Episodes

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. NEW: The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our...
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

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...
Jan. 6, 2022

Solving the Case of the Mysterious Dimming Star

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...
Dec. 30, 2021

Comet Mystery - Solved

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...
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 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,...
Dec. 9, 2021

GJ367B | Planet in a Hurry

Space Nuts 282 Show Notes December 9, 2021 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,...
Dec. 2, 2021

Sun & Water

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...
Nov. 25, 2021

Q&A's - Space Nuts 280

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 &...
Nov. 18, 2021

Rusty's Moon

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 &...
Nov. 11, 2021

Gravitational Waves - Big News

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...
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. 28, 2021

Space Warp

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...
Oct. 21, 2021

Audience Questions

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...
Oct. 14, 2021

Younger Than Expected

A podcast about Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 274 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The age of Moon Rocks – the Chang’e 5 findings. ●Mysterious radio signals have been discovered coming from distant stars. So...
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. 23, 2021

Evidence of Dark Energy?

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 271 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Has the University of Cambridge accidentally stumbled across evidence of Dark Energy? Maybe. ●A 2200 year old observatory that’s been discovered...
Sept. 16, 2021

Questions, Questions, Questions...

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 270 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●The one where too many audience questions is never enough. The whole show is devoted to them…including one very clever submission. As usual, no...
Sept. 9, 2021

Success on Mars

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 269 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●Success on Mars… ●Also on Mars, Ingenuity’s life has been extended… ●A new method for investigating the atmosphere of other planets.. ●Brown...
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...