Episodes

53: Money, ABELL 370 & you - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 52
May 12, 2017

53: Money, ABELL 370 & you - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 52

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 52 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The Australian Government budgets more money for astronomy… * The Hubble Telescope photographs a galaxy far, far away. ...
52: NASA's BIG balloon - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 51
May 2, 2017

52: NASA's BIG balloon - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 51

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 51 of Space Nuts we look at the following stories: * A Balloon launched to try and better understand sub atomic particles * Cassini starts its final manoeuvres before bein...
51: Monitoring volcanoes from space - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 50
April 26, 2017

51: Monitoring volcanoes from space - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 50

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 50 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Monitoring volcanoes from space * A strange phenomenon called Steve * Light travels different distances around a super ...
50: Solar sails, black holes and football - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 49
Feb. 13, 2017

50: Solar sails, black holes and football - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 49

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 49 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Using solar sails to slow down a micro spacecraft when it reaches Proxima Centauri * A black hole that took 11 years to...
49: Juno vs Jupiter - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 48
Feb. 3, 2017

49: Juno vs Jupiter - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 48

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 48 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Jupiter …as seen from Juno. Amazing! * Apollo 1 - 50 years on…. * Exo planets ‘seen’ for the very first time… Subscr...
48: Pan-STARR - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 47
Jan. 26, 2017

48: Pan-STARR - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 47

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 47 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The Pan-STARR digital star mapping project * Put this one in your diary – star collision coming in 2022. * An asteroi...
47: VLT - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 46
Jan. 19, 2017

47: VLT - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 46

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 46 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Finding nearby exoplanets…the Breakthrough Listen project * Colliding galaxies photographed. * Watching over rain-fores...
46: Cosmic Radio Bursts - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 45
Jan. 12, 2017

46: Cosmic Radio Bursts - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 45

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 45 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Mysterious Cosmic Radio bursts…a mystery solved. * Cosmic dust found on roofs…you may even have some. * Icehouse on Mar...
45: Red dwarf to impact our solar system - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 44
Jan. 5, 2017

45: Red dwarf to impact our solar system - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 44

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 44 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Red dwarf to impact our solar system. * Antimatter discovery. * Nature Astronomy magazine about to be released Subscri...
44: China and national security in space - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 43
Dec. 30, 2016

44: China and national security in space - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 43

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 43 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * China and national security in space. * The Passing Of Vera Ruben. * NASA researching Interstellar Travel… Subscribe, ...
43: Jet stream under the Earth’s surface - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 42
Dec. 23, 2016

43: Jet stream under the Earth’s surface - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 42

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 42 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The Jet stream that's under the Earth’s surface. * Ceres covered in ice * Dwarf moon Peggy reappears… Subscribe,...
42: Remembering John Glenn - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 41
Dec. 16, 2016

42: Remembering John Glenn - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 41

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 41 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Remembering the late John Glenn…a true hero and extraordinary man. * Japan to test a giant net for catching space junk ...
41: Life on Mars? - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 40
Dec. 8, 2016

41: Life on Mars? - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 40

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 40 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * Why isn't the rotation of Earth slowing down as fast as it should be? * NASA may have found evidence that life mig...
40: Aliens - A Warning from Stephen Hawking - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 39
Nov. 28, 2016

40: Aliens - A Warning from Stephen Hawking - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 39

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 39 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * A meteorite discovery utilising a new technology. * A warning about aliens from none other than Stephen Hawking….pay a...
39: An out of this world ocean - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 38
Nov. 22, 2016

39: An out of this world ocean - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 38

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 38 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * An Ocean on one of Pluto’s moons…what’s that all about? * The Dinosaur asteroid created a temporary mountain range * As...
38: Is there anybody out there? - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 37
Nov. 10, 2016

38: Is there anybody out there? - Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 37

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 37 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: * The latest in the search for extraterrestrials. Is there anybody out there? * The pillars of destruction * Alert -...
37: Welcome home! - Space Nuts with Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 36
Nov. 5, 2016

37: Welcome home! - Space Nuts with Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 36

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 36 of Space Nuts we chat about the following stories: *The return of astronauts from the ISS Expedition 49 *The strange hexagonal cloud shape on Saturn and the fact that it...
36: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Episode 35
Oct. 25, 2016

36: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Episode 35

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In episode 35: *The Schiaparelli Lander on Mars *Studying Super Massive Black Holes *China occupies it's very own Space Station. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts at any...
35: Journey To Mars...But - Space Nuts with Dr.Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 34
Oct. 18, 2016

35: Journey To Mars...But - Space Nuts with Dr.Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 34

Stream episodes of Space Nuts on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps including iTunes (featuring in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Google...
34: Sorry - we haven't found alien life...yet - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 33
Oct. 12, 2016

34: Sorry - we haven't found alien life...yet - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 33

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 33 and Fred has returned from his overseas trip so we have a bit of Space news to catch up on. *Sorry...but we haven't foun...
33: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 32 - China's Jade Rabbit Mission
Sept. 1, 2016

33: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 32 - China's Jade Rabbit Mission

Stream this and previous episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 32. In this episode Fred and I discuss: *China's Jade Rabbit Mission. Not a lot is heard about this, b...
32: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 31 - Back to the moon!
Aug. 25, 2016

32: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 31 - Back to the moon!

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 51. In this episode we discuss the following: *Moon Express have received approval to take us back to the moon. Fred has the details an...
31: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 30 - Why Are We Here?
Aug. 17, 2016

31: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 30 - Why Are We Here?

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi every one, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 30. In this episode I put Fred on the spot with one of the biggest questions out there...why are we here? Discussion ensues... Plus we ...
30: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 29 - Mercury
Aug. 9, 2016

30: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 29 - Mercury

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 29. And in this episode we take a look at and discuss the following: *Mercury- New findings are suggesting there may be a lot more to th...