Copacabana Beach

Summary: Rob and Chris are fresh back from the 2014 National Astronomy Meeting in Portsmouth with news of black holes, hacks, comedy, and Titan. [MP3 Link] Episode #111. 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: NAM Hack Day awesomeness! http://www.geert.io/martian-nyan-cat.html https://github.com/dh4gan/exoplanet-music http://orbitingfrog.com/2014/06/26/the-littlebits-exoplanet-detector-a-nam-2014-hack-day-project/ Trio of supermassive black holes : http://www.jive.nl/trio-supermassive-black-holes-shake-space-time Akari maps ice and dust : http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2479-astronomers-map-space-s-icy-wastes Titan formed independently: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-200 & has a magic island : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27957274 SCUBA-diving on Pluto: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2477-telescope-digs-for-ice-on-pluto Illicitly filmed Jon Culshaw : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GTGnrKvgCs 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/).