Science news of the week: NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captures
images of lightning on the day side of Saturn An exoplanet that
is smaller than Earth has been detected orbiting red dwarf GJ
436 An ice island twice the size of Manhattan is breaking of the
Peterman Glacier in Greenland June 2012 was the fourth warmest
June globally since record keeping began in 1880 Three
endangered species of birds in Hawaii are showing signs of
recovery Song of the week: Slowtrain’s “Not the Only One” This
week’s featured stories: Meteor Showers Jorge Salazar speaks
with skywatcher Deborah Byrd about viewing two meteor showers
coming up in late July and through August. Weird Science:
Glowing Wounds Jorge speaks with Ryan Britton about a phenomenon
that occurred during the U.S. Civil War, in which some soldier’s
wounds were observed to glow and heal faster. Billions of
Habitable Planets Jorge talks with astronomer Stephane Udry
about finding habitable planets using HARP, the High Accuracy
Radial Velocity Planet Searcher. Thanks f