Sensible People Say Uranus

Summary: Chris and Rob discuss Mercury and MESSENGER, Roger Penrose, exoplanets and supernovae. [MP3 Link] Episode #57. 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: New image on an exoplanet: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3744 (12Mjup, 2.2Msun, 55 AU orbit, Subaru/HiCIAO during the SEEDS survey) NASA has a secret - maybe: http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/big-news-from-mars-coming-soon.html Will Gater’s beautiful image of Jupiter, the Pleiades and the Hyades: http://twitter.com/willgater/status/270257707490091008/photo/1 (see above) Mercury and MESSENGER: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html 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/).