Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 147 of Space Nuts - *The Rivers of Mars (sounds like a song title doesn't it….)*A very rare asteroid spotted by the Hubble Telescope...*Listener questions…Did our solar system have a rogue planet in it’s past? And a question about the expansion of the universe and the redshift issue. Fred has answers. Would you li...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 146 of Space Nuts - *News on exoplanets...*A NASA wardrobe malfunction...*Two listener questions...what would happen if you threw a tool in space and evaporating black holes? Fred has the answers. Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.co...

Space Nuts Episode 145Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 145 of Space Nuts - *A meteor explosion on our doorstep...and we all missed it.*The Stephen Hawking 50p coin release.*Two more listener questions…1. Intelligent design and 2. Boring data, Fred has the answers. Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-S...

In Episode 144 of Space Nuts - *The Square Kilometer Array Treaty signed - and it's great news for Australia*Scientists have had another crack at calculating the mass of the Milky Way...so how did they do it?*Two listener questions...parachutes on Mars...are we junking the planet up? And we revisit fast radio bursts...Fred has the answers. Would you like to help support the show and get yourself o...

Space Nuts Episode 143Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 143 of Space Nuts - *SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule’s historic docking with ISS*Sunburnt moon...*Two listener questions...how will the impending pole reversal affect our GPS systems ...and would we be able to understand gravity once we fully understand the Higgs Boson? Would you like to...

In Episode 142 of Space Nuts - *Hayabusa touches down...*Virgin Galactic’s historic test flight...*Our listener question comes from David in Springfield, Oregon (USA) who has a question about our ever-expanding Universe and the predicted Milky Way collision with Andromeda Galaxy. Fred has the answer…Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  ww...

Episode 141 of Space Nuts - *A revelation from Fred...*The demise of the Opportunity Rover and a new look at Ultima Thule'...*Well, this is different...Harpoon tested on space junk and design changes for Elon Musk's Mars rocket*Our listener question comes from John Brooks who queries the very existence of Dark Matter. Fred has an answer…Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one...

Episode 140 of Space Nuts - *Britain's Black Arrow Rocket...*2019 - The year of the Periodic Table...*A listener question from Mario in Melbourne, Australia - following up on the discussion on What Is Life?...what’s the latest with the Drake Equation. Fred has the answer...and it’s a lot. Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.co...

Episode 139 of Space Nuts - *Australia Day Honours...and the Aussie Science and Astronomy worlds have cause to celebrate...*There’s a new Ultima Thule pic...and it’s stunning.*A listener question from Andrew in Newcastle, NSW, Australia who’s just bought a classic Silva Compass...and it’s not performing as expected. What’s going on? Fred attempts to answer...Would you like to help support the show...

Episode 138 of Space Nuts - *What is life? Depends on who you talk to it seems...we discuss.*Gamma Ray deal...*A listener question from Dayton Boyd in Birmingham, Alabama about the big bang and the expansion of the Universe...as usual….Fred has answers. Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.com/shop (They make a great present…)I...

Episode 137 of Space Nuts - *Saturn’s Rings...the data is in from Cassini...and they’re not as old as previously thought, nor will they last.*Earth’s magnetic field is moving...from Canada to Siberia...what does this mean?*Our listener question comes from Trevor Mills...about radio signals in space...just how far will they travel and still be detectable? Fred has the answers. Would you like to hel...

Episode 136 of Space Nuts - We tackle questions from our listeners:*The new Uranus tilt theory (Fred wrote the book on this one…)*Dark Matter Lensing...and why it’s so important..*Questions about The Big Bang....Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.com/shop (They make a great present…)If you like to get your hands on a copy of...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 135 of Space Nuts - *The Ultima Thule flyby...*Chang’e 4 update...*Alien abductions are down..Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.com/shop (They make a great present…)If you like to get your hands on a copy of Dr. Fred Watson’s book ‘ ‘Wh...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 134 of Space Nuts - *Horizons next rendezvous + Virgin Galactic’s plans...*Apollo 11 50th anniversary and IAU turns 100 next year*Listener questions asking why the Moon is upside down and why everything in the Universe spins...Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? D...

Space Nuts Episode 133Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 133 of Space Nuts - *The Australian Space Agency and Voyager 2 are in the news*The Changi Mission, Fred has details….and the eerie winds of Mars...*Our listener question this week comes from Andrew Mitchell...who’s looking for more detail from Fred on a comment he made a few episodes ba...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 132 of Space Nuts - *NASA’s Moon announcement...*An update on the Osiris Rex mission to Bennu...*And listener questions...first up Scott has a question about measuring the age of the Universe...and Kevin in Ireland has a question about a Type A1 Supernova...Would you like to help support the show and get your...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 131 of Space Nuts - *The Insight Lander has landed...and Comet Wirtanan*Planet HR8799c...*Elon renames the BFR…Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.com/shop (They make a great present…)If you like to get your hands on a copy of Dr. Fred Wa...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 130 of Space Nuts - *Rare colliding binary stars sighted...*A ghost galaxy has been discovered...*Questions from the audience…  Nina in Sweden has a great question about her education options...how can she combine her love of Astronomy with Medicine. Fred has the answer. And Clem is back with a question about...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 129 of Space Nuts - *Listener Michael Carey wonders whether he should lose any sleep over the ‘Dark Matter Hurricane’ that’s headed for Earth. Fred has the reassuring answer...*What’s the deal with that Irish UFO that’s been reported this week?*Listener questions...Rob from Victoria (Australia) has a two-part...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 128 of Space Nuts - *A supermassive black hole at the centre of our universe..*Oumuamua - just what is it?*Listener questions...first up Ryan from Delaware has a question around the Transit Method and observational angles. Next up Gordon wants to know how it’s possible to still see events from so long ago and...

Space Nuts Episode 127Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).This episode is brought to you by The Local Maximum Podcast....technology news and more....expand your perspective...for details visit www.localmaxradio.com Episode 127 of Space Nuts - *Dust clouds around Planet Earth..*The Parker Solar Probe...an update...*Listener questions...first one is from...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 126 of Space Nuts - *Mission to Mercury...it’s underway...*Fake Chinese Moon….or Fake news?...*Listener questions...first from Michael Carey who wants to know what the backup plan is for getting astronauts off of the ISS. The second question is from Scott Kime (who’s writing a sci-fi novel) and wants to know...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 125 of Space Nuts - *Let’s talk about those fast radio bursts...*The sounds of Aurora’s...*Listener question time...first one from Aziz in Uganda, who wants to know what causes ball lightning. Second question is from John Brookes in Callala Bay, NSW Australia - just how good is our technology at detecting par...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 124 of Space Nuts - *Ice formations on Europa...*The first exo-moon...*Our listener question comes from Paul Laviolette Of Vancouver Island Canada - What’s the deal with the big crunch?...Fred explains. If you like to get your hands on a copy of Dr Fred Watson’s book ‘ ‘Why Is Uranus Upside Down? And other qu...

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 123 of Space Nuts - *The discovery of Goblin...has Astronomers excited...is confirmation of Planet 9 far away?*Space Week...here’s what’s happening….*And our listener question is about the Big Bang etc...Fred has the answers as usual. Links mentioned in this episode: Fred's video segments for World Space Week...