Skywatch Episodes
S26E18: JWST Suffers a Glitch // Nuclear-powered Rockets for Mars // Largest Aircraft Flies // February Skywatch
Feb. 10, 2023
*James Webb Space Telescope suffers a glitch One of the key instruments aboard NASA’s ten billion dollar James Web Space Telescope has suddenly gone off line. *NASA and the Pentagon to build nuclear-powered rockets for Mars …
The Sands of Mars are Green as well as Red
Sept. 9, 2022
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 …
A “Hot Jupiter’s” Dark Side Revealed in Detail for First Time
March 11, 2022
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…
Study Suggests the Earth Tipped Over 84 million Years Ago
Nov. 5, 2021
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 y…
An Update from Mars
Sept. 10, 2021
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 su…
Ingenuity Scopes Out the Road Ahead on Mars
Aug. 6, 2021
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 sp…