2024.10.16 | Astrophysics / Sedimentary rocks / Large space structures

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 16 October 2024:

Astrophysics miscellany:

* Gamma-ray bursts

* Chandra X-ray Observatory sees big explosion

* Black hole outflow

* NuSTAR.

What sedimentary rock layers can reveal about the evolution of the solar system with Prof. Walter Alvarez UC Berkley, California (Courtesy UA)

Large space structures: Dr Alexey Kondyurin, an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the School of Physics, University of Sydney, discusses large space structures of volume 7000 cubic metres made of composite materials cured in space.

TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is designed to discover thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the brightest dwarf stars in the sky (Inserts courtesy CXC, GSFC, NASA)