Space News Episodes

June 26, 2024

S27E77: Early Universe Black Holes, Mars' Odd Rocks, and Milky Way Flares

Join us for SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 77, where we explore the latest cosmic discoveries and advancements in space exploration. First, astronomers have discovered the earliest known pair of quasars in the process of merging. Reported in the...
June 10, 2024

S27E70: SpaceX's Mega Rocket Soars and China's Historic Lunar Mission

Join us for SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 70, where we delve into the latest cosmic events and groundbreaking discoveries shaping our understanding of the universe. First, we explore SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, which...
April 5, 2024

S27E42: Martian Oasis: Gale Crater's Watery Past Revealed

This episode is brought to you by NordPass...the password manager (and more) that you need in your life for not very much money. To get the deal, visit https://www.nordpass.com/stuart The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27...
April 3, 2024

S27E41: Earth's Puzzling Past: The Greenlandic Birth of Scandinavian Lands

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 41 *The Scandinavian Connection: Born from Greenland's Ancient Crust In a groundbreaking geological study, scientists have traced the oldest Scandinavian bedrock back to its...
March 29, 2024

S27E39: Galactic Goliaths: The Einasto Supercluster Unveiled

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 39 *Unveiling the Einasto Supercluster: A Cosmic Behemoth Astronomers have unveiled one of the most massive superclusters ever observed, a colossal structure named the Einasto...
Guest: Tim Mendham
March 27, 2024

S27E38: The Final Puzzle Piece: Witnessing Planetary Formation's Endgame

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 38 *Witnessing the Final Stages of Planetary Formation For the first time, astronomers have captured the end of the planetary formation process, observing the dispersal of gas...
March 26, 2024

S27E37: Betelgeuse's Boiling Secret: The Star That Spins Too Fast

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 37 *Betelgeuse's Surprising Spin: A Red Supergiant's Secrets Astronomers have been intrigued by the rapid rotation of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, but new insights suggest...
March 22, 2024

S27E36: Neutron Star Mass Mystery: Unlocking the Threshold of Black Holes

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 36 *The Precise Mass of Neutron Stars Unveiled Astronomers have pinpointed the exact upper mass limit for non-rotating neutron stars, providing a critical piece to the puzzle of...
March 20, 2024

S27E35: Red Planet Revelation: Mars Hides an Ancient Volcanic Behemoth

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 36 *Mars Unveils a Colossal Volcanic Secret Astronomers have discovered a massive ancient volcano on Mars, hidden beneath an ice sheet in the planet's Tharsus volcanic province....
March 18, 2024

S27E34: The Ups and Downs of SpaceX's Starship: A Test Flight Tale

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 34 *SpaceX's Starship Tests the Limits of Spaceflight In a breathtaking display of rocketry, SpaceX's Starship edges closer to the stars, nearly perfecting its third flight test....
March 15, 2024

S27E33: Star Shredded by Black Hole: A Cosmic Feast Observed

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March 11, 2024

S27E31: Cosmic Graveyard: The Enigma of the Universe's Oldest Dead Galaxy

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support. The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 31 *The Enigma of the Universe's Oldest Dead Galaxy In a...
Feb. 28, 2024

S27E26: The Universe's Luminosity Leader: Unveiling Quasar J0529-4351

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 26 *The Brightest and Fastest Growing Black Hole Quasar Ever Seen Astronomers have uncovered a cosmic colossus: the most luminous quasar known, powered by a black hole 17 billion...
Jan. 19, 2024

S27E09: The Dark Energy Survey’s Unique Insights

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 9 *The Dark Energy Survey’s unique insights into the expansion of the universe In 1998, astrophysicists discovered that the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate. They attributed this to...
Jan. 1, 2024

S27E01: Black Hole Radio Signals // A Close Encounter // China Launch

Happy New Year from the SpaceTime Team! The Space News Podcast. S SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 1 *Black Hole radio signals helping to unveil secrets of massive galaxies A new study has confirmed that supermassive black holes at the hearts of some of...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Dec. 27, 2023

Recent Martian volcanism reveals a more active planet | S26E155

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 155 *Recent Martian volcanism reveals a more active planet A vast, flat, "featureless" plain on Mars has surprised scientists by revealing a much more tumultuous geologic past than expected....
Dec. 25, 2023

Sun unleashes its biggest solar flare in years | S26E154

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 154 *Sun unleashes its biggest solar flare in years The Sun has unleased its biggest solar flare in years, a massive X2.8 blast of energy which slammed into the Earth triggering two hours of deep...
Dec. 20, 2023

Meanwhile on Mars: Deciphering the ancient history of a Martian Lake | S26E152

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 152 *Deciphering the ancient history of a Martian lake NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has just passed its one thousandth Martian day on the red planet. *MAVEN watches as the Sun’s solar wind suddenly...
Dec. 18, 2023

Space Records Continue to Tumble: Record Setting Brown Dwarf Discovery | S26E151

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 151 *Discovery of a record setting brown dwarf Astronomers have discovered what might be the smallest Brown Dwarf ever seen – just three or four times the mass of Jupiter. *How gas-rich baby galaxies...
Nov. 22, 2023

Marsquakes // Life // Exoplanets | S26E140

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 140 *Cerberus Fossae identified as the biggest source of marsquakes A new study of data from NASA’s Mars Insight lander mission has identified the Cerberus Fossae region east of Insight as the red...
Nov. 20, 2023

Ancient Galaxies // Earth's Surface Water // Mars Spacecraft | S26E139

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 139 *Discovery of some of the most ancient galaxies ever seen Astronomers have discovered two of the most distant galaxies ever seen – one of which dates back some 13.4 billion light years -- to a...
Nov. 17, 2023

Dream Chaser, Uranus Aurora, and Ozone Hole Update | S26E138

Welcome to SpaceTime, the podcast that brings you the most fascinating stories and discoveries in astronomy, space and science. Your host, Stuart Gary, and in this episode, we'll talk about: ● How the first Dream Chaser space plane is ready to fly to...
Guest: Tim Mendham
Nov. 15, 2023

Euclid's Debut, Europe's Space Leap, and Arctic Mysteries Unveiled | S26E137

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 137 - 1. **Euclid Mission's Groundbreaking First Images**: The European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft, dedicated to exploring the mysteries of the dark universe, has unveiled its first set of images. This marks a...
Nov. 3, 2023

Stellar Alchemy and Earth's Shield: Unveiling Tellurium and Hera's Odyssey | S26E132

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 132 *Rare heavy element discovered in stellar collision Astronomers have discovered the rare heavy element tellurium being produced in the kilonova collision of a pair of neutron stars. *Planetary...
Guest: Tim Mendham