First up its Science Report with Emily Parke. Is any amount of alcohol harmful? Who are you really, when you consider the vast array of bacteria that make up your body? Then , Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy news.First up he takes a look at the on-going mission to collect a bag of asteroid stuff and bring it back to earth. There is a really nice video to check out on the Weekend Variety Wireless webpage. Then they take a look at a new solar system being born. Aucklander Rolf Olsen attracted world acclaim in 2011 by being the first amateur to image the disk of dust and gas that surrounds the star, just now found to contain a massive planet. Beta Pictoris b has now been weighed by astronomers and has a precise new mass measurement. If youre interested in learning more about Beta Pictoris take a look on Radiolive.co.nz. Then Graeme and Dr Christie take a look at asteroid Itokawa. A Japanese research group has clarified the chronology of the near-Earth asteroid, after they examined particles collected from the asteroid Itokawa by the spacecraft Hayabusa. The pair additionally takes a look at Jupiters growth disorders, tiny spacecraft and the latest from the Arecibo Observatory. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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