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Recycled Electrons

Summary: Astronomy and science chatter from astronomers Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Recorded in the heart of Oxford on the finest land available. Follow us @recycledelec on Twitter and individually on @chrislintott and @orbitingfrog. If you like what you hear, leave us a review on iTunes.

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 123 Sexy Ice Moon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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/ [MP3 Link] 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. 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/).

 122 Ranting About The Hobbit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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) [MP3 Link] Episode #122. 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/).

 122 Ranting About The Hobbit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

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) [MP3 Link] Episode #122. 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/).

 121 I Am Not Troubled By Any Competence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob and Chris talk about quasi-moons, spiders, and media coverage of science. There’s data visualisations of Earth and new arrivals around Mars. Links: Interplanetary Lobbing: http://www.strudel.org.uk/lob/ Spiders on Twitter: http://www.geert.io/spiders-on-twitter.html Earth observation in many flavours: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4205&button=search&value=None Turn your smartphone into a cosmic ray detector : http://www.news.wisc.edu/23166 …or an IR camera (for $200!) http://www.thermal.com 2014 OL339 - a quasi-satellite of the Earth (http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5588, @blobrana) Interview with Elon Musk: http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/the-elon-musk-interview-on-mars/ In our time on exoplanets : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brwql Science Visualisation Studio: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html [MP3 Link] Episode #121. 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/).

 121 I Am Not Troubled By Any Competence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob and Chris talk about quasi-moons, spiders, and media coverage of science. There’s data visualisations of Earth and new arrivals around Mars. Links: Interplanetary Lobbing: http://www.strudel.org.uk/lob/ Spiders on Twitter: http://www.geert.io/spiders-on-twitter.html Earth observation in many flavours: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4205&button=search&value=None Turn your smartphone into a cosmic ray detector : http://www.news.wisc.edu/23166 …or an IR camera (for $200!) http://www.thermal.com 2014 OL339 - a quasi-satellite of the Earth (http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5588, @blobrana) Interview with Elon Musk: http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/the-elon-musk-interview-on-mars/ In our time on exoplanets : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brwql Science Visualisation Studio: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html [MP3 Link] Episode #121. 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/).

 120 The Planck Results Are Out | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob and Chris talk about today’s Planck results and their impact on BICEP2’s measurement of cosmic inflation. There’s also a new orbiter around Mars, the Ig Nobles, and a way to spy on penguins… for science. Links: Penguin Watch: http://www.penguinwatch.org Planck vs BICEP2: http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5738 The Ig Nobles http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/19/ig-nobel-prize-british-researchers-win Boarding aeroplanes faster/better: http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/mythbusters-proves-most-airlines-board-planes-all-wrong-1636981904/+laurendavis [MP3 Link] Episode #120. 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/).

 120 The Planck Results Are Out | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob and Chris talk about today’s Planck results and their impact on BICEP2’s measurement of cosmic inflation. There’s also a new orbiter around Mars, the Ig Nobles, and a way to spy on penguins… for science. Links: Penguin Watch: http://www.penguinwatch.org Planck vs BICEP2: http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5738 The Ig Nobles http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/19/ig-nobel-prize-british-researchers-win Boarding aeroplanes faster/better: http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/mythbusters-proves-most-airlines-board-planes-all-wrong-1636981904/+laurendavis [MP3 Link] Episode #120. 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/).

 119 Roomates at TED | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Chris has been in Norway: Rob hasn’t. There’s laureate banter, tiny forests, and the ‘Venus Zone’. Links: The ‘Venus Zone’ http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.2886 and http://io9.com/astrobiologists-can-now-add-a-new-term-to-their-lexicon-1633640520 How to grow a tiny forest almost anywhere http://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_grow_a_tiny_forest_anywhere What happens after you flush? https://www.youtube.com/embed/xyU34Fhi0FY [MP3 Link] Episode #119. 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/).

 118 Don't Recline Your Seat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Chris returns to Oxford and he and Rob discuss Rosetta, Geckos and the distance to the Pleiades. There’s parallax, plankton and proton-proton chains in this week’s episode. Links: No one but no one should recline their seat on aeroplanes (and here’s an economist’s solution: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/upshot/dont-want-me-to-recline-my-airline-seat-you-can-pay-me.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=0) Rosetta landing site: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_Landing_site_search_narrows and http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/09/04/cometwatch-2-september/ and http://smsc.cnes.fr/ROSETTA/Fr/GP_actualites.htm NASA Senior Review: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/09/curiosity-rover-comes-in-last-in-nasa-ranking.html and http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2014/0903-planetary-missions-survive-senior-review.html How far away is the Pleiades? http://astrobites.org/2014/09/02/just-how-far-away-is-the-pleiades/ RIP Sex Geckos: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-09/01/rip-space-sex-geckos I want a Foldscope: http://www.foldscope.com Space Studio Banbury : http://www.spacestudiobanbury.org/ Spitzer asteroid collision: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-291 We know what makes the Sun shine : http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v512/n7515/full/512378a.html PS mission chart: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/charts/whats-up-in-the-solar-system-frohn.html [MP3 Link] Episode #118. 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/).

 117 Very Interesting Cat Picture | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob is joined by Grant for conversation about comets, GPS, and false memories in mice. We discuss the Arecibo message and the shape of the Ring Nebula. Links: The Zooniverse logo in space: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1417/ The Arecibo Message and how it will miss M13: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message What shape is the Ring Nebula? http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M57-HST-LBT-M.html Rosetta mission landing sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28923010 False memories implanted in mice: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23447600 Galileo satellites put into wrong orbit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28910662 @kevinschawinski: is this the ultimate cat picture on the internet? http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/08/heres-oddest-fuzzy-kitten-picture-you-ever-saw GIF for maths: http://www.iflscience.com/brain/math-gifs-will-help-you-understand-these-concepts-better-your-teacher-ever-did [MP3 Link] Episode #117. 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/).

 116 Work Harder | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob and Grant talk about volcanoes, LEGO, and planets around Tau Ceti. There’s also plankton, and image metadata issues, on the ISS. Links: Iceland is gonna blow up again. Book train tickets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28843968 Herschel observes planets around Tau Ceti: http://astrobites.org/2014/08/18/herschels-view-of-a-neighboring-planetary-system/ Hints of elusive early stars found: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28885991 NASA wants to crowdsource Earth at images frm the ISS: http://www.citiesatnight.org New Zooniverse project: http://www.floatingforests.org The (female) LEGO acaemic have their own Twitter feed now: https://twitter.com/LegoAcademics Diversity and bigotry in Science Fiction: http://io9.com/star-trek-writers-defense-of-diversity-in-sci-fi-is-dam-1620002206 Bubble my Page: http://www.infocaptor.com/bubble-my-page [MP3 Link] Episode #116. 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/).

 115 The Best-Smelling Graduate School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Chris and Rob talk about Rosetta (what a surprise), perspective-changing images, and how to listen-in on conversations using a crisp packet and a video camera. Links: Images that can totally change your perspective http://orbitingfrog.com/2014/08/01/8-images-that-can-totally-change-your-perspective/ Planet or star? https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2493-planet-like-object-may-have-spent-its-youth-as-hot-as-a-star The more you know, the more ignorance pays : http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2014/07/see-no-evil.html Field theory of the Weiner sausage : http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.7419 Io is errupting : http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/entry/keck_gemini_observatories_reveal_massive_eruptions_on_io Visual microphones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKXOucXB4a8 Pluto and Charon : http://www.universetoday.com/113752/watch-pluto-and-charon-engage-in-their-orbital-dance/ (and from ALMA : https://public.nrao.edu/news/pressreleases/alma-pluto) LSST construction can go ahead : http://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/news.asp?newsID=349 Eta Carina : http://www.nature.com/news/binary-star-to-spill-celestial-secrets-1.15672 Fossil-hunting on the Moon: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/theres-now-a-reason-to-go-fossil-hunting-on-the-moon John Oliver on net neutrality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU RadioAstrology https://twitter.com/RadioAstrology [MP3 Link] Episode #115. 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/).

 114 My Equally Esteemed Colleague | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Chris and Grant talk about Russian Gecko space sex, driverless cars, the changing Milky Way and much much more. Links: Solar roads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTA3rnpgzU Russia back in control of Foton gecko sex satellite - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28522297 Quantum Cheshire Cat - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28543990 Nasa seeks help with Earth-Mars data links - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28462351 Driverless cars to be tested on UK public roads within next 6 months! DIBs - http://aip.org/publishing/journal-highlights/mysterious-molecules-space The shrinking MW - http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2491-less-to-the-milky-way-than-previously-thought Something went bang : http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/out-of-an-hours-long-explosion-a-stand-in-for-the-first-stars/ Fast radio bursts : http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressreleases/2014/8 Hydrogen is missing : http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/HydrogenMolecules/  A bridge of stars : http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/hubble-spots-spiral-bridge-of-young-stars-linking-two-ancient-galaxies/#.U8Yuwo1dVIU Gaia is Go : http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_Go_for_science Opportunity breaks the record : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-245 (@david_hurn) PAC Mondrian http://pbfb.ca/pac-mondrian/ Emoji Tracker - http://www.emojitracker.com/ [MP3 Link] Episode #114. 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/).

 A Potato and a Yam | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Chris and Rob discuss Rosetta and its Rubber Duck comet. We also talk about where else in the solar system do you get total solar eclipses, and how we’re finally going to start naming exoplanets. [MP3 Link] Episode #113. 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/).

 Sport of the Choice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Rob and Chris are facing a content-free week of very little astronomy news so have resorted to this. Apologies for the occasional audio glitch o this week’s episode. [MP3 Link] Episode #112. 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: In defense of Facebook: http://www.talyarkoni.org/blog/2014/06/28/in-defense-of-facebook/ Asteroid Zoo asteroidzoo.org NASA’s OCO to observe Carbon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28089165 ZooCon 2014 in Oxford: http://daily.zooniverse.org/2014/07/01/zoocon-2014/ Two glasses of water per second from Rosetta’s comet: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-212 XKCD’s visualization of Solar System surfaces: http://xkcd.com/1389/ Astronomy Photographer of the year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/royalobservatory/galleries/72157645060485867/ 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/).

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