The Constellation Not the Disease

Summary: Chris and Rob talk about a black hole that is almost as big as it’s host galaxy. Herschel (the telescope) has been looking at dust all over the place and Mary Shelly (the person) writes about writing her most-famous book. Chris told Roger Penrose that birds can see magnetic fields. [MP3 Link] Episode #58. 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: A really big black hole : http://www.mpia.de/Public/menu_q2e.php?Aktuelles/PR/2012/PR121128/PR_121128_en.html and http://sarahaskew.net/2012/11/28/small-galaxy-massive-black-hole Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts? : http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2192-do-missing-jupiters-mean-massive-comet-belts Mary Shelley writes about writing Frankenstein in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/nov/26/mary-shelley-frankenstein-preface-1831-archive Herschel watches star formation in Lupus: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5232 Top twitter accounts to follow? Rob says: @yoyoha @BadAstronomer @CatherineQ @telescoper @garwboy @hullodave @arielwaldman @arfon @KarenLMasters @vrooje @Stellar190 @astro_jules @apontzen @astrofairy @codinghorror @jpsmythe Elon Musk’s missions to MArs : http://media.aerosociety.com/aerospace-insight/2012/11/23/video-elon-musk-interview/7553/ Hanny’s Voorwerp & the Antikythera Mechanism - http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5487 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/).