Season 21
103: Saturn’s Rings Are Disappearing
Dec. 28, 2018
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101: Water Discovered on Asteroid Bennu
Dec. 21, 2018
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100: Largest Black Hole Collision Ever Observed
Dec. 19, 2018
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98: First Sounds From the Martian Surface
Dec. 12, 2018
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96: Astronomers find a star almost identical to the Sun
Dec. 5, 2018
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95: Ticking Time Bomb In Our Stellar Backyard
Nov. 30, 2018
Astronomers have discovered a unique nearby triple star system containing a pair of massive ‘Wolf-Rayet’ stars which are about to explode as supernovae...
93: Micro-quasar Blasting Gamma Rays Towards Earth
Nov. 24, 2018
Plus - Alien asteroid Oumuamua posing new mysteries
92: Super-Earth Discovery
Nov. 22, 2018
Super-Earth discovered orbiting one of our nearest neighbouring star systems
90: Giant Galactic Impact Shaped The Milky Way
Nov. 14, 2018
A new study shows that instead of forming alone - our Milky Way galaxy was involved in a major collision with another big galaxy about ten billion years ago.
89: First Images of Asteroid Bennu from Osiris-Rex
Nov. 10, 2018
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88: Supermassive Black Hole Flares
Nov. 8, 2018
Flares discovered erupting around the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole
87: The Origins of the Martian Moon Phobos
Nov. 2, 2018
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85: Plate tectonics may have been active on Earth since the very beginning
Oct. 26, 2018
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84: Mysterious Fast Radio Burst Known Population Doubles
Oct. 24, 2018
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83: Ancient Mars Could Have Had Life
Oct. 23, 2018
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80: Another Lander Touches Down on Asteroid Ryugu
Oct. 23, 2018
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78: Evidence For a Third Magellanic Cloud
Oct. 23, 2018
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77: Echoes Of a Galactic Collision Involving The Milky Way
Oct. 23, 2018
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
76: Japan Lands On the Asteroid Ryugu
Oct. 23, 2018
Japan has successfully deployed two lander rovers onto the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.
75: Giant galaxy cluster discovered hiding in plain sight
Oct. 10, 2018
Astronomers have uncovered a sprawling new galaxy cluster hiding in plain sight.
74: How asteroid impacts shaped Earth’s ancient geology
Oct. 10, 2018
A new study has found that some of the oldest rocks on the planet are the result of asteroids slamming into the primordial Earth causing its crust to melt.
73: Space Station leak was man made
Oct. 10, 2018
It’s been revealed that the hole found in the hull of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft which allowed atmosphere from the International Space Station to vent into space was made by a drill.
72: New clues about Earth’s greatest mass extinction event
Oct. 10, 2018
Halogens released during the Siberian Traps eruption may have been one of the driving forces behind the world’s greatest mass extinction event.
71: All good aboard space station following leak repair
Oct. 10, 2018
Mission managers say cabin pressure is holding steady following repairs after atmosphere began venting into space from a leak aboard the International Space Station.
70: Earth’s Magnetic field reversals could happen faster than thought
Oct. 10, 2018
A new study suggests that Earth’s geomagnetic field polarity reversals could occur overs the space of just two centuries – much faster than previously thought.
69: Water confirmed on the Lunar surface
Oct. 10, 2018
Scientists have directly observed water on the lunar surface for the first time.
68: STEVE is not an aurora after all
Sept. 21, 2018
A new study claims the strange auroral streams collectively dubbed STEVE are not auroral after all -- but an entirely new celestial phenomenon.
67: Earth’s ingredients are fairly typical
Sept. 21, 2018
A new study looking at material around distant stars suggests Earth’s ingredients are fairly typical.
66: Ultra-bright early galaxies may be less common than we think
Aug. 24, 2018
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65: New Horizons sees possible hydrogen wall at the end of the Solar System
Aug. 24, 2018
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64: Parker Solar Probe launches
Aug. 24, 2018
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63: No firewalls around black holes
Aug. 24, 2018
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62: How our solar system was formed
Aug. 9, 2018
Astronomers have shed new light on how solar systems are formed.
61: Andromeda's galactic cannibalism
Aug. 3, 2018
Scientists have discovered that the Andromeda galaxy M31 shredded and cannibalized a galaxy similar to the Milky way about two billion years ago.
60: Water Discovered Under Martian South Pole
Aug. 2, 2018
A huge subsurface liquid water lake has been detected near the Martian south pole.
59: Discrepancies infect the standard model of cosmology
July 27, 2018
Astronomers trying to work out how fast the universe is expanding - still can’t agree on a key figure in the standard model of cosmology – known as the Hubble Constant.
58: Sun’s rotation could influence lightning on Earth
July 26, 2018
A new study suggests the Sun's rotational cycle influences lightning activity on Earth.
57: Another possible volcano on Jupiter moon Io - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S21E57
July 20, 2018
As NASA’s Juno spacecraft undertook its 13th close flyby of the gas giant Jupiter on Monday – earlier data appears to have turned up a new heat source close to the south pole of Io
56: Cosmic ray neutrinos traced back to their source - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S21E56
July 19, 2018
A new study has identified a distant supermassive black hole called a blazar as the source of mysterious high energy cosmic ray neutrinos bombarding the Earth.
55: Dawn spacecraft reaches its lowest ever orbit around Ceres SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S21E55
July 16, 2018
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres returning thousands of stunning images and other data.
54: Cataclysmic collision helped shape Uranus - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S21E54
July 13, 2018
A new study claims Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth causing the planet to roll over onto its side.