Episodes
Oct. 22, 2020
Spaghettification
- A stars death by spaghettification. Fred explains...
- The OSIRIS-rex mission...a perspective and some background.
- Listener questions this week. We revisit the movie Interstellar with a correction to the answer of a pr…
Oct. 15, 2020
About That Fake Asteroid
- Fake asteroid news?
- Take a listen to the sound of the Milky Way...beautiful...and clever.
- A bunch of listener questions this week all from listener Asley. Fred has answers for all of them…
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Oct. 8, 2020
24 Exoplanets
- Nobel Prize winners for 2020...
- A new study of Comets suggests earth may have a second alignment plane...
- A new report suggests there may be 24 exoplanets with a better potential for life than Earth.
- Listener que…
Oct. 1, 2020
The Ice Lakes of Mars
- Mars is back in the news with new data on the South Pole’s lakes….Fred has the details.
- Looking to buy a telescope? Fred has some advice
- The Square Kilometer Array, a project that Fred is very close to, made the news…
Sept. 24, 2020
Rosetta Spacecraft - Back In The News
- Data from the Rosetta Spacecraft is back in the news - Fred has the details.
- Apparently Russia is claiming Venus as their planet. What?
- NASA’s plans to return to the moon have been released. We have the details.
- L…
Sept. 17, 2020
Life On Venus?
- Could there really be life on Venus? Fred has the latest…
- Listener question time...as we work our way through the backlog we address questions about lasers in space and spy agencies, binary stars and more. Fred and And…
Sept. 10, 2020
'The Moon's Going Rusty'
-“The moon’s going rusty’ - The Rusty crust of the moon...so what’s going on?
- Sorry - No sign of alien technology according to a new study…
- China’s X37B Spacecraft...
- Listener question time...questions this week abo…
Sept. 3, 2020
Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Objects
- Free-floating planets - Just what are they? Fred explains...
- Is our Sun a part of a binary system? Discussion ensues...
- Listener question time...Paul in Victoria (Australia) asks why haven’t we been back to Uranus & …
Aug. 27, 2020
Leaky ISS
- The leak in the ISS - repairs are underway...
- The ice moon Europa...what’s up around its poles?
- Listener question time...Telescopes and the atmosphere...should we relocate them to the Moon or Mars? And, why slingshot…
Aug. 20, 2020
A Ring Galaxy Discovery
- A ring galaxy discovery...so just what is a ring galaxy? Fred has the answers…
- Lunar Landing Modules ...polluting the lunar ice?
- Listener question time...Our place in the Universe...a wild theory...but is it plausibl…
Aug. 13, 2020
Question Time
Space Nuts Episode 215 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
- Question time...as Andrew & Fred tackle some of the more pressing questions from our global audience…
- Meanwhile, in Australia, the venerable Parkes Rad…
Aug. 6, 2020
The Crashed Vikram Lander - Found
- As we all know, India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to the Moon ended with the Vikram Lander crashing...and lost. Now they’ve found it Fred has the story.
- The rivers on Mars may have been formed under sheets of ice. That’s th…
July 30, 2020
The Mars Rush of 2020 Is On
Space Nuts Episode 213 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
- NASA’s mission to Mars - the rush is on - exciting times ahead…...
July 23, 2020
Introducing: Gregory Peck
- Mars season kicks off with the UAE successfully heading off to the Red Planet...
- It would seem Venus has active volcanoes still. So what does this mean?
- Listener questions…what on earth is a Terrascope? Fred explains…
July 16, 2020
RIP Mandu
- Sad news from the team this as we say RIP Mandu...
- A Cosmic Structure discovery of some note...
- The truth about our ‘sister’ planet Venus...
- Listener questions…chemical elements...where did they come from? ...and …
July 9, 2020
The Weird Reason They Named an Asteroid Moon
- An asteroid moon has been given a name...for the oddest of reasons...
- A new exoplanet has been discovered and this one is unique. Why?
- A collision between two black holes and possible explosion...what’s that all abou…
July 2, 2020
Astronomers vs Starlink
- What does the upcoming Starlink launch mean for Astronomers?
- A Planetary Discovery by The Southern University of Queensland (Australia)...
- A collision between two black holes and possible explosion...what’s that all …
June 25, 2020
Hoot Hoot!
- Pluto - new data - and a new theory...
- The ISS receives a very important delivery...
- Listener questions…from Carrie B in Sydney, Australia and Roger the truck driver in the Northeast of the USA. Fred & Andrew have an…
June 18, 2020
Is There Anybody Out There? A New Theory
- Alien intelligent life in our galaxy - a new theory...
- Searching for water on the moon - a new project...
- Listener questions…where do scientific papers go? - the crisis in cosmology and what two questions would you a…
June 11, 2020
New Theory on Oumuamua
- New theory on Oumuamua...
- New earth-like planet orbiting an earth-like star...
- Listener questions…have we ever been visited by aliens?..and concerns about the Starlink satellites? Fred has answers.
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June 4, 2020
Planet-9 - Oh Dear...
- Planet 9 - does it even exist? Fred is devastated...
- A dwarf galaxy that’s impacting on our own Milky Way. But that may not be a bad thing...
- Listener questions…just who’s in charge of all those orbiting satellites..…
May 28, 2020
NASA, SpaceX and Virgin Orbital
- Launches - SpacesX and NASA collaborate for a historic launch...plus Virgin Orbit
- New planet formation discovery...
- Listener questions…Fred has answers.
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May 21, 2020
Super Secret X37B Flies Again
Space Nuts Episod
- X37b Flies Again...
- Harmonic Stars...what exactly are they?
- Listener questions - Featuring our first-ever audio question...Fred has answers.
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May 14, 2020
Stunning Jupiter
Space Nuts Episode 202 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
- A stunning infrared photo of Jupiter released...
- Catching interstellar asteroids...
- Listener questions - First up a query about the Tunguska event.…