#17 - November 2013

This month we have the planets, meteor showers and moon phases to
look out for in November and a look at the deep sky objects in
the Cetus, Pisces & Sculptor constellations.


In the news we have the sad death of Scott Carpenter, the US
government shutdown, water in Martian rocks, the completion of
ESO’s ALMA  array & ESA's upcoming GAIA mission.


In the 5MC, Paul reveals all we know about dark energy: a
cosmological constant, a qualtum vacuum energy or quintessence
(you decide).


We interview Pauline Gagnon from CERN about the Higgs and how we
find dark matter, supersymmetry and extra dimensions; and we
round off with listeners' questions on rogue planets, the Earth's
gravity & observing.