Featured Podcast Episodes
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
27 Dec 2019, 11:36 UTC
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 96Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *How galaxies get their iconic spiralsA new study claims galactic magnetic fields could play an important role in shaping the elegant sweeping arms of spiral galaxies like the Milky Way.*Best ever pulsar maps and measurementsAstrophysicists are literally rewriting and redrawing the textbook on pulsars after obtaining the most precise and dependable measurements of both a pulsar's size and its mass, as well as the first-ever map of hot spots on its surface.You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189736850098 *US Space Force is now a thingU.S. President Donald Trump has formally signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act which officially establishes the United States Space Force as a new sixth branch of the American armed services.*Third AMS spacewalkCrew aboard the International Space Station have carried out the third of four planned spacewalks to service and upgrade AMS-02 – the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -- a device designed to capture cosmic rays and antimatter particles -- and to hunt for signs of mysterious dark matter.*India spy satellite launchIndia has launched a new spy satellite into orbit.*Third flight in a row for same Falcon 9 rocketSpaceX has successfully launched the ...
96: How Galaxies Get Their Iconic Spirals
27 Dec 2019, 11:36 UTC
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 22 Episode 96Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *How galaxies get their iconic spiralsA new study claims galactic magnetic fields could play an important role in shaping the elegant sweeping arms of spiral galaxies like the Milky Way.*Best ever pulsar maps and measurementsAstrophysicists are literally rewriting and redrawing the textbook on pulsars after obtaining the most precise and dependable measurements of both a pulsar's size and its mass, as well as the first-ever map of hot spots on its surface.You tube video url: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189736850098 *US Space Force is now a thingU.S. President Donald Trump has formally signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act which officially establishes the United States Space Force as a new sixth branch of the American armed services.*Third AMS spacewalkCrew aboard the International Space Station have carried out the third of four planned spacewalks to service and upgrade AMS-02 – the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -- a device designed to capture cosmic rays and antimatter particles -- and to hunt for signs of mysterious dark matter.*India spy satellite launchIndia has launched a new spy satellite into orbit.*Third flight in a row for same Falcon 9 rocketSpaceX has successfully launched the ...
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
20 Dec 2019, 07:29 UTC
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E94Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Interstellar comet makes its closest approach to the SunThe Interstellar comet 21 Borisov has now sped past the Sun and has thus begun its journey back out of the solar system.*How Enceladus got its stripesScientists have finally developed a model which explains how the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus got its iconic south pole tiger stripes and what keeps them open.*New mission to track sea level rise over the next decadeThe European Space Agency and NASA will monitor changes in sea levels caused by global warming over the next ten years with a new spacecraft called Sentinel six – the latest in the ongoing European Copernicus program to monitor Earth’s changing environment from space.YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189501745368 YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189525115143 *Blue Origin undertakes its 12th test flightBlue Origin has launched another test flight from its West Texas facility flying its New Shepard rocket beyond the edge of space and returning safely to the ground.YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189655369638 *Progress spacecraft docks to the International space stationIt’s a busy time for the expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station with the arrival of another cargo ship loaded with fresh supplies. The ...
94: Interstellar Comet 21 Borisov - Update
20 Dec 2019, 07:29 UTC
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E94Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). *Interstellar comet makes its closest approach to the SunThe Interstellar comet 21 Borisov has now sped past the Sun and has thus begun its journey back out of the solar system.*How Enceladus got its stripesScientists have finally developed a model which explains how the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus got its iconic south pole tiger stripes and what keeps them open.*New mission to track sea level rise over the next decadeThe European Space Agency and NASA will monitor changes in sea levels caused by global warming over the next ten years with a new spacecraft called Sentinel six – the latest in the ongoing European Copernicus program to monitor Earth’s changing environment from space.YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189501745368 YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189525115143 *Blue Origin undertakes its 12th test flightBlue Origin has launched another test flight from its West Texas facility flying its New Shepard rocket beyond the edge of space and returning safely to the ground.YouTube URL: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189655369638 *Progress spacecraft docks to the International space stationIt’s a busy time for the expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station with the arrival of another cargo ship loaded with fresh supplies. The ...
The Planetary Society Radio Podcast
18 Dec 2019, 16:00 UTC
We talk with two of our 2019 Shoemaker NEO Grant winners, who received funding to help find, track, and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids.Six amateur astronomers and small observatories around the world have just been named as the recipients of the 2019 Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Object grants. You’ll meet an Italian who watches the skies in Sicily and a Minnesota high school teacher who remotely operates a telescope in Texas. Chief scientist Bruce Betts will tell us why the Society has proudly awarded this funding for 22 years. He’ll return for this week’s What’s Up. We’ve also got space exploration headlines from The Downlink. Learn more and enter the space trivia contest at https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/1218-2019-shoemaker-neo-winners.html
Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters
18 Dec 2019, 16:00 UTC
We talk with two of our 2019 Shoemaker NEO Grant winners, who received funding to help find, track, and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids.Six amateur astronomers and small observatories around the world have just been named as the recipients of the 2019 Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Object grants. You’ll meet an Italian who watches the skies in Sicily and a Minnesota high school teacher who remotely operates a telescope in Texas. Chief scientist Bruce Betts will tell us why the Society has proudly awarded this funding for 22 years. He’ll return for this week’s What’s Up. We’ve also got space exploration headlines from The Downlink. Learn more and enter the space trivia contest at https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/1218-2019-shoemaker-neo-winners.html
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Podcasts
17 Dec 2019, 17:00 UTC
A Tour of Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth
17 Dec 2019, 17:00 UTC
