Season 25
Dec. 30, 2022
S25E142 - NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Start Setting Up the Martian Sample Depot
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 142 *NASA’s Perseverance rover to start setting up the Martian sample depot NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has started work to set up a Mars sample return depot on the red planet – the first to be established on another...
Dec. 28, 2022
S25E141: Vega C Explodes in Mid Flight // Soyuz Capsule Problems // Space Station Emergency Maneuver
*Vega C explodes in mid flight The European Space Agency has suspended all Vega flights and established an independent board of inquiry following the failure of a Vega C rocket during its ascent to orbit. *A violent leak threatens the space worthiness...
Dec. 26, 2022
S25E140: Insight Lander Goes Silent // Biggest Marsquake Recorded // Mars Meteor Impacts // Launch Window Closes
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 140 *NASA’s Insight lander goes silent NASA’s Mars Insight lander has failed to respond to calls from mission managers back on Earth and may have gone silent after running out of power. *Biggest Marsquake ever recorded...
Dec. 23, 2022
S25E139 - Mars Helicopter Sets New Record // Could Dark Matter Be Made Up of Dark Photons // Operational – but Only Just
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 139 *Mars helicopter sets new altitude record NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has set a new altitude record on its 35th flight on the red planet. *Dark matter could be made up of dark photons A team of scientists have...
Dec. 21, 2022
S25E138: First-Ever Sound Recording of Dust Devils on Mars // What the First Galaxies Were, and Weren't, Like
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 138 *First-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars Astronomers get the first ever sound recording of a dust devil twisting its way across the surface of Mars. *What the first galaxies were, and weren't, like Researchers...
Dec. 19, 2022
S25E137: Mysterious Meteor that Changes Everything // NASA’s Artemis 1 a Massive Success // Nuclear Fusion Achieved in the Lab
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 137 *The mysterious meteor that changes everything Astronomers believe that a meteor which streaked across the darkened skies of central Alberta didn’t originate in the inner solar system but from the far reaches of the...
Dec. 16, 2022
S25E136: What Earth’s Volcanic History Can Tell Us About Venus // The Moonlight Initiative // Two New Rocky Worlds Around an Ultra-Cool Star
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 136 *What Earth’s volcanic history can tell us about Venus A new study claims volcanic activity lasting hundreds to thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of material may have helped transform Venus from a warm...
Dec. 14, 2022
S25E135: Paradigm-Changing Cosmic Explosion // Saturn's Missing Moon // New Spy Satellite
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 135
*Astronomers identify a paradigm-changing cosmic explosion
Our standard Astronomy text books will need to be re-written after scientists discovered a distant blast unlike anything ever seen before.
*Saturn’s rings...
Dec. 12, 2022
S25E134: Giant Mantle Plume Identified on Mars // New Technique to Study Planetary Interiors // Mars Mega Tsunami
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 134
*A giant mantle plume identified on Mars
A new study suggests the Martian core could still be at least partially molten liquid. The findings reported in the journal Nature Astronomy are based on the detection of what...
Dec. 9, 2022
S25E133 Mysterious Bright Flash Pointing At Earth
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 133
*The mysteriously bright flash pointing straight at Earth
Earlier this year, astronomers detected an extraordinary bright flash in a part of the sky half way across the universe where no such light had ever been...
Dec. 7, 2022
Martian Dust Storms // Solar Storm Damage // Dragon Arrival // Ariane 6 Update
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 132
*Martian dust storms generate Earth like clouds
ESA's Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those in our planet's tropical regions.
*Solar storm...
Dec. 5, 2022
Artemis 1 Homeward Bound
*Artemis 1 on its way home
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is on its way home after completing its distant retrograde lunar orbit around the Moon.
*More possible organic compounds found in Mars crater rocks
Scientists are reporting the detection...
Dec. 2, 2022
Are the Sun’s Solar Cycles Getting Weaker
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 130
*Are the Sun’s solar cycles getting weaker
New computer modelling suggests the Sun’s 11 year solar cycle is getting weaker, and scientists aren’t sure how that will affect the Earth.
*New NASA climate change mission...
Nov. 30, 2022
Are We Seeing the First Light in the Universe?
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 129
*Are we seeing the first light in the universe
The Webb Space Telescope is now unveiling what could be light from the very first stars in the universe – revealing a very rich cosmos where the first forming galaxies...
Nov. 28, 2022
Orion’s Historic Journey Around the Moon
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 128
*Orion’s historic journey around the Moon
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft has arrived safely in lunar orbit and has now well into its distant retrograde orbit which is taking the mission some 92,195 kilometres...
Nov. 25, 2022
How Black Holes Control Star Formation
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 127
*How black holes control star formation
New observations using NASA’s Webb Space Telescope are showing astronomers how black holes control star formation in galaxies.
*Euclid completes thermal vacuum testing
The...
Nov. 23, 2022
Hubble Captures Three Faces of an Evolving Supernova
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 126
*Hubble captures three faces of an evolving supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has images three different moments at once in a far-off supernova explosion that happened 11 billion years ago.
*New study claims...
Nov. 21, 2022
Lift off : NASA’s Artemis-1 Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 125
*Lift off NASA’s Artemis-1 Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon
The world’s most powerful rocket NASA’s Space Launch System has successfully blasted into orbit on its maiden flight. The spectacular nighttime launch from...
Nov. 18, 2022
Sharpest Image Ever of Universe's Most Massive Known Star
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 124
*Sharpest image ever of universe’s most massive known star
Astronomers have taken their best image yet of the most massive known star in the universe.
*The Martian crust is more complex and evolved than previously...
Nov. 16, 2022
Data Suggests Magnetars Have Solid Surfaces
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 123
*Data suggests Magnetars have solid surfaces
A signature in the X-ray light emitted by a highly magnetised neutron star known as a magnetar suggests the star has a solid surface with no atmosphere.
*SpaceX could try...
Nov. 14, 2022
Mysterious Cosmic Radiation Storms Targeting the Earth
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 122
*Mysterious cosmic radiation storms targeting the Earth
Mystery continues to surround a series of strange cosmic radiation storms which have been battering...
Nov. 11, 2022
NASA to Continue with the Psyche Mission Despite Software Issues
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 121
*NASA to continue with the Psyche mission despite software issues
NASA has decided to go forward with its Psyche mission with a new launch window opening on October 10, 2023.
*Searching for the Milky Way galaxy’s...
Nov. 9, 2022
Largest Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Detected in Eight Years
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 120
*Largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight years
Astronomers have detected three near Earth asteroids hiding in the glare of the Sun including a one and a half kilometre wide monster which could one day...
Nov. 7, 2022
Giant Asteroid Discovered Just a Day Before it Flew Past the Earth
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 119
*Giant asteroid discovered just a day before it flew past the Earth
Astronomers discovered a huge asteroid as big as a sky scraper just a day before it...