Brightest Kilonova Ever Seen

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.<br />SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 125<br />*Brightest kilonova ever seen<br />Astronomers have detected the brightest kilonova event ever seen unleashing more energy in a half-second than the Sun will produce over its entire 12-billion-year lifetime.<br />*A new way of seeing invisible dark matter<br />Astronomers have found a new way to estimate the amount of mysterious dark matter contained in halos around galaxies.<br />*A record close shave as asteroid 2020 VT4 skims past the Earth<br />Well just in case you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse – an asteroid the size of a house has just swooped over the Earth at a record close distance -- passing less than 400 kilometres above the South Pacific Ocean near the Pitcairn Islands.<br />*The Science Report<br />Moderna claims its new COVID-19 vaccine to be 94.5 percent effective.<br />Facebook, Google, and Twitter shown to be engaged in a co-ordinated campaign of political censorship.<br />Growing fears that climate change has now reached the point of no return.<br />The first sighting of the elusive Bigfin Squid in the waters of the Great Australian Bight.<br />New study looks at personality types prone to conspiracy theories.<br /><br /><br />Sponsor Details:<br />This episode of SpaceTime is brought to with the support of ExpressVPN...Rated No.1 by TechRadar...and as used by us. For three months free when you sign up for any 12-month package just visit <a href="http://www.tryexpressvpn.com/space" rel="noopener">www.tryexpressvpn.com/space</a> and help support the show.<br /> <br />The Great Courses Plus...lifelong learning from the best in their fields. For your 14 day free trial of the entire library, please visit <a href="http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space" rel="noopener">www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space</a> and help support the show.<br /> <br />LastPass password manager….it’s one we use and is a lifesaver. Check it out for free at spacetimewithstuartgary.com/lastpass and help su