Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 46 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Finding nearby exoplanets…the Breakthrough Listen project * Colliding galaxies photographed. * Watching over rain-forests…from space. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitch...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 45 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Mysterious Cosmic Radio bursts…a mystery solved. * Cosmic dust found on roofs…you may even have some. * Icehouse on Mars…we revisit our favorite planet… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy)...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 44 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Red dwarf to impact our solar system. * Antimatter discovery. * Nature Astronomy magazine about to be released Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbea...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 43 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * China and national security in space. * The Passing Of Vera Ruben. * NASA researching Interstellar Travel… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, O...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 42 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The Jet stream that's under the Earth’s surface. * Ceres covered in ice * Dwarf moon Peggy reappears… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Overca...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 41 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Remembering the late John Glenn…a true hero and extraordinary man. * Japan to test a giant net for catching space junk * Astronomers observe a star just like our sun that’s about to die. What does it mean for us? Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podc...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 40 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Why isn't the rotation of Earth slowing down as fast as it should be? * NASA may have found evidence that life might have existed on Mars in its past due to formations that have been found on the planet. * Still on Mars, analysis of its atmosphere will soon begin and...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 39 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * A meteorite discovery utilising a new technology. * A warning about aliens from none other than Stephen Hawking….pay attention! * Is this really the ‘roundest’ thing in the Universe? Discussion ensues… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 38 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * An Ocean on one of Pluto’s moons…what’s that all about? * The Dinosaur asteroid created a temporary mountain range * Astronaut Peggy Whitson about to break the US record for time in space. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including i...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 37 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The latest in the search for extraterrestrials. Is there anybody out there? * The pillars of destruction * Alert - Extra Super Moon - you won't want to miss this. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & N...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 36 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: *The return of astronauts from the ISS Expedition 49 *The strange hexagonal cloud shape on Saturn and the fact that it's changed colour for some reason...but why? *The possibility that Uranus has some hidden Moons Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podca...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In episode 35: *The Schiaparelli Lander on Mars *Studying Super Massive Black Holes *China occupies it's very own Space Station. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts at any good podcatcher app, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Google Play (US only), Tunein Radio and more. Email - spa...

Stream episodes of Space Nuts on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps including iTunes (featuring in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Google Play etc. In Episode 34....we focus on Mars... *The US President lays down a challenge ...let's go to Mars within 30 years. We discuss... *But a new hurdl...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 33 and Fred has returned from his overseas trip so we have a bit of Space news to catch up on. *Sorry...but we haven't found alien life yet...the baffling story of dimming star KIC 8462852 - Fred explains what's really happening. *Pluto's moon Charon has been discovered to have a r...

Stream this and previous episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 32. In this episode Fred and I discuss: *China's Jade Rabbit Mission. Not a lot is heard about this, but Fred has all the latest. *Have we got Dark Matter Theory all wrong? Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Google Pla...

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 51. In this episode we discuss the following: *Moon Express have received approval to take us back to the moon. Fred has the details and back ground...plus a Space Pirate? *Australia is on the move....as in the whole continent. It's not where we thought it was.... Subscribe, rate and review...

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi every one, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 30. In this episode I put Fred on the spot with one of the biggest questions out there...why are we here? Discussion ensues... Plus we take a look at what the end of the Philae lander program means. Please subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Tunei...

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 29. And in this episode we take a look at and discuss the following: *Mercury- New findings are suggesting there may be a lot more to this far away planet than we thought. Fred has the latest. *Our own moon has an enormous crater on it...but what caused it? *We revisit the human eye ....jus...

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 28: Stories we discuss in this episode include: * Its a big month for backyard astronomers with five planets in plain view...Fred fills us in on what we can see by looking up in the sky...and when * .The ESA in conjunction with Russia are getting ready to drill a hole in he moon. Why? * We ta...

Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 27 of Space Nuts. We open this episode with a definition clarification...that thing you saw in the sky...was it a meteor or a meteorite, or maybe something else? We set the record straight. Topics we take a look at: *Space Junk...as you can see from our graphic..there's a heck of a lot of it. So how do we remove it? *X marks the spot...yet anothe...

Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 26... And in this episode we highlight and discuss three important recent discoveries: *Yet another dwarf planet has been (possibly) discovered beyond Neptune. *An unusual discovery...a plant orbiting a triple star system. *The discovery of a new particle by the Large Hadron Collider has scientists excited. We live in exciting times for scientis...

Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 25: In this episode Fred and I discuss and give some interesting background/insider information on: *the Juno mission to Jupiter (though I slip up and call it Mars...my obsession...oops:)) *The very, very big Chinese Radio Telescope ...which Fred has some inside knowledge of. *And Australia has it's own Dark Sky Park...one of only a handful in t...

Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 24 of Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley.. Stories: *The European Space union are wanting to return to Mars to continue the hunt for signs of life...but they've run into a hurdle. Fred discusses and backgrounds you. *So what's the new link between Mars and the tiny nation of Nepal? * Is Tutankhamun's blade....extraterrestrial? Susc...

Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 23. Stories covered and discussed: *More gravitational waves discovered...but what does it all mean? Fred explains... *Light Pollution...it's a really, really big problem. Learn more... *Australia to begin testing mini-satellites. They're becoming quite the rage... Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean,...

Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 22... Stories we cover in this episode: *There's been an update to the Drake equation...we discuss what it is and what it really means. * A fossil meteorite unlike any we've seen before has been found. We discuss it's importance. *A private US company, Moon Express, wants to fly to the moon...but why? Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBo...