Featured Podcast Episodes
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
22 Jun 2018, 06:16 UTC
Mystery objects discovered near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have discovered several bizarre objects at the galactic centre that are concealing their true identity behind a smokescreen of dust; they look like gas clouds but behave like stars. Life rebounded within a few years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit. A new study claims life quickly returned to the dinosaur-killing KT boundary event asteroid impact site. New Kepler mission. NASA former planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is on a new mission studying the secrets of open star clusters.
49: Mystery Objects & The Supermassive Black Hole - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 49
22 Jun 2018, 06:16 UTC
Mystery objects discovered near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have discovered several bizarre objects at the galactic centre that are concealing their true identity behind a smokescreen of dust; they look like gas clouds but behave like stars. Life rebounded within a few years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit. A new study claims life quickly returned to the dinosaur-killing KT boundary event asteroid impact site. New Kepler mission. NASA former planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is on a new mission studying the secrets of open star clusters.
Hubblecast HD
21 Jun 2018, 18:00 UTC
An international team of astronomers using Hubble has made the most precise test of general relativity yet outside our Milky Way. A nearby galaxy acts as a strong gravitational lens, distorting light from a distant galaxy behind it to create an Einstein ring around its centre. By comparing the mass of the lensing galaxy with the curvature of space around it, the astronomers found that gravity on these astronomical length-scales behaves as predicted by general relativity.
Hubblecast 110 Light: New test of Einstein’s general relativity
21 Jun 2018, 18:00 UTC
An international team of astronomers using Hubble has made the most precise test of general relativity yet outside our Milky Way. A nearby galaxy acts as a strong gravitational lens, distorting light from a distant galaxy behind it to create an Einstein ring around its centre. By comparing the mass of the lensing galaxy with the curvature of space around it, the astronomers found that gravity on these astronomical length-scales behaves as predicted by general relativity.
ESOcast
19 Jun 2018, 11:00 UTC
Each year, several outstanding early-career scientists have the opportunity to further develop their independent research programmes at the European Southern Observatory. Fellowships are available both at ESO’s Headquarters in Garching near Munich, Germany, and at ESO’s astronomy centre in Santiago, Chile.
ESOcast 165: Fast Track Your Career with the ESO Fellowship Programmes
19 Jun 2018, 11:00 UTC
Each year, several outstanding early-career scientists have the opportunity to further develop their independent research programmes at the European Southern Observatory. Fellowships are available both at ESO’s Headquarters in Garching near Munich, Germany, and at ESO’s astronomy centre in Santiago, Chile.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
14 Jun 2018, 03:07 UTC
Dark matter, one of the biggest questions in astronomy and physics may just have been solved in what could be the most important discovery since the accelerating expansion of the universe, finding the Higgs Boson and the detection of gravitational waves. Scientists may just have discovered a potential fourth type of neutrino, which could be the hypothetical sterile neutrino particle, considered by many as the particle responsible for Dark Matter.
46: Possible Solution to Dark Matter - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 46
14 Jun 2018, 03:07 UTC
Dark matter, one of the biggest questions in astronomy and physics may just have been solved in what could be the most important discovery since the accelerating expansion of the universe, finding the Higgs Boson and the detection of gravitational waves. Scientists may just have discovered a potential fourth type of neutrino, which could be the hypothetical sterile neutrino particle, considered by many as the particle responsible for Dark Matter.
ESOcast
13 Jun 2018, 14:00 UTC
ALMA has uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Using a new planet-finding technique, astronomers have identified three discrete disturbances in the young star’s gas-filled disc: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there. These are considered the first planets discovered with ALMA.
ESOcast 164 Light: ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets (4K UHD)
13 Jun 2018, 14:00 UTC
ALMA has uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Using a new planet-finding technique, astronomers have identified three discrete disturbances in the young star’s gas-filled disc: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there. These are considered the first planets discovered with ALMA.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
8 Jun 2018, 10:54 UTC
Scientists have confirmed the existence of methane dunes on Pluto’s vast Sputnik Planitia ice plain. An asteroid first detected on Saturday near the orbit of the Moon has exploded just a day later in a spectacular airburst over southern Africa. Virgin Galactic has carried out a second powered test flight of its VSS Unity space plane in the skies above California’s Mojave desert.
45: The windswept dunes of Pluto - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 45
8 Jun 2018, 10:54 UTC
Scientists have confirmed the existence of methane dunes on Pluto’s vast Sputnik Planitia ice plain. An asteroid first detected on Saturday near the orbit of the Moon has exploded just a day later in a spectacular airburst over southern Africa. Virgin Galactic has carried out a second powered test flight of its VSS Unity space plane in the skies above California’s Mojave desert.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
6 Jun 2018, 11:59 UTC
Merging neutron stars give birth to a black hole: It seems last year’s historic first-ever gravitational wave detection of a collision between two neutron stars most likely did end up creating a black hole. Dawn moves to a new orbit: NASA's Dawn spacecraft is maneuvering into its lowest-ever orbit for its closest ever view of Ceres -- the inner solar system's only dwarf planet. Electron launch countdown: Meanwhile, across the Tasman in New Zealand Rocket Lab are continuing preparations for their next Electron Rocket launch – now slated for a launch window opening on June 23rd.
44: The birth of a black hole - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 44
6 Jun 2018, 11:59 UTC
Merging neutron stars give birth to a black hole: It seems last year’s historic first-ever gravitational wave detection of a collision between two neutron stars most likely did end up creating a black hole. Dawn moves to a new orbit: NASA's Dawn spacecraft is maneuvering into its lowest-ever orbit for its closest ever view of Ceres -- the inner solar system's only dwarf planet. Electron launch countdown: Meanwhile, across the Tasman in New Zealand Rocket Lab are continuing preparations for their next Electron Rocket launch – now slated for a launch window opening on June 23rd.
StarDate Online
5 Jun 2018, 05:00 UTC
A star system in the constellation Ophiuchus, which is in the east on June evenings, can’t keep quiet. It pops off every decade or two. In just a day, it grows tens of thousands of times brighter. But those outbursts may be only the prelude to a bigger one: The star may blast itself to bits as a supernova.
Future Supernova
5 Jun 2018, 05:00 UTC
A star system in the constellation Ophiuchus, which is in the east on June evenings, can’t keep quiet. It pops off every decade or two. In just a day, it grows tens of thousands of times brighter. But those outbursts may be only the prelude to a bigger one: The star may blast itself to bits as a supernova.
ESOcast
4 Jun 2018, 15:00 UTC
Astronomers using ALMA and the VLT have discovered that starburst galaxies in both the early and the nearby Universe contain a much higher proportion of massive stars than is found in more peaceful galaxies.
