Space News Episodes

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 59*The Sun as you've never seen it beforePowerful 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...

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...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 54*Scientists want to probe UranusAstronomers 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....

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 49*Why Venus rotates so slowly and in the wrong directionA new study suggests the planet Venus is gravitationally tidally locked to the Sun – and this explains...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 41*What created Pluto’s giant ice volcanosA new study suggests that the giant cryovolcanoes seen across the surface of the distant frozen world of Pluto were...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 40*The most distant star ever seenAstronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have set a new record for the most distant star ever seen – a giant 50 times...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 39*New properties discovered in hybrid matter -- antimatter heliumPhysicists have found that a hybrid matter -- antimatter helium atom containing an antiproton...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 36*Solar Orbiter about to make its closest approach to the SunThe 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...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 35*NASA extends the Mars helicopter’s missionNASA has extended flight operations of its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter through to at least September.*Work on the...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 34*Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black holeA new study has shown how giant bubbles stretching some 36 thousand light years...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 33*The dinosaur’s last springA 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...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 31*The mysterious world of 16 PsycheThe asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 30*A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first timeAstronomers 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...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 28*How Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed space operationsNASA and the European Space Agency are exploring new ways to keep the International Space...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 27*Perseverance celebrates its first year on MarsNASA's Mars Perseverance rover has celebrated its first year on the surface of the red planet.*How lightning actually startsA new study has confirmed the hypothesis...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 26*Giant solar eruptionThe 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 reconstructedAstrophysicists have...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 24*New record for binary brown dwarfsAstronomers 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 6The new...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 23*Earth’s water was around before EarthA 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 stormsScience...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 22*A new insight into Earth’s inner coreA new study suggests the Earth’s inner core isn’t a normal solid but composed of a solid iron sublattice and...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 21*More delays for NASA’s new SLS heavy lift rocketThe 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...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 20*Lockheed Martin to build the first rocket to take off from another planetNASA has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build the first rocket to launch from the surface of Mars.*Counting down to the launch of...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 19*Discovery of a free-floating black hole hiding in plain sightAstronomers have found evidence of black holes floating undetected through the darkness of...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 18*A new theory explains how the Moon’s crust was formedA new study has shown how the freezing of a slushy magma ocean may be responsible for the composition...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 17*Earth’s new trojan asteroidAstronomers have discovered a new Earth trojan asteroid.*Hundreds of mysterious strands discovered in the Milky Way’s heart...