Over 30 Thousand Near Earth Asteroids Now Discovered

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 114 *Over 30 thousand near Earth Asteroids now discovered Astronomers have reached a major milestone with the discovery of the thirty thousandth near Earth asteroid. *NASA's Lucy spacecraft swoops past the Earth NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, the first mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, has just undertaken a spectacular gravity assist flyby of the Earth – skimming the planet’s atmosphere, passing a mere 350 kilometres above the surface – that’s lower than the orbit of the International space Station. *Firefly’s new Alpha rocket reaches orbit Firefly Aerospace's new Alpha rocket has achieved orbit on its second launch attempt. *Russia launches a new spy satellite The Kremlin has launched a classified military satellite from its Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow aboard an Angara-1.2 rocket. *The Science Report Boston University rejects claims it’s created a new more deadly strain of COVID -19. Indian Ocean dipole becoming a key driver of Australian climate. Older people who sleep less are more likely to die early. Alex on Tech: Google’s new Pixel smart phone. Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you… To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus content, please visit https://bitesz.supercast.com/ . Premium version now available via Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://biteszhq.com #astronomy #space #science #news #podcast #spacetime