Jonathan Nally
Editor Australian Sky & Telescope Magazine
Our editor, Jonathan Nally, is well known to members of both the amateur and professional astronomical communities. In 1987 he founded Australia’s first astronomy magazine, Sky & Space, and in 2005 became the launch editor for Australian Sky & Telescope. He has written for other major science magazines and technology magazines, and has authored, contributed to or edited many astronomy, nature, history and technology books. In 2000 the Astronomical Society of Australia awarded him the inaugural David Allen Prize for Excellence in the promotion of Astronomy to the public.
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April 5, 2024
S27E42: Martian Oasis: Gale Crater's Watery Past Revealed
This episode is brought to you by NordPass...the password manager (and more) that you need in your life for not very much money. To get the deal, visit https://www.nordpass.com/stuart The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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June 2, 2023
S26E66: Ancient galaxy dies suddenly // Inmarsat denies cyber-attack // Meteorite rocks Queensland // June Skywatch
SpaceTime S26E66 - The James Webb Telescope has discovered an ancient galaxy, called GS-9209, which suddenly and mysteriously died – halting all star formation. - Inmarsat has denied suggestions that two recent outages of its I-4 F1 satellite was...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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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...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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Sept. 9, 2022
The Sands of Mars are Green as well as Red
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 94 *The Perseverance rover finds the sands of Mars are green as well as red The accepted view of Mars is red rocks and craters as far as the eye can see. But NASA’s Perseverance rover has found lots of olivine. *New...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
May 13, 2022
Scientists Want To Probe Uranus
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....
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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 time Astronomers 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...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
Feb. 25, 2022
New Record for Binary Brown Dwarfs
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 24 *New record for binary brown dwarfs Astronomers 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 6 The new...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
Feb. 21, 2022
A New Insight into Earth’s Inner Core
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 22 *A new insight into Earth’s inner core A new study suggests the Earth’s inner core isn’t a normal solid but composed of a solid iron sublattice and...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
Feb. 18, 2022
More Delays for NASA’s New SLS Heavy Lift Rocket
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 21 *More delays for NASA’s new SLS heavy lift rocket The long delayed maiden flight of NASA’s new heavy lift SLS Moon rocket has been postponed again possibly slipping back to May. *Exotic X particles detected in...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
Feb. 4, 2022
Counting Down to a Crash on the Moon
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 15 *Counting down to a crash on the Moon A four tonne Falcon 9 upper stage booster will crash into the Moon on March 4th – hitting the lunar surface at over nine...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
Dec. 31, 2021
Ingenuity Soars Through Alien Skies Yet Again
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 145 *Ingenuity soars through alien skies yet again NASA’s Mars Ingenuity rotocopter has undertaken its 18th flight over the surface of the red planet. *Blue Origin...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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Nov. 12, 2021
Starliner Test Flight Delayed till Next Year
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 129 *Starliner test flight delayed till next year Boeing says its troubled CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will now undertake an unmanned test flight to the...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
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Nov. 5, 2021
Study Suggests the Earth Tipped Over 84 million Years Ago
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime 20211105 Series 24 Episode 126 *Study suggests the earth tipped over 84 million years ago A new study suggests the Earth tipped on its side 84 million years ago. The phenomenon known...
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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Oct. 1, 2021
Is That Dark Energy?
For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode: https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/blog/ RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetime Email:...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
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Sept. 17, 2021
Astronauts Smell Smoke and Burning
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 105 *Astronauts smell smoke and burning on Russian Space Station module There have been more problems aboard the Russian section of the International Space Station...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
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Sept. 10, 2021
An Update from Mars
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 102 *Perseverance collects its first samples of the red planet It was a case of second time lucky as NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover successfully collected a sample...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
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Aug. 6, 2021
Ingenuity Scopes Out the Road Ahead on Mars
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 90 *Ingenuity scopes out the road ahead on Mars Scientists studying NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter’s ninth flight have revealed a spectacular landscape of dunes...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
July 9, 2021
Looking Back to the Cosmic Dawn
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 78 *Looking back to the cosmic dawn A new study claims the first stars began shining between 250 and 350 million years after the big bang 13.8 billion years ago....
Guest: Jonathan Nally
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June 18, 2021
No Plate Tectonics on Venus
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 69 *No plate tectonics on Venus A new study claims Venus hasn’t had plate tectonics for at least 300 million and possibly more than a billion years. *First X-rays fro...
Guests: Jonathan Nally , Tim Mendham
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May 7, 2021
China Launches its New Space Station
For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or the all new www.bitesz.com The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 51 *China launches its new space station China has success...
Guest: Jonathan Nally