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The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 138*Can Modified Newtonian Physics fix Dark MatterWhat if Scientists have got dark matter all wrong?*NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Updates Quarter-Century Jupiter MysteryTwenty-five years ago, NASA sent its Galileo spacecraft into the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet Jupiter. But the information returned during its suicidal descent wasn’t what was expected.*Sentinel 6 provides its first sea-level measurementsThe joint NASA-ESA Copernicus Sentinel-6 spacecraft has sent back its first measurements since last month’s launch.*A big new US spy satellite launchedA United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy has blasted into orbit carrying a classified U.S. spy satellite.*The Science ReportNew research confirms men are more likely to develop severe Covid-19.New study explores the dark web.Scientists confirm that Neandertals buried their dead.Forget some dogs look like their owners – instead, some owners look like t

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 137*Astronomers witness a nearby star being eaten by a black holeAstronomers have captured the last moments of a star just before it was ripped apart by a supermassive black hole a million times the mass of the Sun.*Scientists begin to study the asteroid samples from RyuguScientists say the samples of asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth aboard the Hayabusa 2 mission look like black sooty sand.*The first direct image of a newly discovered brown dwarfAstronomers have directly imaged a newly discovered failed star known as a brown dwarf.*Russia’s new heavy-lift Angara A-5 rocketRussia has conducted a successful second test flight of its new Angara A-5 heavy-lift rocket.*The Science ReportThe first COVID-19 vaccines start rolling out to recipients in the UK and the USA.Australia has experienced its warmest spring on record.Mount Everest is officially taller.Going under the knife on a surgeon’s birthday appears to ha

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 136*A Total Solar Eclipse Over South AmericaThe good citizenry of Chile and Argentina have experienced a total solar eclipse.*The space station gets a new air lockA new Air lock has arrived aboard the International Space Station. The equipment was flown up on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the latest resupply mission to the orbiting outpost.*Golden Wattles fly into orbitThe latest Dragon cargo mission to the space station also took on a bit of Australian flavour with Australian Golden Wattle seeds included in the payload.*The stunning images of Earth seen from spaceNASA’s Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit guide the astronauts as they observe and document changes on Earth -- then make those photographs accessible to scientists and the public.*Chuck Yeager dies at 97The first man to break the sound barrier Chuck Yeager has passed away aged 97.*The Science ReportAustralia’s threatened native plant species suf

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 135*New evidence of how dark matter behavesAstronomers have discovered new characteristics about mysterious dark matter after watching a galaxy being eaten by another bigger galaxy.*New discoveries about how planetary nebulae are madeAstronomers have discovered that the mesmerising spiral structures seen in planetary nebulae are generated by companion stars or planets orbiting around the dying star.*Cape Canaveral renamedOne of the most famous places on Earth – the Cape Canaveral Air Force station – has officially been re-named the Cape Canaveral Space Force station.*The Science ReportWarnings that climate change could lead to irreversible sea level rise as temperatures increase.A new study warns there could be fewer than 300 swift parrots left in the wild.Scientists sequence the genome of the wild progenitor of the modern day tomato. The only dinosaur bones ever found in Ireland have been formally confirmed

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 134*Hayabusa2 lands at WoomeraThe first pristine subsurface samples of an asteroid have been safely returned to Earth with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 re-entry capsule parachuting down onto the Woomera Rocket range in outback South Australia.*Hints of new physics in polarized light from the big bangScientists have glimpsed hints of new physics in Planck data from the cosmic microwave background radiation.*SpaceX’s starship prototype explodes during landing A prototype of the new SpaceX starship has exploded in a spectacular fireball following a test launch in south Texas.*The Science ReportThe major breakthrough in science which is destined to change everything.Less than half of the world’s forests still in their natural state.Confirmation that Havana syndrome is consistent with the effects of directed microwave energy.Paleontologists have discovered a new species of sauropod dinosaur i

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 133*The star-making enough dust to build an Earth-sized planet every yearAstronomers have discovered a Wolf-Rayet star system producing enough material to make a planet the size of Earth every year.*The threat of Apophis refuses to go awayA new threat to the Earth is being posed by the asteroid Apophis.*Fears it could take a year to fix a problem aboard the Orion capsuleEngineers with NASA and Lockheed Martin are trying to work out how to repair a key electronic component that’s failed deep inside the Orion Artemis 1 spacecraft.*The Science ReportThe smartwatches that can detect if you have COVID 19 before symptoms appear.Plastic pollution to reach 90 million tonnes annually within ten years.Scientists identify two distinctly different states of liquid water.Revealing the secrets of the North American Mastodon.Alex on Tech: Microsoft’s latest push to stop you using IE11. Show Your Support For SpaceTime and He

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 132*Discovery of a likely source for the famous Wow signalA new study may have finally narrowed down the likely source of the famous wow signal.*A Bose-Einstein Condensate created in Earth orbitNASA says its Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station is opening new windows on some of the fundamental physics of Quantum Mechanics.*Assembly begins on NASA’s first SLS rocketNASA has officially started assembly of America’s new SLS Moon rocket. Engineers lowered the first of 10 segments of the giant launch vehicle’s solid rocket boosters into position inside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.*Chinese probe lands on Moon to gather lunar samplesChina’s Chang'e-5 lunar lander has successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon to collect rocks and soil samples for return to Earth.*The Science ReportThe new Alzheimer’s disease blood test.New body heat-powered pe

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 131*Planet Earth closer to the supermassive black hole than previously thoughtA new study claims the Earth is some two thousand light years closer to the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy than previously thought.*Ancient megafloods on MarsA new study suggests gigantic megafloods may have once covered the red planet’s surface -- even changing its climate.*Arecibo telescope collapsesThe Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico is gone.  It’s 900-tonne instrument platform, suspended by cables 140 metres above the centre of the dish has collapsed -- crashing through the parabolic dish below – destroying the structure beyond repair.*The Science Report2020 on track to become one of the world’s warmest years on record.High blood pressure in mid-life linked to more extensive brain damage in the elderly.A new study shows Tyrannosaurus Rex went through a unique teenage growth spurt.Scientists

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 130*The Large Magellanic Cloud’s violent encounter with the Milky WayA new study has found that a neighbouring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud is twisting and deforming the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy.*Washington launches a new top secret spy satelliteThe United launch Alliance has successfully launched an Atlas V rocket carrying the highly secretive National Reconnaissance Office NROL-101 mission into orbit.*December SkywatchThe December solstice, the Geminids meteor shower, and the ticking time bomb known as Eta Carinae, are among the highlights of December skywatch. Show Your Support For SpaceTimeGet immediate access to over 200 commercial-free, double and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/S

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 129*Fossil galaxy hidden in the Milky WayAstronomers have discovered a fossil galaxy hidden in the depths of our own Milky Way galaxy.*New study claims Venus hasn’t lost its water to spaceA new study suggests that despite being the hottest planet in the solar system Venus has lost little of its original water content to space over the past four billion years.*New Copernicus satellite to monitor sea-level rise launchedThe European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has been successfully launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air force base in California.*The Science ReportA new study questions about how well face masks really work at limiting the spread of the COVID-19.Over weight people on healthily diets have lower risk of dying compared to those with unhealthy diets.Global warming and pollution are having a similar impact on coral reef fish.The D

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 128*A new look at the evolution of the Milky Way GalaxySome hypotheses on how the Milky Way formed are set to be rewritten following discoveries about the behaviour of some of its oldest stars.*Earth mini moon CD3 is a natural body and not space junkAstronomers using data collected with the 4.3 metre Lowell Discovery Telescope have helped to characterize only the second known mini-moon of Earth, a newly discovered asteroid designated 2020 CD3.*China launches mission to bring back material from the MoonFollowing in the footsteps of the United States and the former Soviet Union -- China has just launched its Chang'e 5 sample return mission to the Moon.*The Science ReportOxford University’s new AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shown to be around 90 percent effective.Claims honey or Champagne mangoes, may reduce facial wrinkles in older women.New study shows Neanderthal had thumbs designed for squeezing rather than t

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 127*New mission to study the rock comet PhaethonGermany and Japan are developing a new mission to study the strange asteroid 3200 Phaethon.*Europa’s water plumes could originate in its crustA new study suggests water plumes erupting from Jupiter's ice moon Europa might originate in the frozen crust itself – rather than being forced up from the underlying sub surface ocean.*The great Arecibo radio telescope to be demolishedOne of the world’s greatest astronomical instruments -- the giant Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico -- is being decommissioned.*A new era begins with the first Dragon commercial crew mission to the Space StationNASA’s crew-1 mission has successfully docked with the International Space Station beginning a new era of spaceflight with commercial companies now undertaking the job of transporting crew to the orbiting outpost.*The Science ReportNew study can’t find any difference between thos

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 126*Measuring the rotation of the Milky Way’s central black holeAstronomers have for the first time measured the rotational spin of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.*The Jovian ice moon Europa glows in the darkScientists have discovered that the Jovian ice moon Europa doesn’t just shine in reflected sunlight – it actually glows in the dark.*The latest launch failure of a Vega rocketThe European Space Agency has set up an independent board of inquiry into the November 17 launch failure of a Vega rocket.*The Science ReportSexual activity and dating app use declines during the coronavirus lockdown.A neuron-growing ink that uses the body’s electrical signals to precisely guide the growth of nerve cells.One of the planet’s greatest mass extinction events caused by a spate of huge volcanic eruptions.Russian and North Korean cyber-attacks target research into COVID-19 vaccines.Alex o

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 125*Brightest kilonova ever seenAstronomers have detected the brightest kilonova event ever seen unleashing more energy in a half-second than the Sun will produce over its entire 12-billion-year lifetime.*A new way of seeing invisible dark matterAstronomers have found a new way to estimate the amount of mysterious dark matter contained in halos around galaxies.*A record close shave as asteroid 2020 VT4 skims past the EarthWell just in case you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse – an asteroid the size of a house has just swooped over the Earth at a record close distance -- passing less than 400 kilometres above the South Pacific Ocean near the Pitcairn Islands.*The Science ReportModerna claims its new COVID-19 vaccine to be 94.5 percent effective.Facebook, Google, and Twitter shown to be engaged in a co-ordinated campaign of political censorship.Growing fears that climate change has now reached the point of n

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 124*A new look at the early life of Jupiter and SaturnA new study has narrowed down the likely original orbits of the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.*Why is the Moon rusting?Scientists think they may have solved one of the Moon’s little mysteries – how an airless bone-dry world can rust?*Studying climate and weather from spaceScientists are seeing an increasing level of global warming on Earth brought about by anthropological climate change.*The Science ReportThe sixth State of the Climate report warns of more droughts and heatwaves due to climate change.Either too much or too little sleep can hasten the onset of dementia.Melting polar and mountain ice is likely to further increase temperatures thanks to global warming.New study suggests that your environment and personality may be linked,Skeptics watch: Alternative medicine’s toll on cancer patients. Sponsor Details:This episode of SpaceTime is brought to wit

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 123*Virgin plans its first New Mexico space launch this monthVirgin Galactic plans to undertake its first manned space flight from its new New Mexico spaceport within the next few weeks.*Rocket lab launches its fifth flight this yearThere’s still no launch date for Rocket labs first Electron flight from its new Wallops Island Launch complex on the Virginian Mid-Atlantic coast.*A second cable fails at the Arecibo ObservatoryEngineers are working to stabilize key equipment at the 305 metre Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico after another of the giant radio telescope’s main support cable suddenly snapped.*The Science ReportProduction begins in Australia on a COVID-19 vaccine.Being exposed to cannabis in the womb may negatively affect kids' mental health.Mega-droughts lasting two decades or longer –to increase because of climate change.Coffee could lower your risk of colorectal cancer.Alex on Tech: Some Android apps to vanish next year and new IOS security updates laun

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 122*More evidence linking Magnetars to mysterious Fast Radio BurstsAstronomers have identified a sudden and violent outburst from a type of neutron star called a magnetar, as the likely source for those mysterious events known as Fast Radio Bursts.*New data release helps explain the evolution of the Milky Way GalaxyAstronomers have just released GALAH DR3 – the largest set of stellar chemical data ever compiled. The study was undertaken at the Siding Spring Observatory in far western New South Wales.*A new way of discovering Brown DwarfsAstronomers have for the first time ever detected a failed star known as a brown dwarf from its radio emissions.*The Science ReportEarly phase three trial results showing a better than 90% success rate for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.Global warming causing the planet’s fresh water lakes to begin heating up.New study claims it’s best to just be yourself on facebook.Researchers say it’s not just how much you exercise but also intensity

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 121*Ancient galactic mystery deepensA new study of distant galaxies in the very early universe has found that they were already far more massive and mature than previously thought.*Pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds discovered in fireball meteoriteScientists have discovered pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds in samples recovered from a fireball meteorite.*How NASA will phone home from the MoonNASA has selected Nokia Bell Labs to develop a lunar communications network based on cellular 4G Technology.*The Science ReportA new study claims higher vitamin A, E, and D intake could be linked to fewer respiratory complaints.The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in one of the largest drops in global CO2 emissions in history.Microplastic pollution has a greater impact on fish survival and behaviour.The new wearable device at could charge you cell phone as you walk.The nutty claims some people make to try and prove they’ve seen a ghost. Sponsor Details:This epi

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 120*A Mars-sized Rogue planet discoveredAstronomers have detected a Mars-sized rogue planet travelling through interstellar space.*Celebrating twenty years of continuous human presence on the International Space StationThe International Space Station has just celebrated twenty years of continuous human presence in space.*Russia’s new spy satellite cloaking technologyThe Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has patented a cloaking spacecraft to avoid co-called inspector satellites.*The Science ReportSocial distancing important for controlling COVIDE-19 infections.Growing concerns that research on human brain stem cells could be reaching an ethical crossroads.Australia has become a major source for the horrific trade of shark fins for soup.New lithium-ion battery for cars that can be charged up to 90% of its power in just six minutes.Alex on techSponsor Details:This episode of SpaceTime is brought to with the support of ExpressVPN - Rated No.1 by TechRadar...and as

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 119*NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 in interstellar spaceNASA has re-established command control of the Voyager 2 spacecraft.  The Agency’s 70 metre Canberra Deep Space Network radio dish – the only antenna capable of contacting the 43-year-old spacecraft -- successfully sent a series of commands to the probe.*The mystery of the CentaursAstronomers have discovered a rare active centaur in the dark expanse of the outer solar system.*The meaning of a blue moonThis year’s Halloween occurred on a so-called blue moon.  Now anyone who bothered to look as twilight descended on All Hallows' Eve -- would have seen that the Moon didn’t really turn blue -- but remained its usual white-yellow colour.  So why call it a blue moon?*The Science Report2020 on track to be one of the warmest years on record.COVID deaths could be significantly reduced if 95 percent of people wore a face mask in public.A new study warns that multi-screening may be bad for your memory.Scientists disco