April Skies: Celestial Wonders and Planetary Alignments Await

About this episode

This episode discusses climate change's impact on Earth's rotation, solar magnetic waves, a medical evacuation from the ISS, and highlights of the April night skies.

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 43 *Climate change is slowing Earth's spin at an unprecedented rate A new study has found that climate change is slowing the Earth rotation at an unprecedented rate compared to past 3.6 million years *Magnetic waves discovered deep inside the Sun Scientists have detected large scale magnetic waves moving deep inside the Sun. The discovery reported in the journal Nature Astronomy could help scientists predict solar activity. *Mystery medical evacuation from space station finally explained That mystery medical evacuation from the International Space Station earlier this year has finally been explained. *April SkyWatch The splendours of the Southern Cross and its two pointer stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, the blue Supergiant Canopus and the Lyrids meteor shower are among the highlights of the April night skies on SkyWatch. Our Guests This Week: Artemis lunar science lead Kelsey Young from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics And Senior science writer and Sky and Telescope magazine contributor Jonathan Nally 🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼…

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Gary

Guest: Kelsey Young

Topics covered

• climate change
• Earth rotation
• solar activity
• medical evacuation
• April night skies
• celestial events

Keywords

• climate change
• Earth rotation
• solar magnetic waves
• medical evacuation
• April SkyWatch
• Southern Cross
• Lyrids meteor shower

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Australian Skeptics, Sky and Telescope

Books & works: Nature Astronomy

Places: Earth, International Space Station

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