124 Now This Is The Right File

Recycled Electrons

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:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29661446

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinocheirus

• http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Name_Rosetta_mission_s_landing_site

• http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/20/comet-siding-spring-skims-close-to-mars-after-million-year-journey and http://mars.nasa.gov/comets/sidingspring/images/?ImageID=6682 and http://mars.nasa.gov/comets/sidingspring/images/?ImageID=6677

• http://www.science20.com/news_articles/the_strange_organic_molecules_in_titans_atmosphere-147536

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Episode #124. 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.

Credits:

Audio content Copyright 2011-2014 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).