SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 61 *The latest observations of interstellar comet 3i-Atlas using two spacecraft instead of just one Astronomers have used two separate spacecraft to obtain new ultra-violet spectrographic images of the interstellar comet 3i-Atlas as it continues its journey out of our solar system. *The shocking data in new AI models of our Milky Way Galaxy’s super massive black hole A new study has discovered that our Milky Way Galaxy’s super massive black hole is rotating almost as fast as the laws of physics allow, and its axis is pointing directly towards the Earth. *The Isle of Rum listed as Britain’s second dark sky sanctuary The Isle of Rum is the first place in Scotland to achieve Dark Sky Sanctuary status – one of just 23 places around the world so designated by Dark Sky International. *The Science Report Warnings of a link between Omega-3 supplements and your risk of dementia. Myanmar, state media is reporting the discovery of a giant 2.2 kilogram ruby. The Australian military will go ahead with the development of its new Speartooth underwater drone. *Skeptics guide to Dubai’s cancer curing cult.   Our Guests This Week: Siding Spring Observatory director Dr. Christian Wolf Alex Mumford local Isle of Rum resident who organized the Dark Skies application   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics   🌏 Get Our Exclusive Money Saving NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌

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SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 60 *Our solar system’s journey through an interstellar cloud A new study of cosmic dust found in Antarctic ice samples has revealed our solar system’s passage through the Local Interstellar Cloud – the remnants of an exploding star. *The Ramses mission to study the once considered doomsday asteroid Apophis The European Space Agency have confirmed their RAMSES mission to study once considered doomsday asteroid Apophis will launch in April 2028 to meet the half kilometre wide space rock prior to its close flyby of the Earth on Friday the 13th of April 2029. *Is volcanic ash reshaping the Martian surface Astronomers have witnessed a noticeable change on surface of the red planet Mars with a dark blanket of volcanic ash deposits creeping across the Martian surface over the past fifty years. *The Science Report Adding more soy and legumes in your diet may lower your risk of high blood pressure. Ocean temperatures are edging toward record highs suggesting a super powerful El Niño is coming. 80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists have identified a new crystal formed in the blast. *Alex on Tech: the new Googlebook Laptop. Our Guests This Week: Siding Spring Observatory director Dr. Christian Wolf Alex Mumford local Isle of Rum resident who organized the Dark Skies application   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics   🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌

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SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 59 *Black hole flare explodes in the heart of our galaxy Astronomers have observed a dramatic mid-infrared flare erupting from Sagittarius A*- the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. *A new explanation for Snowball Earth Scientists have developed a new explanation for one of our planet’s great climate puzzles: how a snowball Earth event known as the Sturtian glaciation could have lasted so long. *The legacy of Australia’s Sky Mapper – so far The fourth and most recent data release by the Sky Mapper southern survey has covered more than half the sky, generating some four hundred thousand images, showing 700 million objects and achieving 15 billion detections. *The Science Report Obesity trends growing faster in low- and middle-income countries compared to high-income nations. The Gulf Stream continuing to weaken, threatening global climates. Palaeontologists discover a new type of plant-eating dinosaur in Southeast Asia. Skeptics guide to pseudo-archaeology. Our Guests This Week: Siding Spring Observatory director Dr. Christian Wolf Alex Mumford local Isle of Rum resident who organized the Dark Skies application   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics   🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌

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SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 58 *Unlocking the mystery of water on the Moon New evidence suggests that water ice has been accumulating on the Moon for at least one and a half billion years. *An Australian Lunar rover to land on the Moon in 2030 NASA has scheduled the Australian developed ROOVER lunar rover to fly to the Moon in 2030 as part of the Intuitive Machines CT-4 mission to the lunar South Pole. *Discovery of an atmosphere on a distant frozen world that shouldn’t have one Astronomers have discovered a thin atmosphere on a distant world far beyond Neptune where no atmosphere should exist. *The Science Report Claims micro and nano-plastics in the atmosphere may contribute to global warming. Evidence of copper mining going back over 5000 years. Study shows astronauts need extra time to remember how to hold things when they get back to Earth. Skeptics guide to the limits of anecdotal evidence rather than rigorous scientific testing.     Our Guests This Week: Associate Professor Ben Montet from the University of New South Wales Bepi Columbo mission MIXS principle investigator Emma Bunce University of Leicester Bepi Columbo mission SIMBIO-SYS principle investigator Gabriele Cremonese Bepi Columbo mission MPO-MAG investigator Daniel Heyner Technical University of Braunschweig   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics   🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌   If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through premium versions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 57 *How the strange magmas on Mercury shaped the planet differently to Earth A new study has found that the sulphur rich magmas on the planet Mercury reshaped the tortured world’s interior evolution and crustal formation very differently compared to the Earth. *Confirmation of a slimmer Jupiter Astronomers have revised sciences understanding of the size of the solar system’s largest planet – the gas giant Jupiter -- finding it’s some 8 kilometres narrower at the equator and 24 kilometres flatter at the poles. *Work on NASA’s Launch Tower Two formally halted NASA has issued a formal stop work order on construction of its second Mobile Launch Tower at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. *The Science Report Warnings the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu can spread to humans in several different ways. Why some astronauts are at higher risk of spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome. A new study claims celebrity worship says a lot about your self-worth. Alex on Tech: warnings about streaming scams.   Our Guests This Week: Associate Professor Ben Montet from the University of New South Wales Bepi Columbo mission MIXS principle investigator Emma Bunce University of Leicester Bepi Columbo mission SIMBIO-SYS principle investigator Gabriele Cremonese Bepi Columbo mission MPO-MAG investigator Daniel Heyner Technical University of Braunschweig   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics   🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌   If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through premium versions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 56 *Discovery of 27 new Tatooine type worlds reported on Star Wars Day Astronomers have discovered some 27 new planetary candidates orbiting in binary star systems using a new method to search for exoplanets which would otherwise be hard to find. *A new drill campaign for the Mars Curiosity Rover on the red planet NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has launched a new drill campaign at a site called Atacama on the red planet’s Gale Crater.. *New Soyuz 5 maiden flight Russia's new-next generation launch vehicle the Soyuz 5 has successfully completed its maiden flight. *The Science Report A third of Australian’s getting too little sleep. The extraordinary biodiversity hidden in deep underwater canyons off Western Australia’s coast. Studies show domestic dogs brains shrunk by 46% compared to wolves by the Late Neolithic. Skeptics guide to the link between authoritarianism and the paranormal. Our Guests This Week: Associate Professor Ben Montet from the University of New South Wales Bepi Columbo mission MIXS principle investigator Emma Bunce University of Leicester Bepi Columbo mission SIMBIO-SYS principle investigator Gabriele Cremonese Bepi Columbo mission MPO-MAG investigator Daniel Heyner Technical University of Braunschweig   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics 🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌   If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through premium versions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 55 *Scientists finally discover the cause of Venus’s enigmatic lower haze Astronomers have finally determined Cosmic dust as the source of a mysterious lower atmosphere haze that blankets the planet Venus. *Discovery of two worlds colliding Astronomers have found evidence of two planet colliding in a distant star system 11 thousand light years away. *The Lunar Gateway space station modules are rusting away NASA has confirmed that two of the habitation modules being built for the now postponed Lunar Gateway space station project are suffering corrosion problems. *May Skywatch We explore the constellation Scorpius, the spectacular M6 and M7 open star clusters and the Eta-Aquarids meteor shower produced by Halley’s Comet in the May edition of Skywatch.   Our Guests This Week: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics And Senior Science writer and Sky and Telescope magazine contributor Jonathan Nally   🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌   If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through premium versions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 54 *The two outer rings of the ice giant Uranus show starkly different origins Astronomers have discovered that two of the planet Uranus’s outer rings have very different compositions and so must have come from different origins. *Africa breaking apart faster than thought A new study claims Africa is much closer to being physically torn apart into two separate continents than previously thought – possibly in just a few million years from now. *Engine issues blamed for the failure of the maiden flight of the Eris rocket The investigation into the failure of the maiden flight of the Eris rocket last year has traced the problem to two of the launch vehicles hybrid rocket engines. *The Science Report Scientists have discovered a new way for some coronaviruses to infect humans. The Australian Army to get 268 more Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicles. Study warns most teens are sent sexting messages from strangers. Alex on Tech: Bad Samsung update.

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SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 53 *Milky Way's mysterious black hole gas clouds finally explained Astronomers have discovered a massive binary star system near Sagittarius A* the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.. *Two massive solar flares explode out from the Sun The Sun has just emitted two strong solar flares blasting out into deep space within a day of each other. *NASA’s rovers show the two sides of Mars NASA’s Mars Curiosity and Perseverance Rovers have provided astronomers with two very different views helping to piece together the puzzle of the Red Planet’s past.. *The Science Report Warning a mega El Niño event is expected to develop within the next month or so. Some of the earliest octopus were enormous, powerful kraken like predators 20 metres long. Scientists have uncovered how Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles were formed. Skeptics guide to the British big foot sighting. 🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌   If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through premium versions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 52 *Interstellar comet 3i/ATLAS is far more alien than we thought A new study has found that the interstellar comet 3i Atlas must have originated in a much colder star system with lower levels of radiation than our own solar system. *NASA now looking at September to launch its new Roman Space Telescope NASA are now targeting September as the likely launch date for their new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. *The European Space Agency’s new Australian dish The European Space Agency has commissioned its second Australian deep space communications dish at its New Norcia complex near Perth. *The Science Report How climate change is affecting the health of people in Europe. Warnings that agricultural soils exposed to glyphosates could be breeding grounds for superbugs. The Pentagon’s plans for big a new battleship for the US Navy -- the first since the 1940s. Skeptics guide to the big UFO announcement allegedly coming this year.   Our Guests This Week: Professor Kliti Grice from Curtin University Jan Cami from Western University   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics   🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌   If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through premium versions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/   For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…   For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 51 *Discovery of organic molecules never before seen on Mars New data has confirmed that NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has identified seven organic molecules on the red planet that have never been detected there before. *A spectacular new understanding of cosmic buckyballs Fifteen years after astronomers first discovered buckyballs in space, new observations have now shown how they’re distributed in a shell around the corpse of a dying star. *NASA shuts down another instrument on Voyager 1 to keep it operating NASA has been forced to shut down an instrument aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft in order to conserve power and keep humanity’s first interstellar explorer operational. *The Science Report New implants to help sleep apnea sufferers who can’t use breathing masks. Palaeontologists have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur. Artificial Intelligence successfully judge a person’s mood by the expression on their face. Alex on Tech: $25 billion for a new Aussie AI centre.

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