Season 25
April 20, 2022
Discovery Of A Missing Link In The Origins Of Supermassive Black Holes
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 47
*Discovery of a missing link in the origins of supermassive black holes
Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in…
April 18, 2022
The Largest Comet Ever Seen
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 46
*The largest comet ever seen
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the largest comet ever seen – a 130 kilometre wide monste…
April 15, 2022
Russia To End Co-operation On International Space Station
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 45
*Russia to end co-operation on International Space Station
The Russian Federal space agency Roscosmos is briefing Moscow on its pla…
April 13, 2022
Solar Orbiter’s Closest Approach To The Surface Of The Sun
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 44
*Solar Orbiter’s closest approach to the surface of the Sun
The joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has undertaken its closest …
April 11, 2022
The Farthest and Earliest Galaxy Ever Seen
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 43
*The farthest and earliest galaxy ever seen
Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of the most distant star ever seen – astro…
April 8, 2022
Artemis 1 Undergoes A Full Launch Dress Rehearsal
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 42
*Artemis 1 undergoes a full launch dress rehearsal
Two weeks after rolling out onto Space Launch complex 39B from the historic Vehi…
April 6, 2022
Ice, Ice, Ice, Baby
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 41
*What created Pluto’s giant ice volcanos
A new study suggests that the giant cryovolcanoes seen across the surface of the distant f…
April 4, 2022
The Most Distant Star Ever Seen; Discovery of a New Inner Milky Way Galactic Ring;
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 40
*The most distant star ever seen
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have set a new record for the most distant star ev…
April 1, 2022
New Properties Discovered In Hybrid Matter-Antimatter Helium
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 39
*New properties discovered in hybrid matter -- antimatter helium
Physicists have found that a hybrid matter -- antimatter helium at…
March 30, 2022
Strange Happenings Aboard The International Space Station
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 38
*Strange happenings aboard the International Space Station
Three Russian Cosmonauts have surprized the world emerging from their newly arrived capsule aboard the International Space Station w…
March 28, 2022
Gaia Mission Finds Parts Of The Milky Way Much Older Than Expected
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 37
*Gaia mission finds parts of the Milky Way much older than expected
Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that…
March 25, 2022
Solar Orbiter About To Make Its Closest Approach To The Sun
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 36
*Solar Orbiter about to make its closest approach to the Sun
The joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has now passed the orbit of Mercury – the nearest planet to the Sun and will shortly m…
March 23, 2022
NASA Extends the Mars Helicopter’s Mission
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 35
*NASA extends the Mars helicopter’s mission
NASA has extended flight operations of its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter through to at leas…
March 21, 2022
Massive Bubbles at Center of Milky Way Caused by Supermassive Black Hole
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 34
*Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole
A new study has shown how giant bubbles stretching some 3…
March 18, 2022
The Dinosaur’s Last Spring
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 33
*The dinosaur’s last spring
A new study has concluded that the KT boundary event asteroid which killed the non-avian dinosaurs hit during the northern hemisphere's spring.
*Supermassive blac…
March 16, 2022
Astronomers Shocked By the Nearest Ever Fast Radio Burst
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 32
*Astronomers shocked by the nearest ever Fast Radio Burst
Astronomers have tracked a mysterious cosmic flash known as a Fast Radio Burst down to a globular cluster in a nearby spiral galaxy c…
March 14, 2022
The Mysterious World of 16 Psyche
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 31
*The mysterious world of 16 Psyche
The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy…
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…
March 9, 2022
Discovery of a Black Hole Spinning on its Side
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 29
*Discovery of a black hole spinning on its side
Astronomers have discovered a black hole in a binary star system which appears to be spinning on its side. The discovery reported in the journa…
March 7, 2022
How Russia’s War Against Ukraine Has Changed Space Operations
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 28
*How Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed space operations
NASA and the European Space Agency are exploring new ways to keep th…
March 4, 2022
Perseverance Celebrates First Year on Mars
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 27
*Perseverance celebrates its first year on Mars
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has celebrated its first year on the surface of the red planet.
*How lightning actually starts
A new study has…
March 2, 2022
Giant Solar Eruption
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 26
*Giant solar eruption
The Earth has escaped a major geomagnetic storm event. Luckily the huge blast – occurred on the opposite side of the Sun to the Earth.
*Ancient dwarf galaxy reconstruct…
Feb. 28, 2022
Cosmic Cannibalism
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 25
*Cosmic cannibalism
Observations from the latest data release by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have allowed astronomers …
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 th…