September 30, 2021 • 47 mins
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 272 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●How the Biblical story of Sodom may have been inspired by an astronomical catastrophe
●The giant red spot on Jupiter – is it speeding up?
●Listener questions…we revisit the possible (or not) heat death of the universe…does a neutron star have an event horizon and a couple of text questions from John Dunkley…any relation? Find out as Andrew tackles that one and Fred the rest.
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Space Nuts Episode 272 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●How the Biblical story of Sodom may have been inspired by an astronomical catastrophe
●The giant red spot on Jupiter – is it speeding up?
●Listener questions…we revisit the possible (or not) heat death of the universe…does a neutron star have an event horizon and a couple of text questions from John Dunkley…any relation? Find out as Andrew tackles that one and Fred the rest.
Sponsor Details:
This episode of space Nuts is brought to you by the good folks at NordVPN…and they have a great deal for you as a member of the Space Nuts community. Just visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenuts for all the details. You’ll be glad you did.
For more Space Nuts, supporter links, sponsor links, to visit the shop, buy a book, leave us your questions, and stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at https://spacenutspodcast.com or the new www.bitesz.com site https://www.bitesz.com/show/space-nuts/ (mobile friendly).
Would you like a free audiobook and a great deal from Audible? Of course, you do…visit https://spacenutspodcast.com/audible for all the details. Do yourself a big favor and help support the show. Thank you.
New link: https://spacenuts.io
New Link: https://spacenutsshop.com to go directly to our shop.
Find all our show links at https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ
New: Take the Space Nuts Listener Feedback survey. We need to know how you think the show is going. Take the 1-minute survey at https://spacenutspodcast.com/feedback - thank you.
Become a Space Nuts Crew Member (supporter) and help us reach our goal of becoming completely listener supported. We figure we can better use the time producing and researching more content for you, rather than chasing sponsors and advertisers. Space Nuts is a completely independent podcast and we receive no funds from any large corporations, Government grants etc. We rely on providing the best content we can for our listeners, but we still have bills to pay every month in order to keep the lights on. So, help reach our first goal of 1,000 subscribers at which point we’ll become financially viable….and we can stop chasing advertisers.
By becoming a Space Nuts crew member, you not only help us achieve our goals, but gain immediate access to our catalogue of special commercial-free versions of Space Nuts plus bonus content. Instant access to 100+ plus posts once signed up...Simply sign on via our Patreon or Supercast pages… https://www.patreon.com/spacenuts or (New) https://spacenuts.supercast.tech and if you’d like to check out our new bundled options: https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech
Details and links are also available on our website: https://spacenutspodcast.com or the brand new www.bitesz.com
Join the Space Nuts Facebook group...chat and share stuff with other listeners, ask your questions….Andrew may even answer them. This is your community so we want to hear from you. Just search for the Space Nuts Group on Facebook and join today. See you there… https://www.facebook.com/groups/2677812375570941
Time to treat yourself with one of our new T-Shirts, Polo shirts, coffee mugs, stickers and more. Details here: https://spacenutsshop.com
www.bitesz.com
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts--2631155/support.
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