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S26E118-120 Premium: Does antimatter fall up or down // Carbon discovered on Europa // Origins of Saturn’s rings
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 118*Does antimatter fall up or down in gravity?Does antimatter fall up or down under the influence of gravity? It’s been an age-old question among first year physics students the world over, and now we finally have an answer – it falls down just like regular matter.*NASA’S epic Osiris-Rex mission returns homeNASA’s first ever asteroid sample return mission has arrived safely back on Earth parachuting down onto a US Military test range in the Utah desert.*Iran’s nuclear missile program advances another stepIran claims it’s launched a new spy satellite into orbit. The seven kilogram Nour-3 imaging CubeSat was launched aboard a Qased rocket by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.*The Science ReportCOVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in Australian in 2022.Antarctic sea ice has reached a new record low winter growth -- its lowest since records began.The world’s most powerful X-ray laser:Skeptics guide to Australia's best psychicSpaceTime Series 26 Episode 119*Carbon discovered on EuropaAstronomers have discovered carbon dioxide – one of the ingredients essential for life as we know it on the surface of the Jovian ice moon Europa.*NASA’s Independent Review board report on the Mars Sample Return missionThe space agency established the Board in May to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans of the mission prior to any final design.*A new twist to the Story of Great Eruption of Eta CarinaeAstronomers have combined 20 years’ worth of data on one of the brightest binary star systems in the sky – Eta Carinae -- to uncover important new details about a massive eruption which was witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.*The Science Report2023 was Earth’s hottest summer since global records began.Jellyfish can be trained to spot and dodge obstacles despite their lack of a central brain.Australia to purchase a fourth MQ-4C Triton high altitude surveillance droneAlex on Tech:SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 120*New simulations shed fresh light on origins of Saturn’s rings and icy moonsA new series of supercomputer simulations has offered an answer to the mystery of the origins of Saturn’s rings - one that involves a massive collision in the recent history of the 4.6 billion-year-old Solar System.*Why the Milky Way galaxy is warpedNew computer modelling may have helped astronomers resolve some of the mystery surrounding the recent discovery that the Milky Way galaxy is warped.*Space station crew return home after a record stay in orbitTwo Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut have landed safely back on Earth after spending a year aboard the International Space Station.*October SkywatchOur nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri, two of our nearest neighbouring galaxies the large and small Magellanic clouds, and three meteor showers are among the highlights of the October night skies on Skywatch.This week’s guests:Associate Professor Nick Timms, from Curtin UniversitySananda Sharma from JPL Mars Perseverance rover astrobiologistRachel Kronyak from JPL Mars Perseverance rover science operations.And our regular guests:Science writer Jonathan NallyAlex Zaharov-Reutt from www.techadvice.lifeTim Mendham from Australian Skeptics
