About that Coronal Mass Ejection Event

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 292 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •A Coronal mass ejection event has destroyed a bunch of Starlink satellites. So how does that happen? Fred explains.•Andrew’s been on short holiday, so what does he do? Visits a telescope of course…as you do. He has the details and as it turns out it has a link with Fred.•A rocket body is about to hit our moon. Speculation was rife that it belonged to SpaceX…but apparently not. So where did it originate?•JWT snaps its first picture…and takes a selfie. •A third Earth-like planet has been found orbiting Proxima Centauri. Fred explains the details.•Listener questions – in this episode, Andrea asks about hitching a ride on a passing object to save time and fuel...possible? Ralph has a question about his telescope and Peter wants to know what Andrew and Fred would like to go back in time and witness.Sponsor Links:Magic Mind…the scientifically developed tonic for your brain. For our special offer so you can join Andrew in his challenge, just visit https://magicmind.co/spacenutsNordVPN – the fast and best way of securing your data. Get our special price, plus one month free by visiting https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts NEW: The Space Nuts Premium edition is now available on Spotify for our Supercast subscribers (sorry, Patreon isn’t there yet…fingers crossed). To access the premium feed, just log in to your Spotify account and do a search. Use your current subscriber details to unlock the premium content. If you’d like to become a subscriber, just visit https://spacenuts.supercast.tech and sign up. You even get a 30-day free trial to see if it’s right for you. Nothing to lose.Premium Editions also now available via subscription through Apple Podcasts…again with a 30-day free trial.For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ New: Listen to Space Nuts on your favorite app with the Universal listen link: https://link.chtbl.com/NAwvL_XP If you find value in Andrew & Fred’s work, you might like to consider buying them a coffee. They’d really appreciate the break. Thank you… https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spacenuts If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…For more podcast listening, visit our HQ at https://bitesz.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts--2631155/support.