Gliding Across Mars

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 10th anniversary of the discovery of wait for it, The Higgs Boson, not quite astronomy, but particle physics is very much a part of what we do when we're studying the universe. So exciting stuff. This.Andrew: Particle physics. So I thought it was a snail, but anyway we'll get on that. We'll also be answering audience questions about stars passing close by our solar system. I didn't know that was a thing. Paul wants to, make things easier on paper when it comes to drawing constellations and Talek from Ireland wants to talk about the danger of asteroids, near earth objects, whatever you want to call them.So, we'll tackle all that in the next episode of Space Nuts, and you can download episode 312 and all our previous episodes from your favourite podcast distributor, talk to you soon.Sponsor Links:MeUndies – go to www.meundies.com/spacenuts to our listener discount and help support the show. Win/win.Heights BrainCare: To look after your brain, visit https://www.yourheights.com and use the Promo Code SPACENUTS to get our listener discount.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.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://spacenutspodcast.com/listen Are you a Discord fan? If so…come and join our ever-growing community. https://discord.gg/V4822WSmnJ 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 Sponsor Details:This episode of Space Nuts is brought to you by NordVPN…the highly rated VPN service and the one we personally use. Fast and secure. It’s the one you need in your life. As part of the Space Nuts family, we have a special complete security package deal for you…just visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenuts for details.MeUndies: https://meundies.com/spacenuts for 15% off your first order.#podcast #space #science #spacenuts #astronomy #astrophysics #marsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts--2631155/support.