Episodes

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...

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 57 *Do black holes flip their poles? Astronomers have just witnessed a rare and enigmatic event which may be the first evidence of a supermassive black hole flipping its poles and reversing polarity. *Surprising changes...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 56 *The biggest Marsquake ever recorded Astronomers have detected the largest marsquake ever recorded on the red planet. *Psyche mission moves closer to launch...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 55 *First image of the Milky Way’s central black hole Astronomers have unveiled the first ever direct image of Sagittarius A* the supermassive black hole at the...

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....

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 53 *Why the Moon’s near and far sides look so different A new study supports earlier claims that the dichotomy between the lunar near and far side was caused by a colossal ancient impact billions of years ago. *The Large...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 52 *A new type of stellar explosion Astronomers have discovered a new kind of stellar explosion that could be commonplace in the universe and may change our...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 51 *Solar storm triggers radio blackouts in Australia A severe X1.1 class solar flare erupting from the surface of the Sun has caused strong shortwave radio blackouts across Australia, the Western Pacific and eastern Asia...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 50 *Seafloor spreading slowing down A new study claims that sea floor spreading of the Earth’s tectonic plates along the planet’s mid ocean ridges has been...

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...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 48 *Mars Perseverance Rover sets a new record on the red planet NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover is continuing to set new records on the surface of the red planet....

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 47 *Discovery of a missing link in the origins of supermassive black holes Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 46 *The largest comet ever seen NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the largest comet ever seen – a 130 kilometre wide monster – fifty times bigger than...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 45 *Russia to end co-operation on International Space Station The Russian Federal space agency Roscosmos is briefing Moscow on its plans to terminate cooperation...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 44 *Solar Orbiter’s closest approach to the surface of the Sun The joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has undertaken its closest ever approach to the Sun...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 43 *The farthest and earliest galaxy ever seen Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the most distant star ever seen – astronomers have just discovered...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 42 *Artemis 1 undergoes a full launch dress rehearsal Two weeks after rolling out onto Space Launch complex 39B from the historic Vehicle Assembly Building at...

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...

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...

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...

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 38 *Strange happenings aboard the International Space Station Three Russian Cosmonauts have surprized the world emerging from their newly arrived capsule aboard the International Space Station wearing yellow and blue...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 37 *Gaia mission finds parts of the Milky Way much older than expected Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way...

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...