Carpark in Leicester

Summary: 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. [MP3 Link] 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/).