Astronomy News Episodes
March 3, 2022
Asteroids
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...
Feb. 24, 2022
It's Raining Gems
Space Nuts 293 Show Notes
February 24, 2022
Astronomy, 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...
Feb. 17, 2022
About that Coronal Mass Ejection Event
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...
Feb. 3, 2022
Another Round of Listener Questions
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.
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Jan. 27, 2022
Asteroids of Mars
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...
Jan. 20, 2022
Moon Mysteries
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...
Jan. 13, 2022
Cyclones of Jupiter
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 287 with...
Jan. 6, 2022
Solving the Case of the Mysterious Dimming Star
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 286 with...
Dec. 23, 2021
Dark Matter - A New Theory | Space Nuts 284
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...
Dec. 16, 2021
Einstein Challenged
Space Nuts 282 Show Notes
December 16, 2021
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Astronomy, Science,...
Dec. 9, 2021
GJ367B | Planet in a Hurry
Space Nuts 282 Show Notes
December 9, 2021
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Astronomy, Science,...
Dec. 2, 2021
Sun & Water
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 281 with...
Nov. 18, 2021
Rusty's Moon
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 279 with Professor Fred Watson &...
Nov. 11, 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 Detection – Some big news...Fred has details and...
Nov. 4, 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 putting a telescope past Saturn.
●This week’s listener...
Oct. 7, 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.
●BepiColombo has been sending back some pretty...
Sept. 30, 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 giant red spot on Jupiter – is it speeding up?...
Sept. 2, 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 their own planets…as a consequence, there are...
Aug. 26, 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 hundred dollars. So how did they do it and what...
July 15, 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 explosion that appears to be more powerful than any...
May 27, 2021
Heavy Metal
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 254 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●Heavy Metals discovered in vapor trails of comets
●Where we live…in...