Recycled Electrons

Chris and Rob discuss dusty Martian rovers, the 10th dotastronomy conference and an AI that writes astronomical papers. 

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Episode #136. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris is Stargazing Live in Australia, and Josie has a new mic. 

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Still in an echoey office, it’s episode 4001. 

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After a long snooze, Recycled Electrons goes back to its roots with a recording from an echoey office.

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Chris quizzes Rob about his upcoming departure from the Zooniverse. There is some brief coverage of news, but also politics, gadgets reviews and other nonsense. A sensible as ever.

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Episode #135. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris and Rob discuss streetlights, astrology and Ceres: the dwarf planet. There are organic molecules at the centre of a galaxy, and a black hole that's the wrong size.

Links:

Ceres is getting odd: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/26/ceres_shiny_spot_is_actually_twins.html

Astrology on the NHS: http://boingboing.net/2015/02/25/uk-tory-mp-says-astrology-woul.html

New jobs at Zooniverse: http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/02/23/two-new-jobs-at-the-zooniverse/

Organic molecules around a black hole: http://alma.mtk.nao.ac.jp/e/news/pressrelease/20150226alma_revealed_surprisingly_mild_environment_around_a_supermassive_black_hole_1.html

Astronauts and street lamps http://io9.com/how-to-hack-your-street-lamps-like-an-astronaut-1686876944

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Episode #134. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris and Rob are joined by Lovely Scottish Grant and Becky Smethurst for an expanded-panel Recycled Electrons. We discuss Mars One, Mars's mysterious plumes, and astronomers on Twitter. Also: Super Mario.

Links:

A near miss: http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/scholz-star/

Cube sat mission ideas: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/van-kane/0217-planetary-cubesats-begin-to-come-of-age.html

Scientists slow the speed of light:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-30944584

Mystery Mars haze 'baffles' scientists: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31491805

Mars/Moon/Venus Conjunction on Feb 20th: http://www.universetoday.com/118906/catch-a-conjunction-triple-play-on-february-20th-as-the-moon-meets-venus-mars/

Rosetta is taking really close-up shots now: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/16/rosetta_closeup_photos_from_a_low_pass_over_the_surface.html

We don’t know what hit Chelyabinsk: http://www.psi.edu/news/papervishnu

Astronomers on Twitter: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0106086

Wikipedia sonification: http://listen.hatnote.com/

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Episode #133. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris is in Hawaii and Rob is not(!). They talk about observing at the CSO, the differing views of scientists and the public, and the new UK-based Twinkle exoplanet mission.

Links:

(American) Public vs. (AAAS) Scientists http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/

Curiosity form above: http://gizmodo.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-looks-like-a-tiny-pimple-on-mars-1684492070

First images from New Horizons of Pluto and Charon: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/02041311-new-horizons-returns-first.html

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Episode #132. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris and Rob talk about advanced robotics, supernovae in M82, and the rise and fall of the BICEP2 results. There are Yellowballs in the Milky Way, and a lovely Philae GIF.

Links:

Philae GIF http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7953217/philae-lander-descent-comet-67p-esa-rosetta

The BICEP bubbles bursts https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-bicep2-bubble-bursts/ and http://sci.esa.int/planck/55362-planck-gravitational-waves-remain-elusive/

M82 from LOFAR: http://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/oso/news/Pages/Lofars-record-sharp-image-gives-astronomers--a-new-view-of-galaxy-M-82.aspx

Yellowballs: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4462

A nice merger : http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1503/

A movie of a laser beam pulse at super high frame rate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq0H4-nvBB8

Making robots that can do better than us http://io9.com/atlas-the-pentagons-humanoid-robot-just-got-a-major-u-1680654984

MWP made APOD http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150131.html with the Yellow balls

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Episode #131. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Some QVC hosts have been discussing the Moon, Dawn has a new view of Ceres, and New Horizons is closing in on Pluto. Rosetta is starting to get data about its comet, and the Planetary Society is going to build a Solar Sail.

Links:

Science literacy and QVC: http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2015/01/15/qvc-hosts-literally-dont-know-what-the-moon-is/

New Horizons is approaching the Pluto system http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30954673

Rich algae blooms under Earth’s polar ice: http://laughingsquid.com/submersible-vehicle-discovers-rich-algae-blooms-beneath-polar-ice-in-areas-previously-thought-barren/

Dawn’s new view of Ceres: http://www.universetoday.com/118325/heres-dawns-best-view-of-ceres-yet/

Planetary Society Lightsail : http://www.planetary.org/press-room/releases/2015/planetary-society-announces.html

An asteroid comes to visit: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/press-releases/asteroid-2004-bl86/

Rosetta results: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Getting_to_know_Rosetta_s_comet

A dimming quasar: http://news.yale.edu/2015/01/22/black-hole-diet-creates-changing-look-quasar

Fast Radio Burst: http://www.caastro.org/news/2015-livefrb

Adler is crowdfunding an exhibit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/adler-planetarium-mission-moon-exhibition

Cheese or Font: cheeseorfont.com

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Episode #130. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Beagle 2 has been found, intact, on the surface of Mars! Planck is the height of a small giraffe, and Lovejoy is blazing across the Northern sky. Chris and Rob talk about many things from the last three weeks.

Links:

Two more planets: http://www.universetoday.com/118252/astronomers-are-predicting-at-least-two-more-large-planets-in-the-solar-system/

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter - visible in one evening http://sumzzal.com/data/imgupload/2015/01/06/20150106015605_20150105160805201.gif

Falling onto Titan - 10 years since Huygens: http://io9.com/heres-what-it-looks-like-to-fall-to-titan-from-space-1679545272

Comet Lovejoy’s tail flapping in the (solar) wind: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/01/14/comet_lovejoy_animation_of_the_tail_movement.html

China puts orbiter around the Moon to image potential landing sites

http://cir.ca/news/china-in-space

Game Recreates Entire Galaxy, 1,000 Players Determined To Explore It

http://kotaku.com/one-thousand-gamers-embark-to-explore-the-entire-galaxy-1677603818

PH3c: http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/01/05/phvii/

We found Beagle 2! http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-01/14/mars-probe-beagle

Circa: http://cir.ca/

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Episode #129. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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In the last episode of 2014, Chris and Rob discuss methane on Mars, the hacking of the .Astronomy meeting, and the nature of time itself. No biggie.

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.Astronomy 6 [lists and links to hacks within]

2 arrows of time

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Episode #128. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Rob and Chris talk about the latest Philae/Rosetta news, new plans for missions into the Solar System, and men in hats.

Links:

Higgs Hunters: http://www.higgshunters.org

Lots of cool ideas for missions on the Planetary Society blog: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/van-kane/20141125-a-potpourri-of-future-mission.html

Sonification (Rosetta/Philae) : http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/20/the-sound-of-touchdown/

Philae to come back to life in March? http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/27/rosetta-philae-reddit-ama

Spotify reveals that we all listened to Aerosmith after the Philae landing https://insights.spotify.com/br/2014/11/21/aerosmith-rosetta-comet/

ThinkGeek’s solar system shot glasses: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/2033/?CJID=%zi&istCompanyId=007b6f44-e03c-4536-8b29-58e160067143&istItemId=iaxqlaxwi&istBid=t&cpg=cj&ref=&CJURL=

Asteroid diamonds are weird : https://asunews.asu.edu/20141120-lonsdaleite

Map of bolide distribution : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4380

Vesta mapping complete : https://asunews.asu.edu/20141117-vesta-map

Serial: http://serialpodcast.org SEN: Sen.com

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Episode #127. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris and Rob talk about the biggest space news story of the week: the landing of Philae on Comet 67P. Chris was at Mission Control for the whole event - landing, bouncing, shirts, and all.

Links:

Watching Philae bounce: http://astronomynow.com/2014/11/17/rosettas-osiris-camera-captures-philaes-bounce-across-comet/

More than science: http://telescoper.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/rosetta-and-philae-so-much-more-than-science/

For kids: http://www.unawe.org/kids/unawe1449

First images from Philae: http://www.universetoday.com/116260/new-images-from-philae-reveal-comets-ancient-surface/

#ShirtGate http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/what-not-to-wear-to-a-comet-landing/

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Episode #126. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris and Rob talk about the SpaceShipTwo accident and the Antares one too. Not a good week for human spaceflight. There's also electrolysis with pencils, and a not-rainbow.

Links:

Stunning sunlit seas on Titan: http://io9.com/a-stunning-view-of-sunlit-seas-on-titan-1653204944/+spacemika

SpaceShipTwo: http://www.universetoday.com/115869/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-suffers-in-flight-anomaly-crashes-in-flight-test

You can’t fly through a rainbow: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/29/fly-over-rainbow-break-laws-physics

Chang’e 5 T1 returns amazing image of Moon and Earth: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/10280900-change-5-t1-rounds-the-lunar.html

Electrolysis of Water with pencils and a 9V battery http://orbitingfrog.com/2014/11/02/electrolysis-of-water-with-pencils-and-a-9v-battery

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Episode #125. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Chris and Grant discuss the Comet that flew by Mars this week, strange organic molecules in Titan's atmosphere, and the Rosetta mission, naturally. There is no Rob, but console yourself knowing that he typed this for you.

Links:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29661446

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinocheirus

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Name_Rosetta_mission_s_landing_site

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/20/comet-siding-spring-skims-close-to-mars-after-million-year-journey and http://mars.nasa.gov/comets/sidingspring/images/?ImageID=6682 and http://mars.nasa.gov/comets/sidingspring/images/?ImageID=6677

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/the_strange_organic_molecules_in_titans_atmosphere-147536

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Episode #124. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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Rob and Chris talk about Uranus, moons, and nuclear fusion. May be there's dark matter, maybe there's not - and what angle should canned whipped cream be sprayed at?

Links:

Ice on Mercury : http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=266

Bruno Merin’s lovely multi-wavelength gallery http://brunomerin.com/slider/menu.html

Optimal angle for spraying whipped cream: http://laughingsquid.com/a-father-and-his-two-kids-conduct-an-experiment-to-find-the-optimal-angle-for-spraying-whipped-cream/

Lockheed announce fusion ‘breakthrough’ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/15/lockheed-breakthrough-nuclear-fusion-energy and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/16/experts_skeptical_over_lockheed_martins_claims_to_have_cracked_fusion/

UK Space Weather centre opening in Exeter: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-10/09/uk-space-weather-forecasting-centre

Mimas : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4342

Have we found dark matter? : http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2014/october/inexplicable-signal-from-the-unseen-universe-provides-tantalising-clue-about-one-of-astronomys-greatest-secrets-2013-dark-matter

Hubble finds KBOs : http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/nasa-s-hubble-telescope-finds-potential-kuiper-belt-targets-for-new-horizons/

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Episode #123. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott.

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