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
One of Life’s Building Blocks Produced Faster than Thought
*One of life’s building blocks produced faster than thought
A new study has found that stars produce carbon – one of the key building blocks of life as we know it -- 34 per cent faster than previously…
A new study has found that stars produce carbon – one of the key building blocks of life as we know it -- 34 per cent faster than previously…
00:40:40 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
If Not for Jupiter
*Venus might have been a habitable world if not for Jupiter
A new study claims Venus might not be the sweltering, waterless hellscape it is today if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun.
*A …
A new study claims Venus might not be the sweltering, waterless hellscape it is today if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun.
*A …
00:27:07 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
NASA’s Dragonfly Drone Mission to Titan
*NASA’s Dragonfly drone mission to Titan
A new study has found relatively fresh exposed water ice in impact craters on the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan. The findings could prove beneficial in p…
A new study has found relatively fresh exposed water ice in impact craters on the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan. The findings could prove beneficial in p…
00:38:48 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
More Liquid Water Lakes Found on Mars
*More liquid water lakes found on Mars
Researchers have found evidence of a patchwork of salty liquid water lakes below the surface of the red planet Mars.
*Einstein’s description of gravity just got h…
Researchers have found evidence of a patchwork of salty liquid water lakes below the surface of the red planet Mars.
*Einstein’s description of gravity just got h…
00:34:08 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
Discovery of an Unknown Stellar Population at the Galactic Centre
*Discovery of an unknown stellar population at the galactic centre
Astronomers have found an unknown population of stars near the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy.
*Sweden to stop helping China’s spa…
Astronomers have found an unknown population of stars near the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy.
*Sweden to stop helping China’s spa…
00:28:57 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
A Missing Ingredient in Dark Matter Theories
*A missing ingredient in dark matter theories
Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves.
*First detection of a planet larger tha…
Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves.
*First detection of a planet larger tha…
00:28:07 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
Answering the Question: Is Anyone Out There?
*Answering the question: is anyone out there?
Forget what you’ve seen on Star Trek, it looks like our part of the Alpha Quadrant is quite devoid of advanced alien life.
*Second alignment plane of solar…
Forget what you’ve seen on Star Trek, it looks like our part of the Alpha Quadrant is quite devoid of advanced alien life.
*Second alignment plane of solar…
00:27:31 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
Asteroid Bennu Proves Life is Full of Vesta Situations
*Asteroid Bennu proves life is full of Vesta situations
A new study suggests material from the main belt asteroid Vesta has been discovered on the surface of the near Earth asteroid Bennu.
*NASA signs …
A new study suggests material from the main belt asteroid Vesta has been discovered on the surface of the near Earth asteroid Bennu.
*NASA signs …
00:38:16 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Does the Sun May Have a Binary Partner?
*New study claims the Sun may have had a binary partner
A new study suggests the Sun may once have been part of a binary star system with a companion of similar mass.
*A new more puzzling view of the u…
A new study suggests the Sun may once have been part of a binary star system with a companion of similar mass.
*A new more puzzling view of the u…
00:21:16 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
A New Type of Supernovae
*A new type of supernovae
A new study suggests that an unusual fast-spinning highly magnetic type of exploding star in the early universe may be responsible for creating some of the heaviest naturally…
A new study suggests that an unusual fast-spinning highly magnetic type of exploding star in the early universe may be responsible for creating some of the heaviest naturally…
00:34:16 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Solar Cycle 25 Formally Underway
*Solar cycle 25 formally underway
Scientists have determined that our local star has now formally moved into a new solar cycle which is expected to peak with a new Solar Maximum in 2025.
*Asteroid Benn…
Scientists have determined that our local star has now formally moved into a new solar cycle which is expected to peak with a new Solar Maximum in 2025.
*Asteroid Benn…
00:34:14 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
Southern Launch’s First Flight's a Big Success
*First flights from Southern Launch’s new Australian rocket range a big success
Southern Launch has undertaken its first flights from its new rocket test range in western South Australia.
*263 new Near…
Southern Launch has undertaken its first flights from its new rocket test range in western South Australia.
*263 new Near…
00:25:15 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Special Edition - A Signature for Life Discovered in the Clouds of Venus
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 98 - Special Edition
*A signature for life discovered in the clouds of Venus
A special edition looking at the discovery of a potential signature for life in…
*A signature for life discovered in the clouds of Venus
A special edition looking at the discovery of a potential signature for life in…
00:34:13 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
The Possibility of Life Below the Surface of Mars
*The possibility of life below the surface of Mars
A new study suggests there’s enough evidence of liquid water below the Martian surface to make it the prime target in the search for life on the red …
A new study suggests there’s enough evidence of liquid water below the Martian surface to make it the prime target in the search for life on the red …
00:34:51 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Hubble Maps a Giant Halo Around Andromeda
Hubble maps a giant halo around Andromeda
Astronomers have mapped an immense halo of gas surrounding our nearest large galactic neighbour -- the Andromeda galaxy M-31.
*Rogue planets could outnumber th…
Astronomers have mapped an immense halo of gas surrounding our nearest large galactic neighbour -- the Andromeda galaxy M-31.
*Rogue planets could outnumber th…
00:29:51 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Biggest Black Hole Collision Ever Detected
*Biggest black hole collision ever detected
Scientists have observed the most massive black hole collision ever seen. The event appears to have originated from a point some seven billion light-years a…
Scientists have observed the most massive black hole collision ever seen. The event appears to have originated from a point some seven billion light-years a…
00:35:02 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Earth May Have Been Wet Since it Formed
*Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed
A new study of meteorites suggests Earth may always have been wet. The findings reported in the journal Science add a new chapter in t…
A new study of meteorites suggests Earth may always have been wet. The findings reported in the journal Science add a new chapter in t…
00:25:14 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The Evolving Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field
*A small but evolving dent in Earth's magnetic field
Scientists are seeing a split in the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field.
*The strange hot world of KELT-9B
Astron…
Scientists are seeing a split in the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field.
*The strange hot world of KELT-9B
Astron…
00:27:47 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Finding Our Place in the Universe
*Finding our place in the Universe
Deep sea ocean sediments are helping scientists better understand the complicated structure of our local galactic neighbourhood.
*New Zealand’s rocket lab back in the…
Deep sea ocean sediments are helping scientists better understand the complicated structure of our local galactic neighbourhood.
*New Zealand’s rocket lab back in the…
00:32:31 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
Looking at The End of The Universe
*Looking at the end of the universe
A new study claims the universe will end not with a bang but with a whimper facing a heat death from a black dwarf supernova
*The Pentagon looking at Shooting Star m…
A new study claims the universe will end not with a bang but with a whimper facing a heat death from a black dwarf supernova
*The Pentagon looking at Shooting Star m…
00:36:45 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
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