Perseverance - The Science Begins

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 60 *Perseverance starts conducting science on Mars NASA’s newest Mars rover has started its science mission searching for signs of past microbial life and studying the geology of the ancient lake bed of Jezero crater. *New theory on How Mars got its moons Scientists have come up with another new hypothesis to try to explain how Mars got its two moons Phobos and Deimos. *First near miss for Starlink and Oneweb OneWeb and Starlink have had their first close call with spacecraft from the two companies missing each other by just 57 metres. *Vega returns to flight status The European Space agency has successfully launched its first Vega rocket since last November’s multimillion dollar launch failure. *The Science Report Bipolar disorder found to have genetic links to schizophrenia and major depression. New study finds 31% of dogs and 40% of cats tested positive to COVID-19. A new species of ceratopsid or horned dinosaur has been identified in New Mexico. Scientists sequence the genomes of two thousand year old Judean Date Palms. Skeptic's guide to the growing anti science movement.   Your support is needed... 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. 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. By signing up and becoming a supporter at the $5 or more level, you get immediate access to over 230 commercial-free, double, and triple episode editio