S6E10-12: What Brought the Dwarf Planet Ceres to Life // Phobos Starting to Tear Apart // JWST Sees Clouds on Titan
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S6E10-12: What Brought the Dwarf Planet Ceres to Life // Phobos Starting to Tear Apart // JWST Sees Clouds on Titan

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 10*What brought the dwarf planet Ceres to lifeA new study suggests radioactive decay of minerals could account for heat needed to drive active geology early in the history of the dwarf planet Ceres.*Lonsdaleite in the sky with diamondsScientists searching for meteorites in outback South Australia are finding diamonds embedded in the space rocks.*Britain’s first orbital rocket launch on home soil failsBritain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch will work with Washington’s FAA to determine the cause of Virgin Orbit’s failed rocket launch from the UK’s spaceport Cornwall earlier this month.*The Science ReportNew data shows that COVID is now the 3rd highest cause of death in Australia.New studies question the true productivity of working from home.Could boiling peanuts help cure some allergies.Skeptics guide to circular sheepSpaceTime Series 26 Episode 11*Martian moon Phobos starting to tear apartA new study suggests the 22 kilometre wide Martian moon Phobos is showing the first signs of the process that will eventually tear it apart.*Planet Earth’s latest climate reportNASA says 2022 was Planet Earth’s fifth warmest year on record. Scientists with the Goddard Space Flight Centre say 2022 would have been even hotter were it not for the overall cooling effect of La Niña.*Russia to launch a rescue Soyuz to the ISS to return their stranded crewThe Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos say it will send an empty Soyuz spacecraft up to the International Space Station next month to bring home three stranded cosmonauts whose Soyuz MS-22 capsule sprung a major coolant leak last month.*The Science ReportNew diabetic drug approved for weight loss in Australia.Study shows moist heat treatment of N95 face masks allows them to be reused up to 10 times.More than 250 titanosaur egg fossils found at a dig site in India.Alex on Tech: new technology from AppleSpaceTime Series 26 Episode 12*James Webb sees clouds on TitanNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has turned focus onto the giant Saturnian moon Titan finding fluffy clouds in its atmosphere.*The red planet’s curiously sized sand dunesA new study has confirmed that the red sand dunes which dominate so much of the Martian landscape form the way they do because of the red planet’s thin and turbulent atmosphere.*A spectacular Falcon Heavy launchSpaceX has successfully launched its fifth Falcon Heavy in a spectacular sunset flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida.*The Science ReportScientists warning that a new coronavirus subvariant called XBB.1.5 is on the rise globally.Ecosystems in western Victoria and the west coast of Tasmania most at risk from climate change.Ancient stele makes specific references to the biblical Jewish King David.Skeptics guide to Albert the alien

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