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For more Space Nuts, visit our websites. Links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQAstronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 253 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley ●China successfully lands a Rover on Mars – now what?●Our favorite topics are back in the news – dark matter, dark energy and the expansion of the Universe – new modeling suggests a new answer in the form a new type of dark energy – maybe.●Questions – from listeners in Kansas USA and Washington State USA (despite Andrew’s best efforts to move the whole state). Fred has answers for both.●Did we mention that Andrew’s new book, The Hitler Paradox, is available as a e-book and pre-order for print editions? Just in case you missed it. Check the Shop tab at our website for details on how to order.This edition of Space Nuts is brought to you with the support of NordVPN – secure your online activity with the world’s No.1 VPN service. For our special offer (which includes a huge discount…no…it is really big) visit https://nordvpn.com/spacenuts or use the coupon code SPACENUTS at checkout. You’ll be helping support the show as well. Thank you…For more Space Nuts, supporter links, visit the shop, buy a book (or pre-order the new one), leave us your questions, and stream podcast episodes on-demand, visit our website at https://spacenutspodcast.com or the brand new bitesz.com site https://www.bitesz.com/show/space-nuts/(mobile friendly).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://bitesz-com.myshopify.com   Professor Fred Watson’s latest book is available now - ‘Cosmic Chronicles’ - Are we alone in the Universe? Where did the Moon come from? How do we know what stars are made of? Could there really be a future in asteroid mining? In Cosmic Chronicles, Fred Watson – Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large and bestselling author – explores the hottest topics in space science and astronomy.By using our links you’ll be helping support the show. For our Australian listeners, you can get it here https://amzn.to/2pxHvt5 and for our international listeners, use this link: https://amzn.to/31iovfD  Andrew Dunkley’s Sci-Fi Novel The Terranian Enigma is available now - Audio version added to the lineup - When The Borche invaded the seven worlds of the Andromeda Galaxy the people fought hard to defend their colonies but they ...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support.