Welcome to the StarXiv! A monthly podcast that delves into the latest astronomy papers & results from the arXiv.
Hosted by Michelle, Payel, and Nicole.



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Episode 34 – The cosmic web, the ancient Milky Way, and planets around small stars
In this podcast episode, Michelle and Payel explore fascinating astronomical topics, including high redshift UV bright galaxies, Population III stars, black hole binaries, pulsars in Omega Centauri, and the potential merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda.
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Episode 33 – Bananas, blueberries, planet eating stars and the fate of the Milky Way
In this podcast episode, Michelle and Payel explore fascinating astronomical topics, including high redshift UV bright galaxies, Population III stars, black hole binaries, pulsars in Omega Centauri, and the potential merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda.
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Episode 26: A tail of tales, little galaxies, and starspots
In this episode, Michelle and Payel explore various astrophysical topics, including the Solar birth cluster, young stars, the formation of intermediate mass black holes, and the universe’s decelerated expansion. They also discuss strong lens detection by Euclid and solar flare predictions.

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Episode 25: Extragalactic exoplanets, simulating individual stars, and galaxy mergers as cosmic ray factories
In this episode, Michelle and Payel explore various astrophysical topics, including the Solar birth cluster, young stars, the formation of intermediate mass black holes, and the universe’s decelerated expansion. They also discuss strong lens detection by Euclid and solar flare predictions.

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Episode 24: Strong lenses, Solar Flares and young, high alpha stars
In this episode, Michelle and Payel explore various astrophysical topics, including the Solar birth cluster, young stars, the formation of intermediate mass black holes, and the universe’s decelerated expansion. They also discuss strong lens detection by Euclid and solar flare predictions.

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Episode 23 – Failed galaxies, faint galaxies, and the proto-Galaxy
In this episode, Michelle and Nicole explore the chemistry of faint galaxies and RR-Lyrae stars, tracing the proto-Galaxy, discussing the failure of some galaxies, examining quasi-stars in relation to Little Red Dots, and discussing whether UNIONS 1 is a galaxy or a star cluster. Listen on major podcast platforms.
The Hosts
Payel Das & Michelle Collins are astronomers at the University of Surrey. They love research, but struggle to find time to read a lot of papers. They’re hoping this podcast fixes that. Nicole Buckley is a PhD student at the University of Surrey. She loves reading papers!
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