Episodes
March 19, 2021
The One with the Cockatoos
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 244 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
The One with the Cockatoos
●The Perseverance Rover Update.
●Turns out exo-asteroids could be quite common, much more so than previously thought....
March 11, 2021
At Warp Speed
Space Nuts Episode 243 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
At Warp Speed
●Another busy week on Mars…we have another Perseverance Rover Update.
●Organic materials essential for life have been found on an asteroid. Fred has the details.
●Some...
March 4, 2021
Revists
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 242 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Now What?
●The latest on the Perseverance Rover on Mars – it’s been a busy week on the Red Planet.
●Old research revisited…does it give us new...
Feb. 25, 2021
Now What
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 241 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Now What?
●The Perseverance Rover has landed on Mars on schedule and as planned. But now what?
●The Gaia Space Observatory study into binary...
Feb. 18, 2021
It's Question Time
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 240 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Question Time
●This whole episode is devoted to answering many of the questions we receive from our listeners. Fred has answers for all of them...
Feb. 11, 2021
Mars - The UAE Mission
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 239 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Mars – The UAE Mission
●The UAE Mars Mission…even though Andrew keeps calling it the Moon mission…heaven knows where his mind was at…
●Matter that...
Feb. 4, 2021
Mars
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 238 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Mars - A Primer
●Probing the Martian Atmosphere – from a time when it was warm and wet.
● Getting to Mars faster….and the solution is?...
Jan. 28, 2021
The TOI-178 System
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 237 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
The TOI-178 System
●The discovery of some new exoplanets that are proving to be a bit of a mystery. So, what’s going on…Fred explains.
● SLABS...
Jan. 21, 2021
Protected
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 236 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Protected
●Passing of a new law protecting historic space history sites.
●Detecting gravitational waves using an observatory the size of a galaxy....
Jan. 14, 2021
'the need for speed'
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...
Dec. 24, 2020
Buffering
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 234 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Buffering
- In this episode, Andrew throws questions from listeners at Fred without notice. And Fred answers them...is there anything he doesn’t...
Dec. 17, 2020
The Great Conjunction
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...
Dec. 10, 2020
Welcome Home!
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....
Dec. 3, 2020
A New Atlas of the Universe
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...
Nov. 26, 2020
RIP Arecibo Observatory
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...
Nov. 19, 2020
A SpaceX Delivery
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...
Nov. 12, 2020
The Dish
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...
Nov. 6, 2020
Milestone Reached
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...
Oct. 29, 2020
NASA's Big Tease
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...
Oct. 22, 2020
Spaghettification
- 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...
Oct. 15, 2020
About That Fake Asteroid
- 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…
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Oct. 8, 2020
24 Exoplanets
- 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...
Oct. 1, 2020
The Ice Lakes of Mars
- 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.
-...
Sept. 24, 2020
Rosetta Spacecraft - Back In The News
- 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...