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A solar flare is a sudden, rapidly moving and intense ejection of gas and particles from the Sun's interior well into its corona (outer atmosphere), to distances often exceeding 1 million kilometres.Solar max sends journos spinning

Wednesday, 1 September 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Solar peak claims alarmist, say scientists. Plus: astronomers still in the dark over black holes; and fast-spinning asteroids split in two.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, the-universe, space-exploration, spacecraft, stars, the-moon, starstuff, podcasts

Old faults show shrinking Moon

Thursday, 26 August 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Fresh evidence Moon is getting smaller. Plus: why a faster expanding universe doesn't need dark energy; and solar system older than we think.
Subjects: astronomy-space, the-universe, space-exploration, spacecraft, stars, the-moon, starstuff, podcasts

Pulsars like the one at the heart of the Crab Nebula can now be used to measure the mass of planets.Pulsars measure up mass of planets

Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Scientists have worked out a new way to measure the mass of a planet using pulsars.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, physics, stars, the-moon Locations: nsw, germany, puerto-rico, united-states

Paul Willis and astronomer Fred Watson debate the big questions of the universe.Are we still alone?

Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Cafe Scientific on Big Idea Are we looking in the right places for extra-terrestial life? Watch Bernie Hobbs and Dr Paul Willis put the big questions to a panel of experts at this lively and illuminating ABC Cafe Scientific event held earlier this year, now on ABC 1.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, the-universe, space-exploration, galaxies, updates

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope looked at a binary star, V407 Cyg, 9000 light-years away, and detected a gamma-ray eruption, equivalent to about 1000-times the energy emitted by the Sun every yearNew gamma-ray star blasts away assumptions

Wednesday, 18 August 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Gamma-ray nova discovery 'shocks' scientists. Plus: 'Trojan' asteroid found near Neptune; and internet used to find meteor craters.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, the-universe, space-exploration, spacecraft, stars, the-moon, starstuff, podcasts

A setting moon and noctilucent (glow at night) clouds as seen aboard the International Space StationLunar lumps show Moon bone-dry

Wednesday, 11 August 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Moon rocks clue to Earth's water origins. Plus: third space walk fails to repair space station air-con; and UK releases top-secret UFO files.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, the-moon, starstuff, podcasts

Researchers believe motion sickness is all in the mind and they have a training program to thwart it Mind training tackles motion sickness

Monday, 9 August 2010
Motion sickness really is a case of mind over matter, according to NASA researchers, who are testing a system developed to try to help astronauts adjust to microgravity.
Subjects: health, space-exploration, psychology Locations: united-states

NASA's 70-metre Goldstone Deep Space Network antenna, in California's Mojave Desert, has helped collect data to pinpoint the orbit of asteroid '1999 RQ36', which may impact Earth in 2182Killer asteroid coming our way

Wednesday, 4 August 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Five-hundred-metre-wide asteroid heading toward Earth. Plus: did the Big Bang happen?; solar tsunami ripples through space; and science roundup from across the twitter-verse.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, telescopes, the-universe, space-exploration, spacecraft, stars, starstuff, podcasts

Photo collage featuring Saturn and its moons Dione (left), the smaller Helene, Rhea (bottom right), Enceladus (top right) and the largest and brightest moon, Titan. New images show what is believed to be icy particles in Saturn's F-ring, clumping into giant snowballs, 20 kilometres across.Moon-making made easy

Wednesday, 28 July 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Saturn spacecraft spots moons in the making. Plus: NASA releases high-resolution map of Mars; and Chinese space junk threatens the International Space Station.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, stars, starstuff, podcasts

The formation of moons in Saturn's rings could provide clues to the formation of our solar system, says one expert Saturn's ring gives birth to new moons

Friday, 23 July 2010
Scientists have captured what they believe are the first images of moons forming in the rings of Saturn.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft Locations: nsw, united-states

Artist's impression of the Rosetta spacecraft flying by an asteroid. Asteroids represent samples of our solar system at different stages of evolution and help us understand the origin of Earth and its planetary neighbourhoodRosetta's stone: spacecraft captures asteroid images

Tuesday, 13 July 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Rosetta's stunning asteroid flyby. Plus: protons smaller than expected; does particle physics' standard model stand up?; and Pacific solar eclipse amazes onlookers.
Subjects: astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, physics, the-moon, starstuff, podcasts

Astronomers say we could improve our chances of finding ET if we deliberately search for 'beacons' Long odds of finding ET, say researchers

Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The odds of successfully eavesdropping on the daily radio traffic of extraterrestrial life forms have been calculated by a pair of UK scientists to be astronomically small.
Subjects: telescopes, space-exploration Locations: sydney-2000, united-kingdom

The universe seen through the microwave eyes of the Planck telescope Cosmos camera takes snapshot of all time

Thursday, 8 July 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast New space telescope pictures the history of the universe. Plus: scientists spot planet orbiting another 'sun'; and Progress's near miss with the International Space Station.
Subjects: planets-and-asteroids, telescopes, the-universe, space-exploration, stars, starstuff, podcasts

'Hanny's Voorwerp' : the green blob of gas [centre] believed to be a 'light echo' from the bright, stormy centre of a distant galaxy that has now gone dim. Blobs in space

Wednesday, 30 June 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast Astronomers solve 'green monster' mystery. Plus: particles to get rethink; and Japan shows off souvenirs from 5-billion-kilometre round trip to space.
Subjects: astronomy-space, blackholes, planets-and-asteroids, telescopes, space-exploration, spacecraft, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

Artist's impression of the black-hole system, MCG-6-30-15. Energy may escape from a black hole when it is in a strong magnetic field which exerts a braking effect.Black hole theory peers into unknown

Wednesday, 23 June 2010Article has audio
StarStuff Podcast New theory explains the secrets of black holes. Plus: scientists hunt for potential Earth-killer asteroids; and Jupiter's mysterious flash explained.
Subjects: astronomy-space, blackholes, planets-and-asteroids, telescopes, space-exploration, spacecraft, galaxies, starstuff, podcasts

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