In this week’s episode, Michelle and Payel ask whether early dark energy leaves a detectable imprint on large-scale structure, and whether Venus once had a moon — and what might have happened to it. They also each pick a paper using forbidden line emission to probe galaxy evolution, including one testing whether some extremely metal-poor galaxies are impostors. Tune in below, on Spotify, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Check out this weeks papers below

[CII] as a global cold gas tracer in novel hydrodynamical simulations – Valentina P. Miranda et al

Tidal Demise: The Evolution and Fate of a Hypothetical Venus Moon – Stephan R. Kane et al.

An Optical Illusion: High Electron Densities Create Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy Impostors – Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao et al.

Investigating The Effects of Early Dark Energy on Large-scale Structure Within the EDENS Suite – Sophie Hodgson et al.