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Sep 2017
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71: Goodbye Cassini - Space Nuts with Dr...

Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley
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Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In Episode 70 of Space Nuts: * Cassini's death plunge * A mysterious dark planet * What is the shape of a galaxy? * Listener Clem asks about contaminating other planets...Fred has the answers. Subscribe, rate and review Space Nuts via all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Overcast, Tunein Radio, 60db etc. RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4639279.rss Join our mailing list at http://www.bitesz.com/join-our-mailing-list For more, follow Space Nuts on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Spreaker : Facebook - @spacenutspodcast twitter - @spacenutspodcst Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/cHkPaB Spreaker - 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 #cassini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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