Venus's Hazy Secrets, Planetary Collision Insights, and Lunar Gateway Corrosion Concerns

Venus's Hazy Secrets, Planetary Collision Insights, and Lunar Gateway Corrosion Concerns

From SpaceTime with Stuart Gary by Stuart Gary

May 8, 2026 · 37 min · Season 29 · Episode 55

About this episode

This episode discusses the discovery of Venus's haze, evidence of planetary collisions, and corrosion issues with the Lunar Gateway space station.

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 55 *Scientists finally discover the cause of Venus’s enigmatic lower haze Astronomers have finally determined Cosmic dust as the source of a mysterious lower atmosphere haze that blankets the planet Venus. *Discovery of two worlds colliding Astronomers have found evidence of two planet colliding in a distant star system 11 thousand light years away. *The Lunar Gateway space station modules are rusting away NASA has confirmed that two of the habitation modules being built for the now postponed Lunar Gateway space station project are suffering corrosion problems. *May Skywatch We explore the constellation Scorpius, the spectacular M6 and M7 open star clusters and the Eta-Aquarids meteor shower produced by Halley’s Comet in the May edition of Skywatch. Our Guests This Week: 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 ➼ www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . The discounts and bonuses are incredible! And it’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ If you’d like to support the podcast and gain access to…

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Gary

Guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt, Tim Mendham, Jonathan Nally

Topics covered

  • Venus atmosphere
  • planetary collisions
  • Lunar Gateway
  • corrosion issues
  • skywatch
  • meteor showers
  • constellations

Keywords

  • Venus
  • cosmic dust
  • planet collision
  • Lunar Gateway
  • corrosion
  • Eta-Aquarids
  • Scorpius
  • meteor shower

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Australian Skeptics, Sky and Telescope

Places: Venus, Scorpius, Halley’s Comet

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