SpaceTime: Your Guide to Space & Astronomy Dimorphous Grows a Massive Comet Like Impact Debris Tail
Oct 10, 2022
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The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 107
*Dimorphous grows a massive comet like impact debris tail
The DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphous has generated a massive comet like tail of dust and debris stretching back over ten thousand kilometres.
*Another planet around Proxima Centauri
The number of planets orbiting stars in the Sun’s neighbourhood keeps increasing. The nearest star system to the Sun Alpha Centauri now has at least four candidate exoplanets orbiting in the triple star system.
*New plan to keep Hubble flying
NASA and SpaceX signed an agreement to look at developing a system to boost NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope up into a higher orbit using a manned dragon spacecraft.
*Sun getting more violent
A two hundred-thousand-kilometre-long filament of plasma erupting out from the surface of the Sun has triggered a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection.
*The Science Report
The 2022 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine announced in Sweden.
Australia’s scramjet engine design selected for America’s new hypersonic attack cruise missile.
A new study shows petting cats and dogs is good for your brain and emotions.
Skeptics guide Halloween with Alexa
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SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 107
*Dimorphous grows a massive comet like impact debris tail
The DART spacecraft’s impact into the asteroid Dimorphous has generated a massive comet like tail of dust and debris stretching back over ten thousand kilometres.
*Another planet around Proxima Centauri
The number of planets orbiting stars in the Sun’s neighbourhood keeps increasing. The nearest star system to the Sun Alpha Centauri now has at least four candidate exoplanets orbiting in the triple star system.
*New plan to keep Hubble flying
NASA and SpaceX signed an agreement to look at developing a system to boost NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope up into a higher orbit using a manned dragon spacecraft.
*Sun getting more violent
A two hundred-thousand-kilometre-long filament of plasma erupting out from the surface of the Sun has triggered a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection.
*The Science Report
The 2022 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine announced in Sweden.
Australia’s scramjet engine design selected for America’s new hypersonic attack cruise missile.
A new study shows petting cats and dogs is good for your brain and emotions.
Skeptics guide Halloween with Alexa
Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen
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