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Space Nuts Episode 312 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello, Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. And joining me every week is Professor Fred Watson astronomer at large. What's coming up Fred on episode 312. Fred: Great stuff. Andrew, we're going to Mars again this week, to talk about a proposed new method of exploring the atmosphere of Mars, which I think is very, very exciting…and, and I hope to see it happening down the track. And we're gonna celebrate the 10th anniversary of the discovery of wait for it, The Higgs Boson, not quite astronomy, but particle physics is very much a part of what we do when we're studying the universe. So exciting stuff. This.Andrew: Particle physics. So I thought it was a snail, but anyway we'll get on that. We'll also be answering audience questions about stars passing close by our solar system. I didn't know that was a thing. Paul wants to, make things easier on paper when it comes to drawing constellations and Talek from Ireland wants to

Space Nuts 311 Show NotesJune 30, 2022Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 311 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, where we talk astronomy and space science. And every week, I'm joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up on episode three 11, Fred?Fred: We've got a fun packed show this week. We're going to celebrate World Asteroid Day that comes up tomorrow our time. We're going to talk about a new device for detecting fossilized life forms. It's called the BioFINDER. And we're also going to talk about the news that there is a double crater on the backside of the moon left by the impact of a rocket whose source is unknown.Andrew: Somebody's keeping their lips shut. Well, we'll also be answering audience questions about strangely enough, dark matter, black holes. They're the top two and not the James Webb Space Telescope, but traveling to Mars will covered in episode 311 of Spac

Space Nuts Episode 310 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, where we talk astronomy and space science. And every week, I'm joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up on episode 310, Fred?Fred: Thank you, Andrew. Episode 310, because it's divisible by five, is actually an all questions episode. And today we've got a huge pile of questions on topics as diverse as and I've got to read this. The Big Rip, surviving the Vacuum of Space. Our closest neighbor in space, putting a hole through the Earth. What would it be like falling through it? Are there such things as gas moons, the triangular galaxy - Will it get gobbled up by our own galaxy? And what if you had a billiard cue long enough to poke somebody on Mars? Would they feel it faster than the speed of light? Andrew: Fantastic. Actually, that question about surviving in space turned out to be a very fascinating answer. So I'm looking forward to tal

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 309 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hi there. Andrew Dunkley here, the host of the Space Nuts podcast. Hope you can join us on this episode because we got a lot to talk about. And joining me, as always, will be Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up, Fred?Fred: Absolutely packed news edition of Space Nuts. We're going to talk about micrometeoroid that dinged the James Webb Space Telescope. We're going to talk about NASA introducing a study to look at unidentified aerial phenomena. Then we're going to Pluto because we're going to talk about an occultation of Pluto, which has produced some interesting results. And finally, a record breaker. The fastest growing black hole that we know has just been discovered by Australian astronomers. Andrew: Wow. Gee, that doesn't sound too nice, actually. Fred: If it's a fast growing black hole, we know what they're all about. Andrew: We'll also be answering a couple of ques

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 308 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Sonification – the beautiful sounds of our Universe. To hear more and find out more about the project visit https://chandra.harvard.edu/sound/ •The orbit of Earth and how it’s affected our ice sheets•Listener questions – We have questions on gravitational waves, the expansion of the Universe and the unknown objects we keep looking for. Fred has all the answers…Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts and using the code SPACENUTS.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like to become a subscriber, just visit https://spacenu

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 307 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •On Mars…Ingenuity continues to break records. So what’s it’s lifespan now?•Still on Mars…they’ve now worked out why the red planet is perpetually dusty. Fred has the details.•Data from Hubble explains why Uranus and Neptune are different colours. Details from Fred. For more visit: https://phys.org •Listener questions – We have listener questions about neutron stars, plus escaping the Milky way…just how tough would it be. Turns out Fred has done some work on just this problem and has an answer.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts and using the code SPACENUTS.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a sear

Space Nuts Episode 306 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Two near-earth asteroids that we’re keeping an eye on•The Hubble Constant and our ever-expanding universe - issues have arisen, that are mystifying cosmologists. Fred has the details.•Listener questions – We have questions about white holes and another about gravity Fred has the answers.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts and using the code SPACENUTS.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like to become a subscriber, just visit https://spacenuts.supercast.tech and sign up. You even get a 30-day free trial to see if it’s right for you. Nothing to lose.Pr

Space Nuts Episode 305 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Breaking news – UAP senate inquiry underway…•At long last they’ve imaged Sagittarius A - the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Much excitement ensued…Fred has details and the importance of this event.•Growing vegetables in Moon soil…and what it means moving forward.•Listener questions – This week our listeners have questions about Dark Matter; the future of Astronomy and is it a good career choice…and star populations. Fred has the answers.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like to become a subscriber, just visit https://spacenuts.supercast.tech and sign up. You even get a 30-day free trial to see if it’s right for you. Nothing to lose.Premium Editions also now available via s

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 304 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The Black Widow Binary•An exciting new citizen science project…and how you can be involved….for more information visit https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ellenjj/rosetta-zoo •Listener questions – A listener from the UK spots a strange light in the sky that has him mystified…but Fred may know what it is. Plus, a question about terraforming Mars...a suggestion…is it feasible? And how do we know that an object passing us by is extra-solar or not? Fred has the answer.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like to become a subscriber, just visit https://spacenuts.supercast.tech and sign up. You even get a 30-day free trial to see if it’s right for you. N

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 303 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The James Webb Telescope is in the news again and we have an update. It’s all good news…•We offer up a salute to SOFIA with the announcement of the decommissioning of this valuable project…•Our Sun a helpful tool…but not in a way you may imagine. Fred has details…•Listener questions – Friend of the show Rusty in Donnybrook is back with a technical question about the JWST, plus a question about weird radio signals emanating from deep space. And some listener feedback that we wanted to share with you.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like to become a subscriber, just visit https://spacenuts.supercast.tech and sign up. You even get a 30-day free tr

•The biggest Mars-quakes ever recorded. So, what does this tell us about the red planet? Fred explains…•More from mars -the Perseverance Rover recorded an eclipse as it happened. More valuable data was gathered as a result.•The winds of Mars…what effect are they having on the planet?•The Artemis One project has been rolled back into the shed and put on hold. Why?•Listener questions – Just what is that dust at the centre of our galaxy? And what would happen in the Earth just stopped spinning? Would we all get dizzy…or worse? Stick around long enough and we’ll find out…fortunately Fred has a more immediate answer.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts and using the code SPACENUTS.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account a

Space Nuts 301 Show NotesApril 21, 2022Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 301 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •He couldn’t make it for Episode 300 (prior engagements) but he’s snuck in for 301. Say hello to our special guest, the ABC’s (Australia) David Astle (ABC Victoria) as he grills Fred and Andrew and gets all sorts of interesting nuggets out of them.•There are some strange things going on with the planet’s temperatures on Neptune. Fred has details on the latest data.•Listener questions – Roberto from Italy wants to know if he’ll see human’s visit another star system in his lifetime. Good question. Plus, Sandy from Melbourne has a question about our recent interstellar meteor visitor and could we go and pick a bit of it up for analysis. Fred has the answers.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts and using the code SPACENUTS.The Space Nut

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 300 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •An interview with Andrew and Fred conducted by Marnie Ogg, host of Dark Sky Conversations podcast (you really should subscribe) and Fred’s partner in life.•Bloopers make an appearance…and questions on the spot from the live recording feed of this episode. Fortunately, Fred has answers.•Giveaway time…get your answers into spacenuts@bitesz.com We’re giving away T-Shirts, Cups, Stickers and tickets to the Siding Springs Observatory (entry tickets only, you’ll need to be able to get there and find your own accommodation). Random winners will be selected from all correct answers we receive. Good luck!Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts and using the code SPACENUTS.The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 299 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •An unusual planet formation discovery – a planet that’s born in a very different way. Fred explains.•A spacecraft that’s going to be built of Lego…sort of. •Listener questions – We kick things off with a black hole question, then how do spacecraft survive the extremely high temperatures encountered when flying so close to the sun? – As usual, Fred has answers. Sponsor Details:Exclusive! Grab the NordVPN deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!Premium Editions also now available via subscription through Apple Podcasts…again with a 30-day free trial.For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app with the Universal listen link: https://spacenutspodcast.com/listen If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really apprecia

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 298 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •What should we be looking for in the atmosphere of Exoplanets to see if they support life or not? Fred explains.•The speed of sound on mars. It’s different…•Listener questions – Does the Sun have seasons? Why are the moons and rings of Uranus rotating on the same tilt as the planet – after all…they’re not attached. And how do you get into astronomy as a career? Asking for a friend of course – Fred has all the answers. For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app with the Universal listen link: https://spacenutspodcast.com/listen If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts New link: https://spacenuts.io New Link: https://spacenutsshop.com to go directly to our shop.Send us a message, ask a

Space Nuts Episode 297 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Finally, some of the Apollo samples brought back to Earth 50 yrs ago have been opened. But why now? Fred explains the significance…•A black hole merger…finally we may have an explanation/•How you can add your name to NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon. Here’s where you get details: https://www.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/ •Listener questions – on the Fermi Paradox; Mars – can we quick-start its core and a follow-up question on the speed and energy of light. – Fred has all the answers. Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d l

Space Nuts Episode 296 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •‘An Out of This World Discovery’ – three groups of exo-planets have been discovered forming around a binary star. Fred explains…•A US astronaut is about to hitch a ride home from the ISS on a Russian spacecraft. What could possibly go wrong? •How you can add your name to NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon. Here’s where you get details: https://www.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/ •Listener questions – in this episode we have questions about harnessing the power of electrons; another about inertial mass and the Ecliptic plane vs the Orbital plane – Fred has all the answers. Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a

Space Nuts 295 Show NotesMarch 10, 2022Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 295 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Coronal Plasma Loops…new research suggests they aren’t real, they don’t exist. So, what’s the story? Fred explains…•The discovery of large organic molecules having been found in a planet forming disc.•Listener questions – about the sun’s orbit; another about Uranus, and a surprise question for Fred about black holes (that’s not the surprise though)…although surprisingly not one we’ve covered before. Fred has answers.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like

Space Nuts Episode 294 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Asteroids – One that hit China some 50,000 years ago. So why are we talking about it today? Fred has the answers.•Plus a potential asteroid strike on planet earth narrowly averted…but not because of anything clever we did. Fred has details.•A strange black hole that’s spinning on its side.•Listener text questions – about the speed of light; whether or not we’re all living in a simulation; when will we finally set foot on Mars and could we live on Io and Titan. Fred has answers.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts Magic Mind…the scientifically developed tonic for your brain. For our special offer so you can join Andrew in his challenge, just visit https://magicmind.co/spacenutsFor more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app with the Universal listen li

Space Nuts 293 Show NotesFebruary 24, 2022Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 293 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •An exoplanet discovered with unusual rain…gemstones.•A James Webb Telescope update.•A quadruple asteroid system has been discovered by a group of observers in Thailand. Fred has details.•Listener questions – in this episode, Research papers, how accurate or otherwise might they be; is it really possible for a black-hole to become a singularity and a question about photons and black-holes. Fred has answers.Sponsor Links:NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts Magic Mind…the scientifically developed tonic for your brain. For our special offer so you can join Andrew in his challenge, just visit https://magicmind.co/spacenutsThe Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To a