Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Science EN ↓ 647 episodes

Join Professor Fred Watson and Sci-Fi Author Andrew Dunkley on Space Nuts as they delve into astronomy, space travel, and cosmic mysteries. Explore groundbreaking discoveries and listener Q&A in captivating discussions. Follow us on social media to engage with our community! Two episodes a week with news and explainer focused editions published on Thursday's and our Listener Q&A focused edition on Monday's. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support .

Author

Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

Episodes

172: Tabby’s Star Theory 26.09.2019 45:37

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Episode 172Tabby’s Star TheoryVenus was once liveable...More of our listener's questions…New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff with other listeners, ask your questions….Andrew may even answer them. This is your community so we wa...

171: Earth 2.0 - Maybe 19.09.2019 43:18

Space Nuts Episode 171Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Episode 171Earth 2.0...maybeRadio bubbles...Listener question time…New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff with other listeners, ask your questions….Andrew may even answer them. This is your community so we wa...

170: The Lakes of Titan 12.09.2019 42:09

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Episode 170The latest on Titan’s Lakes...New dinosaur asteroid data. What’s it telling us? Listener question time…is there nothing Fred doesn’t know? New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff with other listeners, ask your questions…...

169: India's History Making Moon Landing Imminent 05.09.2019 35:14

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Episode 169India’s history-making Moon landing imminent...The latest fast radio burst repeaters. What do we know?...Listener question time…wide-ranging and quite technical...but Fred has answers. New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share s...

168: Microbial Life Transport Theory. What?? 29.08.2019 37:43

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Episode 168Microbial life transport theory...yes there is such a theory and it’s fascinating. Super-Earth found...Listener question time…wide-ranging and always interesting. Fred has answers. New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff...

167: Mission to Europa 22.08.2019 35:09

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Episode 167Europa mission a step closer...Gravitation wave cause...Listener question time…black holes and more...New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff with other listeners, ask your questions….Andrew may even answer them. This is...

166: Life On The Moon 15.08.2019 42:30

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 166Life on the moon...Neutron Star behaviour...Listener question time…New! Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff with other listeners, ask your questions….Andrew may even answer them. This is your community so we want to hear from you. J...

165: Twinkle Twinkle Very Old Star 08.08.2019 41:33

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 165Oldest star found...so...just how old is it? Space travel brain damage... Listener question time…Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commercial-free version of Space Nuts. Simply sign on via our new Patreon page… https://www.patreon.co...

164: New Exoplanet Discoveries 01.08.2019 42:07

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 164*Nearby exo-planet discoveries...*Solar Sails from Planetary Society tested... (update available on our Facebook page and Twitter)...*Listener question time…Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commercial-free version of Space Nuts. Sim...

163: Question Time 25.07.2019 41:40

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 163We have a backlog of listener questions building up...so in this episode, we’re going to address several of them. *Part 1 - Rogue Planets - from Andrew Stacey in Canada*Part 2 - Orbits, moons, and Uranus - questions from Judd Brown from Sydney Australia,...

162: Apollo 11 - The Legacies 50 Years On 18.07.2019 48:27

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 162A very special edition of Space Nuts as we look back on the lasting legacy of Apollo 11 and it’s historic Mission 50 years ago.*Part 1 - The Scientific Legacy...and where were you on the day?*Part 2 - The technology legacy...we owe so much of what we tak...

161: Pinpointed - Fast Radio Bursts 11.07.2019 39:06

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 161 of Space Nuts - *Fast Radio Bursts Origins Pinpointed*NASA is returning to Titan...to look for life...*Listener question time….Fred has answers...Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commercial-free version of Space Nuts. Simply sig...

160: Elon Musk's Internet 04.07.2019 29:03

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 160 of Space Nuts - *Elon Musk’s Internet - the plan and the controversy...*The Star Trek logo spotted on Mars? What’s really going on there?*Listener question time….Fred has answers...Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commercial-fre...

159: Intergalactic Radio Waves 27.06.2019 27:29

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 159 of Space Nuts - *Intergalactic Radio Waves...*Space Tourism...NASA’s getting into the act*Listener question time….Fred has answers...Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commercial-free version of Space Nuts. Simply sign on via our...

158: Finding Snoopy 20.06.2019 32:01

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 158 of Space Nuts - *Found! Apollo 10’s long lost Snoopy Module...*Questions...the first one from Justin Blair in Knoxville, Tn...and another from Sareth Patera….thanks. Fred has the answers...Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commer...

157: Hippocamp 13.06.2019 25:17

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 157 of Space Nuts - *Hippocamp...Neptune's mini-moon...what we know.*Heavy water...more on how earth’s Oceans may have come into being...*Listener questions….do galaxies inside a dark matter halo travel more slowly? What’s Dark Matter’s impact on time? H...

156: Newborn Exoplanets 06.06.2019 32:56

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 156 of Space Nuts - *Newborn exoplanets planets...*Our first listener question is about a possible Space Elevator...is it feasible? Fred has the answer...*And another listener question...did Earth ever have rings? Well...did it?. Fred has the answer. Hel...

155: New Comet Water Theory 30.05.2019 41:11

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 155 of Space Nuts - *New comet water theory*The theory of relativity and a very special eclipse..*Listener questions...dark matter and dark energy, are they interchangeable? And DNA seeding...could we have come from another planet or race?.. Fred has the...

154: Weird...But Boring 23.05.2019 36:10

Space Nuts Episode 154Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 154 of Space Nuts - *Ultima Thule - weird but boring*Jeff Bezos Space vision unveiled...*Listener questions...the chicken and egg theory...and cosmic background radiation. Fred has the answers. Help support Space Nuts and gain acces...

153: Moon Quakes 16.05.2019 45:00

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 153 of Space Nuts - *Moon quakes….why they happen..*NASA’s asteroid strike simulation...it isn’t pretty..*The Square Kilometer Array’s new supercomputers and listener questions...The orbit of the ISS and life in our galaxy...Fred has the answers. Help su...

152: More Gravitational Waves Detected 09.05.2019 33:20

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 152 of Space Nuts - *More gravitational waves detected...*Dave Mackay and his Virgin Galactic flight record...*Listener questions...The fabric of Space and entangled particles…Help support Space Nuts and gain access to the special commercial-free version...

151: A Very Hungry Black Hole 02.05.2019 42:42

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 151 of Space Nuts - *A very, very hungry black hole…*Where's Fred today?*A new theory about the creation of our Moon…*Listener questions...Stephen Hawkings Alien Warning, Spider silk in telescopes and a bit of a movie review on the sci-fi movie Gravity....

150: Your Questions - Answered! 25.04.2019 41:56

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 150 of Space Nuts - We answer your questions...so many questions. You have questions about liquids in the Universe, a near-earth asteroid miss, the search for Planet 9, the Universe’s shape, the shape of black holes...and the one question you would ask a...

149: Women and Space Travel 18.04.2019 34:37

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 149 of Space Nuts - *Women are better suited to space travel than men...but only just.*Observing supernovae...* A listener question about lone stars...do they exist? Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Detail...

148: First Picture of a Black Hole 11.04.2019 34:04

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 148 of Space Nuts - *A photo of a black hole at last...*Confirmation of Methane gas on Mars. So what does it mean?*A listener question from James Lancaster in Maine (USA) about Dark Matter. Fred has an answer. Would you like to help support the show and...