* Astronomy

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Recycled Electrons

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Chris and Rob make an apology and a confession respectively. There's a new near-miss asteroid on the block, a recursive village in the UK and a question of our detectability. We talk drugs, exoplanets and quasars in this explicit podcast.

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The People Inside Lintott

Podcast 37 (35.1mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob are in Chris new, empty (and echoing) office. We wonder if we should finally begin naming exoplanets. The Zooniverse has been busy, and so has the Voyager 1 probe: its about to leave the Solar System!

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Transits of Venus: A Popular Account

Podcast 36 (36.7mb, Mp3)

Chris takes a break from fighting Polar Bears in Svalbard to join Rob for a podcast-recording Google Hangout. We discuss the Transit of Venus, Martian meteorites and the impending collision of the Andromeda Galaxy with our own. NASA has been given some free telescopes and North Carolina has banned sea level rises.

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All My Conversation is in Bold

Podcast 35 (41.2mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob say goodbye to UKIRT and the JCMT, marvel at the wonders of a mangled press release (space dinosaurs!) and that we can write our names in galaxies. EBEX is lost and found and you no longer need as much insurance to go into British space.

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SpaceX: Launching the Dragon Towards the Future of Humanity

Podcast 34 (42.5mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob record whilst watching the live feed of SpaceX's Dragon module as it docks with the International Space Station. We await the decision on the location of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - will it be South Africa or Australia? Dark matter, human spaceflight and the transit of Venus also feature. We also talk about the current Queen, a former queen and a member of Queen.

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Habitability Index

Podcast 33 (30.5mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob are both back in Oxford, while the Opportunity rover is moving again on Mars. We discuss everything from star formation to Kendal Mint Cake. We talk about the delivery of MIRI and the transfer of GALEX. Global subway systems appear to be converging, and replication studies in psychology are rife.

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In the Atwood Sphere, Cowering

Podcast 32 (26.9mb, Mp3)

Recorded in the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, after ZooCon1. Chris and Rob discuss planetaria, light from exoplanets, supermoons and Chris school days in Devon. There are (old) business cards up for grabs, and a sake cup. Will wonders never cease?

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These Pancakes Were Enormous

Podcast 31 (24.3mb, Mp3)

Chris and Rob are in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA for a meeting of the shady Citizen Science Alliance. We weclome our second ever special guest (Arfon Smith) and discuss science win the movies, Herschel images and other nonsense.