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Space News Today
The curated playlist of Space News podcasts from Bitesz.com...all your favourites in one feed. Space Nuts with Andrew Dunkley & Professor Fred Watson; SpaceTime with Stuart Gary and Astronomy Daily.
Episodes
Space News TodayThe Hydrogen Map: How a Radio Telescope Heard Half the Universe
Anna and Avery open the Weekend Wrap with a genuine first: South Africa's MeerKAT has detected the 21-centimetre hydrogen signal from four to five billion…
Space News TodayOne Flash in the Xenon: The Dark Matter Event Nobody Can Explain
Links & sources Brown University — LZ experiment sees surprising result in search for dark matter —…
Space News TodayDiscovering Blazars and SpaceX’s New Spaceport
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 106 The most distant Blazar ever seen Astronomers have detected the most distant blazar ever recorded. The blazar -- catalogued as…
Space News TodayBepiColombo Lets Go: Eight Years, Nine Flybys, One Irreversible Moment
Anna and Avery cover BepiColombo's arrival at Mercury beginning today, as the ESA/JAXA mission jettisons the transfer module that has carried it for nearly…
Space News TodayThe Starless Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist - But Does | Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic...
Space Nuts: Spanish Eclipse, Nancy Grace Roman Launch, Cloud Nine, and Venus's Mysterious Clouds Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson cover four big…
Space News TodayThere’s Something Molten Under Mars’s South Pole
Today's episode — S05E183, Wednesday September 2, 2026: Main story: A thermal anomaly beneath Mars's south pole. Writing in Nature on August 27, a team led by…
Space News TodayMartian Waters and Cosmic Secrets: Unravelling Mars’ Ancient Liquid History
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 105 More evidence Mars once had liquid water More than 20 years after NASA's Mars Spirit rover landed on the red planet scientists…
Space News TodayCatching the Uncatchable: Starship’s Boldest Test Yet
Today's episode — S05E182, Tuesday September 1, 2026: Main story: SpaceX cleared Booster 21's static fire at Starbase's Pad 2 on August 30, the last major…
Space News TodayRoman Launches: A Telescope’s Countdown Ends
🚀 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is safely away — Anna and Avery recap Sunday's clean Falcon Heavy launch, what happens next on the road to L2, and a…
Space News TodayMartian Mysteries and Stellar Journeys: Unveiling the Red Planet’s Thermal Anomaly
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 104 Strange anomaly discovered below the Martian south pole Astronomers have discovered a strange thermal asymmetry deep beneath…
Space News TodayWaves, Signals, and Cosmic Aromas: A Q&A Journey Through Space | Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights...
In this intriguing Q&A episode of Space Nuts , hosts Andrew Dunkley and Professor Jonti Horner tackle a variety of cosmic queries from listeners. Join them as…
Space News TodayThe Weekend Wrap, August 29: Roman’s Countdown Begins
Today's episode — S05E180, Saturday August 29, 2026, The Weekend Wrap: Main story: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches tomorrow, Sunday August 30…
Space News TodayForty Times Brighter Than the Full Moon: Inside the Space-Mirror Fight
Today's episode — S05E179 , Friday August 28, 2026: Feature story: US startup Reflect Orbital has FCC approval for Eärendil-1, a demonstration satellite…
Space News TodayMicrobial Hitchhikers: Contamination Risks on the Moon and Mars
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 103 *Warnings that some Earth microbes could contaminate the Moon NASA says some of Earth's microbes hitching a ride to space with…
Space News TodaySpaceX Hit the Moon, and the Real Problem Is Just Beginning | Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights &...
Space Nuts: Moon impact, Roman Observatory launch, and Neptune’s odd moons Andrew Dunkley is joined by Professor Jonti Horner, Professor of Astrophysics at the…
Space News TodayDiamond Rain, Decoded: Twenty Years of Disagreement, Solved
Today's episode — S05E178, Thursday August 27, 2026: Feature story: Physicists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, led by Marius Millot, used the Omega…
Space News TodayBetelgeuse, Up Close: A Star’s Boiling Skin, Revealed
Today's episode — S05E177, Wednesday August 26, 2026: Feature story: Astronomers using the ALMA array in Chile, led by Bill Dent (European Southern…
Space News TodayStellar Salvage: SpaceX’s Starship Recovery and the Age of the Universe
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 102 *SpaceX’s Starship arrives at Christmas Island After some 24 days at sea, a SpaceX recovery team has successfully towed its…
Space News TodayNASA’s Roman Space Telescope Is Ready to Fly — Nine Months Early
Today's episode — S05E176, Tuesday August 25, 2026: Feature story: NASA's Roman Space Telescope is fully encapsulated inside its Falcon Heavy fairing and…
Space News TodayCosmic Collisions and Gluon Mysteries: NASA’s Swift Mission Scrapped
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 101 *NASA scraps its Swift rescue mission NASA has been forced to abandon its planned rescue mission to save the Swift Gamma Ray…
Space News TodayChina Delays Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Ever
Today's episode — S05E175, Monday August 24, 2026: Main story: China delays Chang'e-7's launch by about a month. The Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission's…
Space News TodayFrom Diamond Rain to Rogue Planets: Unpacking Cosmic Curiosities | Space Nuts: Astronomy...
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Space News TodayChina’s About to Attempt the Most Ambitious Moon Mission Ever
Anna and Avery cover China's Chang'e-7 mission — a four-vehicle lunar south pole expedition, including a leaping hopper robot, that a Brown University…
Space News TodayNASA Finds the Crater a SpaceX Rocket Left on the Moon
Anna and Avery cover how NASA, working with South Korea's Danuri orbiter, pinpointed and imaged the exact crater left by a SpaceX Falcon 9 stage that struck…
Space News TodayCosmic Ingredients: Planet Formation, Axion Searches, and NASA’s Swift Mission
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 100 The ingredients for planets formed far earlier than thought A new study suggests that the basic ingredients needed to form…
Space News TodayLandSpace Nails It: China’s First Private Booster Recovery
Anna and Avery cover LandSpace becoming the first Chinese commercial company to land an orbital-class rocket booster — a big step for the country's private…
Space News TodayHow One Dinosaur-Killing Impact May Have Triggered Global Firestorms | Space Nuts: Astronomy...
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Space News TodayFirst Frenchwoman in Space Steps Outside
Anna and Avery cover Sophie Adenot becoming the first French woman ever to conduct a spacewalk — a historic EVA that ran into some antenna trouble along the…
Space News TodayCosmic Dawn Discoveries: Black Hole Stars and Mars’ Hidden Water
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 99 Discovery of black hole stars at the cosmic dawn Astronomers have suggested mysterious objects from the dawn of time known as…
Space News TodayStarship’s Ship 40 Makes It Home
Anna and Avery close out a three-week saga: SpaceX has recovered Starship's Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after a soft splashdown, a difficult tow, and a…
Space News TodayUnveiling the Universe: Three Black Holes and a New UFO Taskforce
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 98 Three supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time Astronomers have for the first time, discovered…
Space News TodayTiny Robots, Alien Caves: NASA’s Plan for Titan
Anna and Avery cover NASA's newly funded concept for spherical, propeller-free "aerobots" that could one day explore the methane-carved cave systems of…
Space News TodayExploring Moons with Atmospheres, Hot Jupiters, and the Mysteries of Black Holes | Space Nuts:...
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Space News TodayIs Empty Space Really Empty? A 90-Year-Old Mystery Gets Its Answer (S05E168 — The Weekend Wrap)
Today's episode — S05E168, Saturday August 15, 2026, our "Weekend Wrap": **Main story: a magnetar confirms 90-year-old vacuum birefringence prediction.** A…
Space News TodayThe Black Hole Wrapped in a Star: JWST’s Cosmic Dawn Discovery
Anna and Avery break down JWST's discovery of MoM-BH*-1, the earliest known "black hole star" — a black hole shrouded in dense gas, glowing from just 660…
Space News TodayMoon Crashes, Radiation-Eating Fungi, and the Quest for Habitable Worlds
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 97 The world watches as a SpaceX rocket crashes into the Moon A disused SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage has crashed into the Moon…
Space News TodayTwo Minutes of Totality: Inside the August 12 Eclipse
Anna and Avery break down yesterday's total solar eclipse — a 182-mile-wide shadow that swept from the Arctic through Greenland and Iceland to northern Spain…
Space News TodayEclipse 2026: Where, When & How to Watch (Both Hemispheres)
In this episode • Shadow Day: the only total solar eclipse of 2026 crosses Arctic Russia, Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain today — the first total…
Space News TodayVortices of the Sun and the First Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Mergers: A Cosmic Breakthrough
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 95 Spectacular vortices discovered on the Sun’s surface Astronomers have for the first time observed swirling whirlpool like…
Space News TodayEclipse Eve: Totality Returns to Europe
Astronomy Daily · S05E164 “Eclipse Eve” · Tuesday 11 August 2026. Sources are primary/agency where possible; aggregator dates were checked against originals…
Space News TodaySpaceX Starship Lost at Sea? Plus China’s Landing Attempt & Uranus “Breathing”
Astronomy Daily · S05E163 · “The Long Way Home” · Monday 10 August 2026. Sources verified against primary / institutional outlets. Starship “lost at sea”…
Space News TodayCosmic Queries: Understanding Black Holes, Galactic Centres, and Mars Days | Space Nuts:...
In this engaging Q&A episode of Space Nuts, join host Andrew Dunkley and astronomer Fred Watson Watson as they tackle a variety of fascinating questions from…
Space News TodayWhirlpools Found on the Sun’s Surface for the First Time
This weekend on Astronomy Daily: the Inouye Solar Telescope reveals whirlpools on the Sun’s surface for the first time, a Falcon 9 upper stage carves a fresh…
Space News TodayThe Colour of Empty Space
Astronomy Daily · S05E161 · “The Colour of Empty Space” · Friday 7 August 2026. Hosts: Anna & Avery. astronomydaily.io · @AstroDailyPod ① Vacuum birefringence…
Space News TodayThe Hidden Impact of Landslides on Pluto’s Surface — What Scientists Are Discovering | Space...
Landslides on Pluto and China's SpaceX-like Rocket Recovery Success Discover the intriguing discovery of landslides on Pluto, explained through recent image…
Space News TodayBlack Holes Unleashed: The Cosmic Power Beyond Our Galaxy
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 94 Black holes are a hundred times more powerful than we thought Astronomers have been forced to rewrite their textbooks on the…
Space News TodayA Rocket Just Hit the Moon — And Telescopes Caught It
Astronomy Daily · S05E160 · 6 August 2026. In this episode: a Falcon 9 upper stage confirmed to have struck the Moon; a live ISS spacewalk; supernova SN…
Space News TodayVoyager 2’s “Big Bang” Rescue: One More Year in Deep Space
Astronomy Daily S05E159 — Wednesday, 5 August 2026. In this episode: a power-saving “Big Bang” keeps Voyager 2 doing science, direct-to-phone satellites reach…
Space News TodayBetelgeuse’s Hidden Companion and the Dying Andromeda Galaxy: A Cosmic Tale
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 93 The strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse is not alone Astronomers have finally demonstrated that the red supergiant star…
Space News TodayThe Crater Makers: Falcon 9 Hits the Moon Tomorrow | Today’s Space News
S05E158 — “The Crater Makers” · Tuesday 4 August 2026. Four stories on cosmic impacts — and a new map of the X-ray sky — plus a both-hemispheres skywatch. ① A…
Space News TodayFrom Dark Matter to Dormant Comets: Your Astronomy Questions Answered | Space Nuts: Astronomy...
In this enlightening Q&A episode of Space Nuts, join host Andrew Dunkley and astronomer Fred Watson Watson as they field a range of intriguing questions from…
Space News TodayUnleashing a Wandering Black Hole and Chasing the Solar Eclipse
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 92 The monster that’s been let out of its cage Astronomers have for the first time discovered a monstrous supermassive black hole…
Space News TodayThe Largest Galaxy in the Universe, Measured at Last
Astronomy Daily · S05E157 · “The Edge of Everything” · Monday 3 August 2026 In this episode • The largest galaxy, measured at last. Ultra-deep imaging of IC…
Space News TodayThe First “Self-Driving” Telescope Goes Stargazing (SkAI )
Astronomy Daily S05E156 — Weekend Space & Astronomy News Wrap. Saturday, 1 August 2026. In this episode • The first “self-driving” telescope — a SkAI…
Space News TodayComet Confusion and the Psyche Mission’s Mars Encounter
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Space News TodaySpaceX Tests Space-Ready Nuclear Power Using Tritium-Driven CubeSat | Space Nuts: Astronomy...
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Space News TodayThree of a Kind
S05E155 · Friday 31 July 2026 · Astronomy Daily with Anna & Avery. Four stories and a both-hemispheres skywatch. Australian English. ① Asteroid (44) Nysa — the…
Space News TodayThe Reach of a Giant | A Black Hole Story
Astronomy Daily S05E154 — “The Reach of a Giant.” Thursday, 30 July 2026. Hosted by Anna and Avery. In this episode • A supermassive black hole caught heating…