SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

Stream this and previous episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com Hi everyone, Stuart here with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 55. *Strange new outer solar system body defies scientific explanation Astronomers have just detected a new trans Neptunian object in the outer rim of the solar system on a strange highly unusual orbit. The discovery indicates the newly found object -- nicknamed Niku – has a retrograde and highly inclined orbit around the Sun. *More evidence supporting the existence of a ninth planet in our solar system Two new studies claim our solar system’s tilt could be explained by the existence of a ninth planet out beyond Neptune. The new research uses computer models to show how a hypothetical ninth planet of a specific mass and orbit would influence orbital plane or ecliptic of the solar system – causing it to tilt by six degrees in comparison to the Sun’s equator. *Neutrino’s offer new clues into why we live a matter rather than antimatter universe A new study of elemental sub atomic particles called neutrinos has provided scientists with new insights into why the universe is made up of more matter than antimatter. *No evidence for the existence of a fourth kind of neutrino – the sterile neutrino Meanwhile, efforts to find a fourth type or flavor of neutrino -- known as the sterile neutrino -- have failed to identify the long hypothesized particle. If discovered, the sterile neutrino could have helped resolve the long standing mystery of the origin of dark matter as well as the matter/antimatter asymmetry in the universe. *SkyWatch We check out the August night skies with Jonathan Nally from Australian Sky and Telescope Magazine. For enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at audioBoom, iTunes, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podcast Addict, Blubrry, Podbean, Tunein Radio, Radioline, or any good podcatcher app. Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com For more, follow me on Facebook, Tumblr, twitter and Google+: Facebook: @spacetimewithstuartgary tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ twitter: @stuartgary Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please share and tell your friends. The best recommendation I can get is one from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #technology #space #news

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi...Stuart with the Show Notes foe Series 19 Episode 54... *Alien megastructure star still a mystery Follow up observations of a weird erratically flickering and dimming star has failed to find an explanation for the strange stellar behaviour. The star named KIC 8462852 is so unusual -- one scientist even suggested it could be our first sign of a hypothetical alien megastructure called a Dyson Sphere. *The world’s first interplanetary mining mission It’s not the Nostromo made famous in the movie Alien, but the world’s first commercial interplanetary mining mission will launch a precursor flight next year before venturing off in to deep space to mine a near Earth asteroid. Australia changing its address *Australia is about to change its address. Federal government hasn’t updated the continent’s coordinate system since 1994.causing existing GPS navigation systems to be off by about one and a half metres. *New project to study dark energy The United States has given final approval for a new project to study dark energy – a mysterious force whose properties will determine the ultimate fate of the universe. The 3-D sky-mapping project called the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument or DESI will measure the light of millions of galaxies. *Revolutionary Wifi invention selected for World in 100 Objects Exhibition A revolutionary 1992 Australian invention that led to Wi-Fi has been chosen by the National Museum of Australia to be part of the A History of the World in 100 Objects exhibition, opening in Canberra next month. The exhibition will showcase items from around the globe to explore human history, sourcing the oldest objects from the British Museum's collection and incorporating those from the present day. *The possibility of creating a new type of photon New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding a photon to a single electron and combining the properties of both. The combined photon electron would have properties that could lead to circuits that work with packages of photons instead of electrons. For enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode, visit http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Stitcher, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Join our mailing list: http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-list Website: www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com Facebook: @spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying SpaceTime, could you please share and tell your friends. The best recommendation I can receive is from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi...Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 53... *A key characteristic of life discovered in space for the first time Scientists have discovered the first molecule in space that has a key attribute associated with life -- ‘handedness’ or chirality. The finding is expected to help researchers solve one of the greatest mysteries in biology -- the origin of homochirality -- and offer insights into what we can expect from life throughout the universe. *New ideas on the nature of black holes A team of scientists have developed a new way of looking at the physics of black holes. The hypothesis suggests that matter might in fact survive its foray into these space objects and come out the other side. *The most dangerous threat to humanity to provide the best meteor shower in almost 20 years This year’s Perseids meteor shower is set for its best show in nearly 20 years. Around 150 meteors an hour expected to delight sky watchers at its peak on the nights of August 11, 12 and 13 depending on which hemisphere you’re in. But the Perseids come with a warning… *NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory suffers anomaly NASA mission managers are working to restore systems aboard the agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft following a major anomaly which shut down its science instruments. The spacecraft failed to return to science mode after observing a Lunar transit of the Sun. *Billion dollar satellite fails to reach intended orbit The US Navy says the main engine aboard its new MUOS 5 communications satellite has failed – preventing the billion dollar spacecraft reaching its geostationary orbit. The Navy are now looking at ways to salvage the satellite which was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida on June 24. *First private company set to fly to the Moon next year The United States government has given approval for a private company to the launch a mission to land on the Moon next year. Moon Express -- plans to use a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle to fly its MX-1 lander to the lunar surface. For enhanced show notes, including photos to accompany this episode, go to http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at audioBoom, iTunes, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline, Blubrry or any good podcatcher app. Have you joined our mailing list yet? http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-list For more, follow SpaceTime on Facebook, twitter and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB #space #astronomy #science #technology #news #chirality #homochirality

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both sites mobile friendly) Hi...Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 52... *Giant stellar void discovered in the heart of the Milky Way Astronomers have discovered a huge region around the centre of our galaxy which is devoid of young stars. The findings provide new insights into the evolution of the Milky Way. *Mapping exotic matter inside neutron stars Scientists have opened a new window into the mystery of what lies inside neutron stars. Ultimately, the research may answer the question, whether neutron stars are composed solely of ordinary atomic nuclei, or if they contain more exotic dense de-confined quark matter. *Australian satellites being space tested prior to launch Researchers from around Australia have begun testing satellites at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo space testing facilities ahead of a mass satellite launch from the International Space Station later this year. They will be launched into space as part of the European Union’s QB50 launch of 50 satellites. *Dream Chaser space plane ready for more flight tests Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane is being shipped to California for another round of flight tests. Dream Chaser was designed to provide NASA with a new reusable crew transportation system to take up to seven crew members at a time to and from the International Space Station -- following the premature mothballing of the Space Shuttle fleet in 2011. For enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode, please visit http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at audioBoom, iTunes, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please share and tell your friends. The best recommendation I can possibly get is from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com ... or subscribe at any good podcatcher app. Stuart here with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 51: * X marks the spot at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy New evidence suggests there’s an enormous X-shaped structure made of stars within the central bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy. The discovery helps scientists better understand how the Milky Way was formed and how it’s evolved ever since. *New questions about how gullies are formed on Mars A new study claims liquid water flowing over the surface of Mars isn’t responsible for the recent formation of gullies on the red planet. The new findings are based on data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft which shows no mineralogical evidence for abundant liquid water or its by-products associated with the gullies. *Huge fire ball was space junk A huge fireball seen burning up in the night skies over Las Vegas was most likely Chinese space junk rather than a meteor. Large regions of California, Nevada, and Utah were treated to the spectacular light show last week when the giant fireball streaked across the sky. *Five Years Post-Launch, Juno Is at a Turning Point Five years after departing Earth, and a month after slipping into orbit around Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft has reached the turning point on its highly elliptical orbit around the solar system’s largest planet. On July 31 Juno reached the farthest point in its orbit around Jupiter. *NASA Orders Second SpaceX Crew Mission to International Space Station NASA has taken another step in its efforts to return human space flight to American soil – ordering a second post-certification mission for the SpaceX’s Dragon V2 capsule and Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The order of a second crew rotation mission from SpaceX, paired with the two ordered from Boeing CST100 starliner will help ensure reliable crew rotation flights from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to the International Space Station as well as longer duration deep space missions using Orion capsules on deep space missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. *First vinyl record played in near space Humans have achieved another important first – the playing of a vinyl record on a turntable at the very edge of space. With the album on the turntable and the record player set on repeat – the gondola was sent aloft on a high-altitude balloon to a height of 28,000 metres – higher than the cruising altitude of a U2 spy plane. *New generation top secret spy satellite launched A new top secret spy satellite has been launched amid a curtain of secrecy for the National Reconnaissance Office. The clandestine mission is believed to have placed a new-generation Quasar data-relay satellite into an inclined geosynchronous orbit 35,888 kilometres above the Earth. Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at iTunes, audioBoom, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. For enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode, please visit http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Email me at SpaceTime@bitesz.com For more, please follow me on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr or Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you enjoy SpaceTime, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com Stuart here with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 15. *A spinning gas halo discovered around the Milky Way Astronomers have been surprised to discover that a halo of hot gas surrounding the Milky Way galaxy is spinning in the same direction and at a comparable speed to the galaxy’s disk. Scientists had thought this enormous reservoir of hot gas remained stationary while the Milky Way spins inside it. *The Square Kilometer Array reaches another milestone Scientists have completed another key step in their efforts to build what will be the world’s largest radio telescope, the SKA or Square Kilometer Array. Researchers have successfully tested astronomical verification of a critical sub-system for the giant telescope known as the frequency synchronisation system. *Farewell to Rosetta’s Philae lander European Space Agency mission managers have formally switched off the system on the Rosetta spacecraft which provides communications links between the orbiter and its tiny Philae lander. Switching off the system is part of the preparations for Rosetta's end of mission which is slated for September 30. Scientists figured out last common ancestor of all living things *Scientists think they’ve worked out the genetic make-up of the last common ancestor of all living things. Researchers found our earliest common ancestor probably consisted of just 355 genes and made its living around superheated deep sea hydrothermal vents about four billion years ago. *The annual Delta Aquariid Meteor shower underway The annual Delta Aquariid Meteor shower is at its peak with the best viewing about now because it coincides with a new moon providing darker skies. The shower is best for observed from the Southern hemisphere. Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Bluebrry, Tunein Radio or any good podcatcher app. Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com For enhanced Show Notes, includig photos to accompany this episode... http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes For more, follow SpaceTime on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr ad Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB Website: www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by spreading the word...tell your friends and ask them to subscribe. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news

Stream from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi....Stuart with the Show Notes for Episode 49: Clues to one of the largest asteroid impacts in Earth’s history discovered in Western Australia Evidence for one of the largest asteroid impacts to ever have hit the Earth has been discovered in Western Australia. The impact – which occurred about 3.46 billion years ago -- is the second oldest dated collision in the planet’s history. Why galaxies stop making stars A new study has determined why galaxies stop making new generations of stars. Astronomers found two separate processes are involved in ending star formation. The hunt for dark matter continues following another failed search for the elusive particle A 20 month long search for a mysterious particle which makes up 80 percent of all the matter in the universe has failed to uncover the elusive identity of dark matter. The Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment yielded no trace of a candidate particle despite the most sensitive search even conducted. A new type of sand dune discovered on Mars Scientists have discovered a new type of sand dune on the surface of the red planet Mars which is unlike anything seen on Earth. The newly identified dune appears to be intermediate in size between tiny ripples and larger wavier dunes. Enhanced Show Notes for this episodes, including photos, can be found at http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at audioBoom, iTunes, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Bluebrry, Tunein Radio or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying the podcast, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #astronomy #space #technology #science #news #mars

Hi...Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 48. *A bounty of Brown Dwarfs and planets discovered deep in the Orion Nebula New technology allowing astronomers to peer deeper into the heart of the Orion Nebula than ever before, has revealed a massive population of previously unseen planets and brown dwarfs. The discovery shows that the Orion Nebula may be forming proportionally far more low-mass objects than closer and less active star formation regions. *Astronomers produce the most detailed map yet of the visible universe. Astronomers have produced the largest-ever, three-dimensional map yet of the visible universe -- showing some 1.2 million galaxies -- covering over a quarter of the sky and mapping out the structure of the universe over a volume of 650 cubic billion light-years. The new map allows scientists to make the best measurements so far of the effects of a mysterious force called dark energy on the expansion of the universe and consequently the ultimate fate of the cosmos. *Astronomers discover how the fabled man in the moon got his right eye A new study has discovered that a huge asteroid or protoplanet which crashed into the Moon 3.8 billion years ago was responsible for giving the fabled man in the moon his right eye. The massive 250 kilometre wide space rock created the Moon’s iconic Imbrium Basin as a result of the impact. This new size estimate means the Imbrium impactor was at least two times larger and 10 times more massive than previous estimates. *NASA’s mission to touch the Sun NASA’s first mission to “touch” the Sun has passed a critical development milestone keeping it on track for launch in July 2018. The Solar Probe Plus mission will send a spacecraft on a series of data-collecting runs through the Sun’s atmosphere. Enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode can be found at http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Blubrry, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes at www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both sites are mobile friendly). For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter , tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying the podcast, please share and recommend to your friends. Thank you... #astronomy #space #technology #science #news

Hi...Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 47 *Ancient supernovae affected life on Earth Two ancient supernovae which erupted within 300 light years of Earth likely exposed biology on our planet to a long-lasting cosmic radiation. The findings are based on new computer simulations of the impact the two exploding stars had on surrounding space. *Solving the mystery of the Martian moons Astronomers may have finally solved the mystery of how the two Martian moons -- Phobos and Deimos -- were formed. Two separate and independent studies have both concluded that the moons were formed by collision events early in the red planet’s history. *Newly discovered planet has three Suns If you thought Luke Skywalker’s home planet, Tatooine, was a strange world with its two Suns in the sky, imagine a planet where you’d either experience constant daylight or enjoy triple sunrises and sunsets every day. This isn’t the opening scene for some future episode of Star Wars but rather the vista seen from the surface of the distant exoplanet, HD 131399Ab. *Flying Dragon targets International Space Station A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force base -- lighting up the early morning skies of the Florida Atlantic coast – on a two day flight bound for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 is carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with two tonnes of fresh supplies, scientific experiments, and space station equipment as part of a SpaceX contract with NASA to supply the orbiting outpost. *Skywatch We turn our eyes to the skies as Jonathan Nally -- the editor of Australian Sky and Telescope Magazine -- takes us on a journey through this month’s night skies with Skywatch. Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime on iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes via www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr and Google+ Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying the podcast, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news #SpaceX #Mars

Hi .... Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 46: *First evidence explaining how supermassive black holes are formed Astronomers have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole which would have been born in the very early universe and could have been the seeds for today’s supermassive black holes. While astronomers have a good handle on how stellar mass black holes are formed – mystery has always surrounded their larger counterparts -- the supermassive black holes found at the centre of most if not all galaxies. Special guest....Aaron Smith from University of Texas, Austin. *New dwarf planet discovered beyond Neptune It’s not the long sort after mysterious planet 9 – but a new dwarf planet has been discovered orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune.Astronomers spotted the distant frozen world using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea. The new object -- designated 2015 RR245 is about 700 kilometres in diameter and has one of the largest orbits of any known dwarf planet. *Rosetta’s mission to end on September 30 The European Space Agency has announced that its Rosetta spacecraft will complete its mission on September 30 performing a controlled descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The pioneering probe made history in August 2014 becoming the first spacecraft to enter orbit around a comet. Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes at www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com For enhanced Show Notes, complete with photos to accompany this episode, visit http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/collection/cabtNB If you're enjoying the podcast, please share with and tell your friends. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news

Hi, Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 45... *Citizen scientists discover a massive galaxy cluster Two volunteer participants in an international citizen science project have discovered a rare galaxy cluster which has now been named in their honour. The pair pieced together the huge C-shaped structure -- located some 1.2 billion light years away -- from much smaller images of cosmic radio waves shown to them as part of the web-based Radio Galaxy Zoo project. *New Type of Meteorite Linked to Ancient Asteroid Collision Scientists have discovered a new type of meteorite never before seen on Earth. The space rock, appears to be from the missing partner in a massive asteroid collision 470 million years ago. *Physicists discover family of tetraquarks Physicists have confirmed the existence of a new group of sub atomic particles called tetraquarks. Scientists at Syracuse University confirmed the existence of the rare exotic particle as well as three siblings using the Large Hadron Collider beauty LHCb detector at CERN theEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research. *Curiosity Mars rover unexpectedly shuts down NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shut down unexpectedly over the weekend. The car sized six wheel robot suddenly put itself into safe standby mode on July second. *Virgin Galactic to start test flights of its newest spaceship Virgin Galactic is about to start test flying its newest space plane The Unity which replaces the original SpaceShipTwo Enterprise which crashed into the Mojave Desert back in January 2014. Test fights will begin next month with full suborbital space flights beginning in 2017. Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline, or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes via www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (both mobile friendly). Email at SpaceTime@bitesz.com For more, follow me n Facebook, twitter, tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB Enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode, can be found at http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Thank you for your continued support. If you're enjoying the podcast, please share with your friends...it will really help a lot. #astronomy #space #technology #news #podcast #science #VirginGalactic #mars

Hi, Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 44. *Black hole discovered hiding in plain sight Astronomers have detected a previously unseen black hole that’s been hiding in plain sight. The findings indicate the newly discovered black hole is located about 7,200 light years away, well within our own Milky Way galaxy. Because the study only covered a very small patch of sky, the findings imply that there should be tens of thousands to millions of these unseen black holes in the Milky Way -- thousands more than previous studies suggested. *Water found on Brown dwarf Astronomers have -- for the first time -- found evidence of water in the clouds around a nearby brown dwarf. The discovery represents the strongest evidence yet for the existence of clouds of water or water ice, outside of our solar system. *New Soyuz capsule launches to Space Station Roscosmos has launched its newly upgraded Soyuz MS series capsule on its maiden flight to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan carrying three Expedition 48 crew members to the orbiting outpost. *2016 will be a second longer On December 31, 2016, a “leap second” will be added to the world’s clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes 59 seconds Greenwich mean time. Historically, time was based on the mean rotation of the Earth relative to celestial bodies, and the second was defined in this reference frame. However, the invention of atomic clocks defined a much more precise “atomic” timescale and a second that is independent of Earth’s rotation Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Email the show at SpaceTime@bitesz.com For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB Enhanced Show Notes, with photos to accompany this episode, can be found at http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes #astronomy #space #science #technology #podcast 'hwqe7gv6'

Hi everyone...Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 43. In this episode: *Juno orbit insertion After a journey lasting almost five years and 2.7 billion kilometres, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Jupiter the largest planet in the Solar System. The spacecraft will spend at least 20 months circling the Jovian world 37 times, skimming to within 4100 kilometres above the planet’s pink and salmon coloured cloud tops. During these flybys, Juno will probe beneath this obscuring cloud cover to try and understand the gas giant’s composition and the extent of its mysterious metallic hydrogen mantle which is thought responsible for Jupiter’s powerful radiation field. *Origin of unusual supernova discovered Astronomers may have finally worked out why some supernovae explosions known as 'extraordinary supernovae' are brighter than others. The discovery reported in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan will help improve measurements of the Universe's expansion, and consequently the strength of Dark Energy which controls the ultimate final fate of the cosmos. *Studying the relics of the Milky Way’s first ever stars Astronomers have moved a step closer to studying the first stars in the universe. These primordial stars were very different from today’s stars because they were made just a hundred million years after the big bang -- out of the pure hydrogen and helium produced in that event. That unique composition made these first stars blue giants from twenty to over a hundred times the mass of our Sun. *New Horizons gets green light for planned second Kuiper Belt flyby Following its historic first-ever flyby of Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons mission has received the green light to fly onward to an object deeper in the Kuiper Belt, known as 2014 MU69. The spacecraft’s planned rendezvous with the ancient object -- considered one of the early building blocks of the solar system -- is January first 2019. *Mercury’s surface arose from deep inside Scientists have found that several volcanic deposits on Mercury's surface require mantle melting to have started close to the planet's core-mantle boundary. NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury has shown that the surface of the planet is very heterogeneous, but it can be classified into two main types of regions. You can get the enhanced version of these show notes including photos to accompany this episode, at: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime with Stuart Gary at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein Radio, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). For more, follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Tumblr: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com #astronomy #space #science #technology #Juno #Jupiter

Hi...Stuart here with the show notes for Series 19 Episode 42: *Planet 9 could be an alien world A new study claims that the recently inferred hypothetical planet 9 could be an exoplanet that originally formed around another star and was later captured by our Sun billions of years ago. The findings are based on new computer simulations. *Most detailed view yet of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy Astronomers have used the new GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope to obtain the most detailed observations yet of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. The observations will allow scientists to test predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. *Potential habitats for life found on Mars Astronomers have found evidence of carbonates beneath the surface of Mars -- pointing to a warmer and wetter environment capable of fostering the emergence of life -- in the red planet’s past. The new findings include evidence for widespread buried deposits of iron and calcium rich Martian carbonates, which suggests a wetter past for the Red Planet. Private missions to Mars *The Netherlands based Mars One organization says it’s continuing with its plans to send people on a one way mission to establish the first permanent human colony on the red planet by 2027. The project is one of several plans by non-government organisations to fly to Mars in the near future. Another – by SpaceX – is planning to launch a scientific satellite based on its Dragon capsule to the red planet in 2018. *Evidence for recent hydrothermal activity found on Ceres A new study has found that those mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres have the highest concentration of carbonate minerals ever seen beyond Earth. The findings indicate recent hydrothermal activity is the most likely cause for the bright spots which were detected by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in Ceres Occator Crater. *Chinese conduct surprise launch of Long March 4B rocket Beijing has carried out a surprise launch of a Long March-4B rocket from the Jiuquan Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert of north-western China's Gansu Province. The mission carried the second Shijian-16 experimental satellite which will be used for studying the effects of radiation and the orbital space environment on new equipment and technology. Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Tunein, Radioline or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes at www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter, tumblr and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com Enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode, at http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes #astronomy #space #science #mars #SpaceX #SpaceTime #Ceres #MarsOne

Hi...Stuart with the Show Notes for Series 19 Episode 41. * Strange dark hydrogen inside Jupiter New research suggests an exotic form of hydrogen known as dark hydrogen exists in a layer beneath the surface of Jupiter. One of the biggest unknowns is hydrogen’s transformation under the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the interiors of the gas giant where it is squeezed until it becomes liquid metal, capable of conducting electricity. *Oceans on Enceladus favourable for life A new study claims ice sheets covering a global liquid water ocean on Enceladus’s south pole could be just 20 kilometres thick -- far thinner than previously thought. The new research suggests a strong heat source in the interior of the Saturnian moon, which scientists claim provides an additional factor supporting the possible emergence of life in its ocean. *Hubble confirms new dark spot on Neptune New images obtained by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirm the presence of a new dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. Though similar features were seen during the Voyager 2 flyby of Neptune in 1989 and by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994, this vortex is the first one observed on Neptune in the 21st century. *Maiden flight for China’s new Long March 7 rocket Beijing has successfully undertaken the maiden flight of its new Long March 7 rocket from its new Wenchang Space Launch Center on southern China’s Hainan Island. The new 53 metre long two stage medium lift orbital launch vehicle will be used for both manned and unmanned space flights lifting 13,500 kilograms into a 400 kilometre Low Earth Orbit and 5,500 kilograms into a 700 kilometre high Sun-Synchronous Orbit. *India sets new record for most satellites launched on one rocket The Indian Space Research Organization has launched a PSLV rocket carrying a record 21 satellites from its Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the Bay of Bengal coast. The 44 metre tall PSLV or Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle was equipped with six strap on solid rocket boosters to lift its payload into orbit. *Atlas V launches new military satellite An Atlas V rocket successfully launched the MUOS-5 military communications satellite into orbit for the United States Navy. MUOS-5 is the final member of a five-satellite constellation designed to provide the US military with ultra high frequency communications worldwide. Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Tunein Radio, RadioLine, or any good podcatcher app. Stream episodes from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com For more, follow me on Facebook, twitter and Google+: Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB #astronomy #space #science #technology