Astronomy News Episodes

May 4, 2023

SN350: Questions Time

The Sun's Wobble: Unraveling the Mystery of Solar Movement If you're feeling frustrated and disheartened by reading countless articles and watching endless videos about black holes without gaining a deeper understanding of …

April 13, 2023

Unveiling Mars' Glacial Remains: A Water Game Changer? | Space Nuts 347

In this episode, you will be able to: Uncover the potential for water sources on Mars due to newly discovered glacial remains. Dive into the intricacies of ultra-massive black holes and their impact on gravitational lensing …

March 9, 2023

Moon Time - What? | Space Nuts #342

Hi there, thanks for joining us. This is Space Nuts. I'm your host, Andrew Dunkley. Hope you can stick around. We've got a lot to talk about today. What time is it on the moon? It's moon time. It could be daytime, could be …

March 2, 2023

Auroras, Spaghetti & Speed of Light: Space Nuts #341

Experience the awe-inspiring power of the universe with a journey to see the aurora australis and witness spaghettification first-hand! Learn about Aurora displays from this Space Nuts podcast episode featuring Fred Watson a…

Feb. 23, 2023

340: Uncovering the Dark Side: Is Dark Energy Coming from Black Holes?

When listener Daniel poses a theory linking black holes to dark matter and dark energy, Andrew and Fred embark on an adventure to uncover the truth and explore the potential for a Nobel Prize, but must prove the revolutionar…

Dec. 22, 2022

336: A Space Mystery Solved // Is Dark Matter Dark Photons? // Questions Answered

I hope you can join us on what will be the last official episode of Space Nuts for this calendar year. And my name is Andrew Dunkley, of course, the host, and joining me will be Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. Fr…

Dec. 8, 2022

Active Mars // Square Kilometre Array // JWST Update // Questions & Answers

Thanks for joining us on Space Nuts, the podcast about astronomy and space science also heard on community radio across Australia. My name is Andrew Dunkley, your host. And coming up on this edition, we're going to be look…

Dec. 1, 2022

Venus - New Information

We've got a bunch of really interesting and quite provocative stories this week. A story about how volcanism might have shaped the atmosphere of the planet Venus. And another story about something we’ve never talked a…

Nov. 10, 2022

AMA

We've got an episode that divides by five. So, it means it's all questions. And we've got a range of questions today, which cover the whole universe, basically. Several about the moon, which is a great one because by chance…

Nov. 3, 2022

The Debate Rages On - Is There Water on Mars?

In this episode we're going to revisit Andrew’s favorite planet again with this continuing debate about whether there is liquid water underneath Mars' South polar ice cap that's taken a new turn, there is more news to talk a…

Oct. 6, 2022

When Too Many Questions Aren't Enough

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 325 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley This is episode 325 of Space Nuts podcast, and we've got a lot to talk about. In fact, the audience is going to do t…

Sept. 29, 2022

DART Wrap - An Insiders Perspective

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 324 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley I hope you can join us on the very next episode, because it's very exciting. We are going to do a follow up on the D…

Guest: Marie-Claire Mercier

Sept. 1, 2022