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Astronomer at large and Space Nuts Podcast Host

James Webb Reveals its Spectacular First Images
July 18, 2022

James Webb Reveals its Spectacular First Images

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 25 Episode 79*James Webb reveals its spectacular first imagesThe first images from the new James Webb Space Telescope have stunned the world with their...
Space Junk Destroys Satellite
Sept. 3, 2021

Space Junk Destroys Satellite

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 99*Space junk destroys satelliteIt now looks like space junk from a 1996 Russian rocket may be behind the destruction of China’s Yunhai 1-02 weather satellite...
Earth Sized Rogue Planets Discovery
July 21, 2021

Earth Sized Rogue Planets Discovery

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 83*Discovery of four Earth-sized rogue planets all alone in the nightA new study has found tantalising evidence for a mysterious population of “free-floating”...
A New Study of the Distant Oort Cloud
June 11, 2021

A New Study of the Distant Oort Cloud

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 66*A new study of the distant Oort cloudAstronomers have undertaken a new analysis of the Oort cloud – the sphere of some 100 billion comets and chunks of icy debri...