Unveiling 11,000 New Asteroids and Earth's Local Origins

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This episode discusses the discovery of over 11,000 new asteroids, the local origins of Earth, and updates on Virgin Galactic's new spacecraft.

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 46 *Discovery of over eleven thousand new asteroids Preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has led to the discovery of over 11,000 new asteroids. *Confirmation that the Earth was made locally A new study has shown that planet Earth was formed from materials located in the inner solar system rather than stuff from beyond Jupiter. *Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship to be flying before the end of the year Space tourism company Virgin Galactic says work on the first of its new Delta class spacecraft will be completed within a few weeks. and construction of the second of these sub orbital space planes is now underway. *The Science Report Could routine be key to successful weight loss. A new study has found that Tyrannosaurus Rex walked and ran on their tippy toes. The Australian Army’s new Huntsman Self-Propelled Howitzers now rolling off the production line. Skeptics guide to monsters in the railroad yard. Our Guests This Week: DSN Spokesperson Rhianna Lyons from the CSIRO Sean Hodgman from the Australian National University Yogesh Sridhar from the Australian National University And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim…

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Gary

Guests: Rhianna Lyons, Sean Hodgman, Yogesh Sridhar

Topics covered

• asteroid discovery
• Earth formation
• space tourism
• weight loss
• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• military technology
• monsters

Keywords

• asteroids
• Earth
• space tourism
• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• weight loss
• military howitzers
• monsters

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CSIRO, Australian National University, techadvice.life, Australian Skeptics, Virgin Galactic, Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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