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Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly)  *Discovery of the most extreme blazars ever seen  NASA'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’re produced by a supermassive black holes feeding in the centre of a galaxy.  *Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe  A 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.  *Asteroid near miss  Astronomers 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)  *Iran conducts ballistic missile test in violation of UN ban  Iran has conducted a ballistic missile test in another violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The flight – which occurred on Sunday – was designed to test a new re-entry vehicle warhead fitted to a Khorramshahr ballistic missile.  *New generation satellite launches in to orbit  Arianespace has launched a Russian Soyuz SZT-B rocket from the European Space Agency’s 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’s Hispasat 36W-1 satellite was lifted into geostationary orbit aboard the soviet era Russian rocket.  If 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...  #astronomy #space #science #technology #news #blazars #Iran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.