This is great.

Hi, everybody.

My name is Fraser Gain, I am the publisher of university today and this is your weekly

space hangout for June 21st, 2012.

This week we're going to be talking about black holes, working as particle detectors, the

new advances in the Chinese space exploration, asteroid research and the history of women

in space.

So joining me this week we've got a bunch of our regulars, we've got Alan Boyle from

MSNBC's Cosmic Log, we've got Amy Shira title from Vintage Space, we've got Ian O'Neill

from Discovery Magazine and this we've got a new victim this week, we've got Michael

Wall who is one of the senior writers at space.com, hey Michael, welcome to the weekly space

hangout.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Now I know you've got a role at around 1040 so feel free to drop out as soon as you

need to, just if you're without a trace, we're in the middle of talking.

It's totally fine.

Okay, I'll be as rude as possible.

Yeah, exactly.

I'm out of here and then just hang up, so that's great.

Alright, cool, well let's get rolling then, so as always we're going to sort of present

the big stories that broke this week in space and astronomy and then at any point if you

guys want you, anyone watching can ask any questions of the panelists.

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