SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

SpaceTime 20200124 Series 23 Episode 08 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *New type of object discovered at the galactic centre Astronomers have discovered four bizarre objects near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. *Tatooine like world discovered NASA’s TESS spacecraft has discovered its first circumbinary exo-planet. *New instrument to weigh...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20200122 Series 23 Episode 07 *Seven billion year old star dust discovered in meteorite Scientists studying the famous Murchison meteorite which fell to Earth in Victoria in 1969 have discovered seven billion year old pre-solar grains – the oldest material ever found on Earth. *Farewell Spitzer NASA is saying good bye to an old friend. One of...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime Series 23 Episode 06 *Evidence of the first stars Astronomers have discovered evidence of the universe’s very first stars. Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190093052438 Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190093013803 *A third more near-Earth objects detected over the past year The...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime Series 23 Episode 05 *The birth of a black hole witnessed in gravitational waves Astronomers have confirmed another gravitational wave detection of neutron stars merging to create a black hole. Youtube video URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190115456628 Youtube video URL:...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 04 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *New study changes the understanding of galactic evolution Astronomers have discovered that galactic evolution may have begun much earlier than thought. *CHEOPS launches into orbit The European Space Agency’s CHEOPS spacecraft has successfully blasted into orbit on a mission to study exoplanets – world’s...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 03 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Is Betelgeuse about to blow? The red supergiant Betelgeuse is dimming unusually and astronomers don’t know why. The strange activity is causing growing speculation that it may be about to go supernova --or maybe not. *Discovery of the earliest known cannibalism Astronomers have discovered the earliest known...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 02 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Proton Aurorae discovered on Mars Astronomers have found that a type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet. *All systems go for the maiden flight of the new Vega-C The European Space Agency will fly...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 01 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Could the Milky Way have two supermassive black holes? Astronomers are trying to discover if the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy might have a smaller companion. *Solar Cycle 25 strengthens its grip The Sun is showing more signs of moving into a new solar cycle. *Starliner returns...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *How galaxies get their iconic spirals A new study claims galactic magnetic fields could play an important role in shaping the elegant sweeping arms of spiral galaxies like the Milky Way. *Best ever pulsar maps and measurements Astrophysicists are literally rewriting and redrawing the textbook on pulsars after obtaining the most precise and dependable...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 96 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *How galaxies get their iconic spirals A new study claims galactic magnetic fields could play an important role in shaping the elegant sweeping arms of spiral galaxies like the Milky Way. *Best ever pulsar maps and measurements Astrophysicists are literally rewriting and redrawing the textbook on pulsars after obtaining the most precise and dependable...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Boeing’s new Starliner fails to reach the International Space Station Boeing has failed in its first attempt to send its new CST-100 Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station – instead getting the spacecraft stranded in a useless orbit. You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189785819133 *The largest...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Boeing’s new Starliner fails to reach the International Space Station Boeing has failed in its first attempt to send its new CST-100 Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station – instead getting the spacecraft stranded in a useless orbit. You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189785819133 *The largest stellar-mass...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 94 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Interstellar comet makes its closest approach to the Sun The Interstellar comet 21 Borisov has now sped past the Sun and has thus begun its journey back out of the solar system. *How Enceladus got its stripes Scientists have finally developed a model which explains how the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus got its...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E94 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Interstellar comet makes its closest approach to the Sun The Interstellar comet 21 Borisov has now sped past the Sun and has thus begun its journey back out of the solar system. *How Enceladus got its stripes Scientists have finally developed a model which explains how the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus got its iconic south pole tiger stripes and what keeps them open. *New...

SpaceTime 20191218 Series 22 Episode 93 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Forget what you’ve heard: size really does matter when it comes to galactic rotation A new study has found that the direction in which a galaxy rotates depends on its mass. *The most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion Scientists have discovered the most massive star ever known to be destroyed...

The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Forget what you’ve heard: size really does matter when it comes to galactic rotation A new study has found that the direction in which a galaxy rotates depends on its mass. *The most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion Scientists have discovered the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E92 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *A new measurement for the mass of the most common particle in the universe Scientists have set the upper limit for the mass of the neutrino -- the most common particle in the universe. *Wreckage found from India’s crashed lunar lander NASA has found the remains of India’s ill-fated Vikram lunar lander which crashed on to the...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E91 *Biggest supermassive black hole in the local universe Astronomers have identified a record-setting supermassive black hole – some 40 billion times the mass of our Sun –making it easily the biggest in the local universe. *The Sun’s secrets being revealed The first detailed results from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are revealing some surprising secrets about the Sun. YouTube...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 90 The astronomy and space science news podcast. Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Have scientists detected a mysterious fifth force in nature Scientists with CERN the European Organisation for Nuclear Research are investigating fresh claims of the detection of an unknown particle that could carry a fifth force of nature. *Record-setting X-ray burst Instruments aboard the International...

SpaceTime 20191204 Series 22 Episode 89 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *A massive explosion rocks the centre of the Milky Way Astronomers have found evidence of a cataclysmic flare that exploded out from the centre of the Milky Way effecting the Magellanic stream linking our galaxy with two nearby dwarf galaxies 200,000 light-years away. *Milky Way stealing galaxies from its neighbours A new study has found that the Milky Way galaxy...