This episode, Payel and Nicole discuss how to generate alpha-bimodalities in Milky-Way-like galaxies without major mergers or radial migration, a new search for radio emission from the elusive intermediate-mass black hole of Omega Centauri , detailed chemical DNA measurements of the oldest stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, and searching for dwarfs using HI measurements. Listen below, on Spotify, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!

Check out the papers we discussed below:

Portrait of a Galaxy on FIRE: Is the $α$-bimodality a natural consequence of inside-out disc growth in a hierarchical formation scenario? – Maria Benito

No evidence for accretion around the intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri – Angiraben D. Mahida

The chemical DNA of the Magellanic Clouds V. R-process dominates neutron capture elements production in the oldest SMC stars – Lorenzo Santarelli

TiNy Titans HI: Discovering Satellites via HI Gas in an Isolated, Compact Group of Dwarf Galaxies – Sabrina Stierwalt