S26E106: The Violent Accretion Disk of a Supermassive Black Hole // The Monster Centaurus A // Indian Lunar Rover

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 106 *The violent accretion disk of a supermassive black hole Astronomers have for the first time ever, captured spectra from the tumultuous accretion disk of an actively feeding super massive black hole. *Studying the monster Centaurus A Astronomers have combined two major Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a supermassive black hole 55 million times more massive than the Sun. *Indian lunar rover confirms sulphur on Moon's south pole India's Pragyan or Wisdom lunar rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur at the Moon’s south pole. *The Science Report Discovery of cancer drug that could target HIV silent cells. A new test which could help predict who will get dementia in the next 14 years. The latest search for the elusive Loch Ness Monster. Skeptics guide to dumbing down India This week’s guest: Ben McKinley from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Dr Martin Van Kranendonk from the University of New South Wales Dr Mitch Schulte NASA Program scientists Mars Exploration program Dr Lindsay Hays NASA Deputy program scientist Mars Sample Return Mission Eric Ianson NASA Director of the Mars Exploration Program NASA Harness transfer engineer Lee Huber from the Goddard Space Flight Centre NASA Electrical Engineer Alex Petrov from the Goddard Space Flight Centre And our regular guests: Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics Alex Zaharov-Reutt from www.techadvice.life Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen and access show links via https://linktr.ee/biteszHQBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-with-stuart-gary--2458531/support.