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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.
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5 out of 5 stars
I enjoy and learn from every episode
Fabulous podcast!
Nyncca
5 out of 5 stars
Geeky and wonderful
Easily digestible bits of knowledge around various astrophysical and cosmological topics. Fun to listen to and perfect length. I also really enjoy the hosts—a group of enthusiastic grad students who bring a lot of (sometimes eye-rolling) humor to their topics. Keep up the great work!
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- Episode 67: Breaking the Stigma Around Community College Part IDid you know that half of our astro[sound]bites co-hosts went to community college? We’re here to talk about our experiences and work towards breaking the stigma! This is our first episode in this two part series which features Kiersten’s trajectory from community college into a brilliant exoplanet scientist. Next, Alex interviews Dra. Natalie Nicole Sanchez, an NSF MPS-Ascend postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Observatories and Caltech, whose interest in astrophysics was sparked while studying art at community college. Join us on a whirlwind tour of engineering, love affairs, and artistic endeavors - and stay tuned for an associated astrobites post! Link to Dra. Sanchez’s twitter: https://twitter.com/the_n_nicole1 comments1
- Episode 66: B-Field BonanzaThis episode is all about magnetic fields because we couldn’t stay away from such a polarizing topic! Alex takes us on a journey to the center of a star where we find how intense its magnetic field actually is. Along the way, Kiersten brings up a blast from the past with a sonification that had its own record release. To wrap up, Sabrina tells how we can use radio waves to find an exoplanet with a magnetic field because cosmic rays and solar winds don’t sound like a pleasant time for us humans. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/07/19/ https://astrobites.org/2022/09/08/ Space sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5MHsnc67yw0 comments0
- Episode 65: A Tale of SixesIn this episode, the gang catches multiplicity mania and learn about sextuple systems of stars, galaxies, and planets. Sabrina brings us an astrobite that resonates with us all (or maybe none of us), Will the Fourth carries the torch in studying the hierarchical Castor system, and Alex speeds through a requiem for high-redshift galaxies taken from us too soon. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2021/09/30 https://astrobites.org/2022/11/07 https://astrobites.org/2022/02/26 Compact Object Merging with its Companion Star Triggering a Supernova: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/astronomy-star-swallow-black-hole-supernova-cosmology Space sound: https://vimeo.com/621744665 A transient radio source consistent with a merger-triggered core collapse supernova: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg6037 In-Vitro Is Not The Only Reason Older Women Have More Twins: https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20060222/older-women-more-likely-to-have-twins0 comments0
- Episode 64: Our Take on Landmark Papers Part IIWe’re back with more of the most important papers in our subfields. Sabrina tells us how Karl, an engineer at Bell Labs, became the father of radio astronomy and stole her heart through time and space. Kiersten couldn’t pick just one paper so she choses a review article and gives it a favorable review on our own little a[s]b revue program. The gang really struggles on the space sound and then decides it just might be okay to peak in grad school. Papers: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1933PA.....41..548J https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/428383/pdf Space sound: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/19/50651 comments1
- Episode 63: Our Take on Landmark Papers Part IEpisode 63: Our Take on Landmark Papers Part I In this week’s episode, we take a deeper look into Alex and Will’s research through two landmark papers in their field. Will pulls out a strip chart to teach us about how Neptune’s atmosphere looked in the 1960s (and why it’s still important today). Alex gives us a deeper look into explosive transients and presents a paper on supernovae from the early 1970s that reveals the power of fermi estimation and a little intuition. Meanwhile, Sabrina kicks off a conversation about the ethics of research and faces the reality of not being able to check every line of source code from the simulations she uses. See you next episode for Kiersten and Sabrina’s turn! Link to sonification competititon: https://astrosoundbites.com/astrosoundbites-sonification-challenge-2022/ Papers: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1969A%26A.....2..398K https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1973A%26A....29..393D Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3x0sBCQ_c8 Acoustic dispersion (and its connection to laser beams and FRBs): https://www.npr.org/2016/12/21/506305383/why-does-a-frozen-lake-sound-like-a-star-wars-blaster Link to Will’s research graphic: https://williamrsaunders.com/#occ-movie0 comments0
- Episode 62: Skeletons and MonstersHalloween is in the air! Get ready for a spoooooky episode where we take a stroll through the haunted side of the Universe. Alex takes us on a trek through a graveyard to investigate the skeletons the Milky Way is hiding - and no, we’re not talking about the candy! Then Will tells us a ghost story about the old blue monsters hiding under our extragalactic beds, but don’t worry too much. He reassured us that they only eat dust. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/06/22/galactic-skeletons/ https://astrobites.org/2022/09/27/did-blue-monster-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-sweep-away-their-dust/ Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFoUWm3NDA0 comments0
- Episode 61: What’s the Tea on JWST?The gang is back! In this episode, we take a trip to the largest and the smallest astronomical scales to learn about all the exciting new ways that JWST is transforming the field in its first 100 days. Sabrina zooms out to find some sparkly galaxies and catch a glimpse into the dazzling high-redshift Universe. Then Kiersten zooms into JWST’s first directly imaged exoplanet to figure out why it’s making us all so hungry. We round out the episode with an interview from York University Professor Sarah Rugheimer, who tells us all about the science to get excited about in the years to come. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/09/06/sparkling-stars/ https://astrobites.org/2022/09/01/jwsts-first-directly-imaged-exoplanet/ Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=La9DB-bcy5Y&feature=emb_title0 comments0
- Sabrina Holds a Press ConferenceWe’re herded into a crowded auditorium for a press conference held by our very own Sabrina Berger. The breaking news? We’re going on break! But not just that, we’re launching our second sonification challenge! This challenge is focused on using sound for instruction, so submit a sound that teaches us about an astronomy concept in two minutes or less. Click the link below for details. To get inspired, we hear from Jendaya Wells, a music major at Lincoln University and a member of the team using sonification to explore data from the upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory! Both her and her sonifications are very bright. Links: Astro[sound]bites Sonification Contest: https://astrosoundbites.com/astrosoundbites-sonification-challenge-2022/ Rubin Rhapsodies: https://lsst-tvssc.github.io/RubinRhapsodies Sound Effects: https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk0 comments0
- Episode 60: An Ear for Education (Sonification 2)It’s time for our jam-packed sonification sequel, which includes two interviews, 5 (!) space sounds, and a critical fourth “i” for how sonification is used in astronomy! We’re first joined by Paul Green and Afra Ashraf, the creators of the new sonification project Sensing the Dynamic Universe. Then Sarah Kane, a senior undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to talk about her journey in astronomy and sonification while being legally blind. We round things out by listening to kilonovae, radio interferometers, and the atmosphere of Uranus! Is there anything we didn’t discuss? 0:00 First 3 “i”s 5:05 Sensing the Dynamic Universe interview (4th “i”) 29:17 Reflections on SDU 32:14 Sarah Kane interview 55:31 Our educational sonifications Sensing the Dynamic Universe: https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/sdu/index.html Our sonification astrobite from last year: astrobites.org/2021/06/17/getting-started-in-sonification/ An article about Sarah Kane (isn’t she so fashionable?): omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/disability-advocacy-and-sciences SonoUno: sion.frm.utn.edu.ar/sonoUno/ Astronify: astronify.readthedocs.io/ Twotone: twotone-midiout-beta.netlify.app Miditime (for advanced users): github.com/cirlabs/miditime0 comments0
- Episode 59: Staring into the Voids in the UniverseIs it Halloween yet? This week, Alex, Kiersten, and Sabrina zoom out to stare at the spookiest voids on the most massive scales. Alex tells us how we can use baryonic acoustic oscillations, or BAOs – the astrophysical counterpart to the delicious buns – to study the shapes of these voids. Sabrina turns up the power for her space sound, and we turn on the lights while listening to Kiersten describe a chilling cold spot in the CMB. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/06/11/stare-into-the-void/ https://astrobites.org/2021/12/21/eridanus-supervoid/ Space Sounds: https://www.matrix441.eu/2020/07/cmb-anisotropy/0 comments0
- Episode 58: Funky FluidsEpisode 58: Funky Fluids To take a break from the summer heat, Sabrina, Will, and Kiersten don their floaties and take a dive into some space fluids. Sabrina plays in the sandbox of granular instabilities, explaining how solids can behave like fluids. Then Will teleports everyone to a planet with an ocean where you’re guaranteed not to get a sunburn, but getting zapped by galactic Cosmic Rays™ might be worse. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/02/11/giant-impacts-small-moons/ https://astrobites.org/2021/10/07/liquid-water-on-exomoons-beneath-sunless-skies/ Space Sounds: https://www.system-sounds.com/5000exoplanets/ Rayleigh Taylor Instability Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0xE5J_HVM0 comments0
- Episode 57: Hot Planet SummerBreak out your swim suits and fire up your Weber Spirit II 3-Burner Liquid Propane Grills, it’s summer vacation for those of us in the states! With their time off, Will, Kiersten, and Alex take a trip around the solar system in search of the best sunbathing spots. Will takes us to a molten Earth in search of the planet’s first “little dudes”, while Kiersten surfs on metallic Venusian lava flows. Alex made our road trip playlist, but it’s more ominous than we wanted. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/04/19/how-a-moon-sized-deep-impact-affected-early-life-on-earth/ https://astrobites.org/2021/07/22/from-radar-mystery-to-volcanic-history-dating-venus-lava-flows-with-temperature-sensitive-minerals/ Space Sounds: https://astrosom.com/Mar2018.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egmmYxXhScQ Geological Time Scales Poster: https://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/timescale/timescl.pdf0 comments0
- Episode 56: Overpowered in the UniverseEpisode 56: Overpowered in the Universe In this episode, Sabrina teaches Will gamer lingo and the gang applies it to astronomy. Alex discusses a class of super-charged supernovae with bumpy and clumpy physics, and Sabrina shows us how to use pulsars to upgrade our data security (once we figure out how to uninstall Norton Antivirus). Then we discuss whether objects in the universe really can be OP (overpowered) and Alex begins to question if he ever really understood the definition (spoiler: he didn’t). Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2022/02/05/slsne-show-bumps-and-wiggles-at-late-times/ https://astrobites.org/2022/03/03/pulsars-the-key-to-secure-encryption/ Space sound: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sgra/animations.html#audio Sonification Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida); Image Credit: Radio: EHT Collaboration; X-ray (NASA/CXC/SAO); Infrared (NASA/HST/STScI)0 comments0
- Episode 55.5: Four Moving For-wardOur 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/0 comments0
- Episode 55: Exoplanets, Exits, and Exciting New DirectionsEvery 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: https://astrobites.org/2019/09/23/aliens-among-us/ https://astrobites.org/2020/12/15/shift-stacking/0 comments0
- Episode 54: Dusting off the DisksEpisode 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)0 comments0
- Episode 53: Lethargic Lads and LadiesWhat’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=uD4izuDMUQA0 comments0
- Episode 52: Spectacular Stellar StreamsIn 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/0 comments0
- Episode 51: A Picture of PolarizationHow 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/#jumplisten0 comments0
- Episode 50:50 Careers in 50 MinutesPop 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://beyondprof.com/ https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 https://versatilephd.com/options-4-success/ https://theprofessorisin.com 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXDhCHWkeRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5Xi9mIvDg&t=394s0 comments0
- Episode 49.5: Astro[sound]bites is Hiring!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-hiring20220 comments0
- Episode 49: A Fine Dining ExperienceAlex 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=JPLraw0 comments0
- Episode 48: The Astrophysical Merry-Go-RoundWe’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: https://astrobites.org/2020/05/20/blue-lurkers-and-blue-stragglers-rapidly-rotating-stars-and-their-fountain-of-youth/ https://astrobites.org/2021/03/25/galaxies-in-more-crowded-environments-rotate-slower-implications-for-gravity/ Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtymxN67eEE&t=24s0 comments0
- Episode 47: Gracefully Aging GalaxiesIn today’s episode, we learn all about the clues that Kevin has benevolently placed within the Universe to teach us about the graceful and multifaceted field of galaxy evolution. Alex describes how much the galaxies of today can learn from their wise, high-redshift ancestors through Lyman-alpha emission, while Will segues into the mysterious properties of one of the most nearby aged galaxies. Malena shares a snazzy sonification of a hidden neighbor, as well as her school bus seating habits. Astrobites: astrobites.org/2021/01/22 astrobites.org/2021/10/13 Space sound: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/sonify4/ (Chandra sonification of M87)0 comments0
- Episode 46: Brown Dwarfs in Unusual PlacesEver misplace a brown dwarf? If re-tracing your astrophysical steps doesn’t help, it’s probably where you least expect to find it. In this episode, Alex and Malena bring us some brown dwarfs discovered in truly unusual locations. Alex sees the glass half full when he tells us how brown dwarfs could explain long secondary periods in red giants, solving a longstanding mystery. Malena guides us to a brown dwarf oasis in the phase space desert and manages to still talk about planets. (Listen to the outro to hear Alex’s impersonation of an asteroid.) Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2021/05/13/red-giants-and-brown-dwarfs-an-unusual-friendship/ https://astrobites.org/2021/04/05/template-post-4/ Space sound: https://youtu.be/o0UOguMeaAE (Ruben Garcia-Benito and CosMonic project) CosMonic: http://rgb.iaa.es/cosmonic/#1559689666254-6a21da11-a004 Astronomy Beyond the Common Senses: https://accefyn.com/microsites/nodos/astroco/ii-workshop-on-astronomy-beyond-the-common-senses-for-accessibility-and-inclusion/0 comments0
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