#20 - February 2014

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This month, our captured Earthling Damien brings us a stargazing
report from Pakistan.


News includes a new planet hunting instrument in Chile, a
best-yet candidate for a naked-eye visible supernova, the
progress of commercial space-flight and public access to space,
China's Chang'e-3 rover's discoveries and ESA's Rosetta and Gaia
missions.


In his 5 Minute Concept, Paul explains our solar systems ring of
icy debris - the Kuiper Belt - and the need for a good publicist!


We have lots of goodies to give away to one listener in our
European Southern Observatory competition and Ralph interviews Dr
Joe Liske, from ESO, about the world's biggest telescopes and
finding ET in our lifetime.


And in listeners' Q&A we answer questions about ice on
Mercury and the expansion of the universe.