We’re fast approaching Christmas 2019 here on planet Earth, but science and space news knows no holiday period, so Brad and Matt have another installment of Talkin’ Science for you today.

The first treasure trove of data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been received and it’s given a fascinating insight into the corona of our star, a Neptune-like exoplanet is baffling researchers – it’s too close to it’s parent star and NASA’s mission to Bennu – a near Earth asteroid – has been turning up some surprising findings… the ball of rock is spewing out rock and dust…

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