EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #6 - Astronomy Special

The Edinburgh University Science Podcast brings you news, discussions and interviews about topics from all fields of science, presented by a team of enthusiastic students.

If you haven't been living on the moon, you should have heard that 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. To celebrate, episode 6 of the EUSci podcast is all about space, astronomy and the many cool things to be discovered out there. Here's our take on the cornucopia of astronomy stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspaper over the past couple of weeks.

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What's in today's show:

Headlines

• Obama Still Backing Return to the Moon
• NASA improves Google Mars
• Kepler Reaches Orbit
• Binary Black Hole System Found
• NASA Celebrates 40 Years Since First Moon Landing

News Roundup and Discussion:

• Beautiful Satellite Measures Gravity
• More Evidence for Life on Mars
• Dangers of Space Exploration: OCO disaster, Discovery Fuel Leak and ISS near-miss
• Bias for Left-Handed Amino-Acids Due to Comets?
• China Expanding Space Programme

Feature:

• Interview with Dr. Phil Plait, astronomer, skeptic and blogger. Check out the Bad Astronomy Blog and his new book, Death From the Skies.

EU-What?!

• Pluto a Planet Again (in Illinois)
  

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