Spacetime With Stuart Gary

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 56 *Discovery of 27 new Tatooine type worlds reported on Star Wars Day Astronomers have discovered some 27 new planetary candidates orbiting in binary star systems using a new method to search for exoplanets which would otherwise be hard to find. *A new drill campaign for the Mars Curiosity Rover on the red planet NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has launched a new drill campaign at a site called Atacama on the red planet’s Gale Crater.. *New Soyuz 5 maiden flight Russia's new-next generation launch vehicle the Soyuz 5 has successfully completed its maiden flight. *The Science Report A third of Australian’s getting too little sleep. The extraordinary biodiversity hidden in deep underwater canyons off Western Australia’s coast. Studies show domestic dogs brains shrunk by 46% compared to wolves by the Late Neolithic. Skeptics guide to the link between authoritarianism and the paranormal. Our Guests This Week: Associate Professor Ben Montet from the University of New South Wales Bepi Colum