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RE: Recycled Electrons

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Podcast 46 (18.5mb, Mp3)

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.

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Cows Driving Down the Motorway

Podcast 45 (18.8mb, Mp3)

Chris is in Arizona and Rob is Oxford (but he can see into Chicago). Chris obsession with Curiosity continues. Rob wonders why Brian May has a badger on his arm at the Olympics. Theres debris on Mars, rings around Saturn and a distinct lack of oblateness on the Sun.

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There's A Song About That

Podcast 44 (17.3mb, Mp3)

This week Chris and Rob discuss Mars Curiosity: the landing coverage and the latest images. We also field questions from Twitter about Bernard Lovell, distant galaxies and more. Also: more dirty space news.

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RE: Recycled Electrons: Mars Curiosity Breakfast

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RE: Recycled Electrons

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The Title Should Be Breakfast

Podcast 43 (22.4mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob are back together, amongst the spiders of Oxford. Were talking breakfast, Mars, data mining, astrochemistry, cosmic rays (and Cosmic Ray), avalanches on Iapetus, WETI, gravy waves and the chirality of life. We may have the ultimate ACRONYM, we definitely have the Olympics and we discuss Robs bus.

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Apologies from the Cicada

Podcast 42 (32.9mb, Mp3)

With Chris in Chicago, and Rob back in Oxford, there are some surprising technical difficulties. We discuss Mars Curiosity, spiral galaxies far, far away and the magnetic Pipe Nebula. Is the Universe left- or right-handed; and what do you do with a thermonuclear reactor when youre done?

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Much More Professional Than Me

Podcast 41 (25.4mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob chat at the Haus der Astronomie in Heidelberg, Germany. We discuss competitive crowdsourcing of data problems, recent astronomy news and the .Astronomy conference. Having recently taken part in an astronomy hack day, we talk about some cool hack ideas that have been worked on. Featuring special guest Markus Pöessel!

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Your Sixty-Second Higgs

Podcast 40 (35.3mb, Mp3)

Rob is in Cicadaland as Chris toils away back in Oxford. There's Higgsteria in the news upon the confirmation of the discovery of the Higg's Boson at Cern. We also discuss odd multiple star systems, leap seconds and the case of a disappearing debris disc.