Tuesday, May 4 2021
•Talkin' Science•Matt
Remembering Michael. Apollo 11’s command module pilot Michael Collins passes away age 90. Extending Ingenuity. The Martian helicopter gets a mission extensions and new directive to aid it’s rover sibling...
Tuesday, February 9 2021
•Talkin' Science•Matt
SpaceX ups the ante, over 3,000 galaxies get a phsical and there's about to be a traffic jam at the red planet!
Tuesday, November 17 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Crew-1 blasts off from the cape as SpaceX helps NASA officially get back to launching from American soil over ten years after the shuttle retired. Scientists now theorise the mysterious dark matter hangs out at the outer edges of spiral galaxies - not the center. And new theories about Hawking Radiation as new research suggests something of you would survive an encounter with a black hole.
Wednesday, November 11 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Scientists now estimate that half of all sun-like stars have Earth-like planets, now we hope they've had similar evolutionary paths and have complex life on them. Lunar's twin - astronomers now believe an asteroid hiding behind Mars and first found more than 20 years ago, is a long lost relative of our moon. And snagging a magnetar, a super dense neutron star, during a recent fast radio burst... how they did it may surprise you.
Friday, August 14 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
SpaceX has backed up their Crew Dragon success with the first flight of Starship... it flew, and landed, at their testing range in Texas.
Wednesday, August 5 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are back on Earth following the successful test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule. It means NASA is back in the game of launching astronauts from American soil, for the first time since the shuttle retired almost a decade ago.
Tuesday, August 4 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
As Perseverance finally launches, SpaceX completes it's final test flight for Crew Dragon and a globular cluster of stars has astronomers rethinking what they thought they knew about their life cycles.
Wednesday, June 3 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Following a delayed launch into orbit, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are now on board the International Space Station as the third phase of the crucial "demo-2" mission is completed.
Tuesday, June 2 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
What a monumental weekend of crewed spaceflight we've just experienced, as America continues to show us the dichotomy it is.
Sunday, May 31 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
A successful afternoon at the Cape as SpaceX marks an historic milestone of returning American astronauts to launches on American soil, nine years after the space shuttle program ended.
Tuesday, May 26 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Astronomers capture the image of a newborn planet, we bust a couple of myths doing the rounds at the moment and Brad and Matt discuss the upcoming SpaceX launch...
Tuesday, May 19 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
As astronomers uncover the complexities surrounding galaxy PKS 2014-55, we're learning details about China's "whoopsie" as the core stage of their new rocket lands close to New York City and NASA sets down the ground rules for the Artemis missions to the moon...
Friday, February 28 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
SpaceX has confirmed plans to launch up to four private citizens into the highest orbit since Gemini 11.
Tuesday, February 25 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Catch Dr Brad Tucker and Matt Miller Talkin' Science right now...
Tuesday, February 18 2020
•A Trekzone Conversation•Matt
Plenty to talk about in today's Talkin Science with Dr Brad Tucker. We've got the details on SpaceX's latest Starlink launch, another resupply mission successfully on the way to the Space Station, Pluto's birthday and more!