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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 o...

*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 Administ...

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 ...

*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 dist...

*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 com...

*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 developme...

*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 wa...

*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 a...

*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 Jo...

*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 ...