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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 23

*High energy neutrinos traced to a star being ripped to pieces by a black hole

Astronomers have traced high energy neutrinos erupting from a star being ripped to pieces by a black hole in another galaxy.

*Juno spots meteor impact on Jupiter

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a meteoroid slamming into Jupiter.

*Cygnus 15 launches to space station

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station two days after launching aboard an Antares 230 rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginian mid Atlantic coast.

*The Science Report

One in five diabetes patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 will die within 28 days.

Gay males are more likely than lesbians to face stigma if they sound gay.

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill still impacting animals a decade later.

Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 less likely to develop depression later.

Alex on Tech reports that 6G is on the way.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 22

*New observations of Cygnus X-1 change science’s understanding of Black Holes

New observations of Cygnus X1 -- the first black hole ever detected -- have led astronomers to question what they really know about the Universe's most mysterious objects

*Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago

A new study has found that a temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago triggered major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions.

*Growing doubts about the existence of planet 9

Hopes of discovering a ninth planet in our solar system are fading with a new study suggesting earlier observations of unique clustering of Trans Neptuneian objects may have been caused by bias in the way these objects are observed.

*The Science Report

Big advantages in delaying the second jab of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

The new drug which could be a real game changer in the fight to treat obesity.

The world’s oldest samples of DNA found in a pair of Mammoths.

New study shows drinking more coffee is associated with a reduced risk of heart failure.

Skeptic's guide to suspending the U.K.s Society of Homeopaths.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 21

*Determining how Super Earths and Mini-Neptunes are made

Astronomers have now found over four thousand exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun.

*How far are we from nuclear powered space transport

A new report by America’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine think tank warns that NASA will need to pursue an aggressive and urgent nuclear technology development program to properly support a human mission to Mars in 2039.

*Russian spaceship out of control

Russian cosmonauts were forced to take over control and manually guide a Progress cargo ship into a docking port aboard the International Space Station after the automated system suddenly failed.

*Falcon 9 lost at sea

SpaceX has lost a Falcon 9 booster during a landing attempt following what otherwise -- had been another successful launch carrying 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit.

*The Science Report

At least half of all COVID-19 infections come from people who aren't showing symptoms.

There’s new evidence that air pollution can make you go blind.

How the Moon affects our sleep.

First impressions really are accurate.

Skeptic's guide to hearing voices that aren’t there

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 20

*Sea salt discovered on the red planet Mars

The European Space Agency has discovered sea salt high in the Martian atmosphere.

*The Square Kilometre Array’s Engineering Development Array

Work is starting to ramp up on the giant Square kilometre Array project to build the world’s largest telescope across outback Western Australia and southern Africa.

*Another launch contract for Gilmour Space

Gold Coast based rocket company Gilmour Space has signed a new deal to provide US company Momentus with launch services using Gilmour’s new Eris rocket.

*A thousand Starlink satellites now in orbit

SpaceX has successfully launched its fourth Starlink mission of the year placing another 60 satellites into orbit.

*The Science Report

A new strain of COVID-19 spreading around the world from Southern California.

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are more likely to be diagnosed as autistic.

Stonehenge was recycled from an earlier Welsh monument.

That saying that blood is thicker than water isn’t always true.

Alex on Tech looks at sending electricity wirelessly through the air.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 19

*Touchdown! NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars

After a seven-month 472 million kilometre journey, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has successfully touched down on the surface of the red planet.

*A new model to predict galactic stellar production

A new study suggests that massive galaxies with extra-large extended disks produce stars over longer periods of time than their smaller more compact counterparts.

*Russia starts its 2021 rocket launch season off with a bang over Australia

Russia’s first rocket launch for the new year saw a Lotos spy satellite fly into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow.

*The Science Report

Australia’s COVID-19 national vaccination rollout is finally underway.

Latest opinion polls show 64% of Australian want to get the vaccine but 27 percent are still unsure.

Australians blocked from accessing news through their Facebook feeds.

Boeing completes its first flight test of its new F-15EX fighter jet.

Scientists say the 2020-2021 La Niña event has now passed its peak.

Skeptic's guide to finding bigfoot in Singapore.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 18

*New candidate planet discovered around Alpha Centauri A

Astronomers may have discovered a planet in the habitable zone in our nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri.

*The solar system’s most distant planetary object confirmed

Astronomers have set a new record for identifying the most distant body in our Solar System.

*What Phobos could reveal about the red planet

A new study has found that the Martian moon Phobos orbits through a stream of charged particles being eroded from the red planet’s atmosphere by the solar wind.

*A new sky guide for people in the southern hemisphere

The 2021 Australasian sky guide has been released providing its annual guide across the night skies.

*The Science Report

Study finds people hospitalized with COVID-19 still have symptoms four months later.

New research says the more you smoke the higher your risk of dying from COVID-19.

Australian National University sets a new world record in solar cell efficiency.

Three new species of carnivorous sponges discovered in the Great Australian Bight.

Skeptic's guide to Australia’s most haunted beach

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 17

*The Milky Way warped following galactic collision

A new study has confirmed what some people have long suspected – the Milky Way galaxy is warped.

*New kind of magnetic explosion on Sun

Scientists have detected a magnetic explosion on the Sun -- the likes of which has never been seen before.

*Gilmour Space to launch first customer next year

Gold Coast based rocket company Gilmour Space Technologies, has secured its first customer for the maiden flight of its new Eris rocket.

*Another new record for SpaceX

SpaceX has set a new record launching and landing the same Falcon 9 booster eight times.

*The Science Report

Cancer, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension main comorbidities to death from COVID-19.

COVID-19 patients who suffered a cardiac arrest either in or out of hospital far more likely to die.

Too many refined grains could be bad for your heart.

Archaeologists have discovered one of the oldest animal bone engravings ever found.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 16

*Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulphur dioxide

A new study claims last year’s observations of phosphine in the clouds of Venus was actually sulphur-dioxide.

*The mystery of the Jovian Trojans

A new study claims Jupiter's Trojan asteroids may be stranger than thought.

*The growing Starlink problem for astronomy

Elon Musk is now officially the world’s richest person with a net worth of 185 billion dollars and an empire that stretches from SpaceX rockets to Tesla electric cars.

*Rocket Lab demonstrates new orbital maneuvering capability

Rocket Lab has successfully launched its 18th Electron mission – and its first for 2021 -- in the process demonstrating an improved orbital maneuvering capability.

*The Science Report

The World Health Organization says it’s been unable to determine where the COVID-19 virus originated.

New reports on the efficacy of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against new COVID-19 variants.

A two-point decline in IQ associated with teens who frequently consume cannabis.

Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest species of lizard ever found.

Skeptic's guide to COVID-19 nanobots

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 15

*NASA gives up on the Mars Mole

NASA has finally given up on efforts to get its Mars mole working.

An exoplanetary system with real rhythm

*Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system containing six exoplanets locked in orbits that act more like a rhythmic gravitational dance.

*SpaceX sets a new launch record

SpaceX has set a new record launching 143 satellites on a single rocket.

*February Skywatch

Orion the Hunter dominates the night skies

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 14

*Exploring the depths of Titan's largest sea

A new study has found that Kraken Mare -- the largest sea on the Saturnian Moon Titan – is at least 300 metres deep.

*A new idea about the birth of the Solar System

A new study proposes that the solar system was formed through a two step process – but not quite the way the Nice model and Grand Tack hypothesis suggest.

*The first Atlantic splashdown of CRS Dragon cargo ship

The SpaceX CRS-21 Dragon cargo ship has successfully returned to Earth loaded with returned experiments from the International Space Station.

*China’s first rocket launch for the new year

China has successfully carried out its first rocket launch for 2021 placing a new mobile telecommunication satellite into orbit.

*The Science Report

Claims once COVID-19 symptoms begin it hangs around infecting others for at least 7 days.

Senior citizens with the flu produce fewer warnings slowing their immune response.

A new study warns that the number of sharks and rays worldwide has fallen by 71 per cent since 1970.

Do you really know how drunk you are when you drink?

Alex on Tech: will Google spit the dummy

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 13

*Strange new clues about how stars are made

Astronomers may have discovered some strange new clues about the processes involved in creating a star.

*Understanding the secrets of neutron stars

Scientists have found evidence of alpha particles at the surface of neutron-rich heavy nuclei – a discovery which could provide new insights into the structure of neutron stars, as well as the process of alpha decay.

*Iran’s latest nuclear missile test

Iran says its successfully carried out a missile test. The launch marked another breach of Tehran’s nuclear weapons ban treaty – ratified by United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 2231 -- 2015 Vienna accord -- which prohibits the Islamic republic from developing missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

*SpaceX rocket in fiery crash

After what looked like a flawless launch and climb to altitude SpaceX’s SN9 Starship test article crashed and burned during an explosive landing attempt at its Texas test site.

*The Science Report

Novavax claims its new COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated an 89.3% efficacy in UK phase 3 trials.

Our world is losing ice at record rate

The US Air Force says it’s new B-21 stealth bomber should start test flights by the middle of next year.

Brains of musicians have stronger structural and functional connections than non-musicians.

Skeptic's guide to asparagus clairvoyance

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 12

*The Earth is spinning faster.

The Earth is spinning faster than it used to – in fact the planet’s fastest 28 days – based on records going back to 1960 have all occurred in the year 2020.

*Hubble pinpoints supernova blast

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have determined the epicentre of a supernova explosion that lit up the skies 1700 years ago.

*Blue Origin undertakes another successful test flight.

While Virgin Galactic is still licking its wounds following the abort of its latest Space Ship Two test flight – space tourism competitor Blue Origin carried out another successful launch to space from its west Texas test facility.

*SpaceX first launch for the year

SpaceX has commenced its 2021 launch year with the spectacular nighttime flight of a new Turkish telecommunications satellite.

*The Science Report

U.K strain of COVID-19 more deadly than original.

Scientists warn that a quarter of bee species haven’t been seen in 30 years.

New research suggests aspirin may help breast and bladder cancer patients live longer.

Scientists get to the bottom of things studying a dinosaur’s cloaca.

Alex on Tech electronic outages are just a sign of the times

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 11

*How the asteroid Ryugu lost its water.

As scientists continue to sift through the treasure-trove of rocks grains and dust brought back to Earth last month by the Hayabusa2 mission to the asteroid Ryugu – other researchers as going through the petabytes of remote sensing data collected during the mission to reveal new details about the asteroid's past.

*SLS Moon rocket Core Stage engine fail

NASA’s plans to return humans to the lunar surface have suffered a setback with the first attempt to light up all four main engines of its new SLS Moon rocket being aborted just a minute into the eight minute test fire.

*Work speeds up on the Lunar Gateway space station

The European Space Agency has signed formal contracts with Thales Alenia Space to start building the European Esprit module for the new lunar Gateway space station.

*The new app to find your way across the sky

A new app makes it easier than ever to find your way across the sky. You just type in what celestial object you’re looking for and it will literally point you in the right direction.

*The Science Report

Most Australians will be offered the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rather than the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.

As little as one small alcoholic drink a day could cause an increase in the risk of atrial fibrillation.

Archaeologists discover what may be the world’s oldest known cave paintings.

A new study has recommended getting kittens desexed before the age of four months.

Alex on Tech checks out CES part 2

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 10

*The most complete map of nearby brown dwarfs ever compiled.

Astronomers have compiled the most complete three-dimensional map of brown dwarfs in our stellar neighbourhood.

*Dark Energy survey releases its final data set

The Dark Energy Survey has released its second and final data set containing nearly 700 million astronomical objects.

*Gilmour Space conducts a successful rocket engine test.

Gold Coast based rocket company Gilmour Space have carried out a successful engine test burn of their new hybrid rocket engine.

*Virgin Orbit LauncherOne flies into space

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has successfully delivered its first satellites into orbit drop launching its new LauncherOne rocket from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747 carrier airliner off the coast of Southern California.

*The Science Report

Australian health authorities monitoring situation following vaccine deaths in Norway.

Study says vitamin D supplements won’t protect you from developing coughs colds and the flu.

European powers raising fresh concerns over Iran's plans to produce uranium metal.

North Korea has unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile.

Alex on Tech checks out CES part 1.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 9

*New origins for sunquakes

A new study has discovered that sunquakes originate from beneath the surface of the Sun – not above it as previously thought.

*Oumuamua is not a hydrogen iceberg

The idea that the interstellar asteroid Oumuamua could be a giant frozen hydrogen iceberg has been dashed following new research.

*ESA's Kiruna 30 years on

ESA's Kiruna ground station in northern Sweden is celebrating 30 years of operations.

*The Science Report

New research has confirmed that COVID-19 likely lingered longer in Wuhan than reported.

Studies warn that cities across the globe could warm more than 4°Celsius.

Discovery of a spectacular prehistoric flower.

Scientists publish the full genetic code of the egg-laying monotreme mammals, platypus and echidna.

Alex on Tech vinyl records on the rebound -- again.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 8

*The most detailed views ever of the surface of a brown dwarf

Astronomers have discovered bands and stripes in the atmosphere of Luhman 16 B -- the nearest brown dwarf to Earth.

*More delays to the Ariane 6 space program

The European Space agency has pushed back the maiden flight of its new Ariane 6 heavy lift launch vehicle to the second quarter of next year.

*China preparing for something with the launch of yet another spy satellite

China has launched another reconnaissance spy satellite – one of at least 69 equipped with synthetic aperture radar technology designed to obtain all-weather, day-and-night imagery of strategic targets around the world.

*The Science Report

Suicide and attempts at suicide three times higher among people on the autistic spectrum.

Scientists have uncovered new clues about how life could have originated on Earth.

More droughts predicted over the next 80 years.

Maria Island could provide a new home for endangered brush-tailed rock wallabies

Skeptic's guide shows no link between lockdowns and suicide rates.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 7

*The strange star produced by a white dwarf collision

Astronomers have discovered a strange stellar object produced by the collision of a pair of white dwarfs – the corpses of dead Sun like stars.

*The youngest magnetar ever seen

Astronomers have discovered a new Magnetar – the youngest ever seen.

*NAVY UFO Update

Former US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claims Washington is covering up important information about UFOs.

*The Science Report

China removing evidence of its involvement in the spread of COVID-19.

2020 has tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record.

Poland introducing new free speech laws to stop social media from silencing the people.

Palaeontologist have identified a new carnivorous theropod dinosaur species in Brazil.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 6

*What's new for 2021

2021 will be another exciting year in space with the maiden flights of at least three new spacecraft and NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover getting ready to land in the red planet’s Jezero Crater, on February 18

*Virgin Galactic mission abort

Virgin Galactic forced to cut short a planned test flight of their Space Ship Two prototype in the skies above New Mexico following a computer failure.

*Rocket Lab latest Electron rocket launch

Rocket Lab has successfully launched its 17th Electron rocket into orbit.

*Strange blue UFO dazzles Hawaii

An unidentified flying object has mesmerized people across Hawaii sparking dozens of calls to police and the Federal Aviation Administration.

*The Science Report

Immune protection against COVID-19 reinfection good for at least eight months.

A new study claims infant circumcision may lead to social challenges as an adult.

90 per cent of native animals will lose their habitat to land clearing by 2050.

Study shows that animals that have never been domesticated can still communicate with humans.

Skeptic's guide to the spread of fake news and disinformation.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 5

*How the solar wind has stripped away the Martian atmosphere

Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere.

*Giant X-ray bubbles detected in galactic halo

Astronomers have discovered giant X-ray bubbles extending some thousands of light years above and below the central region of the Milky Way.

*New supercluster discovered by astronomers

A new supercluster consisting of a chain of eight galaxy clusters discovered five billion light years away.

*Griffith University to develop a new satellite with Gilmour Space

Gold Coast rocket company Gilmour Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Griffith University to develop satellites for launch into low Earth orbit in 2023.

*The Science Report

The FDA rejects the British plan to delay giving the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines.

Platypus now extinct in five Brisbane waterways.

Crops grown near Chernobyl still contaminated due to the 1986 nuclear accident.

A new study claims having some Avocado every day is good for intestinal health.

Alex on Tech: The end of the line for flash player and do you suffer from nomophobia.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 4

*The atmosphere of a white dwarf shows Earth’s ultimate fate  

Astronomers studying the atmosphere of a nearby stellar corpse called a white dwarf -- have been given a glimpse of the ultimate fate of planet Earth.

*New questions about the origins of heavy elements

New questions are being raised about how the universe’s heavy elements are made.

*Astronomers more than double the number of known high velocity stars

Astronomers have discovered a population of hundreds high velocity stars in the galactic halo of the Milky Way.

*Meteor came from mysterious dwarf planet

Scientists say the parent body of the Almahata Sitta meteorites which rained down on Sudan’s Nubian Desert in October 2008 came from a yet to be discovered water-rich Ceres sized dwarf planet.

*The Science Report

China prevents WHO officials from traveling to Wuhan to investigate the cause of COVID-19.

2020 was Australia's fourth-warmest year on record -- despite being a La Niña year.

Iran upping its uranium enrichment program amid growing nuclear weapons fears.

Handing leftovers to wolves may have led to the early domestication of dogs.

Skeptic's guide to people’s opinions on vaccines.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 3

*Strange signal detected from Proxima Centauri

Scientists at SETI the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence are trying to understand a strange signal which was detected by the Parkes Radio Telescope originating in the Proxima Centauri star system.

*Israel’s ambitious new plans for a moon mission

The Israeli non-profit initiative SpaceIL has announced plans for another attempt to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface.

*Astronomers see a comet transitioning between families

A comet discovered last year is providing new clues about how these icy worlds are moved into on orbits which bring them into the inner solar system and close to Earth.

*January SkyWatch

The Earth moves into Perihelion its closest orbital position to the Sun.

The dog star Sirius.

The Quadrantids meteor shower.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 2

*Breakthrough in measuring the strong nuclear force 

Scientists have made the first high precision measurements of the forces acting between protons and exotic subatomic particles called hyperons which contain strange quarks.

*Mystery surrounds a dark storm on Neptune

Astronomers are trying to understand the mysterious behaviour of a dark storm on Neptune which suddenly changed direction and may even have spawned a second storm in the process.

*China's new Long March-8 rocket makes first flight

China has launched its new reusable Long March-8 rocket on a maiden test flight.

*ESA highlights of 2020

2020 has been a challenging year for the European Space Agency.

*The Science Report

No more arguments – new study confirms that COVID-19 is far more severe than the flu.

Compounds found in cooked meat linked to a heightened risk of childhood wheeze.

The Arctic appears to be experiencing a record-breaking numbers of lightning strikes.

A new study has found that 4-Month-Old Ravens are just as smart as chimpanzees and orangutans.

Alex on Tech: study finds 46 per cent of Australian kids under 13 now have their own cell phone.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 1

*Most distant galaxy ever seen

Astronomers have set a new record for observing the most distant galaxy ever seen.

*Origin of Moon’s magnetic crust

A new study has supported the idea that the Moon’s remnant crustal magnetism was caused by an ancient molten iron lunar core generating a geomagnetic dynamo similar to that which still operates on Earth.

*Rocket Lab successfully recovers booster following launch

Rocket Lab has launched a payload of 30 satellites into orbit capping off the mission by recovering its Electron first stage booster following the launch – the first step to reusable rockets.

*Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit

Russia has successfully launched a payload of 36 One Web broadband internet telecommunications satellites into orbit.

*The Science Report

Australia begins production of at least 50 million doses of the Oxford University AstraZeneca vaccine.

The first COVID-19 vaccinations begin for 450 million Europeans.

A more virulent strain of the coronavirus continues to spread around the world.

A new method of drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and converting it into a fuel.

Paleontologists identify a new species of ancient crocodile in south-eastern Queensland.

The new cell phone screen that repairs itself.

Skeptic's guide to the dangers of gay conversion therapy.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary  Series 23 Episode 139

*New solar cycle could be one of the strongest on record

In direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research are predicting that the new solar cycle 25 could be one of the strongest since record-keeping began.

*Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile and Argentina into darkness

Thousands across southern Chile and Argentina turned their heads to the sky to witness one of the wonders of the cosmos – a total solar eclipse which plunged the land into darkness for around two minutes last week.

*Space X launches Falcon 9 for the seventh time

SpaceX has successfully launched a new Sirius XM telecommunications satellite into orbit.

*Buying a telescope for Christmas

If you’re looking for a Christmas present that can be educational, thoughtful, even life-changing – you’ve probably already thought about a telescope – but dismissed it because the top of the line telescopes can be expensive. But as Jonathan Nally, the editor of Australian Sky and Telescope Magazine explains affordable quality telescopes are around – and there are lots to choose from.

*The Science Report

Lack of vitamin D linked to higher rates of Autism in boys.

The giant iceberg A-68A could collide into South Georgia in the next few days.

Some 31% of the world's oak tree species are threatened with extinction.

How well do dogs really understand what you tell them?

Skeptic's guide to the dangers of chiropractic treatments.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 138

*Can Modified Newtonian Physics fix Dark Matter

What if Scientists have got dark matter all wrong?

*NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Updates Quarter-Century Jupiter Mystery

Twenty-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 measurements

The joint NASA-ESA Copernicus Sentinel-6 spacecraft has sent back its first measurements since last month’s launch.

*A big new US spy satellite launched

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy has blasted into orbit carrying a classified U.S. spy satellite.

*The Science Report

New 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 their dogs.

Alex on Tech: The new Malware threat targeting your computer.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 137

*Astronomers witness a nearby star being eaten by a black hole

Astronomers 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 Ryugu

Scientists 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 dwarf

Astronomers have directly imaged a newly discovered failed star known as a brown dwarf.

*Russia’s new heavy-lift Angara A-5 rocket

Russia has conducted a successful second test flight of its new Angara A-5 heavy-lift rocket.

*The Science Report

The 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 have a higher death rate.

Skeptic's guide to giant cat sightings – a Christmas tradition.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 136

*A Total Solar Eclipse Over South America

The good citizenry of Chile and Argentina have experienced a total solar eclipse.

*The space station gets a new air lock

A 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 orbit

The 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 space

NASA’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 97

The first man to break the sound barrier Chuck Yeager has passed away aged 97.

*The Science Report

Australia’s threatened native plant species suffer catastrophic 70 percent decline in population numbers.

Restricting meat consumption linked to greater cardio benefits than a traditional Mediterranean diet.

Being obese for longer periods of time is associated with a higher risk of disease.

Echidnas, wombats and bilbies join platypus in having biofluorescent fur.

Skeptic's guide to Science: The World Health Organisation trashing what’s left of its reputation.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 135

*New evidence of how dark matter behaves

Astronomers 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 made

Astronomers 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 renamed

One 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 Report

Warnings 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 for the first time.

Alex on Tech: Robot vacuum cleaners that spy on private conversations.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 134

*Hayabusa2 lands at Woomera

The 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 bang

Scientists 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 Report

The 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 in Argentina.

Skeptic's guide to Science: growing concerns about the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 133

*The star-making enough dust to build an Earth-sized planet every year

Astronomers 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 away

A 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 capsule

Engineers 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 Report

The 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 132

*Discovery of a likely source for the famous Wow signal

A new study may have finally narrowed down the likely source of the famous wow signal.

*A Bose-Einstein Condensate created in Earth orbit

NASA 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 rocket

NASA 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 samples

China’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 Report

The new Alzheimer’s disease blood test.

New body heat-powered personal devices are on their way.

A new species of carnivorous dinosaur discovered in Argentina.

New study shows snappers can live for over 80 years.

Alex on Tech: The rise of Gigabit Internet.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 131

*Planet Earth closer to the supermassive black hole than previously thought

A 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 Mars

A new study suggests gigantic megafloods may have once covered the red planet’s surface -- even changing its climate.

*Arecibo telescope collapses

The 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 Report

2020 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 create the smallest memory devices ever made.

Skeptics watch: The airline taking joy flights to the next level with claims of a magical spiritual experience.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 130

*The Large Magellanic Cloud’s violent encounter with the Milky Way

A 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 satellite

The United launch Alliance has successfully launched an Atlas V rocket carrying the highly secretive National Reconnaissance Office NROL-101 mission into orbit.

*December Skywatch

The December solstice, the Geminids meteor shower, and the ticking time bomb known as Eta Carinae, are among the highlights of December skywatch.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 129

*Fossil galaxy hidden in the Milky Way

Astronomers 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 space

A 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 launched

The 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 Report

A 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 Dinosaur eating crocodile Deinosuchus could grow over 10 metres long.

Alex on tech: OPPO unveils its new "X 2021" prototype rollable smartphone.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 128

*A new look at the evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy

Some 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 junk

Astronomers 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 Moon

Following 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 Report

Oxford 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 the precision movement.

The new thin, interactive holographic display system.

Skeptics Watch: The Nullarbor UFO incident

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 127

*New mission to study the rock comet Phaethon

Germany and Japan are developing a new mission to study the strange asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

*Europa’s water plumes could originate in its crust

A 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 demolished

One 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 Station

NASA’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 Report

New study can’t find any difference between those who take multivitamins and those who don’t.

China using a secret microwave weapon to cook Indian soldiers alive.

The laser tractor beam that could help control where lightning strikes hit the ground.

The most complete map of bee species ever compiled.

Skeptics Watch looks at the issue of sovereign risk to human rights.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 126

*Measuring the rotation of the Milky Way’s central black hole

Astronomers 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 dark

Scientists 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 rocket

The European Space Agency has set up an independent board of inquiry into the November 17 launch failure of a Vega rocket.

*The Science Report

Sexual 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 on tech looks at new Macs, new Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X and the futuristic Sound Beamer.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 125

*Brightest kilonova ever seen

Astronomers 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 matter

Astronomers 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 Earth

Well 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 Report

Moderna 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 no return.

The first sighting of the elusive Bigfin Squid in the waters of the Great Australian Bight.

New study looks at personality types prone to conspiracy theories.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 124

*A new look at the early life of Jupiter and Saturn

A 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 space

Scientists are seeing an increasing level of global warming on Earth brought about by anthropological climate change.

*The Science Report

The 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 123

*Virgin plans its first New Mexico space launch this month

Virgin 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 year

There’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 Observatory

Engineers 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 Report

Production 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 launched.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 122

*More evidence linking Magnetars to mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

Astronomers 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 Galaxy

Astronomers 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 Dwarfs

Astronomers have for the first time ever detected a failed star known as a brown dwarf from its radio emissions.

*The Science Report

Early 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 that counts.

Skeptics watch: Do anti-vaxxers really understand science.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 121

*Ancient galactic mystery deepens

A 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 meteorite

Scientists have discovered pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds in samples recovered from a fireball meteorite.

*How NASA will phone home from the Moon

NASA has selected Nokia Bell Labs to develop a lunar communications network based on cellular 4G Technology.

*The Science Report

A 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 120

*A Mars-sized Rogue planet discovered

Astronomers have detected a Mars-sized rogue planet travelling through interstellar space.

*Celebrating twenty years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station

The International Space Station has just celebrated twenty years of continuous human presence in space.

*Russia’s new spy satellite cloaking technology

The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has patented a cloaking spacecraft to avoid co-called inspector satellites.

*The Science Report

Social 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 tech

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 119

*NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 in interstellar space

NASA 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 Centaurs

Astronomers have discovered a rare active centaur in the dark expanse of the outer solar system.

*The meaning of a blue moon

This 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 Report

2020 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 discover that platypus fur glows green under ultraviolet light.

Skeptics stories that are so bizarre and out there that they really do deserve a wider audience.

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SpaceTime 20201106 Series 23 Episode 118

*When we look at the stars is there anyone looking back?

Three decades after Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that Voyager 1 snap a picture of the Earth from billions of kilometres away -- resulting in the iconic Pale Blue Dot photograph -- two astronomers now offer another unique cosmic perspective.

*Another delay for Russian Space Station module

The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says it now plans to launch its Nauka science module to the International Space Station in April next year.

*Congress warned about China’s new space station

The US Congress has been warned that it was crucial for America to maintain a significant presence in low Earth orbit once the International Space Station is decommissioned – in order to prevent China from gaining a strategic advantage.

*November Skywatch

The seven sisters, the Andromeda Galaxy, and three meteor showers highlight the night skies of November.

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SpaceTime 20201104 Series 23 Episode 117

*OSIRIS-Rex sample return capsule overflowing with regolith

Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA OSIRIS-REx mission managers confirmed that the spacecraft collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission objectives -- acquiring at least 60 grams of the asteroid’s surface material.

*The best place in the universe to live isn’t Earth

A new study claims Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Astronomers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions more suitable for life than the third rock from the Sun.

*Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system

The European Space Agency’s Galileo constellation is the most accurate satellite navigation system in the world.

*The Science Report

Young people who come out as bi are more likely to smoke.

The Atlantic Ocean has just experienced its hottest decade in three millennia.

Paleontologists discover a new species of Pterosaur in China.

Nearly a tonne of lead dust dropped within a kilometre of Notre Dame during the fire.

Alex on Tech: Road tests the new iPhone 12 and then we look at the next generation of VR headsets.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 116

*Lunar water is more abundant than previously thought

Astronomers have found that water may be far more abundant on the Moon than previously thought.

*The Milky Way’s clumpy galactic halo

A new study has concluded that our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a lumpy halo of hot gases continuously being fed by material ejected by the birth and death of stars.

*Expedition 63 crew return safely to Earth

After 196 days aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 63 crew have returned safely to Earth aboard their Soyuz MS-16 capsule.

*The Science Report

Confirmation that physical distancing measures can keep the COVID-19 coronavirus at bay.

Koala populations on the New South Wales north coast in a steady decline for decades.

New super white paint that will reflect more heat back into space.

Archaeologists discover a 2100-year-old image of a cat on Peru’s famous Nazca plateau.

Skeptics guide: study claims 61 per cent of Americans wouldn’t buy a house they thought was haunted.

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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 aboard the International Space Station

Russian mission managers say the International Space Station is working normally with no threat to the safety of the crew despite a string of problems and equipment failures.

*China carries out its first sea launch

China has carried out its first ocean space launch sending a Long March 11 rocket into orbit from a floating launch pad in the Yellow Sea.

*Amateur Astronomy growing in popularity

Amateur Astronomy has always been popular – and that popularity has been growing over recent months thanks to the lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 coronavirus.

*The Science Report

This year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic is one of the largest and deepest in recent years.

Extracting drinking water out of thin air.

Study claims drinking green tea and coffee may help people with type 2 diabetes live longer.

Looking at the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the human heart.

Skeptics guide: Did COVID-19 come from outer space?

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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 orbit.

*Pluto’s snow-capped mountains

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered spectacular snow-capped mountains on Pluto, which are strikingly similar to mountains on Earth.

*Another space junk near miss

A disused Soviet Union era satellite and a spent Chinese rocket upper stage have narrowly missed a major orbital collision in the skies south of New Zealand.

*The Science Report

Global warming is now increasing temperatures even at the very bottom of the oceans.

Healthy life expectancy increasing -- but not enough to match overall life expectancy.

Australia’s new Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft to fly before the end of the year.

A new study has found that cows prefer a face-to-face chat with people.

Alex on Tech social media Twit-Face political bias exposed.

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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 of lightning have smashed previous records for duration and distance.

*Dream chaser getting closer to its maiden flight

Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed its wind tunnel testing as it moves closer to its planned first mission to the International Space Station which is less than a year away -- currently slated for September 2021.

*The Science Report

Great Barrier Reef coral populations down by over 50 per cent since the mid-1990s.

A new study warns that babies are consuming up to 16 million microplastic particles in each litre of formula.

Scientists have set a new superconductivity temperature record.

Letting your kids play in dirt may be good for their immune systems.

Australian Skeptics 2020 Bent Spoon Award

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 112

*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 ago in our stellar neighbourhood.

*A successful 13th test flight for New Shepard

Blue Origin has successfully completed its13th and latest test flight of its New Shepard spacecraft which will eventually carry tourists to the edge of space.

*New top-secret satellite ground station begins operations

A new highly classified Satellite Ground Station for the Wideband Global Satellite Communications system has now gone operational near Geraldton in Western Australia.

*The Science Report

Smartphone abuse linked to suicidal behaviour in teens.

Trying to save the endangered sawfish.

The new solar panel design which could increase light absorption by 125%.

Purr-fecting the art of bonding with cats.

Skeptics guide to Northern Territory politics.

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SpaceTime 20201021 Series 23 Episode 111

*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 aboard the International Space Station following a record-breaking two-orbit fast rendezvous flight aboard their Russian Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.

*Crew fail to fix air leak on the space station

The crew aboard the International Space Station have finally found the leak which has been venting atmosphere into space from the orbiting outpost for more than a year now.

*The Science Report

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection in the United States.

Levels of the greenhouse gas Nitrous-Oxide jump by 30 per cent.

Blood pressure treatments linked to cognitive decline in older people.

Tasmanian Devils reintroduced to the Australian mainland for the first time in 3000 years.

Alex on Tech reviews the new iPhone 12 range

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SpaceTime 20201019 Series 23 Episode 110

*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 Rex about to touch down on asteroid Bennu

The final countdown is now underway in preparation for NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to touch down onto the surface of the asteroid Bennu to collect samples for eventual return to Earth.

*North Korea’s monstrous new missile

The world got a wake-up call this week when North Korea unveiled its monstrous new intercontinental ballistic missile during a military parade in Pyongyang celebrating the dictatorships 75th anniversary.

*The Science Report

New studies show COVID-19 can survive for up to 28 days on some common surfaces.

Claims moderate exercise is just as effective as high-intensity exercise in keeping older people healthy.

Scientists focus on decimated fish populations in the Murray Darling river system.

A new species of mosasaur discovered in northern Morocco.

Skeptics guide to preparing yourself for Halloween and the spirit world.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 109

*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 northern sky

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS – has provided astronomers with a new view of the northern skies revealing a panorama of both familiar stars and newly discovered worlds.

*Is Earth about to get another moon

Every now and then a passing near Earth asteroid gets caught up in the planet’s gravitational field and ends up spending a couple of days, months or even years in Earth orbit as another moon.

*Soyuz rideshare mission

The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has launched three telecommunications satellites into orbit aboard a Soyuz 2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow.

*The Science Report

Warnings that Earth’s sea levels could rise by more than 38 centimetres by the turn of the century.

New study shows avoiding cow milk in early life could stop babies developing asthma as kids.

The world’s first fully automated, industrial scale compacting system for treating radioactive waste.

Dozens of ancient coffins discovered in a vast necropolis south of Cairo.

We preview the Australian Skeptics 2020 bent spoon award.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 108

*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 to send a drone aircraft to Titan.

*Mars Close Approach

The red planet Mars is putting on its best show in years right now.

*New comic commode rockets into orbit – the dynamic space dunny 

To go where no man has ever gone before might no longer be accurate – but a new space toilet has been delivered to the international space station.

*The Science Report

One of the world’s most important food crops the sweet potato another victim of global warming.

The CSIRO says some 14 million tonnes of microplastics now polluting the ocean floor.

Paleontologists have described a new species of Mosasaur.

New study claims dogs don’t look at faces the same way humans do.

Alex on Tech checks out Apple Watch Series 6

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 107

*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 bet against Einstein – and that’s been proven yet again in a new study of supermassive black holes.

*COVID-19 delays NASA’s Northern Territory launch program

Equatorial Launch Australia says it will be the middle of next year before NASA begins launching rockets from its new East Arnhem Land facility.  Restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic forced NASA to delay its Northern Territory launch program which should have been underway by now.

*The Science Report

An estimated one in ten people worldwide now infected with the COVID-19 corona virus.

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles Rice.

Study linking 5G phone technology with COVID-19 slammed as the worst paper of 2020.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 106

*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 cease providing satellite ground station services to China or accept new Chinese space business because of changes in what it euphemistically calls the global political landscape. 

*New Spanish Earth Observation satellite

After leaving the Airbus premises in Madrid on 24 September, the Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, has arrived safely at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will be prepared for launch later this year.

*Space Station air leak still there

The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says cosmonauts have narrowed down the air leak aboard the International Space Station to somewhere in the Zvezda service module.

*The Science Report

The new study showing that folate, magnesium, and dairy products may help stave off bowel cancer.

30 per cent of COVID-19 cases could go through their infection without showing symptoms.

No more doubt that Spinosaurus, the largest carnivorous dinosaur that ever existed, was a river monster.

Archeologists have identified the earliest known human foot prints in Saudi Arabia.

Young men are more likely to believe COVID-19 myths.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 105

*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 time ever, astronomers have discovered a giant exoplanet orbiting a small white dwarf star.

*New Chinese surveillance satellite

China has launched a new ocean-monitoring satellite.

*The Science Report

Scientists have identified a new gene linked to obesity.

Study finds silk face masks may be more effective than cotton or polyester versions.

Dooms Day planes launch not linked to POTUS COVID-19 diagnosis.

Chromium steel manufacture discovered in Persia a thousand years earlier than in the west.

Working dog breeds aren't just hard workers, they're also the most playful.

Alex on Tech checks out the latest iPad.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 104

*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 a second alignment plane in the solar system. The findings have important implications for models of how comets originally formed in the solar system.

*School bus-sized asteroid sweeps past Earth

An asteroid the size of a bus has zoomed past the Earth flying just 21 thousand kilometres above the planet’s surface – that’s closer than many Earth orbiting satellites.

*The Science Report

Greenland's ice sheet likely to lose more this century than any time in the last 12,000 years.

A new study has identified 41 areas of genetic code linked to left-handedness.

New research has confirmed that kids really are less likely to get COVID-19.

Early to bed really does help your health.

The Nigerian church that doesn’t turn the other cheek.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 103

*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 has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the new United States Space Force.

*Nebra Sky Disk iron not bronze age

A new study claims the Nebra Sky Disk – an ancient cosmological sky map – thought to be the world's oldest depiction of the cosmos -- is actually a thousand years younger than previously thought.

*October Skywatch

The spectacular Southern Cross and the stars of our nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri are highlights of the October night skies on Skywatch.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 102

*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 universe

New data from the Slone Digital Sky Survey suggests the current rate of expansion of the universe – known as the Hubble Constant -- is about 10 percent lower than the expansion rate measured from distances to very nearby galaxies.

*Astra Rocket Launch failure

Space is hard as Astra aerospace now knows following the failure of its latest launch attempt from the Alaskan Pacific Space Port Complex on Kodiak Island.

*The Science Report

New study confirms wildlife populations have plunged by 68% between 1970 and 2016.

Claims turmeric extract may help to combat pain in people with osteoarthritis in their knees.

The locus of male sexual desire has been uncovered in specific regions of the brain.

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 2600 year old royal building in Jerusalem.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 101

*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 data shows Saturnian ice moon Enceladus resurfacing its frozen crust

New data suggests the northern hemisphere of Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus has recently been resurfaced with material from the frozen world’s interior.

*China’s toxic space program

The dangers of China’s decision to continue using highly toxic hydrazine fuel have been highlighted again with the first stage of a Long March 4B rocket crashing back to Earth next to a local school and blanketing the area in a poisonous orange cloud.

*The Science Report

California’s wildfires increasing in severity by about ten percent per decade since 1984.

Growing concerns over early-phase clinical-trial data for Russia’s coronavirus vaccine.

A new study finds that diagnostic errors occur in up to one in seven clinical encounters.

New evidence confirms Google restricts the news feed it gives you.

Creationism takes up cancel culture against Darwin

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 100

*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 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, mission scientists knew that their spacecraft was orbiting something strange.

*Sentinel 6A getting ready for launch

Records show that, on average, global sea levels have risen by 3.2 millimetres per year between 1993 and 2018 due to global warming.

*Another Space Station near miss

The International Space Station’s has been acting more like a dodgem car in recent weeks undertaking several Debris Avoidance Manoeuvres to keep clear of orbiting space junk.

*The Science Report

Arctic wildfires pump a record 244 megatonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.

New evidence that being an unpopular teen affects your heart health in later life.

Kids who live at high altitudes are born shorter and grow more slowly.

A new study shows seagulls look to see what you’re looking at.

Skeptics guide to the Mandela effect.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 99

*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 data from the European Space Agency’s Near-Earth Objects co-ordination centre indicates there are now at least 23 thousand 423 asteroids and 111 comets on orbits which bring them close to Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

*Another successful test for SpaceX’s new Starship prototype

SpaceX has successfully conducted a sixth test flight of a prototype test article for Elon Musk’s long dreamed of Starship interplanetary colonial transport.

*The Science Report

New claims COVID-19 was invented in a Chinese government laboratory.

A massive 110 square kilometre chunk of Greenland’s ice cap has broken off.

How the death of a family pet can trigger a sense of grief that is profound and prolonged.

The new DNA study to determine which Vikings plundered and pillaged which countries.

The imagined threats of 5G are causing real-world harm.

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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 the clouds enshrouding the planet Venus. 

*What does the detection of phosphine really mean?

*And how excited should we really get

*I speak with astronomers and astrobiologists to look at all those questions and more on this special episode of SpaceTime.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 97

*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 formally licenced to launch from Wallops Island

The 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 beads

Scientists have begun to uncover some of the secrets of auroral beads -- a strange type of celestial display which drapes east to west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace.

*SpaceX now has 720 Starlink satellites in orbit

After several delays due to bad weather SpaceX has launched another 60 Starlink satellites bringing its total constellation to 720.

*Astronomy under threat from Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation

There’s growing concern that SpaceX’s Starlink project will seriously hamper astronomical research.

*The Science Report

Teen diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes after recovering from COVID-19 infection.

Lung cancer rates among social smokers about the same as pack a day smokers.

Iran now has ten times more enriched uranium than allowed under its nuclear deal.

New study to determine the true size of the monster shark Megalodon.

Are paranormal investigations in your own home a good idea

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 96

*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 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 flight

The European Space Agency’s Vega rocket has returned to flight status with a successful launch from the European Space Agency’s Kourou Spaceport in French Guyana. The launch -- the first since last year’s failure – placed 53 small satellites and cubesats into orbit.

*The Science Report

COVID-19 patients with long-term lung and heart damage from the infection – may improve over time.

Warm ocean water undermining Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.

Losing consciousness from alcoholic excess may double your risk of developing dementia.

Why the future of your wallets, handbags and boots could be mushroom-based.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 95

*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 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 core

A new study suggests the Earth’s solid inner core is between one and 1.3 billion years old.

*China launches top-secret reusable spaceplane

China has launched a new top-secret reusable spaceplane for the Peoples Liberation Army. China's state-run Global Times news agency saying Beijing should have the capability to strike anywhere on Earth within half an hour.

*The Science Report

Russia’s controversial new Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine appears to be working.

Ice loss in Greenland and Antarctica in line with worst-case climate change predictions.

A new study warns that mobile apps are harvesting data on preschool children.

The new hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay without batteries.

Why educational standards plummet in Australia and the United States despite billions being spent.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 94

*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 origins of Earth’s water.

*NASA’s planet-hunting TESS spacecraft completes its primary mission

NASA’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 spy satellite

China has successfully launched a new spy satellite as part of its ongoing program to provide Beijing with continuous uninterrupted satellite coverage of key strategic areas of the globe such as the South China Sea, the Taiwan straight, the border with India, Tibet, the citizens of Hong Kong and its Belt and Road initiative interests.

*The Science Report

New questions about just how effective remdesivir really is for treating COVID-19.

Mining threats to biodiversity caused by renewable energy to surpass climate change mitigation.

Why pregnant women shouldn’t have coffee.

Artificial intelligence now out flying fighter pilots in dogfights.

Skeptics guide to chiropractors

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SpaceTime 20200909 Series 23 Episode 93

*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 strangest most extreme worlds in the galaxy.

*Calls for development of a new satellite early warning system

The 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 and its North Korean ally.

*New Argentine Earth Observation satellite launched

SpaceX has launched a new Earth observation satellite for Argentina. SAOCOM 1B was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air force Base in Florida.

*The Science Report

Discovery of a link between waist size and prostate cancer.

Discovery of a blood test which could help predict those at risk of psychosis.

New intelligence shows Iran is still actively seeking technology for weapons of mass destruction.

Despite their claims of wokeness 72 percent of Generation Z won’t eat artificially lab grown meat.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 92

*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 satellite into orbit. The flight was the first since July’s failed launch attempt.

*Project starship gathers pace

SpaceX boss Elon Musk says his interplanetary colonial transport rocket -- Starship could undertake its first orbital test flight as soon as next year.

*Another meteor show for Sydney

Another Meteor has been spotted streaking across the Sydney night skies. The latest cosmic encounter lit up the heavens at 6 44 in the evening being witnessed by thousands of people who recorded the sky show on their cell phones and dash cams.

*The Science Report

A new study warns that about 1 in 5 kids with COVID 19 are asymptomatic.

Warnings that eating ultra-processed foods makes you age faster.

A 60 per cent chance of a weak La Niña event developing during September, October and November.

A new study warns that asphalt is a worse pollutant than both unleaded and diesel combined.

Skeptics guide -- why people cling to conspiracy theories in uncertain times.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 91

*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 station

The 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 month

NASA’s first operational Commercial Crew Program flight to the International Space Station has been tentatively slated to launch on October 23rd.

*September Skywatch

September marks the spring equinox south of the equator and the autumnal in the northern hemisphere as well as the annual Aurigids and Epsilon Perseids meteor showers.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 90

*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 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 Earth

The European Space Agency’s CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite – CHEOPs –has completed its in-orbit test phase.

*The Science Report

More than 100 animals species potentially susceptible to COVID-19.

An illness linked to COVID-19 leaving children with multiple organ dysfunction.

Worsening climate change causing Arctic sea ice cover to reach a new record low levels.

How Your cell phone can tell when your drunk.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 89

*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 suggests the South Atlantic anomaly may be a recurring feature which has been around for up to eleven million years.

*Space Station leaking air

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are trying to find a leak which is slowly venting atmosphere into space from the orbiting outpost.

*The Science Report

The first case of COVID-19 reinfection.

Move evidence suggesting forest and bush fires will get worse due to global warming.

The importance of eating your broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage to stay healthy.

A new study suggests the Tasmanian Tiger was only about half as big as previously thought.

Skeptics guide to why people still believe in astrology.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 88

*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 comet

Citizen 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 satellites

SpaceX has completed its eleventh Starlink launch with another 58 of the broadband internet satellites placed into orbit.

*The Science Report

Warnings that the COVID-19 coronavirus could be as deadly as the 1918 flu pandemic.

Twenty-two Australian native freshwater fish are likely to become extinct within the next twenty years.

New algorithms that can distinguish between troll messages and those tweeted by public figures.

New study shows stopping for a coffee on that morning ride may help your cycling performance.

Skeptics guide to winning a quarter of a million dollars

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 87

*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 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 vehicle

Arianespace has launched a mission extension vehicle and two new telecommunications satellites into orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.

*The Science Report

New world record high temperature set in Death Valley.

Global atmospheric methane levels are at a record high.

E-cigarettes acting as gateway drug encouraging regular cigarette smoking.

Fossils from a new species of theropod dinosaur discovered on the Isle of Wight.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 86

*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 new study has uncovered 95 previously unknown brown dwarfs lurking in our cosmic neighbourhood.

*The tenth pack of Starlink satellites now in orbit

SpaceX has launched its tenth Starlink mission adding another 57 broadband internet satellites to the growing constellation.

*The Science Report

Climate change pushing Greenland's ice sheet beyond an irreversible tipping point.

Common high blood pressure drug Hydrochlorothiazide linked to increased risk of skin cancer.

Scientists turn house bricks into batteries.

Archaeologists discover 2700-Year-Old Administrative Centre remains in Jerusalem.

Can dogs sense the supernatural?

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 85

*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 the European Centre for nuclear research have witnessed the Higgs Boson decaying into a pair of muons.

*Satellite Navigation systems

Satellite navigation systems have become essential to our way of life – especially travel – but how do they work?

*South Korea’s first military communications satellite launched

SpaceX has successfully launched South Korea’s first military communications satellite into geostationary orbit.

 *The Science Report

COVID-19 infections are linked to heart damage.

Kids under five may be important drivers of the COVID-19 virus.

How sleep helps improve your memory.

A new species of sauropod dinosaur discovered in China.

Beijing makes it illegal to question Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 84

*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

The 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 weapon

Moscow has conducted a space-based anti-satellite weapons test-firing a projectile from its Cosmos 2543 satellite.

*China growing eyes in the sky

China has launched another high-resolution surveillance satellite part of a growing constellation of almost a hundred eyes in the sky keeping a close watch on Beijing’s friends and enemies.

*The Science Report

COVID-19 lockdowns cause the longest and most prominent reduction in man-made noise on record.

Your chances of getting COVID-19 in a commuter situation such as on a train, bus, or plane.

New Zealand's melting glaciers are ten times more like to be caused by global warming.

Paleontologists have discovered a new species theropod dinosaur in Portugal.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 83

*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 discovered on Ganymede

Astronomers 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 prototype

A basic test article prototype of SpaceX’s future interplanetary colonial transport system starship has successfully completed a test hop at the company’s Boca Chica test centre on the Texas Gulf of Mexico coast.

*The International Space Station about to get smaller with the loss of a module

A Russian Progress cargo ship which will detach and destroy one of the modules of the International Space Station has docked with the Space Station just three hours after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.

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*The Science Report

Vladimir Putin approves the world’s first coronavirus vaccine without proper testing.

Hundreds if not thousands of Chinese scientific papers found to be deliberate fakes.

Another secret of Stonehenge revealed.

Evidence that Torres Strait islanders were cultivating bananas more than two thousand years ago.

The skeptic’s guide to biodynamic wine.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 82

*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 manned orbital space flight has returned safely to Earth.

*Stunning early morning Proton launch

A Proton rocket has transported two new telecommunications satellites into space in a spectacular nighttime launch.

*August Skywatch

The annual Perseids meteor shower is among the highlights of the night skies of August.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 81

*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 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 year

Virgin Galactic says it expects to be carrying its first paying passengers to the edge of space in the first quarter of next year.

*The Science Report

South Australian company Vaxine is about to begin phase two trials of its new COVID-19 vaccine.

Hydroxychloroquine isn’t going away with new studies showing cuts in COVID-19 death rates.

Claims humans colonized the Americas 15 thousand years earlier than previously thought.

A new study claims there might be more to having a gut feeling than you realize – well sort of.

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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 billion years ago.

*NASA launches the most sophisticated ever mission to Mars

After 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 return mission

ESA has contracted Airbus to build an Earth Return Orbiter spacecraft to fly to Mars and collect geological samples of the Red Planet selected by Perseverance for return to Earth.

*The Science Report

Monash university develops a new preventative drug against heart attack and to treat COVID-19.

Scientists successfully revive dormant 101.5 million year old microbes trapped below the sea floor.

Australia’s deadly summer bushfires were so severe that their smoke reached new heights.

Eating chocolate at least once a week linked to a reduced risk of heart disease.

The Nobel Disease -- when intelligence fails to protect against stupidity.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 79

*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 new ocean opening up in Africa

Scientists 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 ocean within the next five to ten million years.

*Japan and China launch separate missions to Mars 

Japan and China have each launched separate missions, within days of each other -- bound for Mars.

*The Science Report

Scientists develop a new drug which could eradicate COVID-19 from lungs in a matter of days.

The world's polar bears to be extinct by the end of the century due to climate change.

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of sauropod dinosaur in northern Switzerland.

Remember your pets when you go back to work – they could suffer separation anxiety.

There’s been a drop in vaccination rates in Australia in recent months.

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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 on December the 6th.

*NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope set to fly on October 31st 2021

After decades of development NASA's James Webb space telescope has completed one of its final ground tests before next year’s launch.

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*Deep Sky imaging

We often talk about the spectacular panoramic vista provided by the Southern night skies – a view many regard as being superior to the skies of the northern hemisphere. And it’s true – the south celestial sphere contains all the good stuff.

*Converted intercontinental ballistic missile launches new spy satellite

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket has successfully launched a classified spy satellite into orbit for the secretive National Reconnaissance Office.

*The Science Report

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273 shown to boost immune response.

Malware hidden in China-mandated software is far more extensive than thought.

Paleontologists discover a new species of dinosaur in Brazil.

A link between erectile function and watching porn.

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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 flares – which have been named campfires.

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*Venus showing signs of being volcanically active

A new study has identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus.

*All systems go for the first helicopter flight on another planet

When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launches in a few days time -- bound for the red planet -- it will make history as the first mission to carry a helicopter destined to fly the skies of another world.

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*The Science Report

New COVID-19 vaccine being developed at Oxford University showing early immune responses.

Australia’s devastating bushfires caused a 14 per cent increase in the number of species now threatened.

A new study shows fewer Australians smoking and drinking but speed, E and coke on the increase.

New species of non-sauropodan sauropodomorph dinosaur discovered in China.

Dangerous bleach being sold as miracle COVID-19 cure.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 76

*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 inhospitable satellite ground stations on the planet.

*Red planet rush hour with three missions bound for Mars this month

It’s a busy time on the road to Mars with three missions currently targeting the red planet.

*The Science Report

The virus that causes COVID-19 found to be structurally different from its nearest bat virus relative.

COVID-19 deaths lower in areas with more widespread tuberculosis vaccination campaigns.

Global temperature to be at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels every year over the next 5 years.

The world’s population to reach 9.7 billion by 2064.

A rise in paranormal activity in the home since the COVID-19 lockdown.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 75

*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 asteroid Oumuamua probably formed its strange elongated cigar shape through gravitational tidal forces as it was cleaved off its parent body almost like a slab of rock.

*Gilmour Space completes latest hybrid rocket engine test firing

Gilmour Space Technologies has achieved one of the longest hybrid rocket engine test firings ever undertaken -- a 110-second mission duration burn of its upper stage engine.

*The Science Report

How a crucial component of the immune system responds to the spike protein of COVID-19.

Age, gender, ethnicity, and underlying medical conditions key risk factors for death from COVID-19.

The first marine fish in modern times to be declared extinct.

The science behind the lofty and elite world of professional hot dog eating championships.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 74

*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 ever seen before.

*Square Kilometre Array construction about to begin

Construction will finally begin next year on the what will be the world’s largest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array.

*A comet sky show spectacular

Well if you’re listening in the northern hemisphere and you haven’t checked it out yet you really should go outside and scope out Comet NEOWISE.

*The Science Report

Human trials of a potential new COVID-19 vaccine have begun in Queensland.

The World Health Organization slammed after confirming that it won’t visit the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

A new study warns that animals will struggle to adapt to the warming effects of climate change.

It seems hearing could be the last sense to go during the process of dying.

Sceptics guide: 7 traits of conspiratorial thinking.

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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

Scientists have come up with a new explanation for the lack of debris from the Tunguska event – the largest asteroid impact with Earth in recent history.

*Space station forced to change course because of space junk

The International Space Station has been forced to make an unscheduled course correction to avoid a possible collision with a piece of space junk.

*China launches its 92nd reconnaissance spy satellite

China’s armada of spy satellites is continuing to expand with the launch of two more high-resolution reconnaissance satellites.

*The Science Report

A new more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus.

The loss of seagrass meadows around Australia equates to carbon dioxide emissions from 5 million cars.

New semi-transparent solar cells that can be incorporated into window glass.

A new look at the history of flowering plants.

The new AI software capable of predicting whether a person is likely to be a criminal.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 72

*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 the Milky Way

Astronomers studying a strange unexplained structure known as the tilted disk located near the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

*Studying the red supergiant Antares

Astronomers have created the most detailed map yet of the red supergiant star Antares.

*The Science Report

Heatwaves becoming hotter, longer, and more frequent, all around the world.

A new study shows regardless of how you smoke – it’s still really bad for your body.

Kids with certain sleep problems in childhood at a higher risk of developing psychosis in later life.

A new study has found that humans invented string at least 120 thousand years ago.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 71

*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 the so-called clay-bearing unit of Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has started a new journey that will take it higher up through the foothills of Mount Sharp.

*Israel launches new spy satellite

Israel has successfully launched a new reconnaissance satellite to monitor the growing nuclear threat posed by an ever more militant Iran.

*The Science Report

Fears the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming.

Patients with COVID-19 may also be at heightened risk of stroke.

Growing calls to ban TikTok and other Chinese apps because of security concerns.

A new study into doggy years.

Anti-vaxxers better at getting their message across than doctors and medical authorities.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 70

*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 new never before seen subatomic particle.

The exotic particle is made up of four charm quarks

*New space toilet – to go where no one has gone before

NASA is seeking expressions of interest in developing a new lunar loo for its Artemis astronauts exploring the Moon.

*July SkyWatch

Earth reaches aphelion it’s most distant orbital position from the Sun and we’re being treated to two meteor showers this month the Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capriconids.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 69

*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 mysterious and unprecedented dimming of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse.

*How the European Space Agency’s dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic

With most nations in lockdown – the European Space Agency has been forced to implement work from home operations to keep its missions flying.

*Massive explosion at an Iranian nuclear research facility and missile factory caused by cyberattack.

*The Science Report

A new swine flu with pandemic potential has been identified in China.

The south pole is warming at a rate three times higher than the global average.

The giant wombat-like marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago.

A massive explosion at an Iranian nuclear research facility caused by a cyberattack.

People more likely to misinterpret unrelated events if they already believe in pseudoscience.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 68

*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”.

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*The black hole that generated light

Astronomers have for the first-time detected light coming from the merging of a pair of black holes.

*A new name for an asteroid that’s about to be hit by a missile

The International Astronomical Union has approved an official name for a tiny asteroid moon set to become the first-ever target of an asteroid deflection mission.

*The United States Space Force launches most accurate GPS satellite ever

The United States Space Force has launched its newest and most accurate global positioning system navigation satellite.

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*The Science Report

One in seven kids who develop Kawasaki-like COVID-19 syndrome develop nerve and brain problems.

Koala populations will be extinct in New South Wales by 2050.

Scientists build the world’s smallest motor.

A new study says a little drinkie at the end of the day might not be a bad thing as you get older.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 67

*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 the distant world of Triton -- one of the moons of the planet Neptune.

*New study says there could be dozens of intelligent alien civilizations out there – or maybe not

It’s one of the ultimate questions -- Is there anyone out there – or are we alone in the universe? New guesstimates suggest there could be around three dozen intelligent alien civilizations spread around the Milky Way galaxy.

*The Science Report

One out of every eight animal and plant species heading for extinction.

Differences in brainstem might explain variations in attention in people with autism.

The first dinosaurs to walk the planet probably laid soft-shelled eggs.

A new study claims older planets have a better chance of supporting life.

COVID-19 conspiracy theories reach overdrive.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 66

*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.

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*The lifespan of Neutrons

A new mission to Venus could finally determine the life span of the neutron.

*ESA’s mission to study the Earth’s hydrological cycle

The European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity or SMOS satellite has now been in orbit for more than a decade studying Earth’s water cycle and climate.

*China completes its military satellite navigation system

China has launched the final satellite in its Beidou military navigation system.

*The Science Report

Summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica drops by one million square kilometres.

Record breaking heatwave conditions cooking the usually frozen wastes of Siberia.

What could be Australia’s biggest meat-eating dinosaur.

New research brings suspended animation a step closer.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 65

*Ancient eruption at the heart of the Milky Way still shines bright millions of years later

About 3.5 million years ago, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy unleashed an enormous burst of energy, lighting up the surrounding space.

*OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample collection set for October 20

NASA has set October 20 as the date when the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will manoeuvre down to the rugged boulder strewn surface of the asteroid Bennu and attempt to collect a sample of the ancient space rock for return to Earth.

*Annular solar eclipse sweeps across Africa and Asia

People across parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific have been treated to a spectacular annular solar eclipse timed to coincide with the June solstice.

*China launches more spy satellites

China is continuing its push to launch a massive fleet of spy satellites designed to provide continuous coverage of the Earth’s surface. The latest flight takes Beijing’s current constellation of Earth observation satellites to over 90. 

*The Science Report

COVID-19 contagion suggests it may spread like a seasonal respiratory disease.

Climate change making wet seasons wetter and dry seasons even drier.

New clues about why astronauts suffer head congestion during spaceflight.

Growing concerns as more people go for homemade pet foods. 

Can a psychic help you get through these difficult COVID-19 times.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 64

*New hints of hypothetical axion particles

Scientists from the international XENON collaboration has come up with some exciting results that just might be opening a new window on a hypothetical particle called the axion that’s been linked to dark matter.

*Solar Orbiter makes first close approach to the Sun

ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has undertaken its first close approach to the Sun reaching a comfortable 77 million kilometres from the visible solar surface.

*NASA’s new water hunting Lunar rover

NASA is developing a water seeking robotic lunar rover which could be exploring the Moon’s south pole in three years. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover – or VIPER -- will help pave the way for the return of humans to the lunar surface in 2024 aboard the Artemis 3 mission.

*The Science Report

One in five people at risk of severe COVID-19 infection.

The COVID-19 lockdown changes human sleeping habits in North America and Europe

China’s People’s Liberation Army Unit 61398 behind a major cyber-attack targeting Australia.

German intelligence warns that Iran is continuing efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction.

A new study shows climate change deniers also consider the coronavirus a pseudoscience.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 63

*Serious questions continue over sciences understanding of cosmic history

It’s becoming increasingly clear that scientists will need to rethink their understanding of the fundamental history of the Universe.  A new set of precision distance measurements reported in the Astrophysical Journal Letters have reinforced discrepancies in two competing values for the Hubble constant which describes the expansion rate of the universe.

*Pilbara meteor lights up early morning outback skies

Well, despite what you may have heard elsewhere, the bright green fireball which streaked across the remote Pilbara skies last weekend was not space junk or the giant asteroid 2002 NN4 – it was just a small meteor -- and it didn’t fall to Earth -- but rather grazed the upper atmosphere before continuing on its journey through interplanetary space.

*SpaceX keeping a busy launch schedule

SpaceX has been maintaining a busy space launch schedule with another Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifting off with another 58 Starlink internet communications satellites as well as 3 SkySat Earth observation spacecraft.

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*The Science Report

New study confirms the use of facemasks has been effective in reducing the transmission of COVID-19.

Healthy eating rather than conforming to a single diet is the best way to lower Heart Disease risk.

Mysterious radioactive cloud over Europe came from nuclear power station.

New study confirms dogs know when they’re being treated unfairly.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 62

*The need to weaponize space 

The United States found the need to create a separate defence arm for the space warfare arena last year – in order to meet the growing threat posed by existing Russian and Chinese space forces which have already weaponized space. The new branch will defend American space assets including communications, navigation, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance satellites. And with Australia having contributed significant funding towards some of these spacecraft, as well its on going ground support role – comes the obvious question -- should Australia have its own space force within the ADF.

*Evidence of recent volcanic eruptions on Titan

Astronomers studying data from NASA’s Cassini mission to explore the ringed world of Saturn and its many moons have found evidence of recent volcanic activity on Titan.

*Rocket Lab launches its 12th mission

An electron rocket has successfully blasted into space carrying five satellites into orbit.

The payloads included three classified satellites for the United States National Reconnaissance Office, one for NASA, and one for the University of New South Wales.

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*The Science Report

Dexamethasone seen as a major breakthrough in saving the lives of COVID-19 patients.

New study finds young adults aren’t having as much sex as they used to.

Paleontologists say ancient footprints might have belonged to a two-legged crocodile.

We’ve all wondered -- What sort of people hoard rolls of toilet paper during a pandemic.

Anti-vaxers change their name to hide their agenda.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 61

*First stars began shining earlier than thought

A new study using some of the deepest images ever taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggests the first stars in the universe began to shine far earlier than previously thought.

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*Planet Nine may not exist

A new study suggests that the long sort after planet 9 may not exist after all. Astronomers first hypothesised the existence of a mysterious planet 9 in 2016 after observing the strange elongated orbits for 13 distant Kuiper Belt objects.

*Solar Orbiter passes through the tail of the Comet Atlas 

ESA’s Solar Orbiter has passed through the tail if the remains of Comet ATLAS. The recently launched spacecraft was not meant to be taking science data so soon.

*The Science Report

Scientists discover a part of the Earth that’s still pristine and unchanged by humans.

The Night Parrot, may not be any better at seeing in the dark than other parrots.

Discovery of the earliest and largest-known structure ever built by the Mayan civilization.

The real reason why males die younger than females.

Pete Evans fined over bio-charger claims.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 60

*Probing the mysteries of the galaxy’s fascinating Fermi Bubbles

Astronomers have studied the Milky Way galaxy’s mysterious Fermi Bubbles in visible light for the first time.

*NASA’s new Lunar Gateway space station

NASA has finalized its contract for the crew module of its new Gateway lunar orbiting Space Station.

*Work begins on the Artemis 3 service module to take humans back to the lunar surface.

Work is about to get underway on the European Space Agency Service module that will power the Orion spacecraft to carry the first astronauts to walk on the Moon in more than 50 years.

*SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites

SpaceX has launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites bring the total to 482.

*The Science Report

Patients with COVID-19 who undergo surgery have a higher risk of complications and death.

Gay, lesbian or bisexual people tend to show different personality traits to straights.

Big theropod dinosaurs ate pretty much everything--including each other.

Scientists well on the way to inventing an invisible man – well sort of.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 59

*Discovery of a twinkling heart to the Milky Way Galaxy

Astronomers have detected twinkling radio emissions from the inner edge of the accretion disk around Sagittarius A* -- the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.

*Zooming in on Fast Radio Bursts

Astronomers are slowly uncovering more of the secrets of mysterious cosmic explosions known as Fast Radio Bursts.

*Skywatchers get a penumbral lunar eclipse and annular solar eclipse

Sky Watchers have been treated to a penumbral lunar eclipse – which appropriately happened to be the traditional strawberry Moon marking the start of Strawberry season.

*The Science Report

The Lancet forced to retract its paper on hydroxychloroquine.

Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than they’ve been for the past 23 million years.

The earliest known use of a bow and arrow outside Africa.

In an emergency dogs really do want to save your life – if they know-how.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 58

*Discovery of a young nearby Brown Dwarf possibly forming planets

Astronomers have discovered a brown dwarf with the protoplanetary disk system – which could potentially form planets.

*SpaceX’s Starship prototype destroyed in massive explosion

SpaceX’s Starship SN4 test article has exploded in spectacular fashion erupting in a massive fireball on its South Texas test stand.

*Russia developing a new commercial launch system

The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says it’s working on a new more economical version of its venerable Soyuz launch system to better compete in the growing global satellite launch market.

*June Skywatch

The June solstice, an annular eclipse, and the Taurids meteor shower are highlights of the night skies in June.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 57

*New type of cosmic explosion 

Astronomers have discovered two new events similar to a strange inexplicable explosion which mysteriously blasted across the cosmos in 2018.

*Galactic collision may have triggered our solar system’s birth

The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a cosmic collision between our Milky Way Galaxy and a smaller satellite galaxy known as Sagittarius Dwarf.

*Europe's Spaceport back to business

The European Space Agency’s Kourou Space Port in French Guiana is beginning to get back to work following the Covid-19 coronavirus lock down.

*Beijing launches two more spy satellites

China is further increasing the already vast number of military spy satellites it now operates – launching a further two into orbit.

*The Science Report

How to stop COVID-19 spreading between family members.

Iran’s cyber-attacks designed to prevent developing a vaccine against the COVID-19 corona virus.

Climate change to make more intense droughts -- more common in Australia.

A new substance to help purify water from radioactive elements.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 56

*Confirmation of a second planet orbiting Proxima Centauri

Astronomers have confirmed a second exo-planet orbiting around the nearest star to the Earth other than the Sun.

*Discovering the universe’s missing matter

Astronomers using mysterious explosions in the distant cosmos known as Fast Radio Bursts have solved a decades old riddle about the universe’s missing matter.

*New type of matter inside neutron stars

A new study suggests neutron stars may contain an exotic substance known as quark matter.

*China ramps up its 2020 launch schedule

China is maintaining its busy launch schedule with another pair of observation satellites flown into orbit aboard Beijing’s Long March 2D workhorse.

*The Science Report

Half of all people who contract the COVID-19 Corona virus show no symptoms of the illness.

More than 500 vertebrate species now on the brink of extinction.

What could be the earliest known land animal?

A bit of good news for the follically challenged.

Using science to change the minds of people who don’t trust science.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 55

*Earth’s magnetic field continues to weaken

A new study shows that the Earth’s magnetic field is continuing to weaken around the South Atlantic Anomaly – an area stretching from Africa to South America – which some scientists speculate could signify the start of a flip in Earth’s polarity.

*New results raising more questions about the foundations of the cosmos 

Scientists analysing data from particle collisions have been getting strange results which seem to be pointing to mysterious new physics.

*Chinese Internet of Things satellites placed in orbit

China has successfully launched a pair of Internet of Things communications satellites.

*The Dobsonian Telescope

Dobsonian telescopes are a type of altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design, popularised by John Dobson and designed to get as much light into your telescope as possible for the least cost.

*The Science Report

Growing fears that COVID-19 could be transmitted through the eyes.

New evidence show that parts of the Eastern Highlands of Victoria are still growing.

Russia's new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile about to undertake its first underwater test-launch.

A colourful new species of velvet gecko from the Northern Territory’s Groote Eylandt.

Past Bent Spoon winners vie for the dishonour in 2020

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 54

*The brightest explosions in the universe

Mystery still surrounds events known as superluminous supernovae -- which are the brightest explosions in the universe.

*The mysterious X-37B Space Shuttle launches on another classified mission

The United States Space Force has launched one of its mysterious X-37 B space shuttles on another classified orbital mission.

*Virgin Orbit crash and burns on its maiden flight

Virgin Orbit’s new LauncherOne rocket launch system has a failure during its maiden flight.

*The Science Report

Unsuccessful trials for a new HIV-AIDS based combination treatment for COVID-19.

Reducing weight regain in patients after gastric bypass surgery.

Radiocarbon dating – long used to determine the precise age of ancient artifacts – is being recalibrated.

Why it’s so hard to wake up and get out of bed on a cold winter's morning.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 53

*American’s fly into space from American soil for the first time in nine years

The 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 test

NASA 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 rocket

The 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 Report

Studies 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 fear

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 52

*Comet Swan swoops past Earth

It 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 details

New high-resolution images of the Jovian ice moon Europa are providing scientists with fresh clues about how its frozen surface formed.

*The Mercury Telescope

India 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 satellite

Russian 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 Report

Italian 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 science

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 51

*Queensland company wins Australian orbital rocket contract

The 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 Roman

NASA 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.

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*Lunar tee pee

The 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 Report

Autopsies 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 50

*Scientists create a new type of atom

Physicists 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 stars

A 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 move

New 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.

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*The Science Report

There 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 49

*Stunning new images from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu

Astronomers have released amazing new close up high-resolution images and video of the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.

*Claims an extraterrestrial protein has been discovered

Scientists have found what they think could be the first known extraterrestrial protein discovered inside a meteorite.

*Gas giants do form differently to brown dwarfs

A 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 why

The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos says one of its rockets has suddenly broken up in orbit above the Indian Ocean.

*The Science Report

COVID-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 remdesivir

Where do Southern Right Whales spend their summers?

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 48

*New plan to intercept interstellar visitors

NASA 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 Europa

New 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 Mars

NASA 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 Report

Why 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 47

*One of the oldest objects in the Milky Way

Astronomers 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 constants

A 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 rocket

Australia 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 flight

China claims its new prototype manned spacecraft has returned safely to Earth following a three-day orbital test flight.

*The Science Report

Some 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 46

*Venus dominated by atmospheric tidal waves

A 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 centre

A 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 mission

The 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 Report

Nasal 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 45

*Using colliding neutron stars to detect exotic quark-gluon plasma

New 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 Dwarf

Astronomers 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 year

Well 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 Report

Scientists 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.

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*Discovery of the nearest black hole to Earth

Astronomers have discovered the nearest black hole to Earth located just 1120 light years away.

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*How galaxies grew so big so early

A 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 where

Astronomers 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 Report

China, 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.

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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 43

*Three companies selected to develop lunar module concepts to return people to the Moon

NASA has selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to further develop their concepts for the next generation of Lunar module.