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Season 26
Equatorial Launch Australia Unveils its Plans | S26E156
The Space News Podcast SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 156 *Equatorial Launch Australia unveils its plans for new spaceport launch pads Equatorial Launch Australia has unveiled the final plans for its spaceport launch pads at the Arnhem Space Centre east of Darwin. *Rocket Lab back in space Rocket Lab ...
Recent Martian volcanism reveals a more active planet | S26E155
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 155 *Recent Martian volcanism reveals a more active planet A vast, flat, "featureless" plain on Mars has surprised scientists by revealing a much more tumultuous geologic past than expected. *Betelgeuse Eclipsed Skywatchers were focused on the con...
Sun unleashes its biggest solar flare in years | S26E154
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 154 *Sun unleashes its biggest solar flare in years The Sun has unleased its biggest solar flare in years, a massive X2.8 blast of energy which slammed into the Earth triggering two hours of deep shortwave radio blackouts over the Americas. *Webb ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex Spacecraft Recycled | S26E153
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 153 *New mission for NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft After completing its initial seven year sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is moving on to a new mission studying the asteroid Apophis. *Discovery of planet too big for its Sun Astro...
Meanwhile on Mars: Deciphering the ancient history of a Martian Lake | S26E152
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 152 *Deciphering the ancient history of a Martian lake NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has just passed its one thousandth Martian day on the red planet. *MAVEN watches as the Sun’s solar wind suddenly disappears In December 2022, NASA’s Mars Atmosp...
Space Records Continue to Tumble: Record Setting Brown Dwarf Discovery | S26E151
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 151 *Discovery of a record setting brown dwarf Astronomers have discovered what might be the smallest Brown Dwarf ever seen – just three or four times the mass of Jupiter. *How gas-rich baby galaxies set the early Universe alight New observations ...
Martian Mysteries: Polygons Point to Ancient Water on Mars | S26E150
Mysterious Polygons on Mars: Scientists discover strange, irregular wedge-shaped objects buried beneath the Martian surface. Polygons range from centimeters to 10 meters in size and may have formed during ancient freeze-thaw cycles billions of years ago. Possible formation mechanisms include mud cra...
Hubble Placed in Emergency Safe Mode | S26E149
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 149 *Hubble placed in emergency safe mode NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been placed into an emergency safety mode following an issue with one of its gyroscopes. *New joint European and Japanese EarthCARE mission slated for launch. The joint European and Japanese Eart...
New Possible Explanation for the Hubble Tension | S26E148
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime 20231211 Series 26 Episode 148 *A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension Ever since its creation in a big bang 13.82 billion years ago the universe has been expanding. But that rate of expansion has been an ongoing area of debate with different measurement...