SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

*American’s fly into space from American soil for the first time in nine yearsThe SpaceX Demo two mission successfully blasted off from Space Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre at in the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were aboard the Crew Dragon two capsule for the historic Demo-2 mission atop a Falcon 9 rocket which successfully docked with the International Space Station 19 hours after lift-off.*Astrobiologists put the technology of the new Mars rover to the testNASA is slated to launch its Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover next month on a mission to search for signs of life on the red planet.*Japan says farewell to its faithful old H2 rocketThe end of an era as Japan launches a cargo ship carrying four tonnes of supplies for the International Space Station using an H2 rocket for the last time.*The Science ReportStudies show chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine offer no benefit for patients with COVID-19.Satellite data shows climate change is turning Antarctica green.The fastest ever internet data speed from a single optical chip.Paleontologists discover a new Australian Dinosaur.Woo-merchants and con-artists capitalizing on COVID-19 fearFor enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes Get immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetime Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

*Comet Swan swoops past EarthIt seems to be the case of another month means another new comet as C/2020 F8 Swan is currently making its closest approach to Earth passing some 85 million kilometres away.*The Jovian ice moon Europa reveals new detailsNew high-resolution images of the Jovian ice moon Europa are providing scientists with fresh clues about how its frozen surface formed.*The Mercury TelescopeIndia is building a new telescope – with a difference instead of the traditional polished glass primary mirror -- this observatory will use spinning liquid mercury as the reflecting surface.*Kremlin launches top-secret Tundra military satelliteRussian military forces have launched one of their most highly classified spy satellites.The EKS Tundra early warning surveillance satellite was launched aboard a Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow.*The Science ReportItalian study shows a Kawasaki like disease increasing in kids with COVID-19.880,000 people who don't smoke die prematurely every year from exposure to second-hand smoke.Extreme environmental change most likely cause for the extinction of Australian megafauna.T. Rex optimised for energy-efficient walking, rather than speed.New technology to fight fake scienceFor enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

*Queensland company wins Australian orbital rocket contractThe Australian Department of Defence Science and Technology has awarded Queensland-based Gilmour Space a contract to develop a new orbital rocket launch system.*WFIRST Dark Energy Telescope renamed after Nancy Grace RomanNASA has formally named its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope – WFIRST -- in honour of the agency’s first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, who paved the way for space telescopes like Hubble to observe the universe from orbit – above the effects of Earth’s atmosphere.https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618688707026911232https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618688812177096704https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/187935263898*Lunar tee peeThe European Space Agency has developed a new use for urine as a superplasticiser for making a robust type of concrete on the Moon.*The Science ReportAutopsies of patients who died of COVID-19 show the virus is present in multiple organs.New study shows COVID-19 can be passed from cat to cat but questions remain about dogs.Global warming making cyclones and hurricanes stronger and more intense.Scientists develop a new prototype quantum radar device.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

*Scientists create a new type of atomPhysicists have created a new never before seen exotic atom called Pionic Helium. Researchers created the particle to study the properties of a subatomic particle called a meson.*The Sun is less active than most starsA new study has found the Sun is at least five times less active than other similar stars. A report in the journal Science based on an analysis of 369 Sun-like stars shows that solar brightness variations are extremely weak – just 0.07 percent -- compared to other stars.*Elongating blobs of molten metals causing Earth’s magnetic north to moveNew data suggests a pair of giant elongating magnetic blobs deep below the Earth’s surface are causing the planet’s north magnetic pole to move at an ever-increasing rate from its current position in the Canadian arctic towards Siberia.https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618359342940487680*The Science ReportThere have been positive early results from a phase 1 clinical trial of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.Current greenhouse gas emissions could cause more frequent and longer dust bowl heatwaves.Archaeologists discover rare 2000 year old coin at a dig site near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.New study finds Dr Google is usually wrong.New naturopathic centre opens in Australia’s new age hippie capital.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimep;Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 49*Stunning new images from the surface of the asteroid RyuguAstronomers have released amazing new close up high-resolution images and video of the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.*Claims an extraterrestrial protein has been discoveredScientists have found what they think could be the first known extraterrestrial protein discovered inside a meteorite.*Gas giants do form differently to brown dwarfsA new study claims gas giant exoplanets located at the outer edges of their planetary systems are formed in a different way to brown dwarfs.*A Russian rocket suddenly breaks up in orbit – and no one’s really sure whyThe Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says one of its rockets has suddenly broken up in orbit above the Indian Ocean.*The Science ReportCOVID-19 virus can be present in the semen of patients with the illness.Temperature and latitude do not appear to be associated with the spread of COVID-19.Iran carrying out cyber-attacks against the company making the COVID-19 drug remdesivirWhere do Southern Right Whales spend their summers?For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetime Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

*New plan to intercept interstellar visitorsNASA has provided some seed funding for an idea to develop a fleet of prepositioned spacecraft to study interstellar asteroids and comets before they zoom out of the solar system.*New evidence for watery plumes erupting on EuropaNew computer simulations based on data from NASA’s 1990s vintage Galileo spacecraft are providing more evidence that the Jovian ice moon Europa erupts plumes of water deep into space from its massive subsurface ocean.*Perseverance Rover placed in launch configuration for its flight to MarsNASA scientists and engineers have placed the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover into its final launch configuration in preparation for its ride to the red planet.*The Science ReportWhy men are suffering worse outcomes from infection with COVID-19 than women.How to correctly disinfect your face mask.New study to examine how speed affect the metabolism of other drugs.The U.S. Space Force has acquired its first offensive weapon.Skeptics look at the latest Covid-19 conspiracy theories.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 47*One of the oldest objects in the Milky WayAstronomers have discovered an ancient globular cluster that appears to be a staggering 13.6 billion years old – making it one of the oldest known objects in the Milky Way galaxy.*Growing doubts about one of the universe’s fundamental constantsA new study suggests one of the fundamental constants of the laws of physics doesn’t appear to be quite so constant across the universe and seems to change depending on where you are.*Australia and United States threatened by out of control Chinese rocketAustralia and the United States have escaped being hit by a deliberately out of control Chinese rocket.It was the most massive object to have made an uncontrolled atmospheric re-entry since the 39-tonne Russian Salyut-7 spacecraft crashed in Argentina in 1991.*China’s new capsule returns to Earth following its first test flightChina claims its new prototype manned spacecraft has returned safely to Earth following a three-day orbital test flight.*The Science ReportSome kids with COVID-19 antibodies now showing signs of a new inflammatory multisystem syndrome.The Chinese Military undertake a cyber attack on the Western Australian Government.Palaeontologists discover the oldest known Homo sapiens remains in Europe.Evidence that scientific advice was dismissed as part of the Adani Carmichael mine approval process.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

*Venus dominated by atmospheric tidal wavesA new study shows Venus’s atmosphere rotates much faster than the planet itself because of a thermal tide generated by solar heating on the planet’s dayside and corresponding cooling on its nightside.*High speed turbulence preventing star birth in galactic centreA new study claims high speed gas collisions suppress star formation along the central bar of barred spiral galaxies.*X-37B Space Shuttle prepares for new missionThe US Space Force is about to launch one of its X-37B space shuttles back into orbit.  The classified OTV-6 mission is slated to fly on May 16 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from launch complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.*Test flight for China’s new manned capsule.China claims it successfully launched a new prototype capsule which would eventually be used to fly crew to Beijing’s planned space station and eventually to the Moon.*The Science ReportNasal swabs have been found to have far higher concentrations of the COVID-19 virus than throat swabs.How COVID-19 affects kids and adolescents.Claims coins may be better than notes for paying cash without spreading bacteria.Starting school an hour later may help our high school kids get a better night's rest.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetime;Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-dailyHelp support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 45*Using colliding neutron stars to detect exotic quark-gluon plasmaNew computer modeling has suggested an exotic substance called quark-gluon plasma generated by the merging neutron stars could be detected through gravitational waves.*Jovian like cloud bands discovered on nearest Brown DwarfAstronomers have discovered that the nearest brown dwarf to Earth – has cloud bands similar to those seen around Jupiter.*Ariane 6 still on track for maiden flight this yearWell despite setbacks caused by the global COVID-19 corona virus pandemic – the Maiden flight of the European Space agency’s new Ariane 6 rocket is still slated to take place before the end of this year – launching 30 small OneWeb broadband satellites into orbit.*The Science ReportScientists say hydroxychloroquine worth further study as a treatment for COVID-19.Warnings that cell phones could be acting as ‘Trojan horses’ for coronavirus.Logging found to have had a profound effect on the catastrophic Australian bushfires.Discovery of the most complete crazy beast fossils ever found.Iran’s fake coronavirus detector.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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 our new Supercast feed - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-daily  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.

*Discovery of the nearest black hole to EarthAstronomers have discovered the nearest black hole to Earth located just 1120 light years away.https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/617425473426833408https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/617426176860880896;*How galaxies grew so big so earlyA new study suggests early galaxies first began growing big through their own internal gas reserves before they began consuming mass from other smaller nearby galaxies through galactic cannibalism.*Asteroid out of know whereAstronomers have had a shock when an asteroid the size of a van suddenly swooped out of the darkness of space and streaking just 12 hundred kilometres above satellites.*The Science ReportChina, Russia and Iran engaged in cyber-attacks targeting research on COVID-19 vaccines.The FDA authorizes use of the experimental COVID-19 drug remdesivir for emergency use.The first case of COVID-19 has been detected in a family dog.New fossil suggests the dinosaur Spinosaurus was far more at home in the water than on land.Homeopathy banned from using CEASE treatment because it’s shonky and doesn’t work.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesGet immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double 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/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: SpaceTime@bitesz.comTo receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-daily  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.