When the Soup Freezes

Summary: Having landed safely back in Oxford, Chris and Rob discuss the very early, soupy Universe and why SCUBA-2 and BOSS will help us see it better. We take on the role of ESA review panel and decide which mission to fund for the next ten years, discuss Switzerland’s idea to clean up its own space junk, and why Titanic in 3D is better - astronomically speaking. The Brick, the Carina Nebula and the Parkes telescope also feature. [MP3 Link] Episode #28. 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: SCUBA-2 views the cosmos, this the ideal follow-up camera for Herschel: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2098-new-scuba-2-camera-reveals-wild-youth-of-the-universe CleanSpaceOne: Switzerland intends to clean up its own mess… In space! http://actu.epfl.ch/news/cleaning-up-earth-s-orbit-a-swiss-satellite-to-tac/ Titanic (3D) got anastronomical update too: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/cameron-changes-stars-in-titanic_1313376 ESA mission selection: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17586110 NASA senior review: http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2012/04/03/Report_of_the_2012_Senior_Review_of_Astrophysics_Division_Operating_Missions.pdf and http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-04-kepler-mission.html Herschel’s view of the Carina Nebula (there’s still plenty of material left for even more stars to form!): http://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.0627v1.pdf The Brick: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012ApJ…746..117L&link_type=PREPRINT&db_key=AST and the Twisted Ring: http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.5486 BOSS is awesome: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/News/PR20120330/text.html Cybraphon: http://cybraphon.com/ Quantum Circus: http://www.quantumcircus.com/ Amanda Bauer’s blog post from Parkes: http://amandabauer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/high-atop-parkes-dish.html Things found first in outer space (sort of) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_odysseyi (see image) Credits: Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Special thanks to the Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).