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Episode 44 – asteroid impacts, chemical evolution and quasi-stars
In this week’s episode, Michelle and NEWLY MINTED PhD, Dr Nicole, discuss papers including predictions for 10-metre plus asteroid impact rates on Earth and other planets, the abundance of life-critical Phosphorus in Galactic stars, age dating giants with the carbon-to-Nitrogen ratio and whether quasi-stars can explain the properties of little red dots! Tune in below,…
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Episode 43 – early dark energy, the fate of Venusian moons, and the power of forbidden lines
In this episode, Michelle and Payel discuss whether early dark energy impacts large-scale structures and explore the possibility of Venus having a moon. They review papers on forbidden line emissions and galaxy evolution, including studies on extremely metal-poor galaxies. Listen on various platforms.
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Episode 42 – disk clumps, triple systems and an exciting new stream!
Michelle and Nicole review recent arXiv papers, highlighting significant findings such as a globular cluster stream outside the Milky Way, disk clump migration in galaxies, a unique pulsar triple system, and a peculiar metal-poor star in the Milky Way disk. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your preferred platform.
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Episode 41 – the age of the Universe, AI and literature reviews, and giant companions
Payel and Michelle delve into another group of wonderful papers on the astronomy arxiv! They discuss dating the Universe, comparing 2025 large language models in their ability to assist with literature views, telling apart exocomets and giant companions, early signatures of secular evolution in disk galaxies, and the abundance of data to come from Vera…
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Episode 40 – globular clusters, extended disks, high redshift galaxies and aliens!
In this episode, Michelle and Payel explore the search for extra-terrestrial life, mechanisms for light element variations in globular clusters, characteristics of a typical galaxy at z>10, and Andromeda’s extended stellar disc origin.
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Episode 39 – data-driven stellar population studies, multi-scale AGN feedback, and solar flare ribbons
In this episode, Payel and Nicole discuss machine learning methods to to transform composite galaxy spectra and determine key features of galaxy evolution. They also examine new observations of the Centarus cluster with JWST, closing the loop on AGN feedback across multiple radial scales. Finally, they discuss new solar observations that shed new light on…
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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 StarXiv
A podcast that delves into the newest astronomy papers from astro-ph on the arXiv
