Not Officially Endorsed

Summary: Chris is in a Radio 4 mood and Rob likes Pi (or maybe Tau). Jupiter and Venus are getting close and elsewhere planets are forming round brown dwarfs and pulsars. We ask what a flame actually is, thanks to Alan Alda. [MP3 Link] Episode #25. 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: Pi Day? http://aperiodictableblog.com/?p=1529 Jupiter and Venus in conjunction: http://twitpic.com/8vq8h1  SKASA?: http://www.nature.com/news/south-africa-wins-science-panel-s-backing-to-host-ska-telescope-1.10205 What is a flame: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/science/alan-aldas-challenge-to-make-science-easier-to-understand.html and http://flamechallenge.org/ Planet formation around brown dwarfs: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=50139 Watching the Trapezium move over 15 years: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.2638v1.pdf Planet around a millisecond pulsar: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.2919.pdf Two ways to think about nothing : https://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/03/12/148456099/two-ways-to-think-about-nothing BBCV Radio 4’s A Good Read (with added Chris): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v8jn  Credits: Audio content Copyright 2011 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Special thanks to the Oxford University Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).