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Episode 48: The Astrophysical Merry-Go-Round
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We’re kicking off the new year by spinning a record from a few months back, about all the ways that rotation teaches us about the universe. Malena describes a few energetic stars lurking around the Main Sequence, and Will keeps his opinions about MOND to himself. Alex brings us home with an orchestral sonification to rival Stravinsky’s best.
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2020/05/20/blue-lurkers-and-blue-stragglers-rapidly-rotating-stars-and-their-fountain-of-youth/
https://astrobites.org/2021/03/25/galaxies-in-more-crowded-environments-rotate-slower-implications-for-gravity/
Space Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtymxN67eEE&t=24s
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2020/05/20/blue-lurkers-and-blue-stragglers-rapidly-rotating-stars-and-their-fountain-of-youth/
https://astrobites.org/2021/03/25/galaxies-in-more-crowded-environments-rotate-slower-implications-for-gravity/
Space Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtymxN67eEE&t=24s
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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