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SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 14
*New type of aurorae discovered
A new type of aurora called the dunes has been discovered in the skies above Finland.
*Rare Atiras asteroid discovered
Astronomers have discovered a rare asteroid orbiting inside the orbit of Venus.
*Astronauts wrap up refurbishment of cosmic ray detector
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have successfully completed their fourth spacewalk designed to refurbish the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
*Orion spacecraft under test
NASA’s new manned spacecraft for missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond is now undergoing testing at the Plum Brook facility in Ohio.
*Skywatch
We check out the night skies of February on Skywatch
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*Giant galactic structure hiding nearby in plain sight
Astronomers have discovered a massive wave of interconnected stellar nurseries forming one of the largest coherent structures in the Milky Way Galaxy.
*New estimates for the age of part of the Milky Way
Astronomers have determined that one of the Milky Way Galaxy’s primary structures – its thick disk – is about ten billion years old.
*New evidence of frame dragging shows Einstein was right (again)
Astronomers tracking the orbit of an exotic binary star system have discovered new evidence of frame dragging – the process by which the rotation of a massive celestial object can cause the fabric of spacetime to twist.
*Rocket Lab launches American spy satellite
Rocket Lab has successfully launched a new spy satellite for America’s National Reconnaissance Office from its New Zealand launch pad..
*Calls for Australia to develop its own space command
Russia and China have had them for years and the United States has just set up its own – now the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the Australian Defence Force needs its own space command within the air force.
*The Science Report
A new study has confirmed a significant link between eating meat and heart disease.
Rare dolphins under threat from exposure to increasing amounts of water contamination.
New technology from the CSIRO to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
The ancient temple that could provide a glimpse of what the great Temple of King Solomon was like.
A new way to provide age estimates for Aboriginal rock art.
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*NASA working to try and save Voyager 2
Mission Managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California are trying to restore systems after all five of Voyager 2’s science instruments suddenly stopped working.
*Solar Orbiter ready to launch on a mission to the Sun
It’s all systems go for this month’s launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission to the Sun.
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*The most detailed high resolution images ever taken of the Sun’s surface
Astronomers have released the most detailed high-resolution images ever taken of the photosphere – the visible surface of the Sun.
*New study on alien invasion
Science fiction writers often portray alien invasions attacking Earth and humanity. Well there is a strongly held hypothesis known as panspermia which suggests that microbes could be transported from one world to another as hitchhikers inside asteroids, comets and meteors.
*Another 60 Starlink satellites launched
SpaceX has launched its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites.
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*The Science Report
Fermented soy products, like miso and natto, linked to a lower mortality rate.
Kids rice snacks found to have arsenic at levels above safety guidelines.
Study warns that sunscreen chemicals are being absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream.
The new cell phone that sweats to keep cool.
Scientists have released the Kraken – or at least its genetic code.
Woo entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow’s new series promoting pseudoscientific products on Netflix.
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*Growing evidence for a second planet around Proxima Centauri.
Astronomers are finding growing signs of a possible second planet orbiting Proxima Centauri.
*Discovery of the oldest dated asteroid impact crater
Outback Western Australia’s Yarrabubba crater has set a new date record for the Earth’s oldest discovered asteroid impact structure.
*Could Saturn’s moon Enceladus be habitable
Analysis of a plume of gases and frozen sea spray ejected into space from the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus suggests its interior is far more complex than previously thought.
*CHEOPS science instrument activated
The European Space Agency has activated the primary science instrument aboard their Characterising Exoplanet Satellite – CHEOPS to begin the mission's in-orbit commissioning phase.
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*The Science Report
Australian scientists recreate the 2019-nCoV coronavirus in the laboratory.
102 genes found to be associated with risk for autism.
Scientists date the kingdom Fungi to at least 800 million years ago.
Discovery of a new species of the deadly meat-eating dinosaur Allosaurus.
How to make the perfect espresso.
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