Weekend Variety Wireless With Graeme Hill On Radiolive

Science Report with physicist Shaun Hendy- the missing subatomic particle, how our brain hears and what running does to your brain. Also,The sun has been behaving strangely recently. Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in Astronomy. The sun experiences an eleven year cycle of activity evolving through solar minimums and maximums. During solar maximums, increased activity takes place with sun spots and solar flares more apparent. Currently the sun is nearing a solar minimum, yet an unusual amount of activity expected for this period, is taking place. Dr Christie and Graeme talk about the latest time lapse video spanning a 24 hour period which reveals sun spots and their activity. Also, what would happen if a Carrington event hit the earth? Dr Christie discusses the coronal mass ejection. Astronomers are tracking activity of the directional events and the risk one could pose to us. Plus, an image of Eagle Nebula shows the star forming region with infra-red which looks ins