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34:51

The Possibility of Life Below the Surface of Mars

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/18

*The possibility of life below the surface of MarsA new study suggests there’s enough evidence of liquid water below the Martian surface to make it the prime target in the search for life on the red planet.*Rocket Lab formally licenced to launch from Wallops IslandThe US Federal Aviation Administration has formally licenced Rocket Lab to begin flying its Electron rocket from its new launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginian Mid Atlantic coast.*The mysteries of Aurora

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29:51

Hubble Maps a Giant Halo Around Andromeda

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/16

Hubble maps a giant halo around AndromedaAstronomers have mapped an immense halo of gas surrounding our nearest large galactic neighbour -- the Andromeda galaxy M-31.*Rogue planets could outnumber the starsAn upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets - planets that float in space without orbiting a star - than what there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.*Vega’s return to flightThe European Space Agency’s Vega rocket has returned to flight status with a successful launch

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35:02

Biggest Black Hole Collision Ever Detected

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/14

*Biggest black hole collision ever detectedScientists have observed the most massive black hole collision ever seen. The event appears to have originated from a point some seven billion light-years away – at a time when the universe was just half its present age – and making it one of the most distant gravitational wave sources ever detected.*A new estimate for the age of Earth’s coreA new study suggests the Earth’s solid inner core is between one and 1.3 billion years old.*China launches top-secret

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25:14

Earth May Have Been Wet Since it Formed

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/11

*Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formedA new study of meteorites suggests Earth may always have been wet. The findings reported in the journal Science add a new chapter in to ongoing debate about the origins of Earth’s water.*NASA’s planet-hunting TESS spacecraft completes its primary missionNASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS – has finished its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey.*China launches its 189th

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27:47

The Evolving Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/09

*A small but evolving dent in Earth's magnetic fieldScientists are seeing a split in the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field.*The strange hot world of KELT-9BAstronomers have discovered one of the strangest most extreme worlds in the galaxy.*Calls for development of a new satellite early warning systemThe United States and Japan are looking at developing a new satellite based missile early warning system to focus on the growing threat to world peace posed by China

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32:31

Finding Our Place in the Universe

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/07

*Finding our place in the UniverseDeep sea ocean sediments are helping scientists better understand the complicated structure of our local galactic neighbourhood.*New Zealand’s rocket lab back in the airRocket Lab has successfully placed a new Earth observation satellite into orbit. The flight was the first since July’s failed launch attempt.*Project starship gathers paceSpaceX boss Elon Musk says his interplanetary colonial transport rocket -- Starship could undertake its first orbital test flight

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36:45

Looking at The End of The Universe

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/04

*Looking at the end of the universeA new study claims the universe will end not with a bang but with a whimper facing a heat death from a black dwarf supernova*The Pentagon looking at Shooting Star military space stationThe Pentagon is looking at using Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star cargo module as the basis for a military space station.*NASA to begin operational Commercial Crew Program flights next monthNASA’s first operational Commercial Crew Program flight to the International Space Station has

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16:56

Southern Launch to Carry out its First Test Flight...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/02

*Southern Launch to carry out its first test flight this monthSouthern Launch will carry out its first suborbital test flight in the South Australian outback on September the 15th.*Europa’s surface not connected to the coreA new look at high-resolution observations of the frozen surface of the Jovian ice moon Europa shows that it’s rotated by some 70 degrees over the last few million years.*CHEOPs search for other planet’s like EarthThe European Space Agency’s CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite –

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27:29

Mysterious Movements in the Heart of the Milky Way

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/31

*Mysterious movements in the heart of the Milky WayAstronomers have discovered mysterious cold dense blobs of gas being shot out like bullets from the centre of the Milky Way.*New questions about the South Atlantic anomalyA new study suggests the South Atlantic anomaly may be a recurring feature which has been around for up to eleven million years.*Space Station leaking airAstronauts aboard the International Space Station are trying to find a leak which is slowly venting atmosphere into space from

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29:42

World-famous Arecibo Dish Seriously Damaged

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/28

*The world-famous Arecibo dish seriously damagedThe National Science Foundation has been forced to suspend astronomical observations from its iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico after its 305-metre dish was seriously damaged following a cable break.*SOHO discovers 4000th cometCitizen scientists looking through data from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft -- SOHO – have discovered their four thousandth comet.*SpaceX’s Starlink constellation reaches 655 satellitesSpaceX has

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26:13

A Close Call for Planet Earth

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/26

*New record for a close call for planet Earth with an asteroidPlanet Earth’s just had another close call with an asteroid the size of a small truck narrowly missing the planet.*The ultimate rave data set releasedSome call it the ultimate rave – the release of the sixth and final data set from the RAdial Velocity Experiment or RAVE -- the largest systematic spectroscopic survey of motions of star in the Milky Way galaxy.*Ariane 5 launches another satellite mission extension vehicleArianespace has

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37:50

Best Place on Earth to See Stars

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/24

*Best place on Earth to see starsA new study has determined that a frozen plateau in Antarctica called Dome A is the best place on Earth to see the stars.*Dozens of brown dwarfs discovered in our neighbourhoodA new study has uncovered 95 previously unknown brown dwarfs lurking in our cosmic neighbourhood.*The tenth pack of Starlink satellites now in orbitSpaceX has launched its tenth Starlink mission adding another 57 broadband internet satellites to the growing constellation.*The Science

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33:18

Is Asteroid Psyche the Core of an Unformed Planet?

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/21

*Asteroid Psyche could be the core of an unformed planetA new study of the Main Belt asteroid Psyche suggests it could be the remnant of a planet that never formed.*New discovery about the Higgs BosonPhysicists at CERN the European Centre for nuclear research have witnessed the Higgs Boson decaying into a pair of muons.*Satellite Navigation systemsSatellite navigation systems have become essential to our way of life – especially travel – but how do they work?*South Korea’s first military

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23:55

Dangerous Alien Life Warning

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/19

*New study warns that alien life would be dangerous to EarthlingsDiscovery that alien peptides containing two amino acids commonly found in carbonaceous meteorites would pose a serious threat to human health.*NASA looking at a new mission to VenusThe proposed mission named VERITAS would transform sciences understanding of the internal geodynamics that shaped Earth’s sister planet Venus.*The Kremlin tests its new anti-satellite weaponMoscow has conducted a space-based anti-satellite weapons

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40:05

Astronomers Discover a Pulsar Powering Up

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/17

*Astronomers discover a pulsar powering upAstronomers have for the first time seen material spiralling into a distant neutron star and triggering a massive outburst of energy thousands of times brighter than the Sun.*The solar system’s largest impact crater discovered on GanymedeAstronomers have discovered what appears to be the solar system’s largest impact crater on the Jovian moon Ganymede.*SpaceX completes test hop of its colonial transport starship prototypeA basic test article prototype of

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36:27

A Neutron Star at the Heart of Supernova 1987A

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/14

*A neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987AThere’s growing evidence that a neutron star was created from the explosion of supernova 1987A*SpaceX Dragon completes its first mission carrying crew to the space stationThe first-ever privately operated manned orbital space flight has returned safely to Earth.*Stunning early morning Proton launchA Proton rocket has transported two new telecommunications satellites into space in a spectacular nighttime launch.*August SkywatchThe annual Perseids meteor

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28:31

Possible Origin for Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/12

*Discovery of a possible origin for mysterious Fast Radio BurstsAstronomers have detected mysterious signals known as Fast Radio Bursts apparently emanating from a highly magnetic neutron star known as a magnetar.*First exposed planetary core discoveredAstronomers have discovered what appears to be the exposed core of a planet – providing an unprecedented opportunity to see inside the interior of a planet and learn about its composition.*Virgin Galactic to start space tourist flights next yearVirgin

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43:19

Discovery of a Mysterious Ancient Stellar Cluster

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/10

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 80*Discovery of a mysterious ancient stellar clusterAstronomers have discovered the shredded remains of an ancient globular star cluster that was torn apart by our own Milky Way galaxy more than two billion years ago.*NASA launches the most sophisticated ever mission to MarsAfter more than a decade of preparation NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has finally blasted off on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of alien life.*Mars sample

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23:18

Debate Continues Over the Age of the Universe

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/08/04

*Debate continues over the age of the universeNew observations by the National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope have now placed the age of the universe at 13.77 billion years -- give or take 40 million years.*Signs of a new ocean opening up in AfricaScientists say a 60 kilometre long crack in the Ethiopian desert which first opened up in 2005 with the equivalent of several hundred years of tectonic plate movement in just days -- will continue spreading -- eventually forming a new

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29:10

Hayabusa-2 Asteroid Sample Return Capsule to Land in...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/07/31

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 78*Hayabusa-2 asteroid sample return capsule to land in AustraliaThe Australian Space Agency confirms Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule will land in the Woomera Rocket Range in outback South Australia on December the 6th.*NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope set to fly on October 31st 2021After decades of development NASA's James Webb space telescope has completed one of its final ground tests before next year’s

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