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Tidal Forces and Solar Insights: Parker's Latest Encounter and Earth's Deep Secrets| S28E78, 79 & 80
SpaceTime S28E78 S28E79 S28E80w/c June 30th, 2025Space, Astronomy and Science Podcast.SpaceTime Series 28 Episode 78*Parker Solar Probe touches the SunNASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed its 24th close approach to the Sun. The encounter matched its record distance of 6.2 million kilometres from the photosphere – the Sun’s visible surface.*Scientists detect deep Earth pulses ripping the planet apart beneath AfricaScientists have detected evidence of rhythmic surges of molten rock rising in a mantle plume from deep within the Earth beneath Africa.*New Gilmour Space launch window opens tomorrowMission managers at Gilmour Space say a new narrow launch window for their Eris rocket test flight 1 will open tomorrow July 1st.*The Science ReportWarnings that 96 percent of leading AI models will blackmail or kill you if you threaten to shut them down.20 new bat viruses, including two related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses discovered in China.Australian native animals threatened by climate change.Skeptics guide to the pseudoscience of telepathic childrenSpaceTime Series 28 Episode 79*New samples of Martian rock intrigue scientistsNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has just drilled into a new sample of rock from a new region with features that could reveal whether the Martian subsurface ever had an environment that could have supported life.*Solar flares linked to changes in planetary weather patternsA new study has uncovered a connection between stellar flares and short-term changes in weather patterns on distant Earth-like exoplanets.*NASA to gather in-flight imagery of commercial test capsule re-entryA NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft during launch and re-entry is supporting a European aerospace company's upcoming mission to return a subscale demonstration capsule back to Earth from space.*The Science ReportA new drug to cut body weight by 25% in just 36 weeks.Killer whales seen making and using tools to groom each other.How the popular artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT responds to nonwordsAlex on Tech YouTube could be included in the Australian government’s digital ID censorship plans.SpaceTime Series 28 Episode 80*A Martian volcano 'hidden in plain sight' could help date the red planetscientists have uncovered evidence that a mountain on the rim of Jezero Crater—where NASA's Perseverance Rover is currently collecting samples for possible return to Earth—is likely a volcano.*Tidal forces from the Sun could have deformed the towering cliffs on MercuryA new study suggests that massive gravitational tidal forces from the Sun could have deformed the massive escarpment cliffs seen on Mercury.*A private mission arrives at the International space StationThe Axiom Space Ax-4 crew has successfully arrived at the International Space Station for a 14 day private mission.*July SkywatchPlanet Earth at its greatest distance from the Sun, the constellations Regulus and Leo, and one of the biggest known stars in the universe Antares are among the highlights of July’s night skies on Skywatch.https://spacetimewithstuartgary.comhttps://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/This week’s guests include:Science writer Jonathan NallyAnd our regular guests:Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.lifeTim Mendham from Australian Skeptics