Episodes
Nov. 5, 2016
37: Welcome home! - Space Nuts with Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 36
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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 Sa…
Oct. 25, 2016
36: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Episode 35
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In episode 35:
*The Schiaparelli Lander on Mars
*Studying Super Massive Black Holes
*China occupies it's very own Space Station.
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Oct. 18, 2016
35: Journey To Mars...But - Space Nuts with Dr.Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 34
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Oct. 12, 2016
34: Sorry - we haven't found alien life...yet - Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 33
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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...…
Sept. 1, 2016
33: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 32 - China's Jade Rabbit Mission
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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 he…
Aug. 25, 2016
32: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 31 - Back to the moon!
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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. F…
Aug. 17, 2016
31: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 30 - Why Are We Here?
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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? Discussi…
Aug. 9, 2016
30: Space Nuts with Dr Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 29 - Mercury
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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 …
Aug. 2, 2016
29: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 28 - Look, up in the sky!
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Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 28:
Stories we discuss in this episode include:
* Its a big month for backyard astronomers with five planets in pl…
July 27, 2016
28: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 27 - Space Junk!
Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 27 of Space Nuts.
We open this episode with a definition clarification...that thing you saw in the sky...was it a meteor or a meteorite, or maybe something else? We set th…
July 19, 2016
27: Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 26 - Discoveries!
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 26...
And in this episode we highlight and discuss three important recent discoveries:
*Yet another dwarf planet has been (possibly) discovered beyond Neptune.
*An unusu…
July 12, 2016
26: Space Nuts Episode 25 - Juno, China and Dark Sky
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 25:
In this episode Fred and I discuss and give some interesting background/insider information on:
*the Juno mission to Jupiter (though I slip up and call it Mars...my o…
July 5, 2016
25: Space Nuts Ep.24 - Mars, Nepal and Tutankhamun
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 24 of Space Nuts with Dr. Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley..
Stories:
*The European Space union are wanting to return to Mars to continue the hunt for signs of life...but the…
June 28, 2016
24: Space Nuts Episode 23 - More gravitational waves discovered
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 23.
Stories covered and discussed:
*More gravitational waves discovered...but what does it all mean? Fred explains...
*Light Pollution...it's a really, really big problem…
June 21, 2016
23: Space Nuts Episode 22 - An update to the Drake equation...
Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 22...
Stories we cover in this episode:
*There's been an update to the Drake equation...we discuss what it is and what it really means.
* A fossil meteorite unlike any we'…
June 14, 2016
22: Space Nuts Episode 21 - Update: The 'Dinosaur Crater' dig....
Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 21.
Stories:
*Update - Drilling of the so called 'Dinosaur Crater' in the Gulf Of Mexico has made some exciting discoveries. Fred has the latest.
*The European Extremely L…
June 7, 2016
21: Space Nuts Episode 20 - Building blocks of life found on 67P
Hi everyone, Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 20:
Stories we cover include:
*Building blocks of life found on 67P
*Student to design experiments for ISS
*Inflatable space habitats being tested
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May 31, 2016
20: Space Nuts Episode 19 - Mars is close...real close...
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show notes for episode 19.
Once again we demonstrate our fascination/love with Mars:
*Mars is close...real close....to Earth (but not as close as it will be in 2018).
*There's evidence that hug…
May 24, 2016
19: Space Nuts Episode 18 - Hundreds of Earth like planets announced
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 18.
Stories covered in this episode:
*Hundreds of Earth like planets announced.
*Earth's magnetic field is weakening...so what does it mean?
*Ancient lava bubbles revea…
May 17, 2016
18: Space Nuts Episode 17 - 3 Earth like planets discovered - space community gets very excited!
Hi everyone...Andrew here with the Show Notes for Episode 17...
*3 Earth like planets have been discovered and the space community is very excited (I was going to say have gone nuts...but that might've been a bit obvious...…
May 10, 2016
17: Space Nuts Episode 16 - Beagle 2 ...an update
Hi... Andrew with the Show Notes for Episode 16
*First up..Fred has an update on the finding of the Beagle 2 Lander on Mars by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...thought to be lost forever until recently (the Beagle 2 that i…
May 3, 2016
16: Space Nuts Episode 15 - Europa
Hi everyone...Andrew with the show notes for Episode 15:
* Another look at and update on Planet Europa...the icy moon of Jupiter.
* Exoplanets - we keep finding them and we keep finding out more about them. Dr. Fred has the…
April 25, 2016
15: Space Nuts Ep 14 - Starshot - Alpha Centauri here we come!
Hi everyone...Andrew with the Show Notes:
In episode 14 we take a look at the following stories:
*Starshot - The space community has been buzzing since the announcement of a $100 million mission to explore the Alpha Centau…
April 19, 2016
14: Space Nuts Ep.13 - Comet 67/P Returns To The News For All The Right Reasons...
Hi everyone...Andrew here with the Show Notes:
In this episode Dr. Fred and I have the following stories:
* The Rosetta Probe (remember it?) is still tracking Comet 67/P and has sent back a spectacular picture of the come…