EPISODE · Dec 11, 2020 · 34 MIN
The Star Making Enough Dust to build an Earth-sized Planet Every Year
from SpaceTime with Stuart Gary · host Stuart Gary
The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 133*The star-making enough dust to build an Earth-sized planet every yearAstronomers have discovered a Wolf-Rayet star system producing enough material to make a planet the size of Earth every year.*The threat of Apophis refuses to go awayA new threat to the Earth is being posed by the asteroid Apophis.*Fears it could take a year to fix a problem aboard the Orion capsuleEngineers with NASA and Lockheed Martin are trying to work out how to repair a key electronic component that’s failed deep inside the Orion Artemis 1 spacecraft.*The Science ReportThe smartwatches that can detect if you have COVID 19 before symptoms appear.Plastic pollution to reach 90 million tonnes annually within ten years.Scientists identify two distinctly different states of liquid water.Revealing the secrets of the North American Mastodon.Alex on Tech: Microsoft’s latest push to stop you using IE11. Show Your Support For SpaceTime and Help Us Reach Our GoalsGet immediate access to over 200 commercial-free, double and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Details:This episode of SpaceTime is brought to with the support of The Great Courses Plus...lifelong learning from the best in their fields. For your 14 day free trial of the entire library, please visit www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space and help support the show.Show Your Support For SpaceTime and Help Us Reach Our GoalsGet immediate access to over 200 commercial-free, double and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimewithstuartgaryRSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetime Email: [email protected] receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-daily Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spacetime. 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.
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The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 133*The star-making enough dust to build an Earth-sized planet every yearAstronomers have discovered a Wolf-Rayet star system producing enough material to make a planet the size of Earth every year.*The threat of Apophis refuses to go awayA new threat to the Earth is being posed by the asteroid Apophis.*Fears it could take a year to fix a problem aboard the Orion capsuleEngineers with NASA and Lockheed Martin are trying to work out how to repair a key electronic component that’s failed deep inside the Orion Artemis 1 spacecraft.*The Science ReportThe smartwatches that can detect if you have COVID 19 before symptoms appear.Plastic pollution to reach 90 million tonnes annually within ten years.Scientists identify two distinctly different states of liquid water.Revealing the secrets of the North American Mastodon.Alex on Tech: Microsoft’s latest push to stop you using IE11. Show Your Support For SpaceTime and Help Us Reach Our GoalsGet immediate access to over 200 commercial-free, double and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Details:This episode of SpaceTime is brought to with the support of The Great Courses Plus...lifelong learning from the best in their fields. For your 14 day free trial of the entire library, please visit www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/space and help support the show.Show Your Support For SpaceTime and Help Us Reach Our GoalsGet immediate access to over 200 commercial-free, double and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly). For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimewithstuartgaryRSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/spacetime Email: [email protected] receive the Astronomy Daily Newsletter free, direct to your inbox...just join our mailing list at www.bitesz.com/mailinglist or visit https://www.bitesz.com/astronomy-daily Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/spacetime. 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.
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