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 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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