Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Rosetta Spacecraft - Back In The News

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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...

Life On Venus?

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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...

'The Moon's Going Rusty'

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

-“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…...

Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Objects

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Free-floating planets - Just what are they? Fred explains... - Is our Sun a part of a binary system? Discussion ensues... - Listener question time.....

Leaky ISS

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- The leak in the ISS - repairs are underway... - The ice moon Europa...what’s up around its poles? - Listener question time...Telescopes and the at...

A Ring Galaxy Discovery

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- A ring galaxy discovery...so just what is a ring galaxy? Fred has the answers… - Lunar Landing Modules ...polluting the lunar ice? - Listener ques...

Question Time

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 215 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Question time...as Andrew & Fred tackle some of the more pressing questions from ...

The Crashed Vikram Lander - Found

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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 st...

The Mars Rush of 2020 Is On

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 213 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - NASA’s mission to Mars - the rush is on - exciting times ahead… https://mars....

Introducing: Gregory Peck

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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...

RIP Mandu

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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......

The Weird Reason They Named an Asteroid Moon

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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 collisi...

Astronomers vs Starlink

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- What does the upcoming Starlink launch mean for Astronomers? - A Planetary Discovery by The Southern University of Queensland (Australia)... - A col...

Hoot Hoot!

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Pluto - new data - and a new theory... - The ISS receives a very important delivery... - Listener questions…from Carrie B in Sydney, Australia and...

Is There Anybody Out There? A New Theory

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Alien intelligent life in our galaxy - a new theory... - Searching for water on the moon - a new project... - Listener questions…where do scientif...

New Theory on Oumuamua

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- New theory on Oumuamua... - New earth-like planet orbiting an earth-like star... - Listener questions…have we ever been visited by aliens?..and co...

Planet-9 - Oh Dear...

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- 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... - ...

NASA, SpaceX and Virgin Orbital

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Launches - SpacesX and NASA collaborate for a historic launch...plus Virgin Orbit - New planet formation discovery... - Listener questions…Fred ha...

Super Secret X37B Flies Again

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episod - X37b Flies Again... - Harmonic Stars...what exactly are they? - Listener questions - Featuring our first-ever audio question...Fre...

Stunning Jupiter

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 202 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - A stunning infrared photo of Jupiter released... - Catching interstellar asteroid...

Big Black Hole Announcement

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Big Black Hole announcement... - Jupiter’s Ice Moon Europa….re-analysis of historical data has led to new discoveries. - Listener questions - Fr...

Barred Spiral Galaxy

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 200 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - A galaxy that is a barred spiral galaxy and is having trouble producing new stars...

Asteroids Destroying Each Other

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 199 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Asteroids Destroying Each Other - The Hubble Space Telescope...the amazing images...

Quasar Discovery

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Quasar Discovery - Mars Helicopter...this thing is cool... - Listener questions - More from the mailbag...Today's episode of Space nuts is brought t...

Slingshot

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

- Bepicolombo Slingshot - Binary white dwarfs… - We chat with Marnie Ogg about Dark Sky Conversations podcast... - Listener questions - asked by And...

The CHEOPS Mission

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 196 - CHEOPS Mission - Mid Size Black Holes... - Listener questions - asked by Andrew and answered by Fred...Become a Space Nuts cr...

195: Comet ATLAS

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Episode 195 - Comet ATLAS is on its way. What to expect... - Insight Drill Solution... - From t...

194: WASP-76b

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 194 - WASP-76b... - Shorter Earth Days - confirmed... - Listener questions answered by Fred...Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nu...

193: Space Time Dragging

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 193 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley - Space Time dragging...Fred explains... - Student success stories... - More of our...

192: The Biggest Bang

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 192 - The biggest explosion ever detected... - Extraterrestial protein..and a mini-moon detected… - Plus listener questions answe...

191: Jaxa's Mission to Phobos

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 191 with Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley - Jaxa mission to Phobos... - Water on Jupiter... - And a dive into the mailbag a...

190: Planet Formation

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts 190 - Planet formation... - The Australian Space Agency launch... - Once again we dive into the mailbag and answer more listener questions…...

189: Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 189 - The subject of much discussion on the Space Nuts Facebook group this week...mysterious fast radio bursts….where are they co...

188: Planet TOI-257b

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Planet TOI-257bThe Yarrabubba CraterAustralia’s Award-Winning AstronomerBecome a Space Nuts crew member and gain immediate access to our catalog of...

187: 2020 AV2

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stories covered in Space Nuts 187 Podcast: - Asteroid 2020 AV2 - just what is it? - Earth’s massive atmosphere.., - From the mailbox…more of our l...

186: Bizarre

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 186 - Bizarre objects near the black hole at the centre of our galaxy... - Did Earth seed life elsewhere?... - From the mailbox…m...

185: Old and Older

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 185Oldest material ever found...Old star in our galaxy...From the mailbox…our first dive into the mailbag for 2020.Become a Spac...

Bonus - Dark Sky Conversations with Professor Fred Watson

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While Andrew and Fred take a summer break...we thought you may be interested in hearing this great interview with Fred from our new podcast Dark Sky C...

Mars 2020

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

Massive Gas Giant Mystery

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

Impossible Discoveries

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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Hibernation?

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

From The Inbox

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

179: PSZ1G311.65-18.48

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

178: Voyager 2 Crosses Over

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

177: Mars Mole Misses Mark

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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176: First All-Female Spacewalk

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

175: Vale Alexi Leonov

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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174: Hungry, Hungry Andromeda

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

173: Planet 9 - A Whole New Theory

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

172: Tabby’s Star Theory

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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171: Earth 2.0 - Maybe

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 171Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile fri...

170: The Lakes of Titan

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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169: India's History Making Moon Landing Imminent

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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168: Microbial Life Transport Theory. What??

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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167: Mission to Europa

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Space Nuts Epis...

166: Life On The Moon

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 166Life...

165: Twinkle Twinkle Very Old Star

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 165Olde...

164: New Exoplanet Discoveries

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 164*Nea...

163: Question Time

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 163We h...

162: Apollo 11 - The Legacies 50 Years On

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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161: Pinpointed - Fast Radio Bursts

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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160: Elon Musk's Internet

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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159: Intergalactic Radio Waves

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

 Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 15...

158: Finding Snoopy

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 158 ...

157: Hippocamp

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 157 ...

156: Newborn Exoplanets

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 156 ...

155: New Comet Water Theory

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 155 ...

154: Weird...But Boring

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 154Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile fri...

153: Moon Quakes

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 153 ...

152: More Gravitational Waves Detected

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 152 ...

151: A Very Hungry Black Hole

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 151 ...

150: Your Questions - Answered!

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 150 ...

149: Women and Space Travel

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 149 ...

148: First Picture of a Black Hole

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Astronomy, Space, Science, Astrophysics, News PodcastStream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 148 ...

147: The Rivers of Mars

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 147 of Space Nuts - *The Rivers of Mars (sounds like a song title...

146: Wardrobe Malfunction

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 146 of Space Nuts - *News on exoplanets...*A NASA wardrob...

145: A Big Bang

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 145Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 145 of Space Nuts - *A meteor explo...

The Square Kilometre Array - Great News

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 144 of Space Nuts - *The Square Kilometer Array Treaty signed - and it's great news for Australia*Scientists have had another crack at calc...

A Successful Docking

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 143Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).In Episode 143 of Space Nuts - *SpaceX’s Cre...

Historic Achievements

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 142 of Space Nuts - *Hayabusa touches down...*Virgin Galactic’s historic test flight...*Our listener question comes from David in Springf...

Andrew and The Professor

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 141 of Space Nuts - *A revelation from Fred...*The demise of the Opportunity Rover and a new look at Ultima Thule'...*Well, this is different....

Black Arrow

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 140 of Space Nuts - *Britain's Black Arrow Rocket...*2019 - The year of the Periodic Table...*A listener question from Mario in Melbourne, Aus...

Let's Celebrate

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 139 of Space Nuts - *Australia Day Honours...and the Aussie Science and Astronomy worlds have cause to celebrate...*There’s a new Ultima Thu...

What Is Life?

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 138 of Space Nuts - *What is life? Depends on who you talk to it seems...we discuss.*Gamma Ray deal...*A listener question from Dayton Boyd in...

Saturn's Rings - The Latest Data From Cassini

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 137 of Space Nuts - *Saturn’s Rings...the data is in from Cassini...and they’re not as old as previously thought, nor will they last.*Eart...

Questions and More Questions

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 136 of Space Nuts - We tackle questions from our listeners:*The new Uranus tilt theory (Fred wrote the book on this one…)*Dark Matter Lensin...

The Ultima Thule Flyby...and Alien Abductions?

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 135 of Space Nuts - *The Ultima Thule flyby...*Chang’e 4 u...

134: Looking Ahead

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 134 of Space Nuts - *Horizons next rendezvous + Virgin Galac...

133: The Eerie Winds of Mars

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 133Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 133 of Space Nuts - *The Australian Sp...

132: NASA's Moon Plans

06 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 132 of Space Nuts - *NASA’s Moon announcement...*An update...

131: NASA's InSight Lands On Mars

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 131 of Space Nuts - *The Insight Lander has landed...and Com...

130: Colliding Binary Stars and a Ghost Galaxy

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 130 of Space Nuts - *Rare colliding binary stars sighted...*...

129: Dark Matter Hurricane and a UFO

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 129 of Space Nuts - *Listener Michael Carey wonders whether ...

128: A Supermassive Black Hole

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 128 of Space Nuts - *A supermassive black hole at the centre...

127: It's A Dusty World

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Space Nuts Episode 127Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).This episode is brought to you by The Local Ma...

126: Mission to Mercury

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 126 of Space Nuts - *Mission to Mercury...it’s underway......

125: Fast Radio Bursts and Noisy Auroras

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 125 of Space Nuts - *Let’s talk about those fast radio bur...

124: Two Discoveries and One Big Crunch

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 124 of Space Nuts - *Ice formations on Europa...*The first e...

123: The Discovery of Goblin

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly).Episode 123 of Space Nuts - *The discovery of Goblin...has Astronome...