful bird’s eggs date back all the way to the dinosaur

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *The most distant world ever visitedNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has just completed the most distant flyby ever undertaken swooping down to just 3540 kilometres above the desolate frozen surface of the dark Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule.*A supernova could have wiped out marine mega faunaA new study suggests large marine species were wiped out in a supernova triggered mass extinction event about 2.6 million years ago at the dawn of the Pleistocene.*The CSIRO to operate ESA’s New Norcia deep space tracking stationThe European Space Agency has selected Australia's national science agency the CSIRO to take over operational support and maintenance for its New Norcia deep space tracking station.*How the Martian moon Phobos got its groove on A new study suggests strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free during an ancient asteroid impact.*Fourth test flight from

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Saturn’s rings are disappearingA new study has confirmed that we are seeing the majestic world of Saturn at a unique time in its history with its spectacular ring system about to disappear – at least in astronomical terms.*The mysteries of Ultima ThuleNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is now all set up for its new year’s day encounter with the distant Kuiper Belt object 2014MU69 Ultima Thule.*Expedition 57 crew return home safely after a trouble filled missionThree Expedition 57 crew have returned safely to Earth after a drama filled stint aboard the International Space station.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181314735423 You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181099742123 *New Ocean research satelliteChina has launched a new Oceanography science satellite.*India’s new launch lift recordIndia has set a new record launching the GSAT-29 telecommunication’s satellite - i

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *New record for the most distant body in the solar systemAstronomers have discovered the most distant body ever observed in the solar system.*New Horizons closing in on its next targetWith no apparent hazards in its way, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been given the all clear to stay on its current course to intercept its next target -- the distant Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 Ultima Thule.*Still no word from OpportunityMission managers say they’ll keep trying to contact NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover until at least January.*MetOp-C launchedThe European Space Agency has launched the third and final MetOp series meteorological satellite.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/179942930053*India launches 31 satellites on a single rocketAn Australian CubeSat was among the 31 satellite payload successfully launched aboard an Indian PSLV rocket.*Dual Cargo Missions launch to the International Spa

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Water discovered on asteroid BennuNew data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has found evidence of water locked inside the clays on the asteroid Bennu.*Adelaide to host Australia’s Space AgencyThe Federal Government has chosen the South Australian capital of Adelaide as home for Australia’s new Space Agency.*Russian spacewalkers gather evidence over the Soyuz capsule air leakCosmonauts have undertaken a marathon seven hour 45 minute spacewalk gathering evidence for the Russian Federal Space Agency’s investigation into the cause of a hole drilled into the hull of a Soyuz capsule.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181105365818 *Green comet 46P/Wirtanen now on showAmateur astronomers are being treated to two great spectacles in the night skies at the moment.The Geminids meteor shower and the spectacular fuzzy green comet 46P/Wirtanen.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Largest black hole collision ever observedAstronomers have discovered the biggest and most distant black hole collision ever observed.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180857695483 *Voyager 2 enters interstellar spaceFor only the second time in history, a spacecraft has travelled beyond our solar system and entered interstellar space.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/181103213358*Virgin Galactic reaches the edge of spaceVirgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceplane has set a new company altitude record – reaching a height of 82.7 kilometres or 271,326 feet. *The Science ReportDrying soils due to global warming will mean more drought conditions in the future.People who identify as LGBTQI+ are more vulnerable to symptoms of depression from as young as 10.New insights into Australia’s Marsupial Lion.Australia’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighters touch down at the Wil

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *OSIRIS-Rex arrives at the potential Earth-impacting asteroid BennuNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has arrived at its target – the potential Earth-impacting asteroid Bennu.*Another door closes on trying to solve the dark matter mysteryA new dark matter observatory in South Korea has failed to find any supporting evidence to support a controversial 20-year-old claim identifying dark matter.*The white dwarf ticking down to possibly go supernovaAstronomers have detected a bright X-ray outburst from a white dwarf which could be counting down to a spectacular supernova.*New crew arrives safely aboard the International Space StationThree new crew members have arrived safely aboard the International Space Station.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180975383243 *Dragon flies to space stationSpaceX has successfully launched its CRS-16 Dragon cargo ship carrying 2540 kilograms of supplies and equipment

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *InSight provides the first sounds from the Martian surfaceNASA’s Mars Insight lander has sent back the first audio recordings from the Martian surface.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180909519923*How the Earth was madeNew research has discovered that planet Earth formed relatively quickly accreting out of the protoplanetary nebula of dust and gas surrounding the Sun.*Hubble discovers thousands of globular clusters scattered among the galaxiesAstronomers gazing across 321 million light-years of space into a monstrous city of galaxies have discovered thousands of ancient stellar spheres known as globular clusters.*First mission to land on the far side of the MoonChina has launched its long-awaited mission to land on the far side of the Moon.*The Science ReportGlobal carbon emissions from fossil fuels have risen sharply for the second year in a row.Autism and ADHD runs in families.Zombie

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). This episode is brought to you by The Great Courses Plus...lifelong learning from the best in their field. To take up our special free trial offer (full access to all the courses...for free) just use our special URL… www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space )*The most luminous galaxy ever seen is eating its neighboursThe most luminous galaxy ever discovered is cannibalizing not one, not two, but at least three of its smaller neighbours.*Close cometary encounterThis month will provide skywatchers with their best view of the comet 46P/Wirtanen.*Skywatch DecemberPlanet Earth heading for the December solstice, and the annual Geminids and Ursids meteor showers to l light up the skies.*The Science ReportChina says it’s produced the world’s first genetically edited designer babies.An El Nino event on its way.2018 set to be the fourth hottest year on record.Australia’s most endang

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Astronomers find a star almost identical to the SunAstronomers have discovered a nearby star which is an almost perfect match for our Sun suggesting the two could be stellar siblings.*Watching the slow death of a galaxyA new study shows that one of our nearest neighbouring galaxies – the Small Magellanic Cloud – is slowly dying.*A 3D printed rocket engine – made in MelbourneEngineers in Melbourne have developed a 3D printed aerospike rocket engine which turns the traditional rocket engine shape inside out.*Mysterious seismic wave shakes the EarthScientists say they’re still trying to determine the cause of a mysterious seismic wave which shook the Earth on November 11.*The Science ReportThe link between teenage personality traits and the risk of death 50 years later.Archeologists discover rare tiny biblical stone at a dig site at Jerusalem’s Western Wall.Steroids like testosterone cause a higher risk of early death and

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *The ticking time bomb in our stellar back yardAstronomers have discovered a unique nearby triple star system containing a pair of massive ‘Wolf-Rayet’ stars which are about to explode as supernovae and could produce one of the most powerful explosions since the big bang -- a gamma-ray burst.You Tube video URL: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180290764893You Tube video URL: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180290832703*A new study of the rare blue asteroid PhaethonA new study of the rock comet Phaethon has found it to be even more enigmatic than previously thought.*Clear air for OpportunityNew data reading of the Martian atmosphere show that the global dust storm which enveloped the red planet is now gone – and air around the location of NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover is now back to normal levels of clarity.*The Science ReportAir pollutio

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *NASA’s InSight lander touches down on the red planet Mars.NASA’s Mars InSight spacecraft has landed successfully on Elysium Planitia -- a broad freeze dried plain – just north of the red planet’s equator.You tube video URL: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180535959488 *The oldest star in the hoodAstronomers have discovered what could be the oldest star in our stellar neighbourhood.*True polar wander may have caused ice ageEarth's latest ice age may have been caused by a change in the planet’s spin axis.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at all good podcasting apps…including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, PocketCasts, Podbean, Radio Public, TuneIn Radio, google play, Spreaker, Spotify, Deezer, ACast etc RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/spacetime Would you p

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Micro-quasar blasting gamma rays towards EarthAstronomers have detected high energy gamma rays violently blasting out of a micro-quasar within the Milky Way galaxy.*Alien asteroid Oumuamua posing new mysteriesA new study has placed new size limits on how big that strange looking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua is likely to be.*Mission End for planet-hunting Kepler Space TelescopeJust days after the sudden end of NASA’s Dawn mission to the Main Asteroid Belt – mission managers bed a fond farewell to another tireless space workhorse – the planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope.*The Science ReportA new study has found that coffee drinkers love the bitter taste of caffeine while tea lovers hate it.Apple launches new online tool that lets users delete all the data Apple’s collected on them.Red-brown and blue-green pigments in birds' eggs first evolved while they were stil

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Super-Earth discovered orbiting one of our nearest neighbouring star systemsAstronomers have detected an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s Star – the second nearest stellar system to the Sun.You tube video URL: http://keckobservatory.org/barnards_star/ *New Australian Planet hunterA new high precision spectrograph has been launched to detect relatively tiny Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars. *New theory could help to explain the absence of antimatterAccording to the Standard Model of particle physics – the foundation stone upon which science’s current understanding of the universe is based – equal amounts of matter and antimatter were produced when the universe burst into existence 13.8 billion years ago in an event commonly called the big bang -- but that’s not what the evidence shows.*Giant impact crater discovered hiding beneath GreenlandScientists have disc

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Supermassive black holes about to merge as galaxies collideAstronomers have a spectacular window seat at two supermassive black holes are about to merge together as their galaxies collide.*Closest ever approach to the SunNASA’s Parker Solar Probe has set a new record flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft ever.You tube video url:  http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/179955466553*New Zealand’s Electron rocket blasts into orbitNew Zealand says it’s now game on after successfully launching its first commercial and second orbital space mission.*New US Military satellite launchedA United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has blasted into orbit carrying a new US Military communications satellite.You tube video url:  http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/179230717743*The Science ReportOver half the world's population of vertebrates have been w

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *The giant galactic impact which shaped the Milky WayA new study shows that instead of forming alone -- our Milky Way galaxy was involved in a major collision with another big galaxy about ten billion years ago.*Construction begins on the Giant Magellan TelescopeConstruction has started at the site of the one of the world’s new super-sized astronomical observatories – the 25 metre Giant Magellan Telescope or GMT.*First Orion service module on its way to NASAThe first operational European Space Agency service module for NASA’s new Orion capsule has been flown from Germany to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/180016396393You tube video url:  http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/179956172253*Still no word from OpportunityThere’s still no word from NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover which went sil

To take up our special trial offer of full access to all of The Great Courses Plus lectures for free, use our URL: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space and help support the show.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft gets its first images of asteroid Bennu After two years traveling through space, the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has taken the first images of its mission target – the asteroid Bennu.*Dust clouds confirmed in Earth’s orbit around the SunAstronomers have confirmed two elusive dust clouds which are in Earth’s orbit around the Sun.*Russia to launch new crew to the space station next monthThe Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will recommence manned space flights to the International Space station next month. The decision to launch follows detailed investigations into last month’s accent abort of the Soyuz MS-10 flight from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.*Climate Change satellite laun

The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). *Flares discovered erupting around the Sagittarius A* supermassive black holeAstronomers have detected flares erupting at the edge of Sagittarius A* the supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.*NASA’s Dawn mission suddenly comes to an endNASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter.*Hubble Space Telescope back up and runningNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back up and running normally after going into protective safe mode three weeks ago when a gyroscope needed for aiming suddenly failed -- and a reserve gyro designed to replace it -- didn’t perform as expected.*Stratolaunch to start space missions within two yearsStratolaunch says it will start flying rockets into space in 2020.*Funding boost for Gold Coast rocket companyGilmour Space Technologies