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Brightest Kilonova Ever Seen - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S23E125-127 Premium Edition
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.Your Premium Commercial-Free Supporters EditionSpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 125*Brightest Kilonova ever seenAstronomers have detected the brightest kilonova event ever seen unleashing more energy in a half-second than the Sun will produce over its entire 12-billion-year lifetime.*A new way of seeing invisible dark matterAstronomers have found a new way to estimate the amount of mysterious dark matter contained in haloes around galaxies.*A record close shave as asteroid 2020 VT4 skims past the EarthWell just in case you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse – an asteroid the size of a house has just swooped over the Earth at a record close distance -- passing less than 400 kilometres above the South Pacific Ocean near the Pitcairn Islands.*The Science ReportModerna claims its new COVID-19 vaccine to be 94.5 percent effective.Facebook, Google, and Twitter shown to be engaged in a co-ordinated campaign of political censorship.Growing fears that climate change has now reached the point of no return.The first sighting of the elusive Bigfin Squid in the waters of the Great Australian Bight.New study looks at personality types prone to conspiracy theories.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 126*Measuring the rotation of the Milky Way’s central black holeAstronomers have for the first time measured the rotational spin of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.*The Jovian ice moon Europa glows in the darkScientists have discovered that the Jovian ice moon Europa doesn’t just shine in reflected sunlight – it actually glows in the dark.*The latest launch failure of a Vega rocketThe European Space Agency has set up an independent board of inquiry into the November 17 launch failure of a Vega rocket.*The Science ReportSexual activity and dating app use declines during the coronavirus lockdown.A neuron-growing ink that uses the body’s electrical signals to precisely guide the growth of nerve cells.One of the planet’s greatest mass extinction events caused by a spate of huge volcanic eruptions.Russian and North Korean cyber-attacks target research into COVID-19 vaccines.Alex on tech looks at new Macs, new Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X and the futuristic Sound Beamer.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 127*New mission to study the rock comet PhaethonGermany and Japan are developing a new mission to study the strange asteroid 3200 Phaethon.*Europa’s water plumes could originate in its crustA new study suggests water plumes erupting from Jupiter's ice moon Europa might originate in the frozen crust itself – rather than being forced up from the underlying sub surface ocean.*The great Arecibo radio telescope to be demolishedOne of the world’s greatest astronomical instruments -- the giant Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico -- is being decommissioned.*A new era begins with the first Dragon commercial crew mission to the Space StationNASA’s crew-1 mission has successfully docked with the International Space Station beginning a new era of spaceflight with commercial companies now undertaking the job of transporting crew to the orbiting outpost.*The Science ReportNew study can’t find any difference between those who take multivitamins and those who don’t.China using a secret microwave weapon to cook Indian soldiers alive.The laser tractor beam that could help control where lightning strikes hit the ground.The most complete map of bee species ever compiled.Skeptics Watch looks at the issue of sovereign risk to human rights.
