Deep Within Earth // Lucy’s First Asteroid Encounter // Venus Plate Tectonics | S26E133

<b>The Space News Podcast.</b> <b>SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 133</b> *Do the remains of an ancient planet lie deep within Earth Back in the 1980s, geophysicists discovered two continent-sized blobs of unusual material buried deep within the Earth’s mantle. Now, a new study reported in the journal Nature suggests that they’re the remnants of the ancient planet Theia which collided with Earth four and a half billion years ago creating the Moon. <b>*Lucy’s first asteroid encounter discovers a new moonlet</b> NASA's Lucy spacecraft has just completed its first asteroid encounter flying by the small main belt asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh – discovering that it’s a binary. <b>*Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago</b> Venus, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth. <b>*The Science Report</b> A new study has found a link between cell phone usage and semen quality. Warnings that the impacts of marine heatwaves on marine life may be worse deep down in our oceans. The 2022 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption depleted 5% of the ozone layer. <b>Skeptics guide </b>to another finding bigfoot claim<b></b> <b>This week’s guests includes:</b> Lucy Mission principal investigator Hal Levison from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio Texas And Lucy Mission deputy principal investigator Cathy Olkin also from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio Texas <b>And our regular guests:</b> <b> </b> Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics Science writer Jonathan Nally Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: <a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen</a> and access show links via <a href="https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ</a> Additionally, listeners can support the podcast and gain access to bonus content