Space News Episodes
Are We Seeing the First Light in the Universe?
Nov. 30, 2022
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 th…
Orion’s Historic Journey Around the Moon
Nov. 28, 2022
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 s…
Lift off : NASA’s Artemis-1 Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon
Nov. 21, 2022
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 specta…
A Major Blow in the Search for Life on Other Worlds
Nov. 2, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 117 *A major blow in the search for life on other worlds Planetary scientists have suffered a significant setback in their search for exoplanets with life – discovering an Earth like planet with…
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to the Distant World of Titan
Oct. 31, 2022
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 116 *NASA’s Dragonfly mission to the distant world of Titan NASA have undertaken a major survey of the Saturnian moon Titan’s Selk cra…
Over 30 Thousand Near Earth Asteroids Now Discovered
Oct. 26, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 114 *Over 30 thousand near Earth Asteroids now discovered Astronomers have reached a major milestone with the discovery of the thirty thousandth near Earth asteroid. *NASA's Lucy spacecraft swo…
Best View Yet of the Birth of a Black Hole
Oct. 19, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 111 *Astronomers have been given one of their best views yet of the birth of a black hole Astronomers have been given one of their best views yet of the birth of one of the universe’s most infam…
Stunning New Images of the Jovian Ice Moon Europa
Oct. 12, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 108 *Stunning new images of the Jovian ice moon Europa NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed its close flyby of the Jovian ice moon Europa capturing stunning close-up images which are raising mor…
Dimorphous Grows a Massive Comet Like Impact Debris Tail
Oct. 10, 2022
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 107 *Dimorphous grows a massive comet like impact debris tail The DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphous has generate…
New and Puzzling Features of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts
Sept. 30, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 103 *New and puzzling features of mysterious fast radio bursts Astronomers have detected strange never before seen signals originating from an already mysterious object called a Fast Radio Burst…
Counting Down to Asteroid Collision
Sept. 23, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 100 *Counting down to asteroid collision NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test— or DART mission -- remains on target to crash into a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid on Monday. *Cont…
Solar Orbiter Hit by a Massive Coronal Mass Ejection
Sept. 16, 2022
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 97 *Solar Orbiter hit by a massive Coronal Mass Ejection Earlier this month as The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter undertook its third flyby of the planet Venus it was hit by a massive co…
Four-Billion-Year-Old Planetary Crust Found Under Western Australia
Sept. 14, 2022
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 96 *Four-billion-year-old planetary crust found under Western Australia Scientists have identified a four-billion-year-old piece of th…
DART on Track for Asteroid Impact
Sept. 12, 2022
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 95 *DART on track for asteroid impact Later this month NASA’s Dart mission will slam into a tiny near-Earth asteroid orbiting a slight…
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 …