Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 561
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Q&A's - Space Nuts 280
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space N…
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space N…
00:45:40 |
Thu 25 Nov 2021
Rusty's Moon
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space N…
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space N…
00:51:23 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
Gravitational Waves - Big News
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 278 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Gravitational Wave …
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 278 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Gravitational Wave …
00:49:32 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Happy Birthday!
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 277 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Happy Birthday Parkes Radio Telescope – 60 yrs. is quite an achievement.
●The benefits of putti…
Space Nuts Episode 277 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Happy Birthday Parkes Radio Telescope – 60 yrs. is quite an achievement.
●The benefits of putti…
00:52:19 |
Thu 04 Nov 2021
Space Warp
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 276 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●It’s a big time for Fred…he explains
●The discovery of new exo-planet….but this one’s not in ou…
Space Nuts Episode 276 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●It’s a big time for Fred…he explains
●The discovery of new exo-planet….but this one’s not in ou…
00:50:56 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Audience Questions
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 275 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Another questions, questions, questions episode.
●Today we have questions about gravitational w…
Space Nuts Episode 275 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Another questions, questions, questions episode.
●Today we have questions about gravitational w…
00:45:47 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
Younger Than Expected
A podcast about Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 274 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●The age of Moon Rocks – the Chang’e 5 findings.
●Mysterious radio signals have …
Space Nuts Episode 274 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●The age of Moon Rocks – the Chang’e 5 findings.
●Mysterious radio signals have …
00:50:29 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
In A Galaxy Far Far Away
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 273 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Beat that Star Wars, the discovery of a planet in galaxy far far way that orbits three stars.
●…
Space Nuts Episode 273 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Beat that Star Wars, the discovery of a planet in galaxy far far way that orbits three stars.
●…
00:45:32 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
The Legend of Sodom
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 272 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●How the Biblical story of Sodom may have been inspired by an astronomical catastrophe
●The gian…
Space Nuts Episode 272 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●How the Biblical story of Sodom may have been inspired by an astronomical catastrophe
●The gian…
00:47:30 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Evidence of Dark Energy?
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…
Space Nuts Episode 271 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Has the University of Cambridge accidentally stumbled across evidence of Dark Energy? Maybe.
●A…
00:48:55 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Questions, Questions, Questions...
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…i…
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…i…
00:52:13 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Success on Mars
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 investigat…
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 investigat…
00:47:54 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Galactic Pollution on a Massive Scale
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 th…
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 th…
00:46:14 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
Fast, Very Fast!
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 hu…
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 hu…
00:49:26 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Measuring the Mass of a Super Black Hole
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. …
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. …
00:42:25 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Spreading the Goo
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 qu…
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 qu…
00:55:35 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
About That Incident with the ISS
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…
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…
00:44:39 |
Thu 05 Aug 2021
A Warning From NASA
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…
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…
00:42:36 |
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Plasma Jet
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 obta…
Space Nuts Episode 262 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●A quick discussion about the successful launch of Jeff Bezos into space…
●Astronomers have obta…
00:42:46 |
Thu 22 Jul 2021
One Big Ancient Star Explosion
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 explosi…
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 explosi…
00:44:36 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
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