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Jonathan Nally

Editor Australian Sky & Telescope Magazine

Our editor, Jonathan Nally, is well known to members of both the amateur and professional astronomical communities. In 1987 he founded Australia’s first astronomy magazine, Sky & Space, and in 2005 became the launch editor for Australian Sky & Telescope. He has written for other major science magazines and technology magazines, and has authored, contributed to or edited many astronomy, nature, history and technology books. In 2000 the Astronomical Society of Australia awarded him the inaugural David Allen Prize for Excellence in the promotion of Astronomy to the public.

April 5, 2024

S27E42: Martian Oasis: Gale Crater's Watery Past Revealed

This episode is brought to you by NordPass...the password manager (and more) that you need in your life for not very much money. To get the deal, visit https://www.nordpass.com/stuart The Space, Astronomy & Science Po…
June 2, 2023

S26E66: Ancient galaxy dies suddenly // Inmarsat denies cyber-attack // Meteorite rocks Queensland // June Skywatch

SpaceTime S26E66 - The James Webb Telescope has discovered an ancient galaxy, called GS-9209, which suddenly and mysteriously died – halting all star formation. - Inmarsat has denied suggestions that two recent outages…
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…
Sept. 9, 2022

The Sands of Mars are Green as well as Red

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 …
May 13, 2022

Scientists Want To Probe Uranus

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 54 *Scientists want to probe Uranus Astronomers are recommending a new mission to explore the ice giant Uranus. The push comes thanks to a planetary alignment which would allow a spacecraft to …
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…
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…
Feb. 21, 2022

A New Insight into Earth’s Inner Core

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 22 *A new insight into Earth’s inner core A new study suggests the Earth’s inner core isn’t a normal solid but composed of a solid iro…
Feb. 18, 2022

More Delays for NASA’s New SLS Heavy Lift Rocket

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 21 *More delays for NASA’s new SLS heavy lift rocket The long delayed maiden flight of NASA’s new heavy lift SLS Moon rocket has been postponed again possibly slipping back to May. *Exotic X pa…
Feb. 4, 2022

Counting Down to a Crash on the Moon

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 15 *Counting down to a crash on the Moon A four tonne Falcon 9 upper stage booster will crash into the Moon on March 4th – hitting the lu…
Dec. 31, 2021

Ingenuity Soars Through Alien Skies Yet Again

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 145 *Ingenuity soars through alien skies yet again NASA’s Mars Ingenuity rotocopter has undertaken its 18th flight over the surface of th…
Nov. 12, 2021

Starliner Test Flight Delayed till Next Year

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 129 *Starliner test flight delayed till next year Boeing says its troubled CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will now undertake an unmanned…
Nov. 5, 2021

Study Suggests the Earth Tipped Over 84 million Years Ago

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime 20211105 Series 24 Episode 126 *Study suggests the earth tipped over 84 million years ago A new study suggests the Earth tipped on its side 84 million y…
Oct. 1, 2021

Is That Dark Energy?

For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode: https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/blog/ RSS feed: https://rss…
Sept. 17, 2021

Astronauts Smell Smoke and Burning

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 105 *Astronauts smell smoke and burning on Russian Space Station module There have been more problems aboard the Russian section of th…
Sept. 10, 2021

An Update from Mars

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 102 *Perseverance collects its first samples of the red planet It was a case of second time lucky as NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover su…
Aug. 6, 2021

Ingenuity Scopes Out the Road Ahead on Mars

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 90 *Ingenuity scopes out the road ahead on Mars Scientists studying NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter’s ninth flight have revealed a sp…
July 9, 2021

Looking Back to the Cosmic Dawn

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 78 *Looking back to the cosmic dawn A new study claims the first stars began shining between 250 and 350 million years after the big ba…
June 18, 2021

No Plate Tectonics on Venus

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 69 *No plate tectonics on Venus A new study claims Venus hasn’t had plate tectonics for at least 300 million and possibly more than a b…
May 7, 2021

China Launches its New Space Station

For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or the all new www.bitesz.com The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 51 *China launches its new …