The biggest scientific discovery of 2021 | SpaceTime S25E01 | Astronomy & Space Science News

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SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 1
*The biggest scientific discovery of the past year - first black hole-neutron star mergers
One of the unquestionable highlights of the past year in scientific research was the historic confirmation that one of the densest objects in the universe – a neutron star had been consumed by a black hole – the only thing even denser.
*Discovery of a huge new population of free-floating planets
Astronomers have discovered at least seventy free floating planets – worlds not orbiting host stars – in our part of the galaxy.
*Iran continues its nuclear weapons campaign
Iran has moved a step closer to developing a nuclear weapon and the means to deliver it with the launch of another missile in what military experts are describing as a thinly disguised rocket launch.
*New Dragon docks to the space station
The SpaceX CRS-24 cargo ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station 418 kilometres over the South Pacific Ocean.
*China ends 2021 with more than fifty orbital missions
China has ended the year 2021 with a flurry of rocket launches as it continues what Beijing describes as preparations for war.
*The Science Report
New studies claim Moderna is slightly more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection.
Pollutants in the air linked to changes to the sex ratio of births.
Australia to replace its troubled Taipan helicopters with more Blackhawks.
An ancient synagogue older than Christianity and Islam discovered in Galilee.
Skeptic's guide to bogus allergy tests
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