Recycled Electrons

136: Woolly, Fluffy Attempts

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 03:28:15 +0100

Chris and Rob discuss dusty Martian rovers, the 10th dotastronomy conference and an AI that writes astronomical papers.

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Audio content Copyright 2011-2018 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to the Space Telescope Science Institute for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).

4002: Anglo-Australian Podcast

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 03:53:15 +0100

Chris is Stargazing Live in Australia, and Josie has a new mic.

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Josie and Chris talk about hunting for Planet 9 with Brian Cox, the importance of mergers and whether spiders or kangaroos are most appropriate. SpaceX manage to reuse a rocket, and Skype just about keeps up.

Dentists were interesting

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:48:07 +0000

Still in an echoey office, it’s episode 4001.

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Josie and Chris talk about New Jersey, bizarre disks found through citizen science and providing an excuse to mention TRAPPIST-1, about bits of the solar system we barely understand including the livers and rakes of Titan.

4001 Science Orbit Death Orbit

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:29:51 +0000

After a long snooze, Recycled Electrons goes back to its roots with a recording from an echoey office.

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It’s hello to ‘Not Rob’ Josie Peters and her many voices) with news of a faint galaxy and a struggling scientific spacecraft. Send questions and comments to the team via Twitter as we start the search for a decent venue to record in.

135 Orbiting Rob

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:02:10 +0000

Chris quizzes Rob about his upcoming departure from the Zooniverse. There is some brief coverage of news, but also politics, gadgets reviews and other nonsense. A sensible as ever.

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Episode #135. 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.

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134 Astronauts and Streetlamps

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:13:11 +0000

Chris and Rob discuss streetlights, astrology and Ceres: the dwarf planet. There are organic molecules at the centre of a galaxy, and a black hole that’s the wrong size.

Links:

Ceres is getting odd: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/26/ceres_shiny_spot_is_actually_twins.html
Astrology on the NHS: http://boingboing.net/2015/02/25/uk-tory-mp-says-astrology-woul.html
New jobs at Zooniverse: http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/02/23/two-new-jobs-at-the-zooniverse/
Organic molecules around a black hole: http://alma.mtk.nao.ac.jp/e/news/pressrelease/20150226alma_revealed_surprisingly_mild_environment_around_a_supermassive_black_hole_1.html
Astronauts and street lamps http://io9.com/how-to-hack-your-street-lamps-like-an-astronaut-1686876944

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133 Candy Melt

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:11:22 +0000

Chris and Rob are joined by Lovely Scottish Grant and Becky Smethurst for an expanded-panel Recycled Electrons. We discuss Mars One, Mars’s mysterious plumes, and astronomers on Twitter. Also: Super Mario.

Links:

A near miss: http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/scholz-star/
Cube sat mission ideas: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/van-kane/0217-planetary-cubesats-begin-to-come-of-age.html
Scientists slow the speed of light: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-30944584
Mystery Mars haze ‘baffles’ scientists: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31491805
Mars/Moon/Venus Conjunction on Feb 20th: http://www.universetoday.com/118906/catch-a-conjunction-triple-play-on-february-20th-as-the-moon-meets-venus-mars/
Rosetta is taking really close-up shots now: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/16/rosetta_closeup_photos_from_a_low_pass_over_the_surface.html
We don’t know what hit Chelyabinsk: http://www.psi.edu/news/papervishnu
Astronomers on Twitter: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0106086
Wikipedia sonification: http://listen.hatnote.com/

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132 Ambitious Podcast

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:32:10 +0000

Chris is in Hawaii and Rob is not(!). They talk about observing at the CSO, the differing views of scientists and the public, and the new UK-based Twinkle exoplanet mission.

Links:

(American) Public vs. (AAAS) Scientists http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/
Curiosity form above: http://gizmodo.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-looks-like-a-tiny-pimple-on-mars-1684492070
First images from New Horizons of Pluto and Charon: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/02041311-new-horizons-returns-first.html

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131 Flocculent Penguin Isotropy

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:34:18 +0000

Chris and Rob talk about advanced robotics, supernovae in M82, and the rise and fall of the BICEP2 results. There are Yellowballs in the Milky Way, and a lovely Philae GIF.

Links:

Philae GIF http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7953217/philae-lander-descent-comet-67p-esa-rosetta
The BICEP bubbles bursts https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/the-bicep2-bubble-bursts/ and http://sci.esa.int/planck/55362-planck-gravitational-waves-remain-elusive/
M82 from LOFAR: http://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/oso/news/Pages/Lofars-record-sharp-image-gives-astronomers–a-new-view-of-galaxy-M-82.aspx
Yellowballs: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4462
A nice merger : http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1503/
A movie of a laser beam pulse at super high frame rate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq0H4-nvBB8
Making robots that can do better than us http://io9.com/atlas-the-pentagons-humanoid-robot-just-got-a-major-u-1680654984
MWP made APOD http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150131.html with the Yellow balls

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130 Stones of Yap

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:04:54 +0000

Some QVC hosts have been discussing the Moon, Dawn has a new view of Ceres, and New Horizons is closing in on Pluto. Rosetta is starting to get data about its comet, and the Planetary Society is going to build a Solar Sail.

Links:

Science literacy and QVC: http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2015/01/15/qvc-hosts-literally-dont-know-what-the-moon-is/
New Horizons is approaching the Pluto system http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30954673
Rich algae blooms under Earth’s polar ice: http://laughingsquid.com/submersible-vehicle-discovers-rich-algae-blooms-beneath-polar-ice-in-areas-previously-thought-barren/
Dawn’s new view of Ceres: http://www.universetoday.com/118325/heres-dawns-best-view-of-ceres-yet/
Planetary Society Lightsail : http://www.planetary.org/press-room/releases/2015/planetary-society-announces.html
An asteroid comes to visit:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/press-releases/asteroid-2004-bl86/
Rosetta results: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Getting_to_know_Rosetta_s_comet
A dimming quasar: http://news.yale.edu/2015/01/22/black-hole-diet-creates-changing-look-quasar
Fast Radio Burst: http://www.caastro.org/news/2015-livefrb
Adler is crowdfunding an exhibit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/adler-planetarium-mission-moon-exhibition
Cheese or Font: cheeseorfont.com

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Beagle 2 and a Small Hippo

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:18:29 +0000

Beagle 2 has been found, intact, on the surface of Mars! Planck is the height of a small giraffe, and Lovejoy is blazing across the Northern sky. Chris and Rob talk about many things from the last three weeks.

Links:

Two more planets: http://www.universetoday.com/118252/astronomers-are-predicting-at-least-two-more-large-planets-in-the-solar-system/
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter - visible in one evening http://sumzzal.com/data/imgupload/2015/01/06/20150106015605_20150105160805201.gif
Falling onto Titan - 10 years since Huygens: http://io9.com/heres-what-it-looks-like-to-fall-to-titan-from-space-1679545272
Comet Lovejoy’s tail flapping in the (solar) wind: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/01/14/comet_lovejoy_animation_of_the_tail_movement.html
China puts orbiter around the Moon to image potential landing sites

http://cir.ca/news/china-in-space
Game Recreates Entire Galaxy, 1,000 Players Determined To Explore It

http://kotaku.com/one-thousand-gamers-embark-to-explore-the-entire-galaxy-1677603818
PH3c: http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/01/05/phvii/
We found Beagle 2! http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-01/14/mars-probe-beagle
Circa: http://cir.ca/

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128 Methane on Mars

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:00:29 +0000

In the last episode of 2014, Chris and Rob discuss methane on Mars, the hacking of the .Astronomy meeting, and the nature of time itself. No biggie.

Links:

.Astronomy 6 [lists and links to hacks within]
2 arrows of time

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127 Getting Vesta Out The Door

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 21:33:46 +0000

Rob and Chris talk about the latest Philae/Rosetta news, new plans for missions into the Solar System, and men in hats.

Links:

Higgs Hunters: http://www.higgshunters.org
Lots of cool ideas for missions on the Planetary Society blog: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/van-kane/20141125-a-potpourri-of-future-mission.html
Sonification (Rosetta/Philae) : http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/20/the-sound-of-touchdown/
Philae to come back to life in March? http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/27/rosetta-philae-reddit-ama
Spotify reveals that we all listened to Aerosmith after the Philae landing https://insights.spotify.com/br/2014/11/21/aerosmith-rosetta-comet/
ThinkGeek’s solar system shot glasses: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/2033/?CJID=%zi&istCompanyId=007b6f44-e03c-4536-8b29-58e160067143&istItemId=iaxqlaxwi&istBid=t&cpg=cj&ref=&CJURL=
Asteroid diamonds are weird : https://asunews.asu.edu/20141120-lonsdaleite
Map of bolide distribution : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4380
Vesta mapping complete : https://asunews.asu.edu/20141117-vesta-map
Serial: http://serialpodcast.org
SEN: Sen.com

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126 Philae and Rosetta: You Are Landing On My Comet

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:03:20 +0000

Chris and Rob talk about the biggest space news story of the week: the landing of Philae on Comet 67P. Chris was at Mission Control for the whole event - landing, bouncing, shirts, and all.

Links:

Watching Philae bounce: http://astronomynow.com/2014/11/17/rosettas-osiris-camera-captures-philaes-bounce-across-comet/
More than science: http://telescoper.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/rosetta-and-philae-so-much-more-than-science/
For kids: http://www.unawe.org/kids/unawe1449
First images from Philae: http://www.universetoday.com/116260/new-images-from-philae-reveal-comets-ancient-surface/
#ShirtGate http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/what-not-to-wear-to-a-comet-landing/

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125 SpaceShipTwo

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:54:31 +0000

Chris and Rob talk about the SpaceShipTwo accident and the Antares one too. Not a good week for human spaceflight. There’s also electrolysis with pencils, and a not-rainbow.

Links:

Stunning sunlit seas on Titan: http://io9.com/a-stunning-view-of-sunlit-seas-on-titan-1653204944/+spacemika
SpaceShipTwo: http://www.universetoday.com/115869/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-suffers-in-flight-anomaly-crashes-in-flight-test
You can’t fly through a rainbow: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/29/fly-over-rainbow-break-laws-physics
Chang’e 5 T1 returns amazing image of Moon and Earth: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/10280900-change-5-t1-rounds-the-lunar.html
Electrolysis of Water with pencils and a 9V battery http://orbitingfrog.com/2014/11/02/electrolysis-of-water-with-pencils-and-a-9v-battery

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124 Now This Is The Right File

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:49:00 +0000

Chris and Grant discuss the Comet that flew by Mars this week, strange organic molecules in Titan’s atmosphere, and the Rosetta mission, naturally. There is no Rob, but console yourself knowing that he typed this for you.

Links:

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123 Sexy Ice Moon

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:16:50 +0100

Rob and Chris talk about Uranus, moons, and nuclear fusion. May be there’s dark matter, maybe there’s not - and what angle should canned whipped cream be sprayed at?

Links:

Ice on Mercury : http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=266
Bruno Merin’s lovely multi-wavelength gallery http://brunomerin.com/slider/menu.html

Optimal angle for spraying whipped cream: http://laughingsquid.com/a-father-and-his-two-kids-conduct-an-experiment-to-find-the-optimal-angle-for-spraying-whipped-cream/
Lockheed announce fusion ‘breakthrough’ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/15/lockheed-breakthrough-nuclear-fusion-energy and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/16/experts_skeptical_over_lockheed_martins_claims_to_have_cracked_fusion/
UK Space Weather centre opening in Exeter: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-10/09/uk-space-weather-forecasting-centre
Mimas : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4342
Have we found dark matter? : http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2014/october/inexplicable-signal-from-the-unseen-universe-provides-tantalising-clue-about-one-of-astronomys-greatest-secrets-2013-dark-matter
Hubble finds KBOs : http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/nasa-s-hubble-telescope-finds-potential-kuiper-belt-targets-for-new-horizons/

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122 Ranting About The Hobbit

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:41:37 +0100

Rob and Chris talk about rainbows, comets, and Hollywood. There’s a cool new pulsar in M82 and an awesome new artwork on the web.

Links:

Rosetta Captures Thrilling Close-Up Image Of Comet “Firing Its Jets” http://t.co/roTLYnX5qG
A nanosecond on/in the Sun - one of the best ‘What If’s ever. (The What If book is excellent too BTW) http://t.co/YkfMvzhy2R
A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia on APOD http://t.co/LaKfmvxw8g
How to prove Hollywood favours men : http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-measure-women-film-annenberg
Halley’s not coming back : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/here-comes-halley-keep-your-eyes-peeled-for-a-cosmic-fireworks-display-later-this-month-9775958.html
Spectacular pulsar : https://www.llnl.gov/news/aroundthelab/2014/Oct/ATL100914_star.html
Talk is Fundraising for Children in Need by walking 1km to school http://t.co/DoGuSFaShp
Weneedus.org (and the recession vending machine)

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121 I Am Not Troubled By Any Competence

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:23:59 +0100

Rob and Chris talk about quasi-moons, spiders, and media coverage of science. There’s data visualisations of Earth and new arrivals around Mars.

Links:

Interplanetary Lobbing: http://www.strudel.org.uk/lob/
Spiders on Twitter: http://www.geert.io/spiders-on-twitter.html
Earth observation in many flavours: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4205&button=search&value=None
Turn your smartphone into a cosmic ray detector : http://www.news.wisc.edu/23166
…or an IR camera (for $200!) http://www.thermal.com
2014 OL339 - a quasi-satellite of the Earth (http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5588, @blobrana)
Interview with Elon Musk: http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/the-elon-musk-interview-on-mars/
In our time on exoplanets : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brwql
Science Visualisation Studio: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

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120 The Planck Results Are Out

rob@zooniverse.org (Robert Simpson and Chris Lintott) — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:33:09 +0100

Rob and Chris talk about today’s Planck results and their impact on BICEP2’s measurement of cosmic inflation. There’s also a new orbiter around Mars, the Ig Nobles, and a way to spy on penguins… for science.

Links:

Penguin Watch: http://www.penguinwatch.org
Planck vs BICEP2: http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5738
The Ig Nobles http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/19/ig-nobel-prize-british-researchers-win
Boarding aeroplanes faster/better: http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/mythbusters-proves-most-airlines-board-planes-all-wrong-1636981904/+laurendavis

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