New Candidate Planet Discovered

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.<br />SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 18<br />*New candidate planet discovered around Alpha Centauri A<br />Astronomers may have discovered a planet in the habitable zone in our nearest neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri.<br />*The solar system’s most distant planetary object confirmed<br />Astronomers have set a new record for identifying the most distant body in our Solar System.<br />*What Phobos could reveal about the red planet<br />A new study has found that the Martian moon Phobos orbits through a stream of charged particles being eroded from the red planet’s atmosphere by the solar wind.<br />*A new sky guide for people in the southern hemisphere<br />The 2021 Australasian sky guide has been released providing its annual guide across the night skies.<br />*The Science Report<br />Study finds people hospitalized with COVID-19 still have symptoms four months later.<br />New research says the more you smoke the higher your risk of dying from COVID-19.<br />Australian National University sets a new world record in solar cell efficiency.<br />Three new species of carnivorous sponges discovered in the Great Australian Bight.<br />Skeptic's guide to Australia’s most haunted beach<br /><br /><br />Help SpaceTime to 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