Well, hi everyone, my name is Fraser Kane and I am the publisher of universe today

And this is your weekly space hangout for May 17th 2012

This week we're going to be talking about audacious plans to build a real enterprise the upcoming annular solar eclipse

more evidence that the earth may or may not be a

sentient living creature called Gaia

And a fuel for black holes and then whatever it is that Amy wants to talk about because she just joined this and she didn't tell us in the dance so

Sorry, that'll that'll be Hubble and the transit of Venus. Perfect. Amy is gonna talk about Hubble and the transit of Venus. So

On deck, we've got all of our space friends. So we've got Amy Shira title from vintage space

We've got Jason Major from

Lights in the dark and some universe today

We've got Nancy Atkinson of course senior editor at universe today. We've got the newly doctored

Nicole Galucci

And now from Cosmo quest and I think we should kind of announce that as well, which is that Nicole has

Has moved you moved to Edwardsville? I moved to Edwardsville last weekend and I'm in New Mexico now for a conference for conference

That's what Pam that's what Pamela does like with Pamela gay

Exactly so so but Nicole is now full-time

Helping out with the Cosmo quest so that is really exciting

And I know the way to the world is on her shoulders now

And of course last but not least doctor Phil plate the baddest drama. Hey

So well, let's start with I think was the the big story this week

For us at universe today anyway, which was this crazy story about you know not crazy. No a a

Forward thinking and ambitious plan to build a real

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