54: Brown dwarfs could be as common as stars
Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated\u2026and welcome to the team. Today\u2019s shout out to our newest team members: Dean J Martin Bancroft Simon Rouse Ethan Eastman Peter ?? Thank you for your support. You can help support SpaceTime, by becoming a patron...and we have rewards for you. Do your bit to keep Stuart fed and housed... details at our Patreon page... https://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary\xa0Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly)\xa0*Brown dwarfs could be as common as stars Astronomers now believe our galaxy could contain over one hundred billion brown dwarfs. The new findings indicate that at least one brown dwarf is being created for every two stars that are born.\xa0*Closest look ever at Jupiter\u2019s great red spot NASA\u2019s Juno mission which has already revolutionised sciences view of Jupiter has just undertaken humanity\u2019s closest ever flyby of the gas giant\u2019s most enigmatic feature \u2013 the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is a colossal high pressure anticyclone -- some 16,000 kilometres in diameter -- which has been raging across the Jovian southern Hemisphere for at least 350 years and possibly centuries longer.\xa0*New subatomic particle discovered Physicists have discovered a new subatomic particle -- the doubly charmed or doubly heavy quark baryon. The newly found particle -- detected by scientists at CERN\u2019s Large Hadron Collider \u2013 is the first discovered containing two charm quarks and one up quark.\xa0*Space X launches four missions in under a month. Space X has set new standards for space launch capabilities with four separate Falcon 9 launches on two sides of the United States in under a month. The heavy launch schedule is part of a busy 2017 launch manifest for the Hawthorne California based company.\xa0Launch videos\u2026. SpaceX CRS 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBFqFaECYA SpaceX Bulgariasat1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lca_CPZnOZw SpaceX Iridium 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZMBVLSUxLg SpaceX Intelsat 35e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI1dToT68mk\xa0Subscribe, rate and review SpaceTime at all good podcasting apps\u2026including iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Radio Public, Tunein Radio, google play, etc.\xa0#astronomy #space #science #technology #news #astrophysics #NASA\xa0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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