Episode 28: Blink and You'll Miss It

We were going to write show notes, but it’s been a little while since we recorded and we forgot what we talked about. I guess you could call our memory…. transient!

In this episode we discuss some of the quickest, most high-energy astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. Will describes a possible explanation for some of the speediest and most mysterious flashes of energy ever detected, while Alex describes a bizarre and brilliant stellar explosion.

 

Astrobites:

https://astrobites.org/2019/03/05

https://astrobites.org/2020/12/29

 

More on FRBs with the SKA:

https://astrobites.org/2020/08/27

 

Space Sound:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/GLAST/2012/06/21/post_1340301006610/