123 Sexy Ice Moon

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10/17/14 • -1 min

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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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 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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122 Ranting About The Hobbit

Rob and Chris talk about rainbows, comets, and Hollywood. There’s a cool new pulsar in M82 and an awesome new artwork on the web.

Links:

Rosetta Captures Thrilling Close-Up Image Of Comet “Firing Its Jets” http://t.co/roTLYnX5qG
A nanosecond on/in the Sun - one of the best ‘What If’s ever. (The What If book is excellent too BTW) http://t.co/YkfMvzhy2R
A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia on APOD http://t.co/LaKfmvxw8g
How to prove Hollywood favours men : http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-measure-women-film-annenberg
Halley’s not coming back : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/here-comes-halley-keep-your-eyes-peeled-for-a-cosmic-fireworks-display-later-this-month-9775958.html
Spectacular pulsar : https://www.llnl.gov/news/aroundthelab/2014/Oct/ATL100914_star.html
Talk is Fundraising for Children in Need by walking 1km to school http://t.co/DoGuSFaShp
Weneedus.org (and the recession vending machine)

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124 Now This Is The Right File

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.

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