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Astronomers capture the first ever direct image of a black hole - SpaceTime S22E31-32 Patreon Edition
The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20190424 Series 22 Episode 31*Astronomers capture the first ever direct image of a black holeAstronomers have successfully captured one of the most important pictures in scientific history – an actual image of a supermassive black hole. This breakthrough was announced in a series of six papers published in a special issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters, and at a co-ordinated series of special press conferences held simultaneously around the globe.You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184107236728 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184107206153 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184107050198 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184106982108 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184106948403 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184106938468 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184106901028 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184106890188 You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184106674168 *Mercury has a solid inner coreScientists have determined that the planet Mercury has a solid metallic inner core similar in size to the Earth’s. The findings reported in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, help scientists better understand Mercury while at the same time offering clues about how the solar system formed and how rocky planets evolve over time.*Preparing CHEOPSThe European Space Agency’s mission to study strange worlds orbiting distant stars has moved a step closer to launch with the spacecraft now fully assembled and tested in preparation for launch. The CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite or CHEOPS has finally left the cleanroom in Switzerland and is now in Madrid for further launch preparations.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/183443264918 *If at first you don’t succeedDespite much hope, the private Israeli bid to land a spacecraft on the surface on the Moon has failed. But like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, supporters from around the world have rallied around the company Space IL -- determined to try again.*The Science ReportScientists at Tel Aviv University successfully print the world's first 3D vascularised engineered heart. Some four thousand European Alpine glaciers will lose half their ice by 2050.An El Niño which began forming late last year is now fully entrenched across the Pacific Ocean.Fossils from a previously unknown member of the human family tree discovered in the Philippines.Why it’s better to keep your cats indoors.Moves to stop claims by promotors of alternative medicines – but is it enough?SpaceTime 20190426 Series 22 Episode 32*Beyond Einstein and the black hole singularityPhysicists have reached beyond Albert Einstein to develop new equations that hypothesize that singularities don’t exist inside black holes.*Meteoroid strikes eject precious water from MoonScientists have discovered that streams of meteoroids striking the lunar surface are blasting a thin shower or water vapor into the Moon exosphere – it’s tenuous atmosphere.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184248094578 *Boeing delays capsule's first space test flightBoeing has pushed back the date for the first test flight of their new space station crew transfer capsule – the CST 100 Starliner.*Cygnus lift offA Northrop Grumman Antares rocket has blasted into orbit carrying a Cygnus cargo ship loaded with fresh supplies bound for the International Space Station. The CRS-11 mission was launched from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginian mid Atlantic coast.You tube video url: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/184311389053 *The Science ReportScientists have restored functions in brains of pigs, four hours after they were killed and decapitated.A new study warns the even moderate meat eaters have an increased risk of bowel cancer.New research suggests that 7.6 percent of boys have had sex before the age of 13.A new study has found that the Arctic is now the warmest it's been in 10,000 years.Archeologists have unearth a 2000 year old Jewish settlement in the Negev Desert of southern Israel.Ten percent of Australian drinkers account for more than half of the country’s entire alcohol consumption.Measles cases hit a five year high in Australia and have jumped globally by 300 percent..For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesSubscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at all good podcasting apps…including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, PocketCasts, Podbean, Radio Public, TuneIn Radio, google play, Spreaker, Spotify, Deezer, ACast etcRSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/spacetime
