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BepiColombo's First Venus F...

10.30.2020

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 115 *BepiColombo undertakes its first Venus flyby The BepiColombo mission has completed the first of two Venus flybys needed to set it on course with the Solar System’s innermost planet, Mercury. *Problems worsen ...

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10.30.2020 BepiColombo's First Venus Flyby Completed SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 115 BepiColombo undertakes its first Venus flyby The BepiColombo mission has completed the first of two Venus flybys needed to set it on course with the Solar System’s innermost planet, Mercury. Problems worsen ...
10.28.2020 OSIRIS-REx Success! SpaceTime with Stuart GarySeries 23 Episode 114 *OSIRIS-REx successfully touches down on asteroid Bennu NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully touched down on the surface of the boulder-strewn asteroid Bennu – collecting samples of the space rocks regolith before returning to ...
10.26.2020 Betelgeuse Closer and Smaller than Thought SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 113 Betelgeuse closer and smaller than thought A new study has found the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is closer and smaller than previously thought. Thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening Two extreme bolts ...
10.23.2020 Nearby Supernova Exploded Just Two and a Half Million Years Ago *Nearby supernova exploded just two and a half million years ago Scientists have found telltale chemical signatures of a massive star between 11 and 20 times the mass of our Sun going supernova just two and a half million years ...
10.21.2020 The Neutron Star Collision That’s still Producing X-rays Three Years Later The Neutron Star collision that’s still producing X-rays three years later Astronomers are still detecting X-rays being emitted from where two neutron stars collided three years ago. Record-setting flight to the space station The expedition 64 crew has safely arrived ...
10.19.2020 One of Life’s Building Blocks Produced Faster than Thought One of life’s building blocks produced faster than thought A new study has found that stars produce carbon – one of the key building blocks of life as we know it -- 34 per cent faster than previously thought. OSIRIS ...
10.16.2020 If Not for Jupiter Venus might have been a habitable world if not for Jupiter A new study claims Venus might not be the sweltering, waterless hellscape it is today if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun. A new view of the ...
10.14.2020 NASA’s Dragonfly Drone Mission to Titan *NASA’s Dragonfly drone mission to Titan A new study has found relatively fresh exposed water ice in impact craters on the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan. The findings could prove beneficial in plans for the proposed Dragon fly mission ...
10.12.2020 More Liquid Water Lakes Found on Mars More liquid water lakes found on Mars Researchers have found evidence of a patchwork of salty liquid water lakes below the surface of the red planet Mars. Einstein’s description of gravity just got harder to beat They say you don’t ...
10.09.2020 Discovery of an Unknown Stellar Population at the Galactic Centre Discovery of an unknown stellar population at the galactic centre Astronomers have found an unknown population of stars near the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy. Sweden to stop helping China’s space program Stockholm has announced that Sweden will ...
10.07.2020 A Missing Ingredient in Dark Matter Theories A missing ingredient in dark matter theories Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves. First detection of a planet larger than the star it’s orbiting For the first ...
10.05.2020 Answering the Question: Is Anyone Out There? Answering the question: is anyone out there? Forget what you’ve seen on Star Trek, it looks like our part of the Alpha Quadrant is quite devoid of advanced alien life. Second alignment plane of solar system discovered Astronomers have found ...
10.02.2020 Asteroid Bennu Proves Life is Full of Vesta Situations Asteroid Bennu proves life is full of Vesta situations A new study suggests material from the main belt asteroid Vesta has been discovered on the surface of the near Earth asteroid Bennu. NASA signs agreement with US Space Force NASA ...
09.30.2020 Did the Sun Once Have a Binary Partner? New study claims the Sun may have had a binary partner A new study suggests the Sun may once have been part of a binary star system with a companion of similar mass. A new more puzzling view of the ...
09.28.2020 A New Type of Supernovae A new type of supernovae A new study suggests that an unusual fast-spinning highly magnetic type of exploding star in the early universe may be responsible for creating some of the heaviest naturally occurring elements on the periodic table. New ...
09.25.2020 Solar Cycle 25 Formally Underway Solar cycle 25 formally underway Scientists have determined that our local star has now formally moved into a new solar cycle which is expected to peak with a new Solar Maximum in 2025. Asteroid Bennu ejecting particles into space When ...
09.23.2020 Southern Launch’s First Flight's a Big Success First flights from Southern Launch’s new Australian rocket range a big success Southern Launch has undertaken its first flights from its new rocket test range in western South Australia. 263 new Near-Earth objects detected over the past month The latest ...
09.21.2020 Special Edition - A Signature for Life Discovered in the Clouds of Venus SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 98 - Special Edition *A signature for life discovered in the clouds of Venus A special edition looking at the discovery of a potential signature for life in the form of phosphine in ...
09.18.2020 The Possibility of Life Below the Surface of Mars The possibility of life below the surface of Mars A 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 ...
09.16.2020 Hubble Maps a Giant Halo Around Andromeda Hubble maps a giant halo around Andromeda Astronomers have mapped an immense halo of gas surrounding our nearest large galactic neighbour -- the Andromeda galaxy M-31. *Rogue planets could outnumber the stars An upcoming NASA mission could find that there ...
09.14.2020 Biggest Black Hole Collision Ever Detected *Biggest black hole collision ever detected Scientists 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 ...
09.11.2020 Earth May Have Been Wet Since it Formed *Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed A 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 ...
09.09.2020 The Evolving Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field A small but evolving dent in Earth's magnetic field Scientists are seeing a split in the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field. The strange hot world of KELT-9B Astronomers have discovered one of the ...
09.07.2020 Finding Our Place in the Universe Finding our place in the Universe Deep sea ocean sediments are helping scientists better understand the complicated structure of our local galactic neighbourhood. New Zealand’s rocket lab back in the air Rocket Lab has successfully placed a new Earth observation ...
09.04.2020 Looking at The End of The Universe Looking at the end of the universe A 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 ...
09.02.2020 Southern Launch to Carry out its First Test Flight this Month Southern Launch to carry out its first test flight this month Southern 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 core A new look ...
08.31.2020 Mysterious Movements in the Heart of the Milky Way Mysterious movements in the heart of the Milky Way Astronomers 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 anomaly A new study ...
08.28.2020 World-famous Arecibo Dish Seriously Damaged The world-famous Arecibo dish seriously damaged The 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 ...
08.26.2020 A Close Call for Planet Earth New record for a close call for planet Earth with an asteroid Planet 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 released Some call ...
08.24.2020 Best Place on Earth to See Stars Best place on Earth to see stars A 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 neighbourhood A ...
08.21.2020 Is Asteroid Psyche the Core of an Unformed Planet? Asteroid Psyche could be the core of an unformed planet A 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 Boson Physicists at CERN ...
08.19.2020 Dangerous Alien Life Warning New study warns that alien life would be dangerous to Earthlings Discovery 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 Venus ...
08.17.2020 Astronomers Discover a Pulsar Powering Up Astronomers discover a pulsar powering up Astronomers 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 ...
08.14.2020 A Neutron Star at the Heart of Supernova 1987A A neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987A There’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 station The first-ever privately operated ...
08.12.2020 Possible Origin for Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Discovery of a possible origin for mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Astronomers 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 discovered Astronomers have discovered ...
08.10.2020 Discovery of a Mysterious Ancient Stellar Cluster SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 80 *Discovery of a mysterious ancient stellar cluster Astronomers have discovered the shredded remains of an ancient globular star cluster that was torn apart by our own Milky Way galaxy more than two ...
08.04.2020 Debate Continues Over the Age of the Universe Debate continues over the age of the universe New 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 ...
07.31.2020 Hayabusa-2 Asteroid Sample Return Capsule to Land in Australia SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 78 *Hayabusa-2 asteroid sample return capsule to land in Australia The Australian Space Agency confirms Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return capsule will land in the Woomera Rocket Range in outback South Australia ...
07.28.2020 Stunning First Images by Solar Orbiter SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 77 *Stunning first images of the Sun sent back by Solar Orbiter The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has sent back its first stunning close-up images of the Sun revealing miniature omnipresent solar ...
07.24.2020 Alien Stellar Stream Discovered in our Neighbourhood Alien stellar stream discovered in our neighbourhood Astronomers have discovered a stream of stars close to our own solar system that didn’t originate in our galaxy. Tracking satellites from the Arctic A look at one of the most remote and ...
07.22.2020 Astronomers Discover a Massive Structure Beyond Laniakea Astronomers discover a massive structure beyond Laniakea Astronomers mapping the distribution of galaxies around the Milky Way have discovered a massive structure beyond the Laniakea galaxy supercluster. New hypothesis to try to explain ‘Oumuamua Computer simulations suggest the mysterious interstellar ...
07.20.2020 Mysterious Objects Discovered in Deep Space *Mysterious objects discovered in deep space Astronomers have discovered something new lurking out in the depths of space – a series of four faint circular radio objects they’ve dubbed odd radio circles or ORCs – which are unlike anything they’ve ...
07.17.2020 Construction Starts on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 73 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 ...
07.15.2020 Rocket Lab Failure Rocket Lab fails on its latest mission A full accident investigation is now underway to determine what caused the failure of an Electron rocket during the second stage of its journey to orbit. Strange galactic structure near the centre of ...
07.13.2020 Dead Stars in the Galactic Centre Dead stars in the galactic centre Astronomers have discovered a stellar graveyard near the centre of the Milky Way galaxy containing the corpses of 27 stars. Curiosity on the move to its next location After more than a year exploring ...
07.10.2020 Australian Space Agency to Develop New-Generation Space Suits Australian Space Agency to develop new-generation space suits The Australian Space Agency is working with NASA and the European Space Agency on a new generation of Space Suites for astronauts. New type of subatomic particle discovered Scientists have discovered a ...
07.08.2020 Discovery of a New Type of Neutrino from the Sun Discovery of a new type of neutrino from the Sun Scientists have discovered a new type of neutrino being produced by the Sun. Why Betelgeuse suddenly dimmed so dramatically A new study suggests massive starspots could have caused the recent ...
07.06.2020 Discovery of a Cosmic Ring of Fire Discovery of a cosmic ring of fire Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy -- described as a “cosmic ring of fire”. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/619166208183402496 The black hole that generated light Astronomers have for the first-time detected light ...
07.03.2020 Pluto’s Liquid Ocean Pluto’s liquid ocean Astronomers say there’s growing evidence that Pluto and other large Kuiper belt objects started out with liquid oceans which have slowly frozen over. NASA looking at a mission to Neptune NASA is considering a mission to study ...
07.01.2020 Exploring the Mysteries at the Edge of the Solar System Exploring the mysteries at the edge of the solar system NASA’s IBEX spacecraft has confirmed the Sun’s heliosphere is shaped like a giant comet. https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/621539151474507776 The lifespan of Neutrons A new mission to Venus could finally determine the life span ...

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