When Clichés Are Born

Summary: Back in the spires of Oxford, Chris seems to have forgotten he was ever away. Curiosity has performed a wheel-wiggle and is getting ready to head off into Gale Crater. There is a star that is gobbling up its planets and could neutrinos be affecting radioactivity on Earth? We also answer more of your questions, dear Listener.  [MP3 Link] Episode #46. 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: Saturn ,Mars and Spica: http://earthsky.org/tonight/waxing-crescent-moon-spica-saturn-and-mars-together-in-evening-sky Plus InSIGHT Discovery selection : http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/ A star eating a planet: http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/754/1/L15/ Can we predict solar flares? : http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/new-system-could-predict-solar-flares,-give-advance-warning.html Happy birthday Voyager : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-249 There are no starless massive proto-clusters in the first quadrant of the Galaxy: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4097 The best Hubble constant yet : http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3281  Barnard’s star doesn’t have (large) planets : http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.2273 Aeolis Mons or Mount Sharp (@blobrana) Time Hop: http://timehop.com  Dr. Alan Allen’s Placebology: http://dralanplacebology.blogspot.co.uk 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/).