SpaceTime S23E73 Show Notes

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*Construction starts on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft
Construction is now underway on NASA’s new spacecraft to explore the metal-rich main-belt asteroid 16 Psyche.

A new hypothesis to try to explain the Tunguska event
Scientists have come up with a new explanation for the lack of debris from the Tunguska event – the largest asteroid impact with Earth in recent history.

*Space station forced to change course because of space junk
The International Space Station has been forced to make an unscheduled course correction to avoid a possible collision with a piece of space junk.

*China launches its 92nd reconnaissance spy satellite
China’s armada of spy satellites is continuing to expand with the launch of two more high-resolution reconnaissance satellites.

*The Science Report
A new more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus.
The loss of seagrass meadows around Australia equates to carbon dioxide emissions from 5 million cars.
New semi-transparent solar cells that can be incorporated into window glass.
A new look at the history of flowering plants.
The new AI software capable of predicting whether a person is likely to be a criminal.

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