Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Guests: Alessondra Springmann (@sondy), Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein, briankoberlein.com), Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer)
Stories this week:
Sondy:
Arecibo radar penertrates the lunar surface
Red Spot is Shrinking
Brian:
BICEP2 rumors
Using interstellar media as a pulsar lens
Supramassive neutron stars as a solution to fast radio bursts
Nicole:
Rosetta’s target comet becoming active
BOOP! Phobos and Jupiter conjunction from Mars
Fraser:
Proton Launch Failure
Kepler Funding
Exoplanet imaged
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