24: New Type of Pulsating Star Discovered

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 24<br />*New type of pulsating star discovered<br />Astronomers have discovered an unusual star that pulsates on just one side. The strange tear-drop shaped star reported in the journal Nature Astronomy is part of a binary system located some 1500 light-years away.<br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612348495540649984" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612348495540649984</a> <br /> <br />*SpaceX to fly astronauts to the Space Station in May<br />NASA has confirmed that SpaceX will fly astronauts to the International Space Station in May using a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon 2 capsule. The historic flight will be the first manned mission launched from American soil since the mothballing of the Space Shuttle fleet following STS-135 in 2011.<br /> <br />*New satellite tracking station for Alice Springs<br />Arianespace is to develop a new satellite tracking station at a technology centre near the outback town of Alice Springs.<br /> <br />*ExoMars mission delay till 2022<br />The European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet until 2022.<br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612422883733602304" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612422883733602304</a> <br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612422699046912000" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/612422699046912000</a> <br /> <br />*SpaceX Starlink launch<br />Drama has surrounded SpaceX’s latest launch of another 60 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit.<br /> <br />*The Science Report<br />A special report wrapping up what we now know about the COVID-19 coronavirus.<br /> <br />For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: <a href="http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes" rel="noopener">http://www.bitesz.com/spa