Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Space Nuts Episode 296 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •‘An Out of This World Discovery’ – three groups of exo-planets have been discovered forming around a binary star. Fred explains… •A US astronaut is about to hitch a ride home from the ISS on a Russian spacecraft. What could possibly go wrong? •How you can add your name to NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon. Here’s where you get de...

Space Nuts 295 Show Notes March 10, 2022 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 295 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Coronal Plasma Loops…new research suggests they aren’t real, they don’t exist. So, what’s the story? Fred explains… •The discovery of large organic molecules having been found in a planet forming disc. •Listener questions – about the sun’s orbit; anothe...

Space Nuts Episode 294 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Asteroids – One that hit China some 50,000 years ago. So why are we talking about it today? Fred has the answers. •Plus a potential asteroid strike on planet earth narrowly averted…but not because of anything clever we did. Fred has details. •A strange black hole that’s spinning on its side. •Listener text questions – about the sp...

Space Nuts 293 Show Notes February 24, 2022 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 293 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •An exoplanet discovered with unusual rain…gemstones. •A James Webb Telescope update. •A quadruple asteroid system has been discovered by a group of observers in Thailand. Fred has details. •Listener questions – in this episode, Research papers, how a...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 292 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A Coronal mass ejection event has destroyed a bunch of Starlink satellites. So how does that happen? Fred explains. •Andrew’s been on short holiday, so what does he do? Visits a telescope of course…as you do. He has the details and as it turns out it has a link with Fred. •A rocket body is abo...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 291 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Planet Earth has picked up a trojan asteroid as our newest companion. Fred has the details. •We revisit Oumuamua (or the Space Doogie as Andrew fondly calls ). Is there a plan to chase it down? It would seem so. •The discovery of a volcanic lake that has life in it. How can that be…and what im...

Space Nuts Episode 290 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Our listeners take over the show with questions from around the globe. Fred has answers for all of them. NEW: The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Us...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 289 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Asteroids that collide with Mars. There’s a new study and we have the results. •Another study, this one into the rotation of stars…and it promises to be very revealing. •Listener questions: Ken in Maroochydore (Queensland Australia) wants to know how they focus radio telescopes; and Jacob in P...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 288 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The Moon’s Magnetic Field mystery...what’s the go? Fred has the details… •A gigantic exo-planet discovery has scientists excited. •A tip from a listener – the search is on for a Falcon Rocket body that they think may have crashed into the moon. Now they’re asking amateur astronomers and space...

New: If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 287 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •We kick things off with another James Webb Telescope update… •What drives cyclones on Jupiter? •Were th...

New: If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 286 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A James Webb Telescope update…all good news. •The mystery of a dimming star. •When it comes to extinction event...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 285 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Mystery solved – Why do comets have green heads but not green tails? Fred explains… •Confirmation – a magnetic field been detected on an exo planet for the first time. •Woodsat – just what is it? •Listener questions: Cryostasis – will it ever be possible for Space Travel? And is gravitomagneti...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 284 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A new theory involving Dark Matter – does this finally answer the question as to what Dark Matter is? •Launching the James Webb Telescope – an update. •Woodsat – just what is it? •Listener questions: About radio circles (a follow on from last week’s story) and Space Ethics? What’s the story? F...

Space Nuts 282 Show Notes December 16, 2021 New: If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 283 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The results of a 16 year study into Einstein’s Theory of Relativity...

Space Nuts 282 Show Notes December 9, 2021 New: If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 282 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Discovery of a new iron planet which seems to be in a hurry – GJ367B...

New: If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 281 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Where did the bulk of Earth’s water come from? There are new findings answering just that question. •A whole bu...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app: https://link.chtbl.com/NAwvL_XP Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 280 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley An episode where too many listener questions is barely enough. We have questions about Gravitational Waves; Mystery Space Signal; the James...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app: https://link.chtbl.com/NAwvL_XP Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 279 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●About that Russian missile test that caused ‘issues’ for the ISS ●Taking a look at the new Dark matter theory that’s just been published ●T...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 278 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Gravitational Wave Detection – Some big news...Fred has details and inside story. ●Problems with the SpaceX capsule – a broken toilet. ●This week’s listener questions involve queries about the Big Bang; sound in space a...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 277 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Happy Birthday Parkes Radio Telescope – 60 yrs. is quite an achievement. ●The benefits of putting a telescope past Saturn. ●This week’s listener questions kick off with Jim who wants to challenge Einstein; Damien clocks in with the obligatory Dark Matter question (what would our show be withou...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 276 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●It’s a big time for Fred…he explains ●The discovery of new exo-planet….but this one’s not in our galaxy….Fred has details and why this discovery is important. ●That mystery signal from space – it’s finally been identified. Details are given… ●This week’s listener questions cover Dark Matter; w...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 275 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Another questions, questions, questions episode. ●Today we have questions about gravitational waves, red shift, ramjet travel and more. ●Plus…a fascinating question asking Fred what his personal highlights have been in his long stellar career. ●We tackle audio and text questions as we try to w...

A podcast about Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 274 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The age of Moon Rocks – the Chang’e 5 findings. ●Mysterious radio signals have been discovered coming from distant stars. So what are they? ●Listener questions…The temperature of black holes; what is spacetime made of; why Jupiter and other gas giants haven’t been turned into r...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 273 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Beat that Star Wars, the discovery of a planet in galaxy far far way that orbits three stars. ●BepiColombo has been sending back some pretty spectacular pictures as it cruises past Mercury. We have an update… ●Listener questions…many listener questions…and Fred has answers for all. Sponsor Det...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 272 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●How the Biblical story of Sodom may have been inspired by an astronomical catastrophe ●The giant red spot on Jupiter – is it speeding up? ●Listener questions…we revisit the possible (or not) heat death of the universe…does a neutron star have an event horizon and a couple of text questions fro...