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
101: Merging Galaxies, A Supernova Event Survivor and Noctilucent Clouds - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 101 of Space Nuts - *Merging galaxies seen from early Universe... *Astronomers find a survivor from a supernova eve…
00:34:22 |
Thu 03 May 2018
100: Mythbusters: Conspiracies Debunked - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 100 of Space Nuts - Mythbusters - Conspiracies debunked: *Things people see on Mars.. *The Moon landings - yes they really …
00:41:16 |
Thu 26 Apr 2018
99: The DNA of 340,000 Stars, TESS & Listener Questions - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 99 of Space Nuts: *The DNA of 340,000 stars…(count them if you like) *The TESS launch to find livable planets... *Listener …
00:38:16 |
Thu 19 Apr 2018
98: Black Hole Clusters? Maybe - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 98 of Space Nuts: *Black hole clusters may be a thing... *Virgin Galactic takes to the air for the first time in four years…
00:38:52 |
Thu 12 Apr 2018
97: Is that Icarus?
In Episode 97 of Space Nuts: *The Hubble detects ‘Icarus’ halfway across the universe... *Huge ice reserves found on Mars... *A listener question from Richard Visser. Richard says ‘I know we don’t ye…
00:38:23 |
Thu 05 Apr 2018
96: Watch out! Falling Chinese Space Station
In Episode 96 of Space Nuts: *Look out - There’s a falling Chinese Space Station on it’s way down... *The Curiosity Rover clocks up 2000 Sols on Mars... *Historic US Observatory to close down...maybe…
00:31:23 |
Thu 29 Mar 2018
95: The late Stephen Hawking
In Episode 95 of Space Nuts: *The late Stephen Hawking remembered... *The rotation of galaxies... *The harpooning of space junk. It’s a thing… *A clue to life... Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts…
00:39:35 |
Thu 22 Mar 2018
94: Cosmic Dawn - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 94 of Space Nuts: *Fred journeys to Egypt and Oman. So what was he doing there? *Evidence of the Cosmic Dawn... *Turns out …
00:31:02 |
Thu 15 Mar 2018
93: Solar flares, A Submarine & Dark Matter
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 93 of Space Nuts: *Solar flares...just what are they and how do they happen? Dr. Fred explains... *NASA’s Space Submarine p…
00:29:52 |
Thu 08 Mar 2018
92: Asteroid CB2018, gravity's effect on time and a complex listener question
In Episode 92 of Space Nuts: *Asteroid fly-by... *Gravity's effect on time... *A listeners question - from Greg in Sydney (Australia) - When can we expect to see a black-hole and neutron star merger.…
00:28:04 |
Thu 01 Mar 2018
91: GRACE Follow-on
In Episode 91 of Space Nuts: *Tracking Earth’s ice levels...GRACE Follow-on *Details on the Insight mission... *A listeners question - Ronald Newbo in Charlotte - Is Space expanding...or is it contra…
00:31:48 |
Thu 22 Feb 2018
90: The Tumbling, Tumbling Asteroid
In Episode 90 of Space Nuts: *The tumbling, tumbling asteroid….what’s going on? *The ISS funding in jeopardy... *A listeners question - Daryl Harper of Forest Lake - Is artificial gravity (as depicte…
00:30:38 |
Thu 15 Feb 2018
89: Trappist 1, Seas of Titan and Interstellar Travel
In Episode 89 of Space Nuts: *Trappist 1 - the latest discoveries... *The seas of Titan.... *A listeners question - from Jordan Holt in Alabama - is interstellar travel possible? Fred answers... Subs…
00:31:36 |
Thu 08 Feb 2018
88: A Disco Ball, A Tesla and Dark Matter
In Episode 88 of Space Nuts: *A shiny disco ball in Space….but not everyone’s happy… *Elon Musk to launch his own car to Mars.. *A listeners question - The effect of Dark Matter on Gravitational Wave…
00:27:56 |
Thu 01 Feb 2018
87: The Michigan Incident
In Episode 87 of Space Nuts: *The Michigan incident... * The Hubble Telescope discovers an ancient galaxy... * A question from listener Clayton, in Texas USA (Thanks, Clayton...good question)....are …
00:31:39 |
Thu 25 Jan 2018
86: Exo planets in a musical orbit?
In Episode 86 of Space Nuts: * Exo planets found in musical orbit * AAO announces streams of stars discovered. * UK satellite to make movies in space... Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all …
00:31:13 |
Thu 18 Jan 2018
85: The Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse
In Episode 85 of Space Nuts: * The first super blue blood moon eclipse in more than 150 yrs. * Construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) begins. * The incredible stretching astronaut.... Su…
00:31:38 |
Thu 11 Jan 2018
84: New Horizon, Alien Research & Christmas
In Episode 84 of Space Nuts: * The New Horizon probe may hit pay dirt * The Pentagon was investigating UFOs * Was the start of Bethlehem a real thing? Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all go…
00:32:16 |
Thu 21 Dec 2017
83: Mission to a metal asteroid
In Episode 83 of Space Nuts: * Mission to a metal asteroid * Astronomical sign language * The world according to Bradley...Fred answers a listeners questions…. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts v…
00:34:23 |
Thu 14 Dec 2017
82: History, Dark Matter and Pizza
In Episode 82 of Space Nuts: * Australia’s shot into space in 1967 * The Chinese believe they have proof of Dark Matter .... * Eating pizza in space…. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all go…
00:27:52 |
Thu 07 Dec 2017
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