The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 97 *New observations say Saturn’s core is fuzzy A new study has concluded that Saturn’s core is a fuzzy diffuse soup of ice, rock, and metallic fluids rather than a solid ball of rock. *Extraterrestrial radioactive isotopes discovered…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 97 *New observations say Saturn’s core is fuzzy A new study has concluded that Saturn’s core is a fuzzy diffuse soup of ice, rock, and metallic fluids rather than a solid ball of rock. *Extraterrestrial radioactive isotopes discovered…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 96 *Red Dwarfs less harmful to exoplanets than previously thought A new study suggests planets orbiting around red dwarf stars may be more habitable than previously thought. *Space Station mishap worse than thought Mission managers at NASA have…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 96 *Red Dwarfs less harmful to exoplanets than previously thought A new study suggests planets orbiting around red dwarf stars may be more habitable than previously thought. *Space Station mishap worse than thought Mission managers at NASA have…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 95 *Odds of Bennu hitting the Earth get worse A new study suggests the hazardous Near Earth Asteroid Bennu now has a one in 1,750 chance of slamming into the Earth between now the year 2300. *Countdown to…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 95 *Odds of Bennu hitting the Earth get worse A new study suggests the hazardous Near Earth Asteroid Bennu now has a one in 1,750 chance of slamming into the Earth between now the year 2300. *Countdown to…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 94 *Mars rover comes up empty after first sample collection attempt NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover mission managers are working out what to do next after their first attempt to collect a rock and regolith drill sample failed to…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 94 *Mars rover comes up empty after first sample collection attempt NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover mission managers are working out what to do next after their first attempt to collect a rock and regolith drill sample failed to…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 93 *Software failure blamed for loss of space station control The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has blamed software issues for the sudden thruster burn aboard Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module which sent the space station out…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 92 *Shortest ever Gamma Ray Burst Astronomers have discovered the shortest-ever gamma-ray burst. The huge blast identified as GRB 200826A was caused by the supernova implosion of a massive star in a distant galaxy – emitted 14 million…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 93 *Software failure blamed for loss of space station control The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has blamed software issues for the sudden thruster burn aboard Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module which sent the space station out…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 92 *Shortest ever Gamma Ray Burst Astronomers have discovered the shortest-ever gamma-ray burst. The huge blast identified as GRB 200826A was caused by the supernova implosion of a massive star in a distant galaxy – emitted 14 million…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 91 *Astronomers zero in on source of the impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs A new study claims the impactor believed to have wiped out and 75 percent of all life on Earth 66 million years ago including…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 91 *Astronomers zero in on source of the impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs A new study claims the impactor believed to have wiped out and 75 percent of all life on Earth 66 million years ago including…
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 spectacular landscape of dunes and ancient rocky outcrops spread across the dried river delta and lakebed of Jezero…
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 spectacular landscape of dunes and ancient rocky outcrops spread across the dried river delta and lakebed of Jezero…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 89 *New map of the Milky Way’s halo Astronomers have developed a new map of the galactic halo – the outermost region of our Milky Way galaxy. *Mars Perseverance Rover ready to collect its first samples NASA’s Mars…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 89 *New map of the Milky Way’s halo Astronomers have developed a new map of the galactic halo – the outermost region of our Milky Way galaxy. *Mars Perseverance Rover ready to collect its first samples NASA’s Mars…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 88 *High drama aboard the International Space Station The International Space Station is now stable again after Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module suddenly started firing its thrusters -- briefly sending the orbiting outpost out of control. *Discovery…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 88 *High drama aboard the International Space Station The International Space Station is now stable again after Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module suddenly started firing its thrusters -- briefly sending the orbiting outpost out of control. *Discovery…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 87 *Small impacts churning up Europa’s surface A new study claims small comet and meteoroid impacts on the Jovian ice moon Europa will make the search for any evidence of the signs of life beyond Earth far more…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 87 *Small impacts churning up Europa’s surface A new study claims small comet and meteoroid impacts on the Jovian ice moon Europa will make the search for any evidence of the signs of life beyond Earth far more…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 86 *Climate change on Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been studying geologic evidence of massive ancient climate change on the red planet. *Heavy metal found in comets Astronomers have discovered iron and nickel in the atmospheres of…
The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 86 *Climate change on Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been studying geologic evidence of massive ancient climate change on the red planet. *Heavy metal found in comets Astronomers have discovered iron and nickel in the atmospheres of…