71: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft about to swoop over Australia - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 20 Episode 71

Summary: Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Today’s episode of SpaceTime with Stuart Gary is bought to you by Audible. Grab a free book and 30 days free trial, plus help support SpaceTime by visiting www.audibletrial.com/spacetime Another way to help support SpaceTime, become a patron for as little as $3 per month. And we have rewards. Check out the details at https://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary * NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft about to swoop over Australia Australian stargazers will have a chance to get a close up look at NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft when the three metre wide probe sweeps over the country during the early morning hours of September 23rd. The spacecraft is undertaking a gravity assist slingshot manoeuvre, designed to build up speed and modify its trajectory to eventually intercept the half kilometre wide asteroid 101955 Bennu, which has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting the Earth in the next 200 years. *Jupiter's auroras present a powerful mystery Scientists on NASA's Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter's polar regions which are contributing to the gas giant’s powerful aurorae - only not in ways the researchers expected. Juno observed signatures from powerful electric potentials, aligned with Jupiter's magnetic field, and accelerating electrons toward the Jovian atmosphere at energies up to 400,000 electron volts. *Mapping the family tree of stars Astronomers are borrowing principles applied in biology and archaeology to build a family tree of the galaxy’s stars. By studying chemical signatures found in the stars, they’re piecing together these evolutionary trees looking at how the stars formed and how they are connected to each other. *SpaceX launches X-37B spaceplane SpaceX has launched a U.S. Air Force X-37B space shuttle on a classified military mission. The flight was the fifth for the reusable winged spaceplane, and the first to use the Falcon 9 rather than the usual United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. *The Science Report New links discovered in white matter structure in the brains of kids with autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Toxic fumes from the twin towers collapse linked to ongoing illnesses in people who lived in Lower Manhattan during 9/11. A person's risk of dying is higher if they are admitted to an Intensive Care Unit on the weekends. Another proposal for a high speed rail link along Australia’s east coast. And a new study confirms it’s O.K. to let your pets sleep in the bedroom. The video for the SpaceX launch is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD7meE2ExeI For Enhanced Show Notes, including photos to accompany this episode: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetime-show-notes Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at all good podcasting apps…including iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Radio Public, Tunein Radio, google play, etc RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4642443.rss Help support SpaceTime : The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. Get your T-Shirts, Coffee Cups, badges, tote bag + more and help support the show. Check out the range: http://www.cafepress.com/spacetime Thank you. Plus: As a part of the SpaceTime family, you can get a free audio book of your choice, plus 30 days free access from audible.com. Just visit www.audibletrial.com/spacetime or click on the banner link at www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com Email: SpaceTime@bitesz.com Join our mailing list at http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-list For more, follow SpaceTime on Facebook, twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, Patreon and Spreaker: Facebook: @spacetimewithstuartgary twitter: @stuartgary Tumblr: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacetimewithstuartgary/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cabtNB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhpBkuHSLfIRnliLB12HoC1QE0rwr8qRS Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/spacetime-with-stuart-gary-2017 If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by sharing and telling your friends. The best recommendation I can get is one from you. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news #astrophysics #NASA #Australia