Three Big Marsquakes rock the red planet; Cosmic impact that destroyed a city; Bepi-Colombo’s Mercury flyby underway
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Three Big Marsquakes rock the red planet; Cosmic impact that destroyed a city; Bepi-Colombo’s Mercury flyby underway

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 112*Three Big Marsquakes rock the red planetNASA’s InSight lander has recorded a massive magnitude 4.2 Marsquake on the red planet which shook the spacecraft for nearly an hour-and-a-half.*NASA’s Mars fleet moves into solar conjunctionPlanet Earth’s invasion of Mars has hit the pause button as the red planet moves into solar conjunction.*NASA prepares for Arnhem Land rocket blast-offA team of key NASA personnel have been released from COVID-19 quarantine in Darwin to begin preparations for the agency’s rocket launch program from Equatorial Launch Australia’s new Arnhem Space Centre.*The Science ReportNew experimental anti-viral drug molnupiravir could cut halve COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations.Ground-breaking new research discovers a likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease.Scientists create the world’s whitest paint.A new study confirms that the ancient Etruscans were actually Italians.Skeptic's guide to how big business exploits fear during COVID-19.The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 113*Cosmic impact that destroyed a cityA new study claims the ancient bronze age Jordan Valley city of Tall el-Hammam was destroyed by an asteroid impact. In the same way that the biblical story of Noah’s flood could have originated in accounts of the ancient Mediterranean Sea’s inundation of the Black Sea -- was this the basis for the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah?*TESS finds its smallest planet yetNASA's TESS -- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has discovered its smallest world so far – a planet between the sizes of Mars and Earth.*NASA’s new mission to monitor the EarthNASA has successfully launched the latest Landsat 9 environmental Earth observation satellite designed to monitor changes on the Earth’s surface.*The Science ReportFruit and veggies may be the key to preventing your child becoming a grumpy teen.Palaeontologists discover the earliest known Ankylosaur.Archaeologists unearth a vast second temple period quarry in Jerusalem.Alex on Tech looks at Europe’s decision to standardize the USB-C.The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 114*Bepi-Colombo’s Mercury flyby underwayAs we go to air the joint European Space Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency BepiColombo mission to Mercury is undertaking the first of six flybys of its destination planet as it uses the tiny world’s gravity assist to slow down enough to eventually achieve orbit insertion in 2025.*Jupiter hit by something bigCitizen scientists observing the gas giant Jupiter on September 13 got more than they expected when they witnessed a giant flash as something big suddenly slammed into the planet.*New spy satellite lost in spaceBeijing has now confirmed the failure of a new classified military spy satellite that was spotted flying over Australia’s East coast last week.*October SkyWatchThe Alpha Centauri star system, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, and three meteor showers are among the highlights of the October night skies on Sky Watch.For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ

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