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 46 – the origin of life and globular clusters, and local little red dots
In this week’s episode, Michelle and Payel discuss whether comets are able to deliver prebiotic feedstock molecules in the high concentrations required for prebiotic chemistry, whether merger-driven and secular-drive starburst dwarf galaxies, whether ultra-diffuse galaxies could be the missing link for globulater cluster formation, and whether examining local little red dots can shed light on…
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Episode 45 – r-process origins, moons of Uranus, and systmatic uncertainties
In this week’s episode, Michelle and Payel discuss whether neuron-star mergers are even needed to explain r-process abundances, the origin of the inner moons of Uranus, and the impact of systematic uncertainties on the Hubble tension and gamma-ray searches for dark matter. Tune in below, or on Spotify and Apple. Check out this week’s papers…
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Episode 38 – merging galaxies, exploding stars and the beauty of individual galaxies
In this episode, Michelle and Nicole explore machine learning techniques for classifying merging galaxies and supernovae. They discuss planetary engulfment’s role in unusual chemical signatures in binary systems and analyse MUSE data of a spiral galaxy.
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Episode 37 – Lunar craters, primordial black holes & growing galaxies
In this episode, Michelle and Payel talk about the asymmetry in the number of craters across the moon, using microlensing to find primordial black holes, tracing the growth of disk galaxies since z~1, and using machine learning to detect group galaxies merging with massive clusters. Listen below, on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get…
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Episode 36 – Dead Earths, magnetic fields and Galactic amnesia
In this episode, Michelle and Nicole explore primordial magnetic fields, the memory of Galactic mergers, and the origins of Venus’s carbon dioxide atmosphere. They also examine how Galactic stars can help predict extragalactic abundances. Listeners can access the episode on various platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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Episode 35 – More Milky Way mayhem, Fast Radio Bursts, and very cold disks
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.
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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