Earth in a Cosmic Void? Black Holes Before Galaxies and SpaceX's Latest Triumph
6/6/202653 min
SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 67 *Are we in a cosmic void after all? It’s an hypothesis which has been around for decades and refuses to go away: Are we in a cosmic void? *New study confirms a black hole that formed before its galaxy Astronomers using the Webb Space Telescope have identified a supermassive black hole in the early universe that formed before its host galaxy. *Another win for SpaceX over Boeing NASA has just awarded SpaceX six more crew transfer missions to the International Space Station because Boeing still can't certify its Starliner spacecraft as safe for human operation. *SkyWatch June The June Solstice, the constellation Sagittarius, and the Taurids meteor shower are among the highlights of the June night skies on Sky watch. Our Guests This Week: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman NASA Associate Administrator Lori Glaze NASA Moon Base executive Carlos García-Galán 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 ➼ 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 bonus content by becoming a SpaceTime crew member, you can do just that through The Big Bang editions on Patreon, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Details on the Support page on our website https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/support/ For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ
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Stuart Gary· Host1:00
This is Space Time, series twenty-nine, episode sixty-seven for broadcast on the fifth of June, twenty twenty-six. Coming up on Space Time, is planet Earth in a cosmic void after all? A new study confirms a black hole that formed before its galaxy and another win for SpaceX over Boeing. All that and more coming up on Space Time.
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[upbeat music] Welcome to Space Time with Stuart Gary.