177: Our Final Episode: Artemis Accords, Black Mirror, Star Trek Lower Decks, Firefly Finale

Today’s podcast will be the final episode of Space Nerds. We want to extend a heartfelt thanks to all who have listened to this show, so we put together this massive final episode to say goodbye to Andi, Alexandria, Doug, Jayne and Jesse. SPACE NEWS: (Starts at 17:31) NASA has Read more…

175: Comet NEOWISE, Firefly #13 ‘Heart of Gold’

Today on the Space Nerds podcast:SPACE NEWS (Starts at 7:24): Jesse and Jayne discuss our intergalactic visitor, the comet NEOWISE currently visible with the naked eye! We discuss how to see the comet this week, as detailed in this space.com article: https://www.space.com/comet-neowise-visibility-july-2020.html FIREFLY (Starts at 21:18): We chat about the Read more…

171: Particle Accelerator on the Moon, Arrowverse Year 6

Today on the Space Nerds podcast: SPACE NEWS: (Starts at 7:45) Would it make sense to build a particle accelerator on the moon? Doug and Jesse discuss the possibility as proposed in Popular Mechanics: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a32814164/particle-accelerator-moon/ ARROWVERSE: (Starts at 26:03) Our massive TV watching side project continues with year 6 of Read more…

169: Antimatter Universe, Firefly #11 ‘Trash’

Today on the Space Nerds podcast: SPACE NEWS: (Starts at 8:22) A new theory claims there may be an antimatter universe extending backwards in time from the big bang, mirroring our own universe in reverse. Read more from physicsworld.com: https://physicsworld.com/a/our-universe-has-antimatter-partner-on-the-other-side-of-the-big-bang-say-physicists/ FIREFLY: (Starts at 20:14) Jayne returns to continue our journey Read more…