astro[sound]bites

Episode 16: The Elementals

Water, Earth, Fire, Air. Long ago, we thought these substances were the building blocks for everything except Space. Today we know better. In this episode, we scour the furthest reaches of the Cosmos for the Elementals. Will goes with the flow, Malena keeps us grounded, and NASA Intern Ashley Walker and Alex take us over the (Titan) rainbow.

 

Ashley Walker: @That_Astro_Chic

https://astrobites.org/2018/07/18

https://astrobites.org/2017/06/01/

 

Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7PX51IeMbU

 

#BlackInAstro

Episode 15: Minor Planets, Major Problems

Little rocks rock! We learn from Will and PhD student Tim Holt that home is where the collision is, from Alex that Pluto is cold-hearted, and from Malena that rocks that orbit together, stay together.

 

astrobites.org/2020/05/13

astrobites.org/2020/02/14

astrobites.org/2019/07/01

 

Euler Diagram: wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_planet

 

Space Sound: ESA

 

We begin with a statement of solidarity with the Black community. We are working with Astrobites to better elevate Black voices in STEM. #blackinastro #blm

Episode 14: Baby Photos

This Memorial Day weekend, we're dusting off the baby photos! We discuss how these snapshots of planets, galaxy clusters, and even the Universe itself can help us to understand where we came from and how the Universe evolved.

 

Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/07/26

astrobites.org/2018/10/30

astrobites.org/2016/11/28

 

Space Sound: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=160&v=IzeJq3CbiZM&feature=emb_title

CMB Sound: youtube.com/watch?v=2WuIWyxZ1D4

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

 

** After recording, we found another paper demonstrating that brown dwarf disks may, indeed, be common! https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.06448

Episode 13: My Chemical AstRomance

This episode takes us as far out as Taurus and as far back as Will’s middle school days as we review exciting research into the chemical composition of our universe. Malena spices up the episode, Alex stays COM and collected, and Will sets his PHAZERs to stun.

 

Chembites: https://chembites.org/

 

Astrobites:

https://astrobites.org/2018/03/20/

https://astrobites.org/2020/02/24/

https://astrobites.org/2020/03/16/

 

Space sound: https://soundcloud.com/colchrishadfield/space-station-noise

Episode 12: Beyond A[S]B -- Our First Research Experiences

In our first Beyond A[S]B episode, we take you all the way back to the beginning...of our research careers. We share the disappointment of unanswered emails, excitement of unexpected opportunities, and hard lessons learned.

Did you like hearing about us? Email us: astrosoundbites@gmail.com.

Astrobite:

astrobites.org/2013/02/21

Malena’s particle physics video:

youtu.be/oTUPOoy7YL8

12th grade Will’s interview:

soundcloud.com/the-lisa-wexler-show/wiiliam-saunders

ISO Opening Ceremony: 

youtu.be/8YKnKBNcPKM

Episode 11: The Chaotic Universe

In today's episode, we delve into the realm of unpredictable astrophysical phenomena. Will explores chaos and instability in multiplanet systems, Alex explains what happens when >2 black holes don't practice social distancing, and Malena describes the algorithms we use to simulate it all.

 

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2020/02/11

astrobites.org/2018/02/23

astrobites.org/2017/05/01

 

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Space Sound: ESA, https://soundcloud.com/esa/philae-touchdown-thud

Episode 10: Baryonic Banter

Why aren’t galaxies randomly distributed in space? In this episode, we explore this and other questions from the field of cosmology! Malena goes on a hunt for missing baryons, Alex surfs the Cosmic Web, and Will does a deep dive into dark matter. 

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2020/01/27

astrobites.org/2019/11/18

astrobites.org/2020/02/06

 

Links:

 

Saturn Lightning: solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/10611/lightning-sounds-from-saturn/

 

Credits:

 

Music: Joel Ong, Scott Buckley

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Episode 9: Beyond the Grave

We may never know if there’s an afterlife, but we do know that death isn’t the end for some unusual objects in space. Alex tells us about a zombie star that may have gone supernova twice, Will covers white dwarfs with a (potentially) explosive afterlife, and Malena talks about planets that might survive a supernova. 

 

Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/05/13

astrobites.org/2016/10/05

astrobites.org/2020/01/31

 

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Space Sound: NASA, youtube.com/watch?v=H-Ci_YwfH04

Episode 8: Beyond Exoplanets with TESS

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite was designed to find exoplanets -- but, it turns out that there's a huge amount of other science that it can do, too! In this episode, we provide an inside look at the TESS Ninja 3 conference and explore the range of science being studied with TESS: comets, stellar clusters and flares, trans-Neptunian objects, black holes, and more.

 

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/12/06

astrobites.org/2019/11/19

 

Credits:

Interviews: Isabel Colman, Kareem El-Badry

Space sound: http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/sounds/

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Episode 7: Constants....Or Not?

The laws of physics that govern our universe rely on only a handful of constants. But are these values really constant after all? In this episode, we explore new research into the gravitational constant, the diffuse gas fraction in the universe, and a very peculiar planet's orbital period.

 

Featured Astrobites:

https://astrobites.org/2018/09/27/

https://astrobites.org/2019/09/24/

https://astrobites.org/2019/09/11/

 

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy