19: Mars: Rocking and Rolling on the Red Planet

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 19<br />*Mars: rocking and rolling on the red planet<br />New data has revealed that Mars is very geologically active with regular marsquakes occurring across the red planet.<br /> *Understanding the birth of atoms<br />A new study will use new three-dimensional supercomputer simulations to recreate the evolution of different types of stars to better understand the origin of the first atoms and elements on the periodic table.<br />*Looks like Betelgeuse has stopped dimming – at least for now<br />Weeks of speculation over whether the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is about to go supernova has finally been answered – with a firm no – at least for now.<br />*Earth’s new second moon<br />The Earth has a new moon. That’s in addition to our regular 3475 kilometre wide Moon Luna which is orbiting some 384,400 kilometres away.<br />*Fifth Starlink launch<br />SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites.<br />*Long March 2D launches four satellites<br />A Chinese Long March-2D rocket has carried four new technology test satellites into space.<br />*The Science Report<br />Growing fears that the Covid-19 coronavirus is about to be declared a global pandemic.<br />Australia’s devastating bushfire catastrophe burnt out over 21 percent of Australian forests.<br />Does the tendency to have boys or girls run in families?<br />The giant bacteriophages that blur the line between viruses and bacteria.<br />New study says Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy