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S27E10-12 Premium: Dark Energy Survey // Mars Flowing Water // Oldest Black Hole
The Space News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 10*Lessons from the dark energy surveyAstronomers taking part in the recent release of data from the Dark Energy survey say the findings closely follow existing predictions of the properties of dark energy but still can’t answer if it’s changing over time.*Titan’s “magic islands” finally explainedA new study claims ethane, methane and other organic compounds can accumulate as chunks on the ground on Saturn’s moon Titan, and may even calve like glaciers at the edges of the moon’s methane lakes, forming ephemeral, floating “magic islands.”*Peregrine lunar lander burns up above Australia and the South PacificMission managers have confirmed that the troubled Peregrine lunar lander has made a fiery return to Earth on Thursday burning up over eastern Australia and the south Pacific Ocean during atmospheric re-entry.*The Science ReportA new study shows that Greenland's ice sheet has been shrinking at an ever accelerating rate.Chinese scientists say they’re experimenting with a new mutant COVID-19 strain that’s 100% lethalScientists have successfully cloned a healthy rhesus monkey which has survived for more than two years.Skeptics guide to Narcissists and conspiracy theoriesSpaceTime Series 27 Episode 11*Claims Mars could have had flowing water for hundreds of millions of yearsA new study based on impact crater erosion rates suggests water may have flowed across the Martian surface for hundreds of millions of years.*New Webb telescope data shows early galaxies looked like pool noodles, surfboardsNew images from NASA’s Webb space Telescope show that early galaxies at the dawn of time are often flat and elongated, like surfboards and pool noodles.*NASA’s new mission to capture star stuffScientists are working on a new instrument to capture stardust from interstellar space. The instrument called the Interstellar Dust Experiment or IDEX will be a key component of NASA’s new Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe –IMAP which will launch in just over a year from now.*The Science ReportThe World Meteorological Organization confirms 2023 was the hottest year globally since records began.Researchers have taken a critical first step to creating a successful HIV vaccine.Palaeontologists find a new species of tyrannosaur that’s the closest relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.Alex on Tech Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 smart phonesSpaceTime Series 27 Episode 12*The oldest black hole ever observedAstronomers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed dating back more than 13 billion years to a time near the dawn of the universe.*New satellite to study Earths changing frozen regionsThe countdown is now underway for this year’s launch of the joint American Indian NISAR spacecraft which will study how climate change is affecting the planet’s ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice.*Starliner parachute upgrade testEngineers have tested a new modified parachute system for Boeing's trouble plagued Starliner spacecraft in the skies above Arizona.*The Science ReportResearchers have identified a 288 million year old fragment of ancient fossilized skin.Scientists create the largest ever catalogue of marine microbes based on scanning environmental DNA.New study looks at the microbes responsible for the lovely flavours of the cheddar cheese on your toast.Skeptics guide to favourite colour-based personality testshttps://spacetimewithstuartgary.comhttps://bitesz.comThis week’s guests:Dr. Anais Möller from Swinburne UniversityScott Tucker IDEX LASP Project Manager Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsKristina Davis IDEX LASP instrument engineer Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsEthan Ayari IDEX Research Assistant Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsNISAR Project Scientist Paul Rosen JPLNISAR Science co-lead Deepak Putrevu ISRONISAR Deputy Project Manager Wendy Edelstein JPLNISAR Deputy Project Manager Chaitra Rao ISROAnd our regular guests:Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.lifeTim Mendham from Australian Skeptics
