10: Discovery of the most extreme blazars ever seen
Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly)\xa0*Discovery of the most extreme blazars ever seen\xa0NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered the most distant gamma-ray blazars ever seen. Blazars are powerful jets of particles and energy travelling at close to the speed of light. They\u2019re produced by a supermassive black holes feeding in the centre of a galaxy.\xa0*Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe\xa0A new study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that the universe could be a vast complex hologram. Physicists investigating irregularities in the cosmic microwave background radiation claim they have found as much evidence supporting a holographic explanation of the universe as there is for the traditional explanation of these irregularities using the theory of cosmic inflation.\xa0*Asteroid near miss\xa0Astronomers have detected another relatively large asteroid that almost sped past the Earth unnoticed. The space rock designated 2017-AG13 passed the Earth at a distance of less than 200 thousand kilometres -- about half way between the Earth and the Moon. (For more...follow @SpaceNuts podcast from all good podcatcher apps or bitesz.com)\xa0*Iran conducts ballistic missile test in violation of UN ban\xa0Iran has conducted a ballistic missile test in another violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The flight \u2013 which occurred on Sunday \u2013 was designed to test a new re-entry vehicle warhead fitted to a Khorramshahr ballistic missile.\xa0*New generation satellite launches in to orbit\xa0Arianespace has launched a Russian Soyuz SZT-B rocket from the European Space Agency\u2019s Kourou spaceport in French Guiana a new type of telecommunications satellite into orbit. The early morning launch lit up the black skies with a golden ribbon of fire as Spain\u2019s Hispasat 36W-1 satellite was lifted into geostationary orbit aboard the soviet era Russian rocket.\xa0If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by sharing and telling your friends. The best recommendation I can get is one from you. Thank you...\xa0#astronomy #space #science #technology #news #blazars #Iran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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