New Possible Explanation for the Hubble Tension | S26E148

<b>The Space News Podcast.</b><br /><b>SpaceTime 20231211 Series 26 Episode 148</b><br /><b>*A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension</b><br />Ever since its creation in a big bang 13.82 billion years ago the universe has been expanding. But that rate of expansion has been an ongoing area of debate with different measurement techniques giving contradictory values and different results. <br /><b>*The satellite discovered by the Lucy mission gets a name</b><br />The satellite discovered during the first asteroid encounter of NASA's Lucy mission has now been given an official name – Selam – which means peace in the Ethiopian language Amharic. The tiny moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh during Lucy’s fly by last month. <br /><b>*Starship’s second flight explodes in mid air</b><br />SpaceX are describing the second test flight of its Starship Superheavy rocket as a success even though both stages suffered catastrophic failures during the flight. The 121 metre tall vehicle is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built producing some 16.7 million pounds of thrust -- more than double that of the Saturn V rockets used to send Apollo astronauts to the Moon. <br /><b>*The Science Report</b><br />Scientists have confirmed that 2023 will be the warmest year since records began.<br />Organ donations from older people may accelerate aging in younger recipients.<br />Australia's magic mushrooms could help breed tomorrow's 'designer shrooms. <br /><b>Skeptics guide </b>to Faith Healers<br /><b>This week’s guests include:</b><br />Professor Adam Riess is a Physics Nobel Laureate at John Hopkins University<br />EarthCARE’s Mission and Optical Payload Manager Kotska Wallace<br />Dr Nick Lomb Consultant Curator of astronomy at the Powerhouse Museum's Sydney Observatory and honorary Professor with the University of Southern Queensland<b></b> <b> </b><br /><b>And our regular guests:</b><br />Alex Zaharov-Reutt from <a href="https://www.techadvice.life" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">techadvice.