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Episode 28: Blink and You'll Miss It
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jan 16, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
We were going to write show notes, but it’s been a little while since we recorded and we forgot what we talked about. I guess you could call our memory…. transient!
In this episode we discuss some of the quickest, most high-energy astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. Will describes a possible explanation for some of the speediest and most mysterious flashes of energy ever detected, while Alex describes a bizarre and brilliant stellar explosion.
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2019/03/05
https://astrobites.org/2020/12/29
More on FRBs with the SKA:
https://astrobites.org/2020/08/27
Space Sound:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/GLAST/2012/06/21/post_1340301006610/
In this episode we discuss some of the quickest, most high-energy astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. Will describes a possible explanation for some of the speediest and most mysterious flashes of energy ever detected, while Alex describes a bizarre and brilliant stellar explosion.
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2019/03/05
https://astrobites.org/2020/12/29
More on FRBs with the SKA:
https://astrobites.org/2020/08/27
Space Sound:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/GLAST/2012/06/21/post_1340301006610/
Released:
Jan 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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