Season 26

Dec. 29, 2023

Equatorial Launch Australia Unveils its Plans | S26E156

The Space News Podcast SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 156 *Equatorial Launch Australia unveils its plans for new spaceport launch pads Equatorial Launch Australia has unveiled the final plans for its spaceport launch pads at th…

Dec. 27, 2023

Recent Martian volcanism reveals a more active planet | S26E155

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 155 *Recent Martian volcanism reveals a more active planet A vast, flat, "featureless" plain on Mars has surprised scientists by revealing a much more tumultuous geologi…

Dec. 25, 2023

Sun unleashes its biggest solar flare in years | S26E154

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 154 *Sun unleashes its biggest solar flare in years The Sun has unleased its biggest solar flare in years, a massive X2.8 blast of energy which slammed into the Earth tr…

Dec. 22, 2023

NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex Spacecraft Recycled | S26E153

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 153 *New mission for NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft After completing its initial seven year sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is moving on to a new mission st…

Dec. 20, 2023

Meanwhile on Mars: Deciphering the ancient history of a Martian Lake | S26E152

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 152 *Deciphering the ancient history of a Martian lake NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has just passed its one thousandth Martian day on the red planet. *MAVEN watches as…

Guest: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Dec. 18, 2023

Space Records Continue to Tumble: Record Setting Brown Dwarf Discovery | S26E151

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 151 *Discovery of a record setting brown dwarf Astronomers have discovered what might be the smallest Brown Dwarf ever seen – just three or four times the mass of Jupiter…

Guests: Tim Mendham , Dr Anshu Gupta

Dec. 15, 2023

Martian Mysteries: Polygons Point to Ancient Water on Mars | S26E150

Mysterious Polygons on Mars: - Scientists discover strange, irregular wedge-shaped objects buried beneath the Martian surface. - Polygons range from centimeters to 10 meters in size and may have formed during ancient freeze…

Dec. 13, 2023

Hubble Placed in Emergency Safe Mode | S26E149

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 149 *Hubble placed in emergency safe mode NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been placed into an emergency safety mode following an issue with one of its gyroscopes. *New joint European and Japane…

Dec. 11, 2023

New Possible Explanation for the Hubble Tension | S26E148

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime 20231211 Series 26 Episode 148 *A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension Ever since its creation in a big bang 13.82 billion years ago the universe has been expanding. But that rate…

Dec. 8, 2023

Highest-energy Cosmic Ray // Io's Volcanic Activity // December Skywatch | S26E147

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 147 *Detection of one of the highest-energy cosmic ray ever In 1991, the University of Utah Fly’s Eye experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. Then …

Dec. 6, 2023

A New Perspective on Mars / Phaethon / Mercury | S26E146

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 146 *A new perspective on Mars Mission managers have maneuvered NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft to provide a new panoramic horizontal view of the red planet. *Determining the composition of the ro…

Dec. 4, 2023

Solar Activity // NASA’s Fermi Mission // Day That Changed Astronomy | S26E145

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 145 *Solar activity likely to peak next year. A new study claims the Sun will reach the peak of its eleven year solar Cycle next year. The current Solar cycle -- 25 began i…

Dec. 1, 2023

Why Galaxies Hang Out with their Own Kind | S26E144

This episode is brought to you by the support of Dragonball Legends. Download and play for free from the Apple App store or Google Play. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 144 *Explaining why galaxies hang out with their own kind …

Nov. 29, 2023

Triple Star Discoveries | S26E143

This episode is brought to with the support of Dragonball Legends. Available for your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play Stores. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 143 *Triple star discoveries will mean changin…

Nov. 27, 2023

Massive mysterious blasts // Colliding neutron stars // Juice | S26E142

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 142 *Discovery of massive mysterious blasts in the distant universe Astronomers are baffled by a mysterious series of massive explosions in the distant Universe which are …

Nov. 24, 2023

China's Mars Race, Neutron Star Gold & NASA's SPHEREx | S26E141

Welcome to the show notes for Episode 141 of the "Spacetime" podcast, hosted by Stuart Gary. In this episode, we delve into China's ambitious Mars mission, a novel cosmic source for gold, and NASA's upcoming SPHEREx mission.…

Nov. 22, 2023

Marsquakes // Life // Exoplanets | S26E140

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 140 *Cerberus Fossae identified as the biggest source of marsquakes A new study of data from NASA’s Mars Insight lander mission has identified the Cerberus Fossae region ea…

Nov. 20, 2023

Ancient Galaxies // Earth's Surface Water // Mars Spacecraft | S26E139

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 139 *Discovery of some of the most ancient galaxies ever seen Astronomers have discovered two of the most distant galaxies ever seen – one of which dates back some 13.4 bil…

Nov. 17, 2023

Dream Chaser, Uranus Aurora, and Ozone Hole Update | S26E138

Welcome to SpaceTime, the podcast that brings you the most fascinating stories and discoveries in astronomy, space and science. Your host, Stuart Gary, and in this episode, we'll talk about: ● How the first Dream Chaser spac…

Guest: Tim Mendham

Euclid's Debut, Europe's Space Leap, and Arctic Mysteries Unveiled | S26E137

Nov. 15, 2023