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Episode 80: The Pulsar Boomerang
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this week’s episode, we meet some of the animals in the neutron star zoo through astrobites with two surprising observations. Will tells us about a mysterious signal from a magnetar that appeared two years ago for 20 minutes and has yet to come back. Meanwhile, Cormac provides Will’s magnetar with some hope by telling us the story of a pulsar signal that appeared 20 years ago and just reappeared recently. Come along for a boomerang of a journey as we discuss observing pulsars from Earth, what it’s like at the pulsars themselves, and all the way back to Earth for a discussion of bad naming and bad programming languages.
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2023/07/31/disappearing-pulsar/
https://astrobites.org/2023/08/21/long-period-magnetar/
Space Sound:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/the-black-of-the-star--for-percussion-and-pulsar/5011294
Performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okeBqktyyS4
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2023/07/31/disappearing-pulsar/
https://astrobites.org/2023/08/21/long-period-magnetar/
Space Sound:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/the-black-of-the-star--for-percussion-and-pulsar/5011294
Performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okeBqktyyS4
Released:
Oct 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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