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Feb 2021
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Mars - The UAE Mission

Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley
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Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 239 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Mars – The UAE Mission
●The UAE Mars Mission…even though Andrew keeps calling it the Moon mission…heaven knows where his mind was at…
●Matter that appears to be missing in the universe. Fred has an explanation…
●A warm Neptune like Exoplanet has been discovered…
●Listener questions – if the universe is expanding, how can galaxies collide? Surely, they’ve moving away from each other. Plus, a star system at the centre of alien conspiracies for many years. What is the real story? Fred has answers to both…
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