Space News Episodes
July 14, 2022
JWST First Image Released - It Doesn't Disappoint
Space Nuts Episode 313 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hello. Andrew Dunkley here from Space Nuts. Hope you can join us on episode 313 where I'll be joined by none other than the good Professor Fred Wat…
June 9, 2022
Sonification - The Sounds of the Universe
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 308 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Sonification – the beautiful sounds of our Universe. To hear more and find out more about the project visit https:/…
May 26, 2022
Inbound - Asteroid 73351989JA
Space Nuts Episode 306 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Two near-earth asteroids that we’re keeping an eye on
•The Hubble Constant and our ever-expanding universe - issues have arisen, that are mystifying cosm…
May 19, 2022
Sagittarius A - Imaged At Last
Space Nuts Episode 305 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Breaking news – UAP senate inquiry underway…
•At long last they’ve imaged Sagittarius A - the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Much excitement ens…
May 5, 2022
Saluting SOFIA
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 303 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•The James Webb Telescope is in the news again and we have an update. It’s all good news…
•We offer up a salute to …
April 28, 2022
Mars Quakes
•The biggest Mars-quakes ever recorded. So, what does this tell us about the red planet? Fred explains…
•More from mars -the Perseverance Rover recorded an eclipse as it happened. More valuable data was gathered as a result…
April 21, 2022
Weird Neptune
Space Nuts 301 Show Notes
April 21, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 301 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•He couldn’t make it for Episode 300 (prior engagements) but he’s snuck…
April 14, 2022
300 - A Celebration
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 300 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•An interview with Andrew and Fred conducted by Marnie Ogg, host of Dark Sky Conversations podcast (you really shoul…
April 7, 2022
Born In A Very Different Way
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 299 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•An unusual planet formation discovery – a planet that’s born in a very different way. Fred explains.
•A spacecraft…
March 17, 2022
An 'Out Of This World' Discovery
Space Nuts Episode 296 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•‘An Out of This World Discovery’ – three groups of exo-planets have been discovered forming around a binary star. Fred explains…
•A US astronaut is abou…
March 10, 2022
Solar Coronal Loops
Space Nuts 295 Show Notes
March 10, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 295 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Coronal Plasma Loops…new research suggests they aren’t real, they don’…
March 3, 2022
Asteroids
Space Nuts Episode 294 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Asteroids – One that hit China some 50,000 years ago. So why are we talking about it today? Fred has the answers.
•Plus a potential asteroid strike on pl…
Feb. 24, 2022
It's Raining Gems
Space Nuts 293 Show Notes
February 24, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 293 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•An exoplanet discovered with unusual rain…gemstones.
•A James Webb…
Feb. 17, 2022
About that Coronal Mass Ejection Event
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 292 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•A Coronal mass ejection event has destroyed a bunch of Starlink satellites. So how does that happen? Fred explains.…
Feb. 3, 2022
Another Round of Listener Questions
Space Nuts Episode 290 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Our listeners take over the show with questions from around the globe. Fred has answers for all of them.
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