Count Down for Australia’s Return to Orbit

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.<br />SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 31<br />*Count down for Australia’s return to orbit<br />If all goes according to plan -- in almost exactly a year from now Australia will officially become a space-faring nation – again.<br />*Interstellar visitors are more common than thought<br />A new study suggests around seven interstellar visitors pass through our solar system every year.<br />*Hubble emergency shutdown<br />NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back online after suddenly shutting down last week due to a software error in the orbiting observatory’s main computer.<br />*Discovering a monster on the move<br />Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole moving through the universe.<br />*The Science Report<br />Ethical controversy erupts as scientists generate a model of a human embryo from human skin cells.<br />U.K. variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus is linked to an increased risk of death.<br />New clues as to how life might have started on Earth.<br />Palaeontologists discover the world’s first example of a fossilized dinosaur sitting on a nest of eggs.<br />Skeptic's guide to the Dyatlov Pass incident<br /><br /><br />Help SpaceTime become a completely listener-supported podcast.<br />SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we’re working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills.<br />That's where you come in....help us reach our first 1,000 subscribers...at that level the show becomes financially viable and bills can be paid without us breaking into a sweat every month. Every little bit helps...even if you could contribute just $1 per month. It all adds up.<br />By signing up and becoming a supporter at the $5 or more