The Same Sandwich

Summary: Chris and Rob talk about the Big Bang, copyright in space, and LEGO. We also get parts of the periodic table wrong. With studio guest Freya Pentz. [MP3 Link] Episode #79. 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: Noctilucent Clouds: http://www.strudel.org.uk/blog/astro/001027.shtml (see image) Professional/amateur images. Centaurus A Extreme deep field: http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Centaurus-A-Extreme-Deep-Field/29643205_8ZwvgW#!i=2536914799&k=mNgSprP&lb=1&s=XL Turn the Moon into a telescope http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.0350v2.pdf How does copyright work in space? http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-12/print New observations with the Keck telescope potentially resolve the Lithium abundance issue in the early Universe: http://www.keckobservatory.org/news/international_team_on_keck_observatory_strengthens_big_bang_theory Vote now for female LEGO professionals: http://amandabauer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/professional-female-lego-figures.html Sungrazing Comet Lovejoy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22803592 Opportunity discovers locations where neutral water was present on Mars: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/across-the-universe/2013/jun/07/nasa-mars Curiosity got zapped with radiation http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013EGUGA..15.5859Z http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=curiosity-reveals-mars-astronaut-ra-13-05-31 How does this work?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM3NeT Custom/ purchace 3D printing: http://www.shapeways.com Every Noise At Once: music networking http://www.furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap.html Aurora Borealis timelapse from APOD: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130609.html Credits: Audio content Copyright 2013 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/).