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Astronomy Cast Episode 236 from Monday, October 24, 2011. Einstein was right.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts based journey through the cosmos, where we help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Cain, I'm the publisher of Universe Today, and with me is Dr. Pamela Gay, a professor at Southern Illinois University, Abertsville.

Pamela, how are you doing?

I'm doing well. How are you doing, Fraser?

Doing really well. Once again, we are having a Google Plus hangout with our eight close friends on Astronomy Cast.

Everybody wave.

And this video audience is unheard by the podcast audience.

Yeah, exactly because we view them all.

Yeah, but no, it's really fun, and it's been really helpful for all of our episodes.

People have been giving us ideas and fixing our mistakes during the show, so it's super.

And so if you want to join us, all you have to do is circle me or Pamela in Google Plus, and then we send an invite when we're going to be doing the recording.

And if you happen to see it, then come join us and hang out with us, so it's really fun.

Okay, you're back from China?

China, France, DC, all points in between.

Austria, yeah.

So this is going to be one of those episodes where my body is just like jet lag. Why are you awake?

Why are you awake? There's this voice in the back of my brain saying, the sun should not be up nor should you.

So, yeah, please pardon any exhaustion induced word slippages.

All right.

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