Mars 2020 Rover - The Hunt Is On | SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E85 & 86 Patreon Edition
SpaceTime Patron Exclusive EditionsNovember 20, 201901:14:0567.89 MB

Mars 2020 Rover - The Hunt Is On | SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S22E85 & 86 Patreon Edition

The astronomy and space science news podcast.Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly). SpaceTime 20191120 Series 22 Episode 85*Mars 2020 rover to search for microscopic fossilsNASA’s Mars 2020 rover will land on the Red Planet’s JEZERO Crater. The landing site was selected as it’s considered the best place on the planet to look for signs of microscopic fossils and ancient life.YouTube URL https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189029639023 *New comet interceptor missionThe European Space Agency is planning a new mission to study a comet. The comet interceptor mission will follow on from the Rosetta spacecraft mission which spent two years studying the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.YouTube URL https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189030191948 *New Pluto orbiter mission plannedNASA has funded Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission.*How Supernova 1987A revealed some of its secretsIt took over thirty years and some of the most remote deserts in Australia for astronomers to uncover some of the deepest secrets of Supernova 1987A.*Studying space weather’s effect on the ionosphereNASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite ICON has been successfully launched into orbit on a mission to study the ionosphere and how space weather from above impacts terrestrial weather from below.YouTube URL https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189166024543 *Hayabusa 2 on its way back homeJapan’s Hayabusa 2 mission is on its way back home after spending the last year and a half studying the Near-Earth Asteroid Ryugu.*The Science ReportGrowing evidence that vaping may harm the heart and circulatory system.Facebook software caught covertly activating i-phone users cameras.First evidence of feathered polar dinosaurs in Australia.Iran has begun enriching uranium at a secret underground nuclear plant in breach of UN agreements.A new study finds people who tend to believe in conspiracy theories are often very lonelySpaceTime 20191122 Series 22 Episode 86*Unexplained seasonal changes discovered in Martian oxygen levelsScientists have detected mysterious seasonal changes in oxygen levels in the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars.*Water detected on interstellar visitorAstronomers have detected signs of water spewing from the interstellar comet 2i Borisov which is about to make its closest approach to the Sun before beginning its trek back out of the solar system.*Hundreds more Near Earth Objects detectedThe European Space Agency’s Near Earth Objects Co-ordination Centre has detected another 350 previously unknown NEO’s or Near Earth Objects over the past month.*New class of black holesScientists have proposed a new class of black holes – smaller than stellar-mass black holes – but larger than hypothetical primordial black holes.*Sixty more Starlink satellites launchedSpaceX has launched another 60 Starlink microsatellites as part of its plans to establish a global high speed internet satellite network.YouTube URL https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/189165885578 *China’s busy launch schedule continuesBeijing has shifted into high gear with an accelerating launch schedule during the closing months of the year.*The Science ReportAntarctica likely to drive rapid sea-level rise under climate change.Has your Apple Watch ever told you that your heartbeat is irregular?Pollution caused by people’s use of antidepressants found to disrupt the behaviour of fish.Phosphate mining affecting the health of coral reefsDiscovery of a new health risk from spaceflight that could have deadly consequences.Britain’s National Health Service has issued warning of the anti-vaccination claims of homeopaths.For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotesSubscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at all good podcasting apps…including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, PocketCasts, Podbean, Castbox, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, TuneIn Radio, Spreaker, Deezer, ACast, etcRSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/spacetime Help support SpaceTime: The SpaceTime with Stuart Gary merchandise shop. 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