Determining the Age of Earth’s Continental Crust

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 53*Determining the age of Earth’s Continental CrustA new study claims Earth’s continental crust first emerged some 3.7 billion years ago.*More funding to build the world’s biggest telescopeThe Australian Government has provided another $387 million dollars in support funding for the Square kilometre array project to build the world’s largest radio telescope.*A new Interstellar mission on the drawing boardNASA is looking at a major new mission explore interstellar space beyond the solar system by actually going there rather than just looking at it from near Earth space.*A successful flight test for SpaceX StarshipSpaceX has performed a successful high altitude test flight of its latest Starship prototype in Texas.*The Science ReportA new study warns that the Antarctic ice-sheets melting will lift sea levels higher than previously thought.Chinese government hackers hit defence, aerospace and financial sector computer systems.Australia to purchase additional Abrams battle tanks and Chinook helicopters.New device converts body heat into electrical energy.Alex on Tech: new report shows the past decade saw the most rapid technology change in history.Your support is needed...SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we’re working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills.That's where you come in....help us reach our first 1,000 subscribers...at that level the show becomes financially viable and bills can be paid without us breaking into a sweat every month. Every little bit helps...even if you could contribute just $1 per month. It all adds up.By signing up and becoming a supporter at the $5 or more level, you get immediate access to over 230 commercial-free, double, and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. You also receive all new episodes on a Monday rather than having to wait the week out. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/Details at https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly).For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode: https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/blog/RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetimeEmail: mailto:[email protected] receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com or visit https://www.bitesz.com/p/astronomy-daily/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.