The Biggest Scientific Discovery of the Past Year

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.<br />SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 1<br />*The biggest scientific discovery of the past year - first black hole-neutron star mergers<br />One of the unquestionable highlights of the past year in scientific research was the historic confirmation that one of the densest objects in the universe – a neutron star had been consumed by a black hole – the only thing even denser.<br />*Discovery of a huge new population of free-floating planets<br />Astronomers have discovered at least seventy free floating planets – worlds not orbiting host stars – in our part of the galaxy.<br />*Iran continues its nuclear weapons campaign<br />Iran has moved a step closer to developing a nuclear weapon and the means to deliver it with the launch of another missile in what military experts are describing as a thinly disguised rocket launch.<br />*New Dragon docks to the space station<br />The SpaceX CRS-24 cargo ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station 418 kilometres over the South Pacific Ocean.<br />*China ends 2021 with more than fifty orbital missions<br />China has ended the year 2021 with a flurry of rocket launches as it continues what Beijing describes as preparations for war.<br />*The Science Report<br />New studies claim Moderna is slightly more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection.<br />Pollutants in the air linked to changes to the sex ratio of births.<br />Australia to replace its troubled Taipan helicopters with more Blackhawks.<br />An ancient synagogue older than Christianity and Islam, discovered in Galilee.<br />Skeptic's guide to bogus allergy tests<br /><br />Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite App with our universal listen link: <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime" rel="noopener">https://link.chtbl.com/spacetime</a> <br />For more SpaceTime and show links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ" rel="noopener">https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ</a> <br />If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen too. Thank you…<br