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 today there is an eclipse of the moon. But they range from that out to vertical particles in the universe and the origin of dark matter. Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 330 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Download from your favorite po...
Nov 10, 2022•43 min•Ep. 330
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 about, which is very interesting. Plus, we look at some really exciting observations of what you might call prebiotic molecules, the kind of molecules that make up the building blocks of life, how they are affected by nearby black holes. Worked that one out. Plus listener ques...
Nov 03, 2022•45 min•Ep. 329
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 328 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley In this episode, we're going to visit Jupiter's moon Europa because there's new stuff from Europa, we've got new images which have come back from a flyby by the Juno spacecraft, plus some work about the plumes of ice that might come out of the surface of Europa. Then we're going to go to the distant universe to talk about gravitational lenses with some new work that has been done here in ...
Oct 27, 2022•43 min•Ep. 328
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 327 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley We have a story about what you can learn from beads, tiny beads of glass in the soil of the moon which have been brought back by the Changing Five spacecraft. We also have a story about the possible detection of the aftermath of the first stars in the universe. We'll also be taking some audience questions. One about antimatter, and I love this one a hypothetical - fishing in a black hole....
Oct 20, 2022•40 min•Ep. 327
Space Nuts Episode 326 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley This is episode 326 of Space Nuts podcast, a bumper action packed episode yet again. We're going to talk about a new map of 56,000 galaxies, which is really interesting, and hopefully we'll learn something quite new about the universe from that. And we're also going to talk about Saturn's moon Enceladus, which you and I have spoken about many times before. Maybe there are the right minerals for living organisms in the ocean, ...
Oct 13, 2022•44 min•Ep. 326
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 the talking because we're dedicating the whole show to questions. So we've got questions about Artemis 1, dark matter, flickering stars, Spacetime holes, gravity and terraforming Venus. Which will be interesting because it's a hot bed that place a very, very, nasty place if y...
Oct 06, 2022•47 min
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 DART mission with one of our dedicated listeners, Marie-Claire Mercier. Hi, Marie Claire. Thanks for joining us, by the way. Marie-Claire: Thank you. Thank you for sending the invite. Andrew: And we've got other things to talk about, too. Fred, what's going on? Fred: Exciting...
Sep 29, 2022•52 min
Space Nuts 323 Show Notes September 22, 2022 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 323 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Coming up, we're going to be looking at the 100th anniversary of a major event in astronomy and space science involving Einstein, which Fred knows everything about because he's giving a lecture on it tonight. We're also going to talk about Mars because there's been some interesting findings on Mars and it's all to do with vibrations. And listen...
Sep 22, 2022•44 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 322 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello again. Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. We've got the next episode. coming up and to tell us what's going to be on episode 322, Astronomer at Large. Fred Watson. Fred: Hot off the press stories, as always. We've got a new mineral that has been discovered on the Moon by Chinese scientists which sounds really interesting. And we've got some less than good news,...
Sep 15, 2022•42 min
Space Nuts Episode 321 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello again. My name is Andrew Dunkley, the host of the Space Nuts podcast and joining me is Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What’s on this episode Fred? Fred: Magical episode as always, Andrew. We've got, the first exoplanet imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. Really exciting to actually see directly the image of a planet for the first time. And we're going to talk about that well known asteroid imp...
Sep 08, 2022•43 min
Have you checked out Andrew's new podcast yet? Here's a sample episode to get you started. If you like what you hear, you can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pocketcasts, iHeartRadio and more. You can also stream all episodes from the Space Nuts website...just visit https://spacenuts.io Enjoy! Astronomy Daily – The Podcast Show Notes S01E10 Astronomy Daily – The Podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: Apple Podcasts: h...
Sep 07, 2022•11 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 320 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello once again. I'm Andrew Dunkley, the host of Space Nuts, and every week we talk astronomy and space science with Professor Fred Watson, Astronomer at large. Hi, Fred. What are we talking about this week? Fred: We've got a bumper show, as always, starting with what went wrong with Artemis One. We might just do a quick rundown on that. And then we've got, because it's episode 3...
Sep 01, 2022•51 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 319 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello again. I'm Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, hoping you can join us on this episode. And my partner in crime is Professor Fred Watson, Astronomer at Large. Hi, Fred. What's coming up on episode three one nine? Fred: We've got some great stuff as always, Andrew. We're going to ask the question, did the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs have a companion object th...
Aug 25, 2022•53 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 318 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hi there. Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. Hope you can join us for episode 318. What are we going to be talking about, Fred? Fred: We're going to talk about the discovery of a moon of an asteroid. And it's an important asteroid because this one is going to be visited by the Lucy spacecraft in the late 2020s. We're also going to talk about upside down snow falling,...
Aug 18, 2022•45 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 317 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hi, there. Thanks for joining us. Well, I hope you do - for episode 317 of Space Nuts the podcast. I'm Andrew Dunkley, your host, and joining me every week is Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What are we talking about this week, Fred? Fred: Action Pack show as always, Andrew. We're going to talk about more observations that suggest that dark matter is not what we think ...
Aug 11, 2022•44 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 316 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley the host of the Space Nuts podcast, where every week we talk astronomy and space science. And coming up soon will be episode 316. And joining me will be Professor Fred Watson. Astronomer at large. Hi, Fred. What's on the next episode. Fred: We're going to talk about the shortest day on record. There you are. That's an enticing one. Then we've...
Aug 04, 2022•47 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 315 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello again. Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. Hope you’re well, and I hope you can join us on the next episode, episode 315, because we’ve got a lot to talk about. And joining me will be Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up? Fred: It we've got a bumper packed show for listeners this week. As always. Going to start off by talking about a bran...
Jul 28, 2022•45 min
Space Nuts Episode 314 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello once again. Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. Hope you can join us on episode 314, where I'll be joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large, to talk astronomy and space science. What's coming up on 314 Fred. Fred: Great news. We're going to look at the rest of the images that the James Webb telescope has sent back, those fantastic images of nebulae and galaxies, as well as a new one of t...
Jul 21, 2022•42 min
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 Watson, astronomer at large. Fred. What's on this edition. Fred: The big story of the moment, which is the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. We're going to cover that in a little bit of detail. We're going to talk about a new telescope that's just starting to b...
Jul 14, 2022•38 min
Space Nuts Episode 312 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello, Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. And joining me every week is Professor Fred Watson astronomer at large. What's coming up Fred on episode 312. Fred: Great stuff. Andrew, we're going to Mars again this week, to talk about a proposed new method of exploring the atmosphere of Mars, which I think is very, very exciting…and, and I hope to see it happening down the track. And we're gonna celebrate the...
Jul 07, 2022•56 min
Space Nuts 311 Show Notes June 30, 2022 Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 311 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, where we talk astronomy and space science. And every week, I'm joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up on episode three 11, Fred? Fred: We've got a fun packed show this week. We're going to celebrate World Asteroid Day that comes up tomorrow ou...
Jun 30, 2022•43 min
Space Nuts Episode 310 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, where we talk astronomy and space science. And every week, I'm joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up on episode 310, Fred? Fred: Thank you, Andrew. Episode 310, because it's divisible by five, is actually an all questions episode. And today we've got a huge pile of questions on topics as diverse as and I've got to read...
Jun 23, 2022•56 min•Ep. 310
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 309 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Andrew: Hi there. Andrew Dunkley here, the host of the Space Nuts podcast. Hope you can join us on this episode because we got a lot to talk about. And joining me, as always, will be Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large. What's coming up, Fred? Fred: Absolutely packed news edition of Space Nuts. We're going to talk about micrometeoroid that dinged the James Webb Space Telescope. We'...
Jun 16, 2022•45 min
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://chandra.harvard.edu/sound/ •The orbit of Earth and how it’s affected our ice sheets •Listener questions – We have questions on gravitational waves, the expansion of the Universe and the unknown objects we keep looking for. Fred has all the answers… Sponsor Links: NordVPN – ...
Jun 09, 2022•46 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 307 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •On Mars…Ingenuity continues to break records. So what’s it’s lifespan now? •Still on Mars…they’ve now worked out why the red planet is perpetually dusty. Fred has the details. •Data from Hubble explains why Uranus and Neptune are different colours. Details from Fred. For more visit: https://phys.org •Listener questions – We have listener questions about neutron stars, plus escaping the M...
Jun 02, 2022•43 min
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 cosmologists. Fred has the details. •Listener questions – We have questions about white holes and another about gravity Fred has the answers. Sponsor Links: NordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free and a bonus gift by visi...
May 26, 2022•44 min
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 ensued…Fred has details and the importance of this event. •Growing vegetables in Moon soil…and what it means moving forward. •Listener questions – This week our listeners have questions about Dark Matter; the future of Astronomy and is it a good career choice…and star populatio...
May 19, 2022•48 min
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 304 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •The Black Widow Binary •An exciting new citizen science project…and how you can be involved….for more information visit https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ellenjj/rosetta-zoo •Listener questions – A listener from the UK spots a strange light in the sky that has him mystified…but Fred may know what it is. Plus, a question about terraforming Mars...a suggestion…is it feasible? And how do ...
May 12, 2022•43 min
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 SOFIA with the announcement of the decommissioning of this valuable project… •Our Sun a helpful tool…but not in a way you may imagine. Fred has details… •Listener questions – Friend of the show Rusty in Donnybrook is back with a technical question about the JWST, plus a quest...
May 05, 2022•47 min
•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. •The winds of Mars…what effect are they having on the planet? •The Artemis One project has been rolled back into the shed and put on hold. Why? •Listener questions – Just what is that dust at the centre of our galaxy? And what would happen in the Earth just stopped spinning?...
Apr 28, 2022•50 min