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 devour a star * A Super Bowl football pass in space that traveled over 500 kilometers Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Overcast, Tunein Radio etc. RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4639279.rss Join our mailing list at http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-list For more, follow Space Nuts on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Clammr: Facebook - @spacenutspodcast twitter - @spacenutspodcst Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cHkPaB Clammr - https://www.clammr.com/app/spacenuts Enjoying what we do? Then please share with and tell your friends. Your recommendation is the best we could possibly get. Thank you... #astronomy #space #science #technology #news

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