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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 236 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew DunkleyProtected●Passing of a new law protecting historic space history sites.●Detecting gravitational waves using an observatory the size of a galaxy. What?●Listener questions – from the Jonah in Houston (USA) and Jacob in Phoenix (USA). Fred has answers for them….For more Space Nuts, supporter links, to visit the shop, buy a book, to leave us your questions, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a Space Nuts Crew Member (supporter) and help us reach our goal of becoming completely listener supported. We figure we can better use the time producing and researching more content for you, rather than chasing sponsors and advertisers. Space Nuts is a completely independent podcast and we receive no funds from any large corporations, Government grants etc. We rely on providing the best content we can for our listeners, but we still have b

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 235 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley‘a need for speed’ ●A need for speed – wondering why 2020 seemed to move along so quickly? Fred knows why…●    Chinese Astronomers nearly 600 high velocity stars (see a theme here?). And of course Fred has insider knowledge…●    Listener questions – from the UK and South Australia to kick off the New Year.For more Space Nuts, supporter links, to visit the shop, buy a book, to leave us your questions, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 90 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Space Nuts Super Excl

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 234 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew DunkleyBuffering - In this episode, Andrew throws questions from listeners at Fred without notice. And Fred answers them...is there anything he doesn’t know?For more Space Nuts, supporter links, to visit the shop, buy a book, to leave us your questions, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 80 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Space Nuts Super Exclusive Commercial Free Feed and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: Bitesz Network on Supercast Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is

Space Nuts Episode 233 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley‘The Great Conjunction’ - The great conjunction...so what’s so important about this rare celestial event? - The link between radio bursts and the flares of cool stars. - Listener questions - Alex in Bellingen has a question about neutron stars. Zoe has a question about Santa and time dilation. While Travis is still trying to get his head around why black holes have different masses. Fred explains...For more Space Nuts, supporter links, to visit the shop, buy a book, to leave us your questions, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 80 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 232 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Hayabusa 2 successfully returns….Fred explains why this mission was so important. - NASA’s plans to contract out the collection of moondust. - Listener questions - first up is Laurie from the UK with a question about finding life on other planets, if it happened, would it jeopardize our plans to go there? Plus Kat has a question about the ‘Superman’ effect.  - Fred and Andrew have answers for both of you.For more Space Nuts, supporter links, to visit the shop, buy a book, to leave us your questions, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 80 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Wats

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 231 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - The Australian CSIRO Million Galaxies Survey from ASKAP (The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) has spectacular results - Fred has the details. - China’s Changi 5 mission details - Wattle seeds in Space? What? - And our listeners clock in with their questions: - Ralph lays out his theory of what the universe looks like... - Damien has a question about SpaceTime and Dark Matter… - Orchia (from Sweden) asks about gravitational waves… - Leandro (from Argentina) asks why is there a black hole at our galactic centre.. - And Snow from NZ returns to set the record straight about the answer to a question last week...and he’s correct. - Fred and Andrew have answers for all of you.For more Space Nuts, supporter links, to visit the shop, buy a book, to leave us your questions, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Spac

Space Nuts podcast Episode 230 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - RIP Arecibo. Fred discusses the importance of the venerable site...and what it’s loss will mean. - Listener questions galore...this episode we feature questions from listener Brian in Georgia, USA; Glyn from Albion, Victoria Australia; Snow from New Zealand and Damien Huxley. Fred has answers for all of you.For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Space Nuts Super Exclusive Commercial Free Feed and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: Bitesz

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 229 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the ISS in a historic mission. - Now there’s a use for old rocket bodies... - A new research paper has been released detailing the origins of protein structures responsible for metabolism - the precursors for potential life. This is a big deal and Fred explains why. - Question time – First up, listener Misty West from the USA has a question about the possibilities of interstellar travel and an anonymous listener has a question concerning the cataloguing of stars etc.  Fred has answers…For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supe

Space Nuts Episode 228 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - The Parkes Radio Telescope, made famous by the movie ‘The Dish’ is in the news. Fred explains why… - The Galah Project has thrown up some interesting new data. Fred has the latest on the project’s findings… - Did an extra planet exist in our solar system at one stage? - Listener questions – Adam poses an interesting one, what if Jupiter ignited and became a star? And Paul asked about orbiting mechanics. Fred has answers…For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Spac

Space Nuts Episode 227with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Happy Milestone ISS - another record goes into the history books. - Is it really all about to end for us? Fred spells out the facts...so relax. - Listener questions - first up - A question about telescope tracking distant objects from the Equator and the evolution of life on other planets - would it be different to ours? Fred has answers.For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Space Nuts Super Exclusive Commercial Free Feed and if you’d like to check out our new b

Space Nuts Episode 226 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - More water on the moon than first thought? That’s what NASA’s big tease was about this week….Fred has the details. - And while on the moon, what about this Nokia 4G Network….fact or fiction? - We revisit the OSIRIS-REx vs Bennu adventure for an update. - Listener questions - first up - Why after the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, does the sun continue to set later? Plus...the use of the sun as a gravitational lens….possible? Once again, Fred has answers,For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Ast

- A stars death by spaghettification. Fred explains... - The OSIRIS-rex mission...a perspective and some background. - Listener questions this week. We revisit the movie Interstellar with a correction to the answer of a previous question...and the gravastar theory - Fred has answers. The calculator Fred mentions can be found at https://www.omnicalculator.com/  For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Space Nuts Super Exclusive Commercial Free Feed and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: Bitesz Network on Supercast Sp

- Fake asteroid news? - Take a listen to the sound of the Milky Way...beautiful...and clever. - A bunch of listener questions this week all from listener Asley. Fred has answers for all of them…For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley is creating Astronomy and Space Science Podcasts or (New) The Space Nuts Super Exclusive Commercial Free Feed and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: Bitesz Network on Supercast Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought you with the support of LastPass password manager...sorting out the biggest hassle we all have on the internet...and you

- Nobel Prize winners for 2020... - A new study of Comets suggests earth may have a second alignment plane...  - A new report suggests there may be 24 exoplanets with a better potential for life than Earth. - Listener questions this week come from Zoe Whiteside in Northern Ireland and Gareth Edwards. Fred has answers for them…For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought you with the support of ExpressVPN - Rated No.1 by TechRadar and as

- Mars is back in the news with new data on the South Pole’s lakes….Fred has the details. - Looking to buy a telescope? Fred has some advice - The Square Kilometer Array, a project that Fred is very close to, made the news this week. An update. - Listener questions this week come from listeners and active space nuts Will in Phoenix Arizona and Paul in Sydney Australia. Fred has answers for them…For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought y

- Data from the Rosetta Spacecraft is back in the news - Fred has the details. - Apparently Russia is claiming Venus as their planet. What? - NASA’s plans to return to the moon have been released. We have the details. - Listener questions this week involve fuzzy telescope images...why is it so? And did the universe start out as a black hole...and did matter emanate from this black hole? Fred has the answers.For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts

- Could there really be life on Venus? Fred has the latest…  - Listener question time...as we work our way through the backlog we address questions about lasers in space and spy agencies, binary stars and more. Fred and Andrew have answers.For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought you with the support of NameCheap….the best way to buy and manage your domain names. Get more details at https://spacenutspodcast.com/namecheap  and help supp

-“The moon’s going rusty’ - The Rusty crust of the moon...so what’s going on? - Sorry - No sign of alien technology according to a new study… - China’s X37B Spacecraft... - Listener question time...questions this week about Mu1 Scorpii and the expansion of the Universe. Fred has the answers.For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought you with the support of NameCheap….the best way to buy and manage your domain names. Get more details at ht

- Free-floating planets - Just what are they? Fred explains... - Is our Sun a part of a binary system? Discussion ensues... - Listener question time...Paul in Victoria (Australia) asks why haven’t we been back to Uranus & Neptune since Voyager 2. Andrew has a theory which is plainly ridiculous….fortunately Fred has a more straight forward answer. - And the Space Doogie is back in the news...of course Andrew is excited.Plus Gregory Peck makes an appearance...as brief as it is...just to let you know he’s still alive.For more Space Nuts, links, and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at https://spacenutspodcast.com (mobile friendly).Become a Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to

- The leak in the ISS - repairs are underway... - The ice moon Europa...what’s up around its poles? - Listener question time...Telescopes and the atmosphere...should we relocate them to the Moon or Mars? And, why slingshot around Venus to go to Mars? What’s the advantage, if indeed there is one? Fred addresses these queries...For more Space Nuts, links and to stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our new website at  https://spacenutspodcast.com  (mobile friendly).Become a  Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content now rolling out. Instant access to 60 plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech/ and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought you with the support of Express VPN. To take up our special bonus off