NASA Back in Touch with Voyager 2
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 119
*NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 in interstellar space
NASA has re-established command control of the Voyager 2 spacecraft.\xa0 The Agency\u2019s 70 metre Canberra Deep Space Network radio dish \u2013 the only antenna capable of contacting the 43-year-old spacecraft -- successfully sent a series of commands to the probe.
*The mystery of the Centaurs
Astronomers have discovered a rare active centaur in the dark expanse of the outer solar system.
*The meaning of a blue moon
This year\u2019s Halloween occurred on a so-called blue moon.\xa0 Now anyone who bothered to look as twilight descended on All Hallows' Eve -- would have seen that the Moon didn\u2019t really turn blue -- but remained its usual white-yellow colour.\xa0 So why call it a blue moon?
*The Science Report
2020 on track to be one of the warmest years on record.
COVID deaths could be significantly reduced if 95 percent of people wore a face mask in public.
A new study warns that multi-screening may be bad for your memory.
Scientists discover that platypus fur glows green under ultraviolet light.
Skeptics stories that are so bizarre and out there that they really do deserve a wider audience.
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