The Olf
Chris is mourning the loss of Kepler and Rob has been in Tenerife (for work!). There are startling predictions for the historic future of astronomy and maths makes curious leaps forward. All of this in very unusual units of measurement.
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Episode #77. 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.
Links:
- Rob’s been in Tenerife: http://orbitingfrog.com
- Space Warps: http://www.spacewarps.org
- A prediction for the future of astronomy:
- https://twitter.com/MTMurphy77/status/334262258077147136/photo/1
- Kepler is down! http://blog.planethunters.org/2013/05/15/thoughts-on-the-possible-death-of-kepler/
- http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/47/47s_kepler_prt.htm
- Maths discoveries that are exciting:
- http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23535-proof-that-an-infinite-number-of-primes-are-paired.html?full=true&print=true
- http://www.nature.com/news/first-proof-that-infinitely-many-prime-numbers-come-in-pairs-1.12989
- Mental Floss: http://mentalfloss.com/
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
28kg of Toilet Paper
Chris and Rob talk about Mars, 3D printing, Mars, urine, and Mars! There’s lots of Mars that’s for sure! This is a blue episode of the podcast, for reasons that will be explained.
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Episode #70. 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.
Links:
- Coding is a skill like any other. Think of it like playig an intrument, for example: http://www.code.org
- A 3D printed car: http://laughingsquid.com/urbee-2-a-1200-pound-3d-printed-car/
- uCheck, an iPhone urine sampler: http://www.tuaw.com/2013/02/26/uchek-raises-the-stakes-in-smartphone-health-care-with-camera-ba/
- Mars to be hit by a comet in 2014? http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/28/mars_impact_the_red_planet_may_get_hit_by_a_comet_in_october_2014.html
- Couples on Mars: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21603490
- MSL : http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/curiosity-update-sol-193.html
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
Carpark in Leicester
Chris, Rob and Rob the Alien talk about the longest running experiments in the world, the speed of light, citizen science ands Pluto’s many moon. We do all this from a room one-billionth the size of Wales.
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Episode #68. 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.
Links:
- 3Rs of Citizen Science in the classroomn: http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/blog/3rs-citizen-science-classroom
- The speed of light is approximately 1 foot per nanosecond and a nanoWales in an area 4.5m by 4.5m (roughly)
- The electric bell : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Electric_Bell
- A Valentine rose : http://www.noao.edu/news/2013/pr1301.php
- Name Pluto’s moons : http://www.plutorocks.com
- Mars bedrock sample collected : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-052
- No aliens yet : http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0845
- S&T Jupiter’s moons : http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/3307071.html
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
People on the Tellybox
Chris and Rob talk about exoplanets, Stargazing Live and then exoplanets again. We’re not going below absolute zero but we are going to Marrsssss.
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Episode #63. 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.
Links:
- CBeebies ‘Get Well Soon’ and the anti-vaccination crowd: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/get-well-soon
- Formalhaut b does exist: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/fomalhaut-b-confirmed/
- Below absolute zero? http://www.livescience.com/25959-atoms-colder-than-absolute-zero.html
- PH2b and the others: http://blog.planethunters.org/2013/01/07/a-newly-confirmed-planet-and-42-additional-planet-candidates/
- Stargazing Live: http://bbc.co.uk/stargazing
- Planet Four: http://www.planetfour.org
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
We Can See Things
Chris and Rob discuss the brand new Andromeda Project, the anniversary of Apollo 17 and NASA’s plans for Mars. We also chat about Caroline Herschel: comet chaser and how science works in sign language.
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Episode #59. 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.
Links:
- Andromeda Project launches: andromedaproject.org
- Moon Zoo goes to Apollo 17: moonzoo.org
- GRAIL results : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-385
- NASA’s plans to go back to Mars : http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1401
- Curiosity’s first chemistry - perchlorate : http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1399
- .Astro 5 and Hack Day: http://dotastronomy.com/blog/2012/12/hack-day-in-new-york/
- Comets of Caroline Herschel: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1212.0809v1.pdf
- The infamous Time paragraph : http://profmattstrassler.com/2012/12/05/my-version-of-the-higgs-time-paragraph/
- Sign language for science : http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/science/sign-language-researchers-broaden-science-lexicon.html?smid=tw-nytimeshealth&seid=auto&_r=0&pagewanted=all
- Zooniverse advent calendar: https://zooniverse.org/advent
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
The Constellation Not the Disease
Chris and Rob talk about a black hole that is almost as big as it’s host galaxy. Herschel (the telescope) has been looking at dust all over the place and Mary Shelly (the person) writes about writing her most-famous book. Chris told Roger Penrose that birds can see magnetic fields.
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Episode #58. 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.
Links:
- A really big black hole : http://www.mpia.de/Public/menu_q2e.php?Aktuelles/PR/2012/PR121128/PR_121128_en.html and http://sarahaskew.net/2012/11/28/small-galaxy-massive-black-hole
- Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts? : http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2192-do-missing-jupiters-mean-massive-comet-belts
- Mary Shelley writes about writing Frankenstein in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/nov/26/mary-shelley-frankenstein-preface-1831-archive
- Herschel watches star formation in Lupus: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5232
- Top twitter accounts to follow? Rob says: @yoyoha @BadAstronomer @CatherineQ @telescoper @garwboy @hullodave @arielwaldman @arfon @KarenLMasters @vrooje @Stellar190 @astro_jules @apontzen @astrofairy @codinghorror @jpsmythe
- Elon Musk’s missions to MArs : http://media.aerosociety.com/aerospace-insight/2012/11/23/video-elon-musk-interview/7553/
- Hanny’s Voorwerp & the Antikythera Mechanism - http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5487
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
Sensible People Say Uranus
Chris and Rob discuss Mercury and MESSENGER, Roger Penrose, exoplanets and supernovae.
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Episode #57. 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.
Links:
- New image on an exoplanet: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3744 (12Mjup, 2.2Msun, 55 AU orbit, Subaru/HiCIAO during the SEEDS survey)
- NASA has a secret - maybe: http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/big-news-from-mars-coming-soon.html
- Will Gater’s beautiful image of Jupiter, the Pleiades and the Hyades: http://twitter.com/willgater/status/270257707490091008/photo/1 (see above)
- Mercury and MESSENGER: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
Chain of Belugas
Chris narrowly avoids Sandy only to await a second storm. Rob is stormless… so far. We’re talking about the lack of methane on Marrrsss, more talking animals, and how to spot a rainbow on another planet.
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Episode #54. 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.
Links:
- (No) methane on Mars: http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-rover-yet-to-find-methane-on-mars-1.11730
- Looking for the rainbow on exoplanets covered by liquid and icy water clouds http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1293
- Cake Wrecks (courtesy of @vrooje) http://www.cakewrecks.com
- Spot the Station: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov
- The Elephant that speaks Korean: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20142858
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/). The image at the top of this entry is from io9 - which is awesome and you all should follow it.
Swedish Bandwidth
Chris is in Sweden, Rob is in England, Skype is… not working very well. We chat about exoplanets, Swedish coffee, Planet Hunters and beluga whales - though not all at once.
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Episode #54. 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.
Links:
- The Sky at Night: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h
- PH1: A new planet from Planet Hunters: http://blog.planethunters.org/2012/10/15/ph1-a-planet-in-a-four-star-system/
- Earth-sized world around Alpha Centauri b: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/17/earth-planet-found-alpha-centauri
- A ‘talking’ Beluga whale: http://io9.com/5953817/easily-the-best-thing-youll-hear-all-week-a-beluga-whale-mimicking-human-speech
- Curiosity begins eating dirt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20003236
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/). The image at the top of this entry is from io9 - which is awesome and you all should follow it.
Fish Consumption
Chris and Rob are apart this week, so Rob is alone in Oxford for this very short podcast. There’s a possible new comet out in the Solar System, and Curiosity is about to dip it’s claws into the Martian soil.
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Episode #52. 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.
Links:
- Comet ISON: http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/
- Drinking the most coffee: http://io9.com/5948206/here-are-the-fifteen-professions-that-drink-the-most-coffee-guess-whos-number-one
- Bat Detective: http://www.batdetective.org
- Curiosity is preparing to collect its first sample. An apsirn-sized pocket of sand that may take some time to analyse: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19840928
Credits:
Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
