Episodes

Discovery Of A Missing Link In The Origins Of Supermassive Black Holes
April 20, 2022

Discovery Of A Missing Link In The Origins Of Supermassive Black Holes

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 47*Discovery of a missing link in the origins of supermassive black holesAstronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that...
The Largest Comet Ever Seen
April 18, 2022

The Largest Comet Ever Seen

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 46*The largest comet ever seenNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the largest comet ever seen – a 130 kilometre wide monster – fifty times bigger than...
Russia To End Co-operation On International Space Station
April 15, 2022

Russia To End Co-operation On International Space Station

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 45*Russia to end co-operation on International Space StationThe Russian Federal space agency Roscosmos is briefing Moscow on its plans to terminate cooperation...
Solar Orbiter’s Closest Approach To The Surface Of The Sun
April 13, 2022

Solar Orbiter’s Closest Approach To The Surface Of The Sun

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 44*Solar Orbiter’s closest approach to the surface of the SunThe joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has undertaken its closest ever approach to the Sun...
The Farthest and Earliest Galaxy Ever Seen
April 11, 2022

The Farthest and Earliest Galaxy Ever Seen

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 43*The farthest and earliest galaxy ever seenHot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the most distant star ever seen – astronomers have just discovered...
Artemis 1 Undergoes A Full Launch Dress Rehearsal
April 8, 2022

Artemis 1 Undergoes A Full Launch Dress Rehearsal

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 42*Artemis 1 undergoes a full launch dress rehearsalTwo weeks after rolling out onto Space Launch complex 39B from the historic Vehicle Assembly Building at...
Ice, Ice, Ice, Baby
April 6, 2022

Ice, Ice, Ice, Baby

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 Most Distant Star Ever Seen; Discovery of a New Inner Milky Way Galactic Ring;
April 4, 2022

The Most Distant Star Ever Seen; Discovery of a New Inner Milky Way Galactic Ring;

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...
New Properties Discovered In Hybrid Matter-Antimatter Helium
April 1, 2022

New Properties Discovered In Hybrid Matter-Antimatter Helium

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...
Strange Happenings Aboard The International Space Station
March 30, 2022

Strange Happenings Aboard The International Space Station

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 38*Strange happenings aboard the International Space StationThree Russian Cosmonauts have surprized the world emerging from their newly arrived capsule aboard the International Space Station wearing yellow and blue...
Gaia Mission Finds Parts Of The Milky Way Much Older Than Expected
March 28, 2022

Gaia Mission Finds Parts Of The Milky Way Much Older Than Expected

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 37*Gaia mission finds parts of the Milky Way much older than expectedUsing data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way...
Solar Orbiter About To Make Its Closest Approach To The Sun
March 25, 2022

Solar Orbiter About To Make Its Closest Approach To The Sun

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...
NASA Extends the Mars Helicopter’s Mission
March 23, 2022

NASA Extends the Mars Helicopter’s Mission

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...
Massive Bubbles at Center of Milky Way Caused by Supermassive Black Hole
March 21, 2022

Massive Bubbles at Center of Milky Way Caused by Supermassive Black Hole

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...
The Dinosaur’s Last Spring
March 18, 2022

The Dinosaur’s Last Spring

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...
Astronomers Shocked By the Nearest Ever Fast Radio Burst
March 16, 2022

Astronomers Shocked By the Nearest Ever Fast Radio Burst

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 32*Astronomers shocked by the nearest ever Fast Radio BurstAstronomers have tracked a mysterious cosmic flash known as a Fast Radio Burst down to a globular cluster in a nearby spiral galaxy called M81.*CHEOPS reveals...
The Mysterious World of 16 Psyche
March 14, 2022

The Mysterious World of 16 Psyche

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...
A “Hot Jupiter’s” Dark Side Revealed in Detail for First Time
March 11, 2022

A “Hot Jupiter’s” Dark Side Revealed in Detail for First Time

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...
Discovery of a Black Hole Spinning on its Side
March 9, 2022

Discovery of a Black Hole Spinning on its Side

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 29*Discovery of a black hole spinning on its sideAstronomers have discovered a black hole in a binary star system which appears to be spinning on its side. The discovery reported in the journal Science challenges...
How Russia’s War Against Ukraine Has Changed Space Operations
March 7, 2022

How Russia’s War Against Ukraine Has Changed Space Operations

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...
Perseverance Celebrates First Year on Mars
March 4, 2022

Perseverance Celebrates First Year on Mars

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...
Giant Solar Eruption
March 2, 2022

Giant Solar Eruption

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...
Cosmic Cannibalism
Feb. 28, 2022

Cosmic Cannibalism

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 25*Cosmic cannibalismObservations from the latest data release by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have allowed astronomers to identify stellar streams...
New Record for Binary Brown Dwarfs
Feb. 25, 2022

New Record for Binary Brown Dwarfs

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...