Episodes
April 5, 2016
12: Space Nuts Ep. 11 - Massive Stars...really massive...R136
Hi everyone...Andrew here with the Show Notes:
In this episode Fred and I tackle the hot topic of the discovery of these really massive stars...the science behind them. And why are astronomers so interested in R136?
Then w…
March 29, 2016
11: Space Nuts Ep.9 - The Hubble Telescope does it again...
Hi everyone...Andrew here with the Show Notes:
First up...the Hubble Telescope proves its worth again, this time revealing for us the most distant Galaxy ever seen. We live in a amazing times...
How's this for a name...JB …
March 23, 2016
10: Space Nuts Epidsode 10 - Mars, Mars and more Mars
Hi everyone...Andrew & Dr Fred here...and here's the rundown of what's in this episode...
One word...Mars.
First up....methane on Mars...it's there but where's it coming from? We look at the possibilities.
Next up...a Ma.…
March 15, 2016
9: Space Nuts Ep.8 - Another near miss, A solar eclipse & Scott Kelly wrap...
Hi Everyone...Andrew here....and here's what's in Ep.8 of Space Nuts...
*Did you know we had a near miss with another asteroid recently? Near in Space terms anyway...Fred has all the details on 2013 TX68
*The recent solar e…
March 7, 2016
8: Space Nuts Ep.7 - The 'Weird Asteroid', Virgin Galactic launch & more
Hi everyone...Andrew here...
In Ep.7 of Space Nuts, Dr. Fred and I cover the following stories:
* The discovery of a strange asteroid which is now known as 'The Weird Asteroid'
* The launch of Virgin Galactic's new space c…
March 2, 2016
7: Space Nuts Ep. 6 - Large Space Rock Explodes off coast of Brazil...largely unreported & Gravitational waves, the side bet
Hi everyone...Andrew here.
In this episode of Space Nuts, Fred and I talk about the very large space rock that disintegrated off the coast of Brazil in early February, and was hardly reported on...yet it was one of the lar…
Feb. 23, 2016
6: Space Nuts Ep.5 - Black holes, X-Rays & Radio Waves ...plus NASA Space Travel Posters
Hi everyone - Andrew here...welcome to the latest Space Nuts podcast, where Dr.Fred Watson and I discuss a fascinating discovery involving black holes, X-Rays and Radio Waves...plus we take a look at NASA's recently released…
Feb. 17, 2016
5: Space Nuts Ep.4 - Asteroid mining & RIP Edgar Mitchell
Hi everyone...Andrew here...welcome to the latest episode of Space Nuts...the podcast with Dr. Fred Watson from the Sydney Observatory. In this episode we pay tribute to the almost forgotten Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell who rec…
Feb. 10, 2016
4: Space Nuts Ep.3 - Commercial space exploration ...and David Bowie's constellation.
Hi everyone...Andrew & Dr Fred with the latest Space Nuts podcast. In this program we take a look at the commercial operators leading the way in private space travel...and David Bowie...will he really get a constellation nam…
Feb. 3, 2016
3: Ep.2 - What has the year 1846 got to do with Planet 9?
Hi everyone...Andrew & Fred here....in this episode of Space Nuts we bring some fascinating insights to the newly discovered so called Planet 9...and just what does it have to do with the year 1846? Fred explains. Plus...a r…
Jan. 29, 2016
2: Ep. - 1. What's all this talk about noodles, lasagna & hazelnuts have to do with Space science?
Hi everyone...here we go with our very first episode. In this one Dr. Fred and I discuss noodles, lasagna and hazel nut shells and their relationship to a very important discovery in Space science. Plus we look at the align…
Jan. 28, 2016
1: Meet The Space Nuts Podcast Team
Hi everyone...Andrew & Fred here...we're about to launch our brand new podcast all about Space. Such an exciting field. You can subscribe to the full podcast at iTunes (shortly(), Stitcher, audioBoom and Pocketcasts. But tak…