Episodes

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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.-...

- 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...

- 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...

-“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...

- 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....

- 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...

- A ring galaxy discovery...so just what is a ring galaxy? Fred has the answers…- Lunar Landing Modules ...polluting the lunar ice?- Listener question time...Our place in the Universe...a wild theory...but is it plausible? Plus could there be a...

Space Nuts Episode 215 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley- Question time...as Andrew & Fred tackle some of the more pressing questions from our global audience…- Meanwhile, in Australia, the venerable Parkes Radio Telescope has been...

- As we all know, India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon ended with the Vikram Lander crashing...and lost. Now they’ve found it Fred has the story.- The rivers on Mars may have been formed under sheets of ice. That’s the new theory. Fred has the...

Space Nuts Episode 213 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley- NASA’s mission to Mars - the rush is on - exciting times ahead…...

- Mars season kicks off with the UAE successfully heading off to the Red Planet...- It would seem Venus has active volcanoes still. So what does this mean?- Listener questions…what on earth is a Terrascope? Fred explains and a question asking ‘If...

- Sad news from the team this as we say RIP Mandu...- A Cosmic Structure discovery of some note...- The truth about our ‘sister’ planet Venus...- Listener questions…chemical elements...where did they come from? ...and Simon from Newcastle has a...