S26E103: India's Lunar Landing // Russian Spacecraft Crash // Neptune’s Disappearing Clouds

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 103 *India lands first mission on Moon - first to reach south pole India has become only the fourth nation -- after the Soviet Union, the United States and China -- to land a spacecraft on the Moon, and the first to land near the Lunar south pole. *Russian spacecraft crashes onto the Moon Russia’s Lunar25 mission has crashed while attempting to land at the Moon’s South Pole. *The mystery of Neptune’s disappearing clouds For the first time in nearly three decades of observations, clouds seen on Neptune have all but vanished. *The Science Report Detection of a new highly mutated variant of the SARS COV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. Are we headed for a bumper bush fire season this summer. A new analysis of bronze age diets. Skeptics guide to facilitated communication. **Support SpaceTime with Stuart Gary: Be Part of Our Cosmic Journey!** SpaceTime is fueled by passion, not big corporations or grants. We're on a mission to become 100% listener-supported, allowing us to focus solely on bringing you riveting space stories without the interruption of ads.