The Square Kilometre Array - Great News

In Episode 144 of Space Nuts - *The Square Kilometer Array Treaty signed - and it's great news for Australia*Scientists have had another crack at calculating the mass of the Milky Way...so how did they do it?*Two listener questions...parachutes on Mars...are we junking the planet up? And we revisit fast radio bursts...Fred has the answers.Would you like to help support the show and get yourself one of our new T-Shirts? Details here:  www.bitesz.com/shop (They make a great present…)If you like to get your hands on a copy of Dr. Fred Watson’s book ‘ ‘Why Is Uranus Upside Down? And other questions about the Universe’ it’s available as a Kindle edition from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Why-Uranus-Upside-Down-questions-ebook/dp/B0042P6A8K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536834846&sr=8-1&keywords=why+is+uranus+upside+downAndrew Dunkley has his new Sci-Fi Novel out now. Parallax - a new science fiction story about a man who is thrust back to his birth and starts his life again carrying over 50 years of future knowledge, but he's not the only one. A strange corporation called Parallax wants what he knows! Full details and where to buy a copy at https://www.andrewdunkley.com/ Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Google Podcasts. Stitcher, Pocket Casts, Spreakr, Podbean, Overcast, TuneIn Radio, CastBox.FM, iHeartRadio, Spotify etc.RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT6774874752 To receive the free Astronomy Daily Newsletter, just join our mailing list at http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-listEmail us at [email protected]: www.bitesz.com/spacenuts (mobile friendly)For more, follow Space Nuts on Facebook, Twitter, and Spreaker:Facebook - @spacenutspodcasttwitter -  @spacenutspodcstSpreaker -  https://www.spreaker.com/show/space-nuts Enjoying what we do? Then please share with and tell your friends. Your recommendation is the best we could possibly get. Thank you...#astronomy #space #science #technology #news #aao #drfredwatson #stargazerfred  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support.