astro[sound]bites

Episode 6: Farewell Spitzer

Join us in celebrating the life of the Spitzer Space Telescope! Malena talks about Spitzer’s discovery of exoplanets, Alex explains Spitzer’s fascination with dust, and Will presents a brown dwarf that Spitzer found to be much more luminous than expected.  

 

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2011/08/04

astrobites.org/2018/09/17

astrobites.org/2018/08/06

 

Links:

Harmonics: https://bit.ly/30PzNJH

M31: https://go.nasa.gov/36uFYUN

 

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong, Scott Buckley

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

 

 

Episode 5: Astrophysical Beasts and Where to Find Them

Goblins, giants, and dwarfs, oh my! Today we discuss the variety of mythical creatures in astronomy, including ghost and goblin galaxies, sneezy M dwarfs with cyclops planets, and oscillating giant stars.

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2018/11/22

astrobites.org/2019/09/16

astrobites.org/2019/11/20

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Episode 4: Cosmic Recycling

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." You may practice this advice in your own life, but did you know the universe does the same thing on a much larger scale? Will tells us about quasars that reduce, Malena talks about galactic recycling, and Alex describes galaxies that reuse hydrogen. 

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/07/24

astrobites.org/2019/11/13

astrobites.org/2019/11/26

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Episode 3: 6 Unbelievable Facts about Black Holes

They're sources of unending creation, they're tearing apart spacetime, they're...bald? Tune in as we explore the newest research on black holes!

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/11/06/elusive-black-holes-have-we-found-the-middle-sibling/

astrobites.org/2019/10/22/how-to-glo-up-black-hole-neutron-star-mergers/

astrobites.org/2019/09/19/spinning-down-the-origins-of-black-hole-mergers/

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Episode 2: Getting to Know the Neighbors

Let’s get to know the neighbors: our dear friends in the solar system! In today’s episode, we explore mysteries of the Sun, the Moon, and the giant planets.

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/08/12/a-proposed-moon-formation-theory-the-multiple-impact-hypothesis

astrobites.org/2018/12/24/vary-vary-little-star

astrobites.org/2019/08/21/why-are-jupiter-and-saturn-spinning-so-slowly

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Featuring Raluca Rufu

Episode 0: What, Who, and Why?

Astrobites for your ears. Three grad students bring you cutting-edge research findings in astronomy and connect the dots between diverse subfields.

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Episode 1: Disks, Discs, and Disques

Disks, discs, and disques...no matter the spelling, disks are relevant to many areas of astronomy! In this episode, we discuss three recent papers about disks of different size scales: circumplanetary, circumstellar, and galactic.

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/08/08/moonetesimals_from_nondetections

astrobites.org/2019/08/14/invisible-giant

astrobites.org/2019/09/02/with_age_comes_wisdom

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy