Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 271 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Has the University of Cambridge accidentally stumbled across evidence of Dark Energy? Maybe. ●A 2200 year old observatory that’s been discovered in Peru…and it still works! ●Listener questions…can we watch light move through the Universe if you’re in the right place at the right time, a tongue...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 270 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The one where too many audience questions is never enough. The whole show is devoted to them…including one very clever submission. As usual, no question is too tricky for our Astronomer At Large…they all get an answer from Fred. ●Note…the photo in this weeks artwork was taken by our own Andrew...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 269 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Success on Mars… ●Also on Mars, Ingenuity’s life has been extended… ●A new method for investigating the atmosphere of other planets.. ●Brown Dwarf stars…are there more of them than previously thought? ●Audience questions…Peter has a question about time travel involving a clock on Pluto...anoth...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 268 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●How star making galaxies cause galactic pollution on a massive scale… ●Stars that are eating their own planets…as a consequence, there are probably less Earth like habitable planets out there than we think… ●Audience questions…David in Texas (USA) has a black hole question and is seeking some...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 267 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The fastest orbiting asteroid ever seen… ●A space launch from Australia that only cost a few hundred dollars. So how did they do it and what does it mean? Fred knows… ●A new kind of telescope that will rival Hubble’s results…and it’s held aloft by a helium balloon…a very big one! ●Audience fee...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 266 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A new way to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole. ●A delay to the NASA Moon mission. And the launch of Boeing’s Starliner. ●The Mars Perseverance Rover’s failure at its first attempt to collect samples. ●A listener corrects us …. Plus, a listener asks us to offer up a dumbed down ver...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 265 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Time to tackle your questions again. From around the globe, our listeners have the darndest questions. ●Everything from life to quantum fluctuations, Satellite visibility and the speed of light. ●Fred has answers…. ●Remember: If you’re thinking of buying your first or even a new telescope, vis...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 264 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●All about that dramatic incident on the International Space Station. ●The search for the origin of the asteroid that finished off the dinosaurs. Fred has the latest. ●Our listener questions …What’s the difference between Pulsars and Quasars? How does dark matter escape a black hole? Plus, a qu...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 263 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A warning from NASA – the moon could lift our high tide levels in the near future. ●The latest on Mars Quakes and the core of the red planet from the InSight Mission. ●Our listener questions …Ollie in South Australia wants to know what knocked Uranus flat on its back…and Matt from Chattanooga...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 262 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A quick discussion about the successful launch of Jeff Bezos into space… ●Astronomers have obtained detailed images of a plasma jet from a supermassive black hole. Fred has the details. ●And there are mountains on neutron stars...but not as you may think. ●Our listener questions …both about te...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 261 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●News from Andrew for Space Nuts fans as the podcast’s universe expands ●An ancient star explosion that appears to be more powerful than any supernova we’ve ever seen Fred has details. ●Enceladus’s methane plumes…what they’re all about. ●Our listener questions focusing on the UK…from James and...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 260 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The race is on…who will get into Space first, Jeff Bezos or Richard Branson? ●Water on Mars. Are there lakes under the South Pole? Latest findings have Fred making last minute changes to his new book. ●Our listeners have questions…from Richard on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, Mark in Newbury (UK...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 259 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Some good news about the Square Kilometer Array. Fred has the details. ●The Pentagon’s official report into UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) is released. So what are the findings? ●Our listeners have questions…Ashl...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 258 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Venus – Geologically active? ●A new discovery about the colossal galaxy cluster rotation. What? Fred has details... ●The latest on that mysterious dip in the brightness of Betelgeuse…they think they know what’s caused i...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 257 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The Chinese Mars mission update…including discussion on that selfie… ●    Asteroid 16 Psyche may not be what we thought it was. Fred has the latest... ●    The latest on that mysterious dip in the brightness of Betelgeu...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 256 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●MAVIS - a planned observatory more powerful than Hubble. Fred has the details of this exciting project. ●    A dying black hole. So what happens when a black hole dies? ●    Our listeners have questions…this week involv...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 255 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●In this episode Fred and Andrew battle through internet connection problems…but tenacity sees them prevail. ●    Our listeners have questions…lots of them so this episode is dedicated to tackling as many as possible. Sp...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 254 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Heavy Metals discovered in vapor trails of comets ●Where we live…in the scheme of things it’s pretty ordinary and boring…and we like it like that. ●Questions – from Tim in Lismore (NSW, Australia) who asks what would ha...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 253 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●China successfully lands a Rover on Mars – now what? ●Our favorite topics are back in the news – dark matter, dark energy and the expansion of the Universe – new modeling suggests a new answer in the form a new type of...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites at either https://spacenutspodcast.com or the brand new Bitesz.com HQ site at www.bitesz.com Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 252 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A Mars update – China about to land there making history ●    A new form of Aurora – unmasked from old data ●    It’s official – life related molecules can form...

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites at either https://spacenutspodcast.com or the brand new Bitesz.com HQ site at www.bitesz.com Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 251 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Ingenuity will fly again. An update from Mars. ●Quasar Satellites. What? ●False positives and Exo-planets….explained. ●Space Blobs (Andrew is excited) ●Questions...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 250 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●RIP Michael Collins – friend of the show ●Questions from our listeners – Cassandra, Ryan, Graham, Paddy, Alyssa, Ralph, Andrew and Mark. Fred has answers for all of them, For more Space Nuts, supporter links, visit the shop, buy a book, leave us your questions, and stream podcast episodes on-d...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 249 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●History is made – the Ingenuity update…… ●An update on Australia’s Square Kilometer Array – and it’s good news. ●For some this will be possibly the saddest story of the year – you can forget warp drive! ●Audience questions…today listeners want to know what is the great attractor and where is i...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 248 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●A quick Ingenuity update… ●Have we got the universal model wrong? It’s possible…analysing the particle physics… ●New findings on the aurora of Jupiter… ●Audience questions…today from listeners Richard in Brisbane (Australia) and Tom in Toronto Canada, who has a great question about Fred’s musi...

Space Nuts 247 Show Notes Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 247 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ● The latest on Ingenuities adventures on mars…the first flight preparations are well underway. ● There’s new data on the Chicxulub Crater and it’s affect on life on Earth as we know it. ● The discovery of an elusive intermediary black hole. ● Audience questions…today...