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Astronomy Cast, episode 275 from Monday, October 8, 2012.

Isaac Newton.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos, where you 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 the universe today, and with me is Dr. Pamela Gaye, a professor at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

Hey Pamela, how are you doing?

I'm doing well, how are you doing, and happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you.

You have a Canadian husband, and so I'm sure you are made aware every year that this is the proper and true Thanksgiving, and not the other one.

So it's good, I hope you had Turkey last night, or tonight.

I sadly was on a plane last night, so I had a sad ravioli.

So I don't know if we have anything, we didn't think of anything to announce, so I don't think we will.

Actually you know what we should announce is just to remind people that we record every episode of Astronomy Cast now as a live Google plus hangout, and if you want to join us and watch us record live and ask your questions,

we are, you can circle the Astronomy Cast page on Google plus, and then you'll get a notification when we're going to record.

But normally record Mondays at noon, Pacific time, three Eastern, do the math for all the other time zones.

Cool, all right, were you ready to go?

I'm hoping you always find something I'm not ready for.

Just, just you wait, yeah, all right, well let's go.

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