Time Across the Solar System

Time Across the Solar system
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Making planetary science personal, engaging, and mind-blowing — through the universal experience of time. Have you ever wondered what time means on another world? On Earth, a day lasts 24 hours. But on Jupiter, it’s less than 10. On Venus, a single day stretches 243 Earth days. Time Across the Solar System takes you on a cosmic journey where every planet keeps its own clock. Each episode turns scientific fact into cinematic storytelling — blending NASA data, imaginative narration, and stunning cosmic soundscapes.

  1. 2d ago

    Crew-13, a 10-Billion-Year Radio Burst & a Planet Born After Its Star Died

    Crew-13 has arrived at the International Space Station, Crew-12 is back on Earth, and astronomers have traced a fast radio burst whose signal travelled for more than ten billion years before reaching us. This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores ten stories showing that nothing in space runs on just one clock. We follow Crew-13’s rapid journey to the ISS, Crew-12’s return after seven months in orbit, and South Korea’s latest multi-satellite launch. We then travel much farther out to investigate the most distant fast radio burst yet located, a possible second-generation planet born after its star died, and a magnetic switchback traced back toward the Sun by Solar Orbiter. Mars contributes one of the strangest weather stories of the week with a morning cloud stretching roughly 1,800 kilometres, while Phobos carries the enormous Stickney Crater and continues its slow journey inward toward Mars. We also look beneath the Moon for possible lava-tube caves that could one day shelter astronauts, and beneath Antarctic ice, where the IceCube experiment detects ghostly neutrinos from some of the most energetic places in the universe. Ten stories. One big idea: Nothing in space runs on just one clock. Family-friendly astronomy, planetary science and space news with Tess. More episodes, calculators and educational resources at tatssp.com

    Crew-13, a 10-Billion-Year Radio Burst & a Planet Born After Its Star Died

  2. Oct 2

    Before the First Stars, Webb’s Cosmic Mirrors & Planet-Shattering Collisions

    Could a suitcase-sized spacecraft listen to the universe before the first stars existed? This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores ten stories about one of astronomy’s most extraordinary rules: the farther into space we look, the further back in time we see. We meet CosmoCube, a small spacecraft designed to hide behind the Moon and listen for ancient hydrogen from the cosmic dark ages. The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a spectacular gravitational-lensing “house of mirrors”, evidence of enormous planet-shattering collisions, mysterious Little Red Dots that may contain rapidly growing black holes, and early galaxies already spreading the ingredients needed for planets and life. Closer to home, Webb explores tiny brown dwarfs in the stellar nursery IC 348, astronauts travel rapidly to the International Space Station, ESA’s JUICE spacecraft borrows momentum from Earth on its journey to Jupiter, Mars begins a new year, and SMILE starts watching the invisible magnetic shield surrounding our planet. Ten stories. One big idea: In space, looking farther away often means looking further back in time. Family-friendly astronomy, planetary science and space news with Tess. More episodes, calculators and educational resources at tatssp.com

    Before the First Stars, Webb’s Cosmic Mirrors & Planet-Shattering Collisions

  3. Sep 25

    A 100-Mile Ocean on Ariel? Radio Bursts from Another Planet & Ancient Mars

    A moon of Uranus may once have hidden an ocean more than one hundred miles deep. Astronomers have detected radio bursts coming directly from a planet sixty-three light-years away. And NASA is uncovering a much more complicated history of water on ancient Mars.This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores ten stories about something astronomy does remarkably well: discovering things we cannot see directly.We investigate Ariel’s possible subsurface ocean, new techniques for tracking asteroids through their shadows, radio emissions from Beta Pictoris b, Perseverance’s evidence for complex water systems on Mars, life surviving extreme heat on Earth, and Jupiter’s unexpectedly complicated magnetic shield.We also look at Earth’s changing planetary boundaries, Hubble completing its 200,000th orbit, a newly identified giant crater on the Moon, and a white dwarf producing a shock wave that astronomers cannot yet fully explain.Ten stories. One big idea:The most important things in space are often invisible.Family-friendly astronomy, planetary science and space news with Tess.More episodes, calculators and educational resources at tatssp.com

    A 100-Mile Ocean on Ariel? Radio Bursts from Another Planet & Ancient Mars

  4. Sep 18

    Starship Flight 14, Purple Mars & a Galaxy Spinning Sideways

    Starship has a new launch date. Mars has turned purple. And Hubble has found a galaxy whose centre appears to be rotating in a completely different direction from the rest. This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores ten stories showing how space is becoming a place humanity must not only explore, but also schedule, monitor and manage. We look at SpaceX’s next Starship flight, Europe’s growing launch market, tiny brown dwarfs photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope, the strange colours of Mars’ south pole, International Observe the Moon Night and brilliant Venus. We also examine the growing problem of satellites and debris in Earth orbit, the increasing importance of orbital infrastructure, an impact crater discovered in the Canadian wilderness, and Hubble’s remarkable view of NGC 4698. Ten stories. One big idea: Space is not empty. It is active, changing and increasingly crowded. Family-friendly space news, astronomy and planetary science with Tess. More episodes, calculators and educational resources at tatssp.com

    Starship Flight 14, Purple Mars & a Galaxy Spinning Sideways

  5. Sep 11

    Mysterious X-Ray Objects, 3I/ATLAS & the Dark Energy Question

    This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores ten stories about the records the universe leaves behind. Astronomers uncover a mysterious new class of hypersoft X-ray sources hidden in old Chandra data. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS offers clues about the star system where it was born. A new analysis questions whether cosmic expansion is really accelerating. The MOONS instrument begins peering through dust toward the heart of the Milky Way, while China’s FAST telescope releases a vast catalogue of neutral hydrogen sources. We also look at 27 years of black-hole-jet observations transformed into a moving reconstruction, a levitated-magnet experiment searching for dark matter, a huge map containing billions of celestial objects, tiny worlds beyond Neptune preserving the Solar System’s early history, and what scientists really think about recent claims of possible alien life. Ten stories. One big idea: the universe keeps records. Family-friendly astronomy, astrophysics and space science with Tess. More episodes, calculators and lesson plans at tatssp.com

    Mysterious X-Ray Objects, 3I/ATLAS & the Dark Energy Question

  6. Sep 4

    Roman Launches, Saturn’s Decagon & Mars Gets an Internet

    This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores ten stories showing why timing matters everywhere in space. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins its journey toward L2, NASA selects Blue Origin for a future Mars communications network, and astronomers report a remarkable ten-sided atmospheric structure around Saturn’s south pole. We also follow China’s Tiangong space station across the night sky, Rocket Lab’s latest radar satellite, Venus and the September sky, plans for a U.S. Space Academy, a nearly seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station, the delayed Crew-13 mission, and Europe’s push for more frequent rocket launches. From 90-minute orbits to messages that can take more than 20 minutes to cross the distance between Earth and Mars, this episode asks the question at the heart of the series: How does time work up there? Family-friendly astronomy, space science and planetary time with Tess. Explore more episodes, calculators and lesson plans at tatssp.com

  7. Aug 28

    Blood Moon Eclipse, Roman Telescope Launch & Artemis Astronaut Honors — Space News for Kids (Aug 28, 2026)

    This week on Time Across the Solar System: a 93% partial lunar eclipse turned the Moon copper-red over the UK and Ireland, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prepares to launch this weekend, and the Artemis II astronauts receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their historic Moon flyby. Plus: Turkey joins the Artemis Accords, NASA studies whether Earth microbes could survive at the Moon's south pole, a new European weather satellite reaches orbit, and rockets around the world inch toward their next launches. Tess breaks down ten space stories for families and kids, always connecting back to one big idea: space isn't just about distance, it's about timing. Perfect for classroom listening, car rides, or bedtime curiosity. Learn more, explore age calculators, and find lesson plans at tatssp.com.

  8. Aug 21

    Hidden Stars, Black Hole Stars & the Sun’s Final Bow | Space News

    The James Webb Space Telescope is rewriting the story of the universe — from its earliest galaxies to the eventual fate of stars like our Sun. This week on Time Across the Solar System, Tess explores six remarkable discoveries across cosmic time: JWST finds unexpectedly large populations of hidden, faint stars in ancient galaxies; the Treasure Chest cluster in the Carina Nebula gets a surprising new age; galaxy cluster XLSSC 122 appears far more mature than expected; astronomers investigate a bizarre “black hole star” from only 660 million years after the Big Bang; water is detected around the dying star IRS 3 close to Sagittarius A*; and the Lion Nebula (NGC 2392) offers a glimpse of what may eventually happen to our own Sun. From stellar nurseries to dying stars, gravitational lensing and supermassive black holes, this episode asks the question at the heart of the series: how does looking across space allow us to look across time? A family-friendly journey through astronomy, astrophysics and the latest discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope. Explore planetary time, calculators, lesson plans and more at tatssp.com. Topics: James Webb Space Telescope, JWST, early universe, ancient galaxies, Carina Nebula, Treasure Chest star cluster, galaxy clusters, gravitational lensing, black hole stars, Sagittarius A*, IRS 3, water in space, planetary nebulae, Lion Nebula, stellar evolution, astronomy, astrophysics, space news.

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Making planetary science personal, engaging, and mind-blowing — through the universal experience of time. Have you ever wondered what time means on another world? On Earth, a day lasts 24 hours. But on Jupiter, it’s less than 10. On Venus, a single day stretches 243 Earth days. Time Across the Solar System takes you on a cosmic journey where every planet keeps its own clock. Each episode turns scientific fact into cinematic storytelling — blending NASA data, imaginative narration, and stunning cosmic soundscapes.

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