The StarXiv

A podcast that delves into the newest astronomy papers from astro-ph on the arXiv

Welcome to the StarXiv! A monthly podcast that delves into the latest astronomy papers & results from the arXiv.

Hosted by Michelle, Payel, and Nicole.

  • Episode 2: October

    This month, Payel and Michelle sit down to discuss a range of exciting new results including a disappearing star, news moons of Uranus, star formation in extremely metal poor galaxies and unusual young stars in the Milky Way disk. Plus, we make a plug for the extremely useful local_volume_database project. Papers discussed this month: The…

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  • Episode 1: The pilot!

    In our first podcast, we sit down to discuss a few papers from September, including a trio of new galaxies, the initial mass function, the building blocks of the Milky Way and are we alone in the Universe? Papers in this month’s episode: Three Quenched, Faint Dwarf Galaxies in the Direction of NGC 300: New…

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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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