Episodes
Feb. 1, 2023
S26E14: First Brown Dwarf Imaged in the Hyades Open Star Cluster // Comparing Notes // Rocket Lab US Launch
*First Brown Dwarf imaged in the Hyades open star cluster Astronomers have imaged a brown dwarf in the Hyades open star cluster for the first time. *BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter Compare Notes at Venus The convergence of tw…
Jan. 30, 2023
S26E13 - Rubble Pile Asteroids Older Than Thought // Did Our Core Stop Spinning? // Near Miss
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 13 *Rubble pile asteroids older than thought A new study has found that so called rubble pile asteroids can be almost as old as the solar system. *Has the Earth’s core stopped spinning A new study…
Jan. 27, 2023
S26E12: JWST Sees Clouds on Titan // The Red Planet’s Curiously Sized Sand Dunes // Spectacular Falcon Heavy Launch
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 12 *James Webb sees clouds on Titan NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has turned focus onto the giant Saturnian moon Titan finding fluffy clouds in its atmosphere. *The red planet’s curiously si…
Jan. 25, 2023
S26E11: Martian Moon Phobos Starting to Tear Apart // Earth’s Latest Climate Report // Russian Rescue Mission
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 11 *Martian moon Phobos starting to tear apart A new study suggests the 22 kilometre wide Martian moon Phobos is showing the first signs of the process that will eventually tear it apart. *Planet …
Jan. 23, 2023
S26E10: What Brought the Dwarf Planet Ceres to Life // Lonsdaleite in the Sky with Diamonds // Britain's Launch Failure
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 10 *What brought the dwarf planet Ceres to life A new study suggests radioactive decay of minerals could account for heat needed to drive active geology early in the history of the dwarf planet Ce…
Jan. 20, 2023
S26E09: Most Distant Stars in Our Galaxy // Enceladus Update // Starship Ready
*Astronomers find the most distant stars in our galaxy halfway to Andromeda A new study shows the furthest reaches of the Milky Way galaxy – a region known as the galactic halo is so far away it almost touches the halo of ou…
Jan. 18, 2023
S26E08: Discovering the Origin of the Solar Wind
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 8 *Discovering the origin of the solar wind Scientists with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission have uncovered significant new clues about the origins of the solar wind – the continual stream of cha…
Jan. 16, 2023
S26E07: Strange Signal
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 7 *Spinning stars shed new light on a strange signal coming from the galactic center Astronomers say a mysterious excess in gamma ray energy radiating out from the Milky Way’s galactic bulge which…
Jan. 13, 2023
S26E06 - Big Blast on the Volcanic Moon IO
*Big blast on the volcanic moon IO Astronomers has detected a massive eruption on the on the volcanic Jovian moon IO. *How the Sun’s activity influences deep space cosmic rays Astronomers have discovered how changes in the S…
Jan. 11, 2023
S26E05: Explaining the Mysterious Fermi Bubbles at the Centre of the Milky Way
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 5 *Explaining the mysterious Fermi Bubbles at the centre of the Milky Way A new study has shown how the Fermi bubbles – a pair of massive gamma-ray emitting bubbles emanating from around the centr…
Jan. 9, 2023
S26E04: Uncovering the Quantum Mysteries of Black Holes
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 4 *Uncovering the quantum mysteries of black holes A new study suggests that the universe’s most exotic objects -- black holes -- can have different masses simultaneously. *NASA’s angels do play t…
Jan. 6, 2023
S26E03: Exotic Neutron Star // Japan Lunar Lander // SpaceX's Big Year // Earth Reaches Perihelion
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 3 *Have astronomers just found the most exotic type of neutron star ever seen? Astronomers have identified an unusually small neutron star that could be the first ever confirmed detection of a str…
Jan. 4, 2023
S26E02 - Where Did the First Quasars Come From? // Why the Southern Hemisphere is Stormier than the North // LeoLabs New Radar Station
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 2 *Where did the first quasars come from? New computer simulations reported in the current issue of Australian sky and Telescope Magazine suggest the universe’s first quasars probably originated f…
Jan. 3, 2023
S26E01: How Spiral Galaxies Lose Their Arms // Ryugu Sheds New Light on Solar System’s History // Sun Mystery Solved?
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 1 *How spiral galaxies lose their arms A new study suggests spiral galaxies like our own galaxy the Milky Way lose their stunning spirals when they lose the molecular gas needed for star formation…
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…
Dec. 28, 2022
S25E141: Vega C Explodes in Mid Flight // Soyuz Capsule Problems // Space Station Emergency Maneuver
*Vega C explodes in mid flight The European Space Agency has suspended all Vega flights and established an independent board of inquiry following the failure of a Vega C rocket during its ascent to orbit. *A violent leak thr…
Dec. 26, 2022
S25E140: Insight Lander Goes Silent // Biggest Marsquake Recorded // Mars Meteor Impacts // Launch Window Closes
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 140 *NASA’s Insight lander goes silent NASA’s Mars Insight lander has failed to respond to calls from mission managers back on Earth and may have gone silent after running out of power. *Biggest M…
Dec. 23, 2022
S25E139 - Mars Helicopter Sets New Record // Could Dark Matter Be Made Up of Dark Photons // Operational – but Only Just
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 139 *Mars helicopter sets new altitude record NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has set a new altitude record on its 35th flight on the red planet. *Dark matter could be made up of dark photons A t…
Dec. 21, 2022
S25E138: First-Ever Sound Recording of Dust Devils on Mars // What the First Galaxies Were, and Weren't, Like
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 138 *First-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars Astronomers get the first ever sound recording of a dust devil twisting its way across the surface of Mars. *What the first galaxies were, an…
Dec. 19, 2022
S25E137: Mysterious Meteor that Changes Everything // NASA’s Artemis 1 a Massive Success // Nuclear Fusion Achieved in the Lab
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 137 *The mysterious meteor that changes everything Astronomers believe that a meteor which streaked across the darkened skies of central Alberta didn’t originate in the inner solar system but from…
Dec. 16, 2022
S25E136: What Earth’s Volcanic History Can Tell Us About Venus // The Moonlight Initiative // Two New Rocky Worlds Around an Ultra-Cool Star
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 136 *What Earth’s volcanic history can tell us about Venus A new study claims volcanic activity lasting hundreds to thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of material may have helped …
Dec. 14, 2022
S25E135: Paradigm-Changing Cosmic Explosion // Saturn's Missing Moon // New Spy Satellite
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 135
*Astronomers identify a paradigm-changing cosmic explosion
Our standard Astronomy text books will need to be re-written after scientists discovered a distant blast unlike anything ever seen …
Dec. 12, 2022
S25E134: Giant Mantle Plume Identified on Mars // New Technique to Study Planetary Interiors // Mars Mega Tsunami
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 134
*A giant mantle plume identified on Mars
A new study suggests the Martian core could still be at least partially molten liquid. The findings reported in the journal Nature Astronomy are base…
Dec. 9, 2022
S25E133 Mysterious Bright Flash Pointing At Earth
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 133
*The mysteriously bright flash pointing straight at Earth
Earlier this year, astronomers detected an extraordinary bright flash in a part of the sky half way across the universe where no suc…