Episodes
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March 22, 2019
83 Super-massive Black Holes Discovered in the Early Universe
Astronomers have discovered 83 monstrous black holes feeding in the early universe.
23
March 21, 2019
Milky Way Warped and Twisted
The first accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way shows that the galaxy is warped and twisted.
22
March 15, 2019
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The Hollywood notion of Bruce Willis rocketing into space to blow up a giant asteroid on a collision course with the Earth is unlikely to ever reach fruition...
21
March 14, 2019
Mission Accomplished
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon 2 capsule has splashed down safely in the North Atlantic Ocean...
20
March 8, 2019
Crew Dragon2 Docks with Space Station
SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon 2 capsule has successfully docked with the international space station completing the first part of its historic demonstration one test flight.
19
March 7, 2019
Crew Dragon2 Launches Successfully
NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched the Crew Dragon 2 capsule on its historic first demonstration flight test flight...
18
March 1, 2019
The Geocorona
Scientists have discovered that a tenuous gaseous unseen outermost region of Earth’s atmosphere called the geocorona extends ...
17
Feb. 27, 2019
Touchdown!
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has briefly touched down on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu to collect samples...
16
Feb. 22, 2019
Asteroid Impacts On Earth Have Been Increasing
The Earth has seen an increase in asteroid impacts over the past 290 million years.
15
Feb. 20, 2019
Goodbye Farewell and Amen
Goodbye farewell and amen as mission end declared for the Opportunity rover...
14
Feb. 15, 2019
A New Fundamental Constant of the Sun
Astronomers have discovered that magnetic waves in the Sun's corona - its outermost layer of the atmosphere - react to sound waves escaping from the inside of the Sun
12
Feb. 8, 2019
New Twists In The Expansion Of the Universe
Astronomers have uncovered what appears to be a glitch in the early expansion of the universe – beyond that predicted by the standard model of cosmology.
11
Feb. 7, 2019
New Insights Into Exploding Stars
Astronomers have experienced the most detailed observations ever undertaken of the first moments of the death of a star as a thermonuclear supernova.
16
Feb. 1, 2019
The First Supermassive Black Holes
A new study suggests that the very early universe – just after the big bang 13.82 billion years ago – may have seen conditions in which normal star formation was overtaken by the birth of monstrous black holes instead.
12
Jan. 31, 2019
Some of Earth’s Oldest Rocks Found on the Moon
Some of the oldest rocks on Earth have been discovered among lunar rock samples brought back to Earth from the Moon.
8
Jan. 25, 2019
08: Are Fast Radio Bursts Generated by Flaring Magnetars?
Scientists have developed a new hypothesis to try and explain mysterious cosmic energy blasts know as Fast Radio Bursts.
7
Jan. 24, 2019
07: Strange New Phenomenon Cowers Astronomers
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
6
Jan. 18, 2019
06: Brightest Quasar In the Early Universe
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
5
Jan. 16, 2019
05: A Second Repeating Fast Radio Burst Detected
The world’s premier astronomy and space science news podcast.
4
Jan. 11, 2019
04: The First Clue To The Makeup of Dark Matter
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
3
Jan. 9, 2019
03: New Horizon’s Reveals A New Kind of World
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
2
Jan. 4, 2019
02: Fuzz On An Expanding Bubble?
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
1
Jan. 2, 2019
01: The Most Distant World Ever Visited
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.