Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 71 of Space Nuts: * Australia to get its own space agency & a mystery object found by Hubble * The Kittens of Saturn * Listener question - Did the dinosaur asteroid bring us water?...Fred answers. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 70 of Space Nuts: * Cassini's death plunge * A mysterious dark planet * What is the shape of a galaxy? * Listener Clem asks about contaminating other planets...Fred has the answers. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy),...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 69 of Space Nuts: * A fascinating discovery in the atmosphere of an exoplanet - WASP-19b * Australia develops a new rocket engine which was 3D printed - and it works. * Audience questions, pregnancy in Space and why the Earth isn't flat. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Po...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 68 of Space Nuts: * Astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks a mass of orbital records * An elusive medium sized black hole found in our own back yard * John from Sydney asks where the habitable zone of our solar system will be when our Sun turns into a red giant Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, in...

Credit: Our episode artwork/photo was taken by Fred of the recent eclipse over North America. Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 67 of Space Nuts we discuss: * Elon Musk unveils his designer spacesuit * Astronomers look closely at a star beyond our solar system for the first time * We answer a question from Rob in Coolum about the expansion of the Universe...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 66 of Space Nuts: * NASA flyover of Pluto released * Gigantic jets over Hawaii * Giant blobs of lava are why Iceland and Hawaii exist Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Over...

This episode of Space Nuts is bought to you by Physical Attraction – A new podcast that tries to explain physics with one chat-up line at a time. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts or any good podcast app. For more visit www.physicalattraction.libsyn.com or check out their twitter at @physicspod Space Nuts Episode 65: Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 65 of Space...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 64 of Space Nuts: * Our atoms are probably from a Galaxy far far away * Comets are bigger than we thought and there are many more of them * Audience question from John in Minneapolis Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy)...

This episode of Space Nuts is bought to you by Moonshot – a new podcast exploring crazy ideas that just might change the world. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts or any good podcast app. For more visit www.moonshot.audio . Space Nuts Episode 63: Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 63 of Space Nuts we discuss: * Potential for life discovered on Titan. * A Universal...

This episode of Space Nuts is bought to you by Moonshot – a new podcast exploring crazy ideas that might change the world. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts or any good podcast app. For more visit www.moonshot.audio Space Nuts Episode 62: Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 62 of Space Nuts we discuss: * Measuring the mass of black holes. * Creating the Galactic I...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 61 of Space Nuts we discuss: * Is there, or isn’t there a Planet 9? * Mystery radio signals from a red dwarf star...we think * Answeringa listener question about visiting black holes Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy)...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 60 of Space Nuts we discuss: * Why Black Holes only come in two sizes * MU69 fly by * Just what is SOFIA? Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Overcast, Tunein Radio, 60db etc...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 59 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The weather…and an amazing new image of Jupiter * Astronomers discover two Black holes orbiting each other * Alien junk on Mars? What? Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Not...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 58 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Twinkling quasars…why is it so? * 3 lost satellites and the hunt to locate them…chalk one up for citizen science! * We answer a couple of good questions from Brad in Indiana (USA)… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Pod...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 57 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Mystery flashes on Earth… * Entangled protons and quantum theory * Hubble proves again that Einstein was right Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Sti...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 56 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Another star system being studied looks to have the early markers of what could have created life on Earth * Our listeners ask questions….we answer them. One from Jim in Sydney (Australia) about how the Dinosaur crater in the Mexican Gulf was discovered * The unveilin...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 55 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Helicopter drones on Mars? How cool… * Extreme Exo Planets… * and India notches up another space success. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 54 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * New Zealand joins the Space race…and innovates along the way… * Heavy rain helped shape Mars…really heavy rain! * NASA’s plan to touch the sun…. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 53 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * More amazing results from the Dinosaur crater * Giant lava waves on Io * How we are using tractor beams and where it might lead. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworth...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 52 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The Australian Government budgets more money for astronomy… * The Hubble Telescope photographs a galaxy far, far away. Just search for ABELL 370 to take a look. * Fred answers listener questions…if you’d like to submit a question for answering on future shows, just em...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 51 of Space Nuts we look at the following stories: * A Balloon launched to try and better understand sub atomic particles * Cassini starts its final manoeuvres before being absorbed by Saturn * May the 4th be with you Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTu...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 50 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Monitoring volcanoes from space * A strange phenomenon called Steve * Light travels different distances around a super nova Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), a...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 49 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Using solar sails to slow down a micro spacecraft when it reaches Proxima Centauri * A black hole that took 11 years to devour a star * A Super Bowl football pass in space that traveled over 500 kilometers Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 48 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Jupiter …as seen from Juno. Amazing! * Apollo 1 - 50 years on…. * Exo planets ‘seen’ for the very first time… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean...

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 47 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The Pan-STARR digital star mapping project * Put this one in your diary – star collision coming in 2022. * An asteroid collision near miss…that no-one saw coming… Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & N...