Microbial Hitchhikers: Contamination Risks on the Moon and Mars
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 103 *Warnings that some Earth microbes could contaminate the Moon NASA says some of Earth's microbes hitching a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shad...
28 Aug 35min
SpaceX Hit the Moon, and the Real Problem Is Just Beginning | Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights &...
Space Nuts: Moon impact, Roman Observatory launch, and Neptune’s odd moons Andrew Dunkley is joined by Professor Jonti Horner, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland, for...
27 Aug 45min
Diamond Rain, Decoded: Twenty Years of Disagreement, Solved
Today's episode — S05E178, Thursday August 27, 2026: Feature story: Physicists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, led by Marius Millot, used the Omega Laser Facility at the University of Roc...
27 Aug 20min
Betelgeuse, Up Close: A Star’s Boiling Skin, Revealed
Today's episode — S05E177, Wednesday August 26, 2026: Feature story: Astronomers using the ALMA array in Chile, led by Bill Dent (European Southern Observatory), have released the most detailed pict...
26 Aug 15min
Stellar Salvage: SpaceX’s Starship Recovery and the Age of the Universe
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 102 *SpaceX’s Starship arrives at Christmas Island After some 24 days at sea, a SpaceX recovery team has successfully towed its test flight 13 Starship into the remote Aust...
26 Aug 27min
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Is Ready to Fly — Nine Months Early
Today's episode — S05E176, Tuesday August 25, 2026: Feature story: NASA's Roman Space Telescope is fully encapsulated inside its Falcon Heavy fairing and cleared to launch no earlier than 7:26 a.m. ...
25 Aug 18min
Cosmic Collisions and Gluon Mysteries: NASA’s Swift Mission Scrapped
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 101 *NASA scraps its Swift rescue mission NASA has been forced to abandon its planned rescue mission to save the Swift Gamma Ray Space Telescope. *The Milky Way’s first big...
24 Aug 25min
China Delays Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Ever
Today's episode — S05E175, Monday August 24, 2026: Main story: China delays Chang'e-7's launch by about a month. The Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission's launch window opened today, August 24, but a...
24 Aug 13min
