Astronomy News Episodes
May 30, 2022
Has An Ancient Doorway Been Found On Mars – Well No!
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 58
*Has an ancient doorway been found on Mars – well no!
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has taken an image of what looks like a doorway leading into a secret alien temple hidden in a cliff face on the red planet.
*The...
May 13, 2022
Scientists Want To Probe Uranus
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 54
*Scientists want to probe Uranus
Astronomers are recommending a new mission to explore the ice giant Uranus.
The push comes thanks to a planetary alignment which would allow a spacecraft to slingshot there in 2031....
April 25, 2022
Why Venus Rotates So Slowly And In The Wrong Direction
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 49
*Why Venus rotates so slowly and in the wrong direction
A new study suggests the planet Venus is gravitationally tidally locked to the Sun – and this explains...
April 6, 2022
Ice, Ice, Ice, Baby
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 41
*What created Pluto’s giant ice volcanos
A new study suggests that the giant cryovolcanoes seen across the surface of the distant frozen world of Pluto were...
April 4, 2022
The Most Distant Star Ever Seen; Discovery of a New Inner Milky Way Galactic Ring;
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 40
*The most distant star ever seen
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have set a new record for the most distant star ever seen – a giant 50 times...
April 1, 2022
New Properties Discovered In Hybrid Matter-Antimatter Helium
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 39
*New properties discovered in hybrid matter -- antimatter helium
Physicists have found that a hybrid matter -- antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton...
March 25, 2022
Solar Orbiter About To Make Its Closest Approach To The Sun
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 36
*Solar Orbiter about to make its closest approach to the Sun
The joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has now passed the orbit of Mercury – the nearest planet to the Sun and will shortly make its closest approach to...
March 23, 2022
NASA Extends the Mars Helicopter’s Mission
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 35
*NASA extends the Mars helicopter’s mission
NASA has extended flight operations of its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter through to at least September.
*Work on the...
March 21, 2022
Massive Bubbles at Center of Milky Way Caused by Supermassive Black Hole
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 34
*Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole
A new study has shown how giant bubbles stretching some 36 thousand light years...
March 18, 2022
The Dinosaur’s Last Spring
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 33
*The dinosaur’s last spring
A new study has concluded that the KT boundary event asteroid which killed the non-avian dinosaurs hit during the northern hemisphere's spring.
*Supermassive black holes in a dance to the...
March 14, 2022
The Mysterious World of 16 Psyche
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 31
*The mysterious world of 16 Psyche
The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock...
March 11, 2022
A “Hot Jupiter’s” Dark Side Revealed in Detail for First Time
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 30
*A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time
Astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of the perpetual dark side of a hot Jupiter exoplanet that is “tidally locked” to its host star. The...
March 7, 2022
How Russia’s War Against Ukraine Has Changed Space Operations
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 28
*How Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed space operations
NASA and the European Space Agency are exploring new ways to keep the International Space...
March 4, 2022
Perseverance Celebrates First Year on Mars
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 27
*Perseverance celebrates its first year on Mars
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has celebrated its first year on the surface of the red planet.
*How lightning actually starts
A new study has confirmed the hypothesis...
March 2, 2022
Giant Solar Eruption
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 26
*Giant solar eruption
The Earth has escaped a major geomagnetic storm event. Luckily the huge blast – occurred on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth.
*Ancient dwarf galaxy reconstructed
Astrophysicists have...
Feb. 25, 2022
New Record for Binary Brown Dwarfs
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 24
*New record for binary brown dwarfs
Astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwarfs that have the widest separation of any brown dwarf binary system ever found.
*Optus 11 to fly on the new Ariane 6
The new...
Feb. 23, 2022
Earth’s Water was Around Before Earth
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 23
*Earth’s water was around before Earth
A new study has concluded that Earth’s water was already present in that part of the solar system when the planet formed.
*Science suspended on Mars due to dust storms
Science...
Feb. 21, 2022
A New Insight into Earth’s Inner Core
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 22
*A new insight into Earth’s inner core
A new study suggests the Earth’s inner core isn’t a normal solid but composed of a solid iron sublattice and...
Feb. 18, 2022
More Delays for NASA’s New SLS Heavy Lift Rocket
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 21
*More delays for NASA’s new SLS heavy lift rocket
The long delayed maiden flight of NASA’s new heavy lift SLS Moon rocket has been postponed again possibly slipping back to May.
*Exotic X particles detected in...
Feb. 16, 2022
Lockheed Martin to Build the First Rocket to Take Off from Another Planet
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 20
*Lockheed Martin to build the first rocket to take off from another planet
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build the first rocket to launch from the surface of Mars.
*Counting down to the launch of...
Feb. 14, 2022
Discovery of a free-floating black hole hiding in plain sight
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 19
*Discovery of a free-floating black hole hiding in plain sight
Astronomers have found evidence of black holes floating undetected through the darkness of...
Feb. 11, 2022
How the Moon’s Crust was Formed
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 18
*A new theory explains how the Moon’s crust was formed
A new study has shown how the freezing of a slushy magma ocean may be responsible for the composition...
Feb. 9, 2022
Earth’s New Trojan Asteroid
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 17
*Earth’s new trojan asteroid
Astronomers have discovered a new Earth trojan asteroid.
*Hundreds of mysterious strands discovered in the Milky Way’s heart...
Feb. 4, 2022
Counting Down to a Crash on the Moon
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 15
*Counting down to a crash on the Moon
A four tonne Falcon 9 upper stage booster will crash into the Moon on March 4th – hitting the lunar surface at over nine...