SpaceTime: Your Guide to Space & Astronomy
Join host Stuart Gary for weekly explorations into Astronomy, Space, and Science News, featuring insights from 19 years on Australian Public Radio and industry experts.
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 1033
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
S26E03: Exotic Neutron Star // Japan Lunar Lander // SpaceX's Big Year // Earth Reaches Perihelion
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 3 *Have astronomers just found the most exotic type of neutron star ever seen? Astronomers have identified an unusually small neutron star that could be the first ever con…
00:45:08 |
Fri 06 Jan 2023
S26E02 - Where Did the First Quasars Come From? // Why the Southern Hemisphere is Stormier than the North // LeoLabs New Radar Station
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 2 *Where did the first quasars come from? New computer simulations reported in the current issue of Australian sky and Telescope Magazine suggest the universe’s first quas…
00:36:11 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
S26E01: How Spiral Galaxies Lose Their Arms // Ryugu Sheds New Light on Solar System’s History // Sun Mystery Solved?
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 1 *How spiral galaxies lose their arms A new study suggests spiral galaxies like our own galaxy the Milky Way lose their stunning spirals when they lose the molecular gas …
00:30:04 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
S25E142 - NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Start Setting Up the Martian Sample Depot
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 142 *NASA’s Perseverance rover to start setting up the Martian sample depot NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has started work to set up a Mars sample return depot on the red…
00:31:22 |
Fri 30 Dec 2022
S25E141: Vega C Explodes in Mid Flight // Soyuz Capsule Problems // Space Station Emergency Maneuver
*Vega C explodes in mid flight The European Space Agency has suspended all Vega flights and established an independent board of inquiry following the failure of a Vega C rocket during its ascent to o…
00:29:51 |
Wed 28 Dec 2022
S25E140: Insight Lander Goes Silent // Biggest Marsquake Recorded // Mars Meteor Impacts // Launch Window Closes
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 140 *NASA’s Insight lander goes silent NASA’s Mars Insight lander has failed to respond to calls from mission managers back on Earth and may have gone silent after running…
00:40:08 |
Mon 26 Dec 2022
S25E139 - Mars Helicopter Sets New Record // Could Dark Matter Be Made Up of Dark Photons // Operational – but Only Just
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 139 *Mars helicopter sets new altitude record NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has set a new altitude record on its 35th flight on the red planet. *Dark matter could be ma…
00:30:45 |
Fri 23 Dec 2022
S25E138: First-Ever Sound Recording of Dust Devils on Mars // What the First Galaxies Were, and Weren't, Like
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 138 *First-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars Astronomers get the first ever sound recording of a dust devil twisting its way across the surface of Mars. *What th…
00:24:02 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
S25E137: Mysterious Meteor that Changes Everything // NASA’s Artemis 1 a Massive Success // Nuclear Fusion Achieved in the Lab
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 137 *The mysterious meteor that changes everything Astronomers believe that a meteor which streaked across the darkened skies of central Alberta didn’t originate in the in…
00:51:30 |
Mon 19 Dec 2022
S25E136: What Earth’s Volcanic History Can Tell Us About Venus // The Moonlight Initiative // Two New Rocky Worlds Around an Ultra-Cool Star
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 136 *What Earth’s volcanic history can tell us about Venus A new study claims volcanic activity lasting hundreds to thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of …
00:27:00 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
S25E135: Paradigm-Changing Cosmic Explosion // Saturn's Missing Moon // New Spy Satellite
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 135
*Astronomers identify a paradigm-changing cosmic explosion
Our standard Astronomy text books will need to be re-written after scientists discovered a distant blast unlik…
*Astronomers identify a paradigm-changing cosmic explosion
Our standard Astronomy text books will need to be re-written after scientists discovered a distant blast unlik…
00:32:49 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
S25E134: Giant Mantle Plume Identified on Mars // New Technique to Study Planetary Interiors // Mars Mega Tsunami
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 134
*A giant mantle plume identified on Mars
A new study suggests the Martian core could still be at least partially molten liquid. The findings reported in the journal Natu…
*A giant mantle plume identified on Mars
A new study suggests the Martian core could still be at least partially molten liquid. The findings reported in the journal Natu…
00:32:51 |
Mon 12 Dec 2022
S25E133 Mysterious Bright Flash Pointing At Earth
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 133
*The mysteriously bright flash pointing straight at Earth
Earlier this year, astronomers detected an extraordinary bright flash in a part of the sky half way across the …
*The mysteriously bright flash pointing straight at Earth
Earlier this year, astronomers detected an extraordinary bright flash in a part of the sky half way across the …
00:54:43 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
S25E132: Martian Dust Storms // Solar Storm Damage // Dragon Arrival // Ariane 6 Update
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 132
*Martian dust storms generate Earth like clouds
ESA's Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those …
*Martian dust storms generate Earth like clouds
ESA's Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those …
00:38:25 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
S25E131: Artemis 1 Homeward Bound
*Artemis 1 on its way home
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is on its way home after completing its distant retrograde lunar orbit around the Moon.
*More possible organic compounds found in Mars crate…
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is on its way home after completing its distant retrograde lunar orbit around the Moon.
*More possible organic compounds found in Mars crate…
00:28:59 |
Mon 05 Dec 2022
S25E130: Are the Sun’s Solar Cycles Getting Weaker?
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 130
*Are the Sun’s solar cycles getting weaker
New computer modelling suggests the Sun’s 11 year solar cycle is getting weaker, and scientists aren’t sure how that will affe…
*Are the Sun’s solar cycles getting weaker
New computer modelling suggests the Sun’s 11 year solar cycle is getting weaker, and scientists aren’t sure how that will affe…
00:25:53 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
S25E129: Are We Seeing the First Light in the Universe?
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 129
*Are we seeing the first light in the universe
The Webb Space Telescope is now unveiling what could be light from the very first stars in the universe – revealing a very…
*Are we seeing the first light in the universe
The Webb Space Telescope is now unveiling what could be light from the very first stars in the universe – revealing a very…
00:29:57 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
S25E128: Orion’s Historic Journey Around the Moon
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 128
*Orion’s historic journey around the Moon
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft has arrived safely in lunar orbit and has now well into its distant retrograde orbit which is…
*Orion’s historic journey around the Moon
NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft has arrived safely in lunar orbit and has now well into its distant retrograde orbit which is…
00:28:47 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
S25E127: How Black Holes Control Star Formation
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 127
*How black holes control star formation
New observations using NASA’s Webb Space Telescope are showing astronomers how black holes control star formation in galaxies.
*Eu…
*How black holes control star formation
New observations using NASA’s Webb Space Telescope are showing astronomers how black holes control star formation in galaxies.
*Eu…
00:26:25 |
Fri 25 Nov 2022
S25E126: Hubble Captures Three Faces of an Evolving Supernova
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 126
*Hubble captures three faces of an evolving supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has images three different moments at once in a far-off supernova explosion that happ…
*Hubble captures three faces of an evolving supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has images three different moments at once in a far-off supernova explosion that happ…
00:29:00 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
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