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Episode 38: Keep Your Head in the Clouds
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Tired of vacations being ruined by cloudy weather? Alex the travel agent can book your next trip to brown dwarf binary 1416B, where it’s always a balmy 2000 degrees and never cloudy. Or maybe a sojourn to a hot Jupiter is more your style? Malena the meteorologist has you covered with your 10-million year forecast: cloudy and lopsided.
In recognition of Juneteenth and the start of #BlackInAstro week, both papers featured in this episode were led by Black astronomers.
Read our new Astrobite about sonification: astrobites.org/2021/06/17/getting-started-in-sonification
Submit for the competition: astrosoundbites.com/sonification-competition-2021
Astrobites:
astrobites.org/2020/08/18/inhomogeneous-clouds/
astrobites.org/2020/10/14/brown-dwarf-weather-forecast/
Space sound: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/Parker-Discovers-Natural-Radio-Emission-in-Venus-Atmosphere. (Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Mark SubbaRao/Glyn Collinson)
In recognition of Juneteenth and the start of #BlackInAstro week, both papers featured in this episode were led by Black astronomers.
Read our new Astrobite about sonification: astrobites.org/2021/06/17/getting-started-in-sonification
Submit for the competition: astrosoundbites.com/sonification-competition-2021
Astrobites:
astrobites.org/2020/08/18/inhomogeneous-clouds/
astrobites.org/2020/10/14/brown-dwarf-weather-forecast/
Space sound: nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/Parker-Discovers-Natural-Radio-Emission-in-Venus-Atmosphere. (Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Mark SubbaRao/Glyn Collinson)
Released:
Jun 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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