Spacetime With Stuart Gary

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 Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Planet Earth’s close asteroid encounter On October 12 an asteroid known as 2012 TC4 will fly just 6800 kilometres above the surface of the Earth - far below the orbits of many satellites. The 40 metre wide asteroid won’t hit the Earth this time – but it will be about as close as possible while still passing safely. *The mystery of the cosmic cold spot deepens Astronomers are still at a loss to explain a giant cosmic cold spot in their large-scale maps of the universe. A new study has ruled out the most likely suspect – a gigantic supervoid – leaving the door open for more exotic explanations like a collision between universes. *Evidence the Higgs turns into quarks There’s new evidence that the Higgs Boson decays into smaller elemental quark particles

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated. You can help support SpaceTime too, 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 Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Lunar water more common than thought There could be a lot more water on the Moon than previously thought. New Satellite readings indicate that numerous volcanic deposits spread across the lunar surface contain unusually high amounts of water compared with surrounding terrains. The findings mean there could be as much water in the lunar mantle was what there is in mantle basalts on Earth. *Dark Matter more likely to be cold rather than fuzzy Scientists trying understand dark matter now believe it’s far more likely to be big and cold rather than light and fuzzy. The new findings are based on a study of the intergalactic medium – the stuff that fills the vast, la

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated. You can help support SpaceTime too, 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 *Surprising results from new galaxy evolution study Scientists have been shocked by some surprising results showing the early universe went through a period of galactic recession shortly after the first galaxies began forming. The unexpected findings contradict prevailing opinions that the very early universe would have been undergoing a period of rapid growth turning huge clouds of pristine molecular gas into stars and galaxies at rates thousands of times greater than what we see in the local universe today.*New particle that’s its own antimatter particle After an 80 year long quest, scientists have finally discovered the Majorana fermion, a particle that’s its own antiparticle. The discovery was made during a series of la

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated. You can help support SpaceTime too, 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 Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *The smallest star ever discovered Astronomers have identified what could be the smallest star ever discovered. The star -- called EBLM J0555-57Ab -- was detected in a triple star system located some 600 light years away in the Southern Hemisphere constellation Pictor the painter. *New brown dwarf discovered Citizen scientists have helped NASA identify a never before seen Brown Dwarf. The discovery is the first was made as part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project. *Why black holes only come two sizes A new study may have finally answered a question which has been puzzling astronomers and physicists for half a century – namely why black h

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated. You can help support SpaceTime too, 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 *Jupiter’s mysterious great red spot as never seen before The closest ever images taken of Jupiter’s majestic Great Red Spot are revealing the giant storm to be a tangle of dark, vein like clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. The imager aboard NASA’s Juno mission snapped pictures of the most iconic feature of the solar system’s largest planetary inhabitant during its July 10 flyby. *Astronomers probe the swirling halo of a spectacular starburst galaxy Astronomers have probed a nearby starburst galaxy which is making stars five times faster than the Milky Way. The unprecedented study focused on the Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 which is 11.5 million light-years from Earth and undergoing a period of intense star

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated. You can help support SpaceTime too, 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 Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *New mysteries surround New Horizons next flyby target NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft won’t be reaching its next target until January first 2019 – but the Kuiper Belt object, 2014 MU69, is already revealing some surprises. New data indicates MU69 may actually be less than 20 kilometres wide. Furthermore it may actually be a binary system or even a swarm of smaller bodies left from the time when the planets first formed. *First ever supermassive black hole binary discovered Astronomers have for the first time ever discovered two supermassive black holes orbiting each other in a single galaxy. The detection provides new clues about the process of galaxy mergers a

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated…and welcome to the team. Today’s 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 Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *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. *Closest look ever at Jupiter’s great red spot NASA’s Juno mission which has already revolutionised sciences view of Jupiter has just undertaken humanity’s closest ever flyby of the gas giant’s most enigmatic feature – the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is a colossal high pr

Thank you to our growing Patreon group. Your support is very much appreciated…and welcome to the team. 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 *Fastest stars in the galaxy are all aliens A new study has concluded that fast moving stars in our galaxy were originally alien stars from other galaxies which were cannibalised by the Milky Way. The new study claims a large population of very fast moving stars in the Milky Way, originally started out in the neighbouring satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. *Why quasars suddenly twinkle violently Gas filaments surrounding stars like the strands of a pompom appear to be causing quasars to suddenly begin to violently twinkle. The findings reported in the Astrophysical Journal could finally provide scientists answer for the 30 year old mystery. *China’s new super rocket the Long March 5 experiences

Thank you to our growing patron group. Your support is very much appreciated…and welcome to the team. Let’s do a role call…with this episode we salute: Jeff Thieleke David Guinness Peter Scott Kerrie Evans Barry Thomas Kevin Brewster Francis Nielsen Michael Carrington Matthew Strauss You too 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 * Hidden dimensions in gravitational wave Researchers claim hidden unknown dimensions could influence gravitational waves. One of the big problems String theory or more correctly M theory has over loop quantum gravity is its need for additional dimensions beyond the three special and one temporal we see in spacetime around us. *Largest virtual Universe ever simulated Scientists have simulated the formation of the Universe using a supercomputer. The gigantic catalogue of about 25 billion virtual galaxies has been generated

NEW! Help support SpaceTime and keep Stuart fed (you can also get access to bonus content, a commercial-free version of the show…and more as we think of it).…by becoming a patron. Become a part of our team... details at our Patreon page... https://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary With this episode we salute: Jeff Thieleke David Guinness Peter Scott Thank you for your support…it’s very much appreciated. Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) *It’s Asteroid day June 30 is asteroid day – marking the anniversary of Earth’s largest asteroid impact in recorded history, the 1908 Tunguska event when an asteroid airburst about ten kilometres above the Tunguska river region of Siberia in eastern Russia. The blast devastated 2150 square kilometers of forest leaving some 80 million trees flattened and reduced to matchwood and lit up the night skies in London -- a third of the way around the globe. *The effects of a major asteroid impact on Earth A ne

NEW! Thank you to our early patrons. Your support is truly appreciated…and welcome to the team. Let’s do a role call…we salute: Alan Laing Brian Morrow Johan Spjuth Luuk van der Velden Greg Hunt Tony Rocco Sam Mowbray You too can help support SpaceTime too, 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 Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * The discovery that’s rewritten galactic evolution Astronomers have discovered the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, spiral galaxy which stopped making stars only a few billion years after the big bang. The study challenges sciences current understanding of how massive galaxies form and evolve early in the history of the universe. *New dark matter hypothesis Astronomers trying to understand dark matter may have a lot more work to do if a new hypothesis -- clai

NEW! Help keep Stuart fed and with a roof over his head...just kidding...but you can help SpaceTime by becoming a patron...and we have rewards for you. Become a part of our team... details at our Patreon page... https://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * Earth in the supernova Kill Zone A new study claims the kill zone around a supernova could be as great as 50 light years – meaning any star that blew up within 50 light years of Earth could cause a mass extinction event. The study also found some tantalizing hints that even far more distant supernovae may have changed human evolution forever. *Hundreds of new planets discovered Scientists using NASA's planet hunting Kepler space telescope have announced the discovery of hundreds of new exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. The 219 new exoplanetary candidates, brings the total number discovered by Kepler to a staggering 4 thousand an

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * Rare meteorites challenge our understanding of the solar system Astronomers may need to revise sciences current understanding of the early solar system following the discovery of rare minerals in ancient meteorites. The new findings mean the history and evolution of the solar system may have been somewhat different from what scientists previously thought. *The volcano that almost wiped out the human species still alive and active A new study has concluded that the Toba super volcano which almost wiped out the human species 74 thousand years ago – is still alive and active today. The report has warned that the rare but spectacular eruptions of super volcanoes experience ongoing, smaller eruptions for tens of thousands of years after the initial event. *New evidence of frost on Moon's surface Scientists using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have identified bright areas in craters near the Moon

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * No planets in brown dwarf system Astronomers have failed to find any planets orbiting the brown dwarfs in the third nearest stellar system to the Earth. Earlier observations using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile indicated the presence of an exoplanet in the Luhman 16AB system. *Another challenge to the Standard Model of particle physics Scientists are puzzled by the results of three particle physics experiments which are providing new hints of new physics beyond the Standard Model – the foundation of sciences understanding of the universe. The new studies are finding signs contradicting a key part of the Standard Model known as lepton universality. *India launches its new heavy lift rocket. India has launched its most powerful ever rocket the GSLV Mark 3 which will one day carry India’s first Manned spacecraft. The mission also marked the heaviest payload ever launched by

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * New clues as to why matter dominates over antimatter Scientists have found evidence for a weak preference for matter over antimatter. While the discovery is far too small to provide any real proof of an imbalance between the way matter and antimatter act, it might provide the first tantalizing clues of some new physics beyond the Standard Model -- to explain why the universe appears to be made up mostly of matter -- rather than antimatter. *Detecting new types of gravitational waves A team of astrophysicists have proposed that permanent scars left in the fabric of SpaceTime by gravitational waves could be used to study exotic hypothetical cosmic events such as primordial black holes and one-dimensional defects in space known as cosmic strings. The study identifies a new concept which the authors are calling orphan memory. *Cassini finds Saturn’s moon might have been tipped over Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) *New address for the Milky Way The large-scale structure of the universe looks a bit like a giant cosmic web with long filaments and connecting nodes made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters surrounding vast empty voids. Until now astronomers were fairly sure our galaxy -- the Milky Way -- was located on one of the filaments. But now a new study claims we’re actually in a void. *Heavy rains on Mars A new study claims heavy rain on Mars reshaped the red planet’s surface carving out valley’s and river channels billions of years ago. The findings show changes in the Martian atmosphere made it rain harder and harder and form bigger drops. *X-37B space shuttle returns from record setting flight A United States Air Force X-37B space shuttle has returned to Earth following a record breaking two year long mission in orbit. The black and white winged spaceplane was launched way back on May 20th 2015. *The Square Kilo

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) *Third gravitational wave detection Astronomers have confirmed that gravitational waves from colliding black holes have been detected for a third time. Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time caused by events such as the collision or merger of very massive objects such as black holes and neutron stars. *Juno mission reveals a whole new Jupiter The first science results from NASA’s Juno mission are portraying Jupiter as a complex and turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, and plunging storm systems traveling deep into the planet’s heart. Scientists also found that the solar system’s largest planet has a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet’s surface than previously thought. *Halos discovered on Mars widen time frame for potential life NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected high concentrations of silica halos in bedrock – indicating

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * Black Holes prove Einstein right -- again A new black hole study as once again shown Professor Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity to be correct. The new research confirms that stars being consumed by a black hole really do fall through an event horizon into a singularity -- rather than crashing into some sort of hard object. *NASA’s new mission to touch the Sun The United States is to send a spacecraft into the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona. The Parker solar probe spacecraft will – quite literally touch the Sun – travelling to within 5.9 million kilometres of the Sun’s photosphere – its visible surface. *A possible Quark Nova Astronomers are looking at the possibility of a new and very different trigger for a strange type of supernova event called a quark nova. Core collapse or type II Supernova are usually generated by the explosive cataclysmic death of a star. If you're enjoying SpaceT

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * History as astronomers see the birth of a black hole For the first time in history, astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star collapsed and was reborn as a black hole. The star, which was 25 times as massive as the Sun, should have exploded in a very bright core collapse or type 2 supernova. *New Zealand’s launches new rocket into space New Zealand has hosted the maiden flight of the new Electron rocket. However, things didn’t go quite to plan for the inaugural mission with the launch vehicle failing to reach orbit. *Skywatch June We turn our eyes to the skies for June skywatch with the marvel at the majesty of the Milky Way as it puts on a spectacular overhead display. June also marks the Winter Solstice in the southern Hemisphere and the start of Summer north of the equator. If you're enjoying SpaceTime, please help out by sharing and telling your friends. The best recommendation I can get is on

Stream Episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com or www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com (both mobile friendly) * A Mysterious new object suddenly discovered near one of the best ever studied black holes Astronomers have discovered a mysterious bright new object near one of the best studied supermassive black holes in the universe. The newly discovered object appears to be either a very rare type of supernova – or more likely -- an outburst from a second supermassive black hole closely orbiting the primary, central supermassive black hole. *A new look at the dinosaur killing asteroid impact event Over the years on SpaceTime and its predecessor StarStuff – we’ve reported several times on how the KT boundary event asteroid impact -- which caused the extinction of all dinosaurs other than birds -- may not have been quite so deadly -- had it hit just about anywhere else on the planet. Now, a new study takes a deeper look. *The truth about Unidentified Flying Objects The idea of alien’s visiting Earth with evil designs in