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Astrobites for your ears. Three grad students bring you cutting-edge research findings in astronomy and connect the dots between diverse subfields.
Episodes
Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
Our astro[sound]bites family has grown! New co-hosts Kiersten Boley and Sabrina Berger join Alex Gagliano and Will Saunders as the four moving forward. From now on, you’ll be hearing from three of us in each episode, so get ready to mix and match your favorite a[s]b combo pack.
In this mini-episode, we get to know our new co-hosts a little and share some of the things we’re excited about in the coming year. We also learn that Kiersten’s voice is smooth as silk, Sabrina definitely doesn’t hate radio astronomy, Will is ready to be a 3am disc jockey, and Alex sleeps soundly at night, unafraid of the carnivorous cosmos.
Space sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESz8Cvirh00&ab_channel=ChandraX-rayObservatory (NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGXCRtMzdSE&ab_channel=atzan
(NASA/STScI/Lightkurve Collaboration
More about sonification: https://astrosoundbites.com/2021/04/11/episode-33-scintillating-sounds-of-science/
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. In her final episode as co-host, Malena reflects on her graduate school experience, research interests, and celebrity crushes. Will brings us Malena’s research to unlock the mysteries of planet formation through interstellar aliens, and Alex shifts the conversation and stacks together Malena’s results on the hunt for Planet 9. He also spends way too long making the space sound.
Astrobites:
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
Saturday Apr 09, 2022
Episode 54: Dusting off the Disks
We recorded this episode a few months ago and are dusting it off today. We’re leaving a bit of dust though, because that’s what makes debris disks so exciting! Malena tells us about a disk that is both beautiful in appearance and in its scientific potential to reveal planetary dynamics. Alex tells us about a disk that might have as much water as the solar system, but unfortunately none of it is liquid (or confirmed). Will brings us a space sound that makes the episode a little more trashy.
Astrobites:
astrobites.org/2019/07/09/potential-comets-water-vapor-around-beta-pic/
astrobites.org/2017/06/30/a-ring-of-ice-and-glows-around-fomalhaut/
The “fabulous four”:
Vega (https://www.star-facts.com/vega/vega-debris-disk/),
Beta Pictoris (https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-gets-best-view-of-circumstellar-debris-disk-distorted-by-planet),
Fomalhaut (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/rogue-fomalhaut.html), Epsilon Eridani (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/20081027b.html).
Space Sound https://space.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/space-audio/sounds/ (Don Gurnett)
(Sounds from BBC Sounds and Mixkit)
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
What’s the opposite of high-energy astrophysics? In today’s episode, we recognize the unsung heroes of astronomy: the low-energy, sleepy objects that keep on chugging in spite of it all. Will describes recent findings that the Sun is a bit sleepier than its peers, Alex Illustr(is/ates) how galaxy cluster fly-bys can make an ultra-diffuse galaxy a little more chill, and Malena delivers an uncharacteristically non-thematic space sound. To top it off, we learn about the slowest song ever written (hold your applause until the end).
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2021/10/04/dead-udgs/
https://astrobites.org/2022/01/29/is-the-sun-a-lazy-star/
Space Sound:
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19045/
Fate of the Universe video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
In this episode, the gang struggles to come up with a title (and Will manages to still get it wrong in the outro). More importantly, we are joined by PhD student Sophia Lilleengen, who tells us about her research into stellar streams and dark matter in the Milky Way, as well as her career in astronomy so far. Malena presents research about a quirky stellar stream and wonders if it could contain the answers to everything, all of it.
Sophia Lilleengen’s website: sophialilleengen.me
Twitter: twitter.com/sophililleengen
Space sound:
aip.de/en/news/exploring-the-history-of-the-early-milky-way-with-sound/
Astrobite: astrobites.org/2022/02/14/analyzing-orphan-stream/
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
How are your sunglasses like the stars, planets, and galaxies that comprise our universe? Not only do they look cool – they’re also no stranger to polarization! In today’s episode, Will describes a mysterious transient lurking within our own galaxy, while Malena shares how baby magnetic fields might have polarized the baby Universe. Alex guides us through a trashy symphony of delightful debris, showing that even space junk can be eerily beautiful.
Astrobites:
astrobites.org/2021/10/18
astrobites.org/2021/10/05
Space Sound: http://www.projectadrift.co.uk/#jumplisten
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Pop the champagne and blow out the candles, it’s our fiftieth episode!! To celebrate, we’ve prepared a list of fifty different paths that you can take with a degree in physics or astronomy. What’s the difference between soft money and hard money? What does Sir David Attenborough think about the moon? How do you really pronounce the word “potpourri”? Listen to this episode to have two of these questions answered.
Career Resources:
https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
https://versatilephd.com/options-4-success/
https://astrobites.org/2018/08/17/what
https://www.astrobetter.com/wiki/Possible+Career+Paths
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/31/1076978534/the-trouble-with-passion-when-it-comes-to-your-career
Space Sound(s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tvA3Ezqjl8
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
For the first time ever, astro[sound]bites is holding a hiring call. We’re looking to add a new co-host to the show! Why is that? Listen to this bite-sized episode to find out, and head over to astrosoundbites.com to learn more about the application process and what our team is looking for. Applications are due March 5th, 2022. We’re delighted to be adding a new voice to the team – and it might just be yours!
Link to application: astrosoundbites.com/astrosoundbites-is-hiring2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Alex and Malena sit down for a gourmet meal and Will, with curved mustache and slicked hair, pours the wine. Alex enjoys his star cluster soup as he tells us about the state-of-the-art in star formation simulations. The gang then enjoys a space sound entremet (served chilled) before moving onto a main course of freshly seared planet. Malena explains how we might tell if a sun-like star has dined on a planet, and shockingly enough, we learn that these stars like to eat. Malena also tells us all about the kind of puns she’d like to make…but she doesn’t actually make them.
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2022/01/17/recipe-for-star-cluster-soup/
https://astrobites.org/2021/09/28/yum-planets/
Space Sound: (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Univ of Iowa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09R6jIo74U&ab_channel=JPLraw
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
We’re kicking off the new year by spinning a record from a few months back, about all the ways that rotation teaches us about the universe. Malena describes a few energetic stars lurking around the Main Sequence, and Will keeps his opinions about MOND to himself. Alex brings us home with an orchestral sonification to rival Stravinsky’s best.
Astrobites:
Space Sound: