Recycled Electrons

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.

Credits:

Audio content Copyright 2011-2015 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).

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.

Credits:

Audio content Copyright 2011-2015 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).

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.

Credits:

Audio content Copyright 2011-2015 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).

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.

Links:

• .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.

Credits:

Audio content Copyright 2011-2014 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).

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.

Credits:

Audio content Copyright 2011-2014 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).