Astronomy News Episodes

Oct. 31, 2022

NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to the Distant World of Titan

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 116 *NASA’s Dragonfly mission to the distant world of Titan NASA have undertaken a major survey of the Saturnian moon Titan’s Selk crater region which will be...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Oct. 26, 2022

Over 30 Thousand Near Earth Asteroids Now Discovered

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 114 *Over 30 thousand near Earth Asteroids now discovered Astronomers have reached a major milestone with the discovery of the thirty thousandth near Earth asteroid. *NASA's Lucy spacecraft swoops past the Earth NASA’s...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Oct. 19, 2022

Best View Yet of the Birth of a Black Hole

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 111 *Astronomers have been given one of their best views yet of the birth of a black hole Astronomers have been given one of their best views yet of the birth of one of the universe’s most infamous monsters – a black...
Oct. 12, 2022

Stunning New Images of the Jovian Ice Moon Europa

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 108 *Stunning new images of the Jovian ice moon Europa NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed its close flyby of the Jovian ice moon Europa capturing stunning close-up images which are raising more questions than they...
Oct. 10, 2022

Dimorphous Grows a Massive Comet Like Impact Debris Tail

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 107 *Dimorphous grows a massive comet like impact debris tail The DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphous has generated a massive comet like tail...
Sept. 30, 2022

New and Puzzling Features of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 103 *New and puzzling features of mysterious fast radio bursts Astronomers have detected strange never before seen signals originating from an already mysterious object called a Fast Radio Burst. *NASA's InSight hears...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Sept. 23, 2022

Counting Down to Asteroid Collision

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 100 *Counting down to asteroid collision NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test— or DART mission -- remains on target to crash into a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid on Monday. *Continental plate movements...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Sept. 16, 2022

Solar Orbiter Hit by a Massive Coronal Mass Ejection

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 97 *Solar Orbiter hit by a massive Coronal Mass Ejection Earlier this month as The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter undertook its third flyby of the planet Venus it was hit by a massive coronal mass ejection...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Sept. 14, 2022

Four-Billion-Year-Old Planetary Crust Found Under Western Australia

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 96 *Four-billion-year-old planetary crust found under Western Australia Scientists have identified a four-billion-year-old piece of the Earth's crust the size of...
Sept. 12, 2022

DART on Track for Asteroid Impact

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 95 *DART on track for asteroid impact Later this month NASA’s Dart mission will slam into a tiny near-Earth asteroid orbiting a slightly larger Near-Earth...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Sept. 9, 2022

The Sands of Mars are Green as well as Red

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 94 *The Perseverance rover finds the sands of Mars are green as well as red The accepted view of Mars is red rocks and craters as far as the eye can see. But NASA’s Perseverance rover has found lots of olivine. *New...
Sept. 7, 2022

Surfing Venus’s Atmosphere

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 93 *Europe’s EnVision spacecraft to surf Venus’s atmosphere The European Space Agency’s EnVision mission to Venus being developed to perform high-resolution radar mapping and atmospheric studies of Earth’s so called...
Aug. 31, 2022

Was There a Second Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Impact?

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 91 *Was there a second dinosaur killing asteroid impact Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid impact crater in the North Atlantic Ocean which may have...
Aug. 26, 2022

The Red Supergiant Betelgeuse Blows Its Top

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 90 *The red supergiant Betelgeuse blows it top Astronomers say the sudden dimming of the semi-regular variable red supergiant star Betelgeuse back in 2019 and...
Aug. 17, 2022

The Ongoing Search for Dark Matter

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 89 *The ongoing search for Dark Matter Scientists have placed new limits on where the mysterious invisible substance known as dark matter could be hiding....
Aug. 10, 2022

New Record for the Most Distant and Earliest Galaxy Ever Seen

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 88 *New record for the most distant and earliest galaxy ever seen Astronomers have just set another new record for the most distant and earliest galaxy ever seen...
July 27, 2022

Three New Particles Discovered at CERN

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 83 *Three new particles discovered at CERN The international LHCb collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has discovered three never-before-seen subatomic particles. *The new telescope to test competing theories of...
July 25, 2022

Launch Date Set for NASA’s Artemis-1 Mission to the Moon

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 82 *A launch date set for NASA’s Artemis-1 mission to the Moon NASA is looking at August 29 as the potential launch date for the maiden flight of the massive SLS Moon rocket on Artemis-1. *Warnings about the DART...
Guest: Tim Mendham
July 20, 2022

NASA’s Curiosity Rover goes into Emergency Safe Mode on Mars

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 80 *NASA’s Curiosity rover goes into emergency safe mode on Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover have suddenly gone into emergency safe mode on the red planet following unusual temperature spikes were detected by a key...
July 18, 2022

James Webb Reveals its Spectacular First Images

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 25 Episode 79 *James Webb reveals its spectacular first images The first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope have stunned the world with their...
June 27, 2022

Monster Black Hole Discovery

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 70 *Monster black hole discovery Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that’s consuming as much mass as the planet Earth every second....
Guest: Tim Mendham
June 24, 2022

Detecting Invisible Monsters Floating Unseen In Space

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 69 *Detecting invisible monsters floating unseen in space Astronomers may have discovered the first free-floating black hole in the Milky Way galaxy – an invisible monster devouring anything that gets too close. *NASA...
Guest: Tim Mendham
June 20, 2022

Evidence That Earth’s Inner Core Oscillates

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 67 *Evidence that Earth’s inner core oscillates Scientists have discovered that the Earth’s inner core oscillates, contradicting previously accepted models that...
Guest: Tim Mendham
June 1, 2022

The Sun As You've Never Seen It Before

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 59 *The Sun as you've never seen it before Powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a curious solar "hedgehog" are among the treasure-trove of spectacular images and data returned by the European...