The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts

Eight years after its launch, BepiColombo is finally reaching the planet Mercury!Join Dr Becky Smethurst, Izzie Clarke and Robert Massey as they explore how BepiColombo is going to study Mercury’s surface and what it hopes to reveal about the planet’s magnetosphere.🛰️ ESA's Prof ... Show More

Dr Becky, Izzie and Dr Robert Massey return for another bonus Q and A tackling some of the biggest questions in cosmology. This time, questions on the formation of the solar system, dark matter experimental results and why you can’t escape from a black hole.For ad-free listening, ... Show More

In yet another mind-bending episode, we take on antimatter – What is it? How do you make it? And can you use it to power a spaceship? Dr Becky, Izzie and Dr Robert Massey (he’s back!) are joined by Professor Jeffrey Hangst from CERN in Switzerland, home of an antimatter factory. ... Show More

<p>For years, fast radio bursts have mystified astronomers across the planet. These millisecond-long blips of intense, unexplained radio signals pop up all over the sky, temporarily outshining radio pulsars despite being perhaps a million times farther away. Before 2013, many ast ... Show More

<b>The Space News Podcast.</b> <b>SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 142</b><br /><b>*Discovery of massive mysterious blasts in the distant universe </b><br />Astronomers are baffled by a mysterious series of massive explosions in the distant Universe which are emitting more energy than ... Show More

<b>SpaceTime Series 28 Episode 08</b><br /><b>Origins of Fast Radio Bursts Unveiled</b><br />Astronomers have pinpointed the source of fast radio bursts, specifically linking them to magnetars, a type of highly magnetic neutron star. This breakthrough, reported in Nature, was ach ... Show More

This week, detecting intergalactic radio bursts, and seeing what’s in store for science in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 24 *Warping SpaceTime: The Fast-Spinning Black Hole at the Milky Way's Heart NASA's Chandra X-ray Space Telescope and the Very Large Array have observed the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at our galaxy's ... Show More

Milky Way Mysteries and Saturn's Secrets: A Cosmic ExplorationIn this exciting episode of Space Nuts, hosts Heidi Campo and Professor Fred Watson delve into the latest astronomical discoveries and cosmic curiosities. From the enigmatic Fermi bubbles in our Milky Way to a potentia ... Show More

<b>The Space News Podcast.</b> <b>SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 106</b> <b>*The violent accretion disk of a supermassive black hole</b> Astronomers have for the first time ever, captured spectra from the tumultuous accretion disk of an actively feeding super massive black hole. <b> ... Show More

Join Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson in this lively Q&A episode of Space Nuts, where they tackle fascinating questions from listeners about the universe's expansion, three sun systems, black hole mergers, and coronal mass ejections. Episode Highlights: - Universal Expans ... Show More

In this episode as we (attempt) to answer your burning questions, you will be able to: <br />· Explore the mind-bending mysteries of black holes and event horizons.<br />· Discover fascinating specializations within the fields of physics and astronomy.<br />· Uncover the constant ... Show More