Our Trojan Asteroid Friend

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.Space Nuts Episode 291 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley •Planet Earth has picked up a trojan asteroid as our newest companion. Fred has the details.•We revisit Oumuamua (or the Space Doogie as Andrew fondly calls ). Is there a plan to chase it down? It would seem so.•The discovery of a volcanic lake that has life in it. How can that be…and what implications does have for the possibility of life on other planets?•A question from Michael in Kent (UK) who wants to know what’s the first thing we would do on landing on Mars. Our answers may surprise you…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 2yr deal 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 https://spacenutspodcast.com or https://spacenuts.ioFor more podcast listening, visit our HQ: https://bitesz.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support.