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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

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 292 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A Coronal mass ejection event has destroyed a bunch of Starlink satellites. So how does that happen? Fred explains.•Andrew’s been on short holiday, so what does he do? Visits a telescope of course…as you do. He has the details and as it turns out it has a link with Fred.•A rocket body is about to hit our moon. Speculation was rife that it belonged to SpaceX…but apparently not. So where did it originate?•JWT snaps its first picture…and takes a selfie. •A third Earth-like planet has been found orbiting Proxima Centauri. Fred explains the details.•Listener questions – in this episode, Andrea asks about hitching a ride on a passing object to save time and fuel...possible? Ralph has a question about his telescope and Peter wants to know what Andrew and Fred would like to go back in time and witness.Sponsor Links:Magic Mind…the scientifically developed tonic for your brain. For our special offer so you can j

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 291 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Planet Earth has picked up a trojan asteroid as our newest companion. Fred has the details.•We revisit Oumuamua (or the Space Doogie as Andrew fondly calls ). Is there a plan to chase it down? It would seem so.•The discovery of a volcanic lake that has life in it. How can that be…and what implications does have for the possibility of life on other planets?•A question from Michael in Kent (UK) who wants to know what’s the first thing we would do on landing on Mars. Our answers may surprise you…Sponsor Links: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/spacenutsNordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special 2yr deal price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts NEW: The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscr

Space Nuts Episode 290 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Our listeners take over the show with questions from around the globe. Fred has answers for all of them.NEW: 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 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://link.chtbl.com/NAwvL_XPBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts--2631155/s

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 289 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Asteroids that collide with Mars. There’s a new study and we have the results.•Another study, this one into the rotation of stars…and it promises to be very revealing.•Listener questions: Ken in Maroochydore (Queensland Australia) wants to know how they focus radio telescopes; and Jacob in Phoenix Arizona has question that’s been bugging him about rogue planets…fortunately Fred has the answers.NEW: 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 subscription

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 288 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The Moon’s Magnetic Field mystery...what’s the go? Fred has the details…•A gigantic exo-planet discovery has scientists excited.•A tip from a listener – the search is on for a Falcon Rocket body that they think may have crashed into the moon. Now they’re asking amateur astronomers and space photographers to help locate it. Fred has details on how you can join the hunt.•Listener questions: We have questions about the James Webb Telescope (two of them in fact) and another about the Oort Cloud. As usual, Fred has answers.NEW: 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

New: 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 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 287 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •We kick things off with another James Webb Telescope update… •What drives cyclones on Jupiter?•Were there once rings around our sun? Fred explains…•About that cube found by the Chinese on the Moon.•Listener questions: In this episode James in Cincinnati, Ralph in Northern California and Andy in Eastbourne (UK) all have questions for Fred to tackle.NEW: 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 an

New: 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 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 286 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A James Webb Telescope update…all good news.•The mystery of a dimming star.•When it comes to extinction events, Space Nuts is happy to confirm that size doesn’t matter. So, what is the new theory? Fred explains…•Listener questions: Nick, an Aussie in the UK has questions about Proxima Centauri …and Alex watched the Netflix movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ which has sparked a couple of questions about big rocks hitting Earth. As usual, Fred has the answers.•Plus…a bonus joke submitted by a listener…NEW: 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

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 285 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Mystery solved – Why do comets have green heads but not green tails? Fred explains…•Confirmation – a magnetic field been detected on an exo planet for the first time.•Woodsat – just what is it?•Listener questions: Cryostasis – will it ever be possible for Space Travel? And is gravitomagnetism a possible alternative theory for dark matter? Fred has the answers.NEW: 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 subscription through Apple Podcasts…again with

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 284 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A new theory involving Dark Matter – does this finally answer the question as to what Dark Matter is?•Launching the James Webb Telescope – an update.•Woodsat – just what is it?•Listener questions: About radio circles (a follow on from last week’s story) and Space Ethics? What’s the story? Fred has the answers.NEW: 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 subscription through Apple Podcasts…again with a 30-day free trial.For more Space Nuts, visit our

Space Nuts 282 Show NotesDecember 16, 2021New: 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 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 283 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The results of a 16 year study into Einstein’s Theory of Relativity are in…Fred has the details.•EK Draconis – a young star that could give us some insights into our early solar system.•Comet Leonard is on it’s way…•Listener questions: Ben clocks in with a question about the energy of the Universe: John has a launch question about the James Webb Telescope and James in Cincinnati asks about odd radio circles. Fred has the answers you’re looking for.NEW: 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

Space Nuts 282 Show NotesDecember 9, 2021New: 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 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 282 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Discovery of a new iron planet which seems to be in a hurry – GJ367B. Fred has details•The discovery of a new kind of binary star – no longer just an unproved theory.•Listener questions: Questions this week about a possible deep space probe and another about angular momentum and our moon. Fred has the answers you’re looking for.NEW: 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

New: 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 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 281 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Where did the bulk of Earth’s water come from? There are new findings answering just that question.•A whole bunch of new dwarf galaxies have been discovered in our part of the Universe. Fred has the latest.•Listener questions: This week we have questions about the radiation of gas giants and how can a Star become a Black Hole if it losses mass? Fred has the answers.NEW: 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.

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app: https://link.chtbl.com/NAwvL_XP Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 280 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley An episode where too many listener questions is barely enough.We have questions about Gravitational Waves; Mystery Space Signal; the James Webb Telescope; Space Junk; the origin of Universes; Gravitons; and Dark Energy.Fred answers them all.Please note…Fred mentions a link for the Allison Levick Lecture delivered at Macquarie University on Wednesday 24 November 2021. Unfortunately, the lecture hadn’t been posted online at time of publication for this podcast, but we will update these show Notes with the link once it becomes available.NEW: 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

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app: https://link.chtbl.com/NAwvL_XP Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 279 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●About that Russian missile test that caused ‘issues’ for the ISS ●Taking a look at the new Dark matter theory that’s just been published●The discovery of a small black hole just beyond our galaxy – what does it mean for us?●This week’s listener questions: can we nuke Venus and reverse the runaway greenhouse effect?; life on Mars; and explaining what Rusty saw in Western Australia. Fred has answers…NEW: 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

For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 278 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Gravitational Wave Detection – Some big news...Fred has details and inside story.●Problems with the SpaceX capsule – a broken toilet.●This week’s listener questions involve queries about the Big Bang; sound in space and could humans live on Titan or Io? Fred has answers…NEW: 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 subscription through Apple Podcasts…again with a 30 day free tr

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 putting a telescope past Saturn.●This week’s listener questions kick off with Jim who wants to challenge Einstein; Damien clocks in with the obligatory Dark Matter question (what would our show be without them?) and Robert has a fascinating question about Mercury. Fred has answers…NEW: 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 subscription through Apple Podcasts…ag

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 our galaxy….Fred has details and why this discovery is important.●That mystery signal from space – it’s finally been identified. Details are given…●This week’s listener questions cover Dark Matter; what niche locations are there out there that we could live in if we ever had to leave Earth; and asteroid mining…is it feasible? Fred answers all of them…NEW: 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.Prem

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 waves, red shift, ramjet travel and more.●Plus…a fascinating question asking Fred what his personal highlights have been in his long stellar career.●We tackle audio and text questions as we try to work our way through the backlog. Fred gamely answers them all.NEW: 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.For more Space Nuts, supporter links, sponsor links, to visit the shop, buy a book, leave us you