Beste Astrophysics podcasts (2024)

Super Puff Planets are gas giants with unusually low densities, meaning they have very little mass compared to their volume. They're a type of exoplanet.

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S2 EP8: A Guide to Galaxies 8:27

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Galaxies are enormous collections of stars, gas, dust and dark matter, all held together by gravity. In this episode, I discusses about their formation, types and some of the well known galaxies.

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S2 EP7: A Guide to Nebulae 9:15

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A Nebulae are a cloud of gas and dust where star formation takes place. They are the stellar nurseries of the universe.

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S2 EP6: Journey to Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar Shore 13:43

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Exoplanets are planets that orbits stars outside our solar system. Recently NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered the presence of Hydrogen Sulfide on an exoplanet called HD 189733b.

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S2 EP5: What If Our Sun Became a White Dwarf Star? 8:38

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After the red giant phase, Sun will shed its outer layers, forming a planetary nebula, leaving a sparkling white jewel at the centre called white dwarf.

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S2 EP4: Neptune's Moon Triton 9:09

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Triton is the largest moon of Neptune and the only biggest moon that moves in an retrograde orbit.

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S2 EP3: A Guide to the Local Group 5:11

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Local Group is a group of more than 80 galaxies, including our own Milky Way Galaxy.

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S2 EP2: A Guide to Star Clusters 6:28

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A star Cluster is a group of stars. They are mainly three types: open, globular & embedded.

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S2 EP1: The Mysterious Himiko Cloud 4:41

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Himiko is a large galaxy with a hot glowing gaseous halo extending over 55,000 light years. It was discovered in 2009 by Japanese scientists using Subaru Telescope's wide-field survey which has been surveying the night sky since 1999. In pictures, it looks like a "blob".

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Special EP: Science Behind The Interstellar Space 5:57

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What is Interstellar Space? Is it empty? Or What is its composition? An in-depth explanation of science behind the interstellar space.

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Dr Kareem El-Badry, incoming Assistant professor at Caltech 25:53

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Welcome to episode 30 of exploring astrophysics with me, Vikram Bhamre. Today I am joined by Dr. Kareem El-Badry, a researcher who works mostly in the analysis of binary star systems and has obtained the nickname ‘Black hole destroyer’ for some of his past work. Stay tuned to hear more about that!Door Vikram Bhamre

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Dr. Lynne Hillenbrand, Professor of Astronomy at Caltech 31:52

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Hi everyone, welcome to another episode of exploring astrophysics. Today I am speaking to Dr Lynne Hillenbrand, a professor of Astronomy at Caltech who is an expert in the formation and evolution of young stars and the formation of star clusters. Dr. Hillenbrand spoke to me about trying to learn more about the evolution of these young stars, whose …

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Dr Maria Charisi, Postdoctoral associate at Vanderbilt University 21:50

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Today I am joined by Dr Maria Charisi, a postdoctoral associate at Vanderbilt university. Her expertise is in looking for Supermassive Black-Hole Binaries: which are systems that are formed during the collisions of galaxies and weigh well over hundreds of millions of times our Sun. Dr Charisi also talked about her experience in academia and how she…

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Dr Robert Simcoe, Director of MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research 23:59

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In this episode, Dr Simcoe spoke about his research involving spectroscopy to look back into the early universe and search for the first stars. He also spoke about another interest of his - designing and building astronomical telescopes and instruments - and how it first began when he was still in high school. Lastly, he gave us a sneak peek into t…

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Dr Gina Panopoulou, Assistant professor, Chalmers University of Technology 16:36

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In this episode, Dr Panopoulou spoke about how every galaxy has a magnetic field, and by using the polarisation of light we are able to map the structure of this field in our galaxy. We talked about the difficulties of doing this, including the limited information the polarisation of light can convey and how hard it is to check the accuracy of any …

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Dr Christian Byrnes, Senior lecturer at the University of Sussex 22:37

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Dr Byrnes talked about his journey to astrophysics having initially started out with a Mathematics degree at the University of Cambridge. He also talked about his research looking at the early universe - particularly the inflation period. Towards the end, he mentioned his work into primordial black holes and whether they may be the key to finding o…

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Dr Javier Garcia, Assistant professor of physics at Caltech 26:22

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Dr Garcia has been looking at the gravitational fields near black holes and neutron stars to better understand the phenomenon we see in these unordinary circumstances. He talked about his transition from atomic physics to X-ray astrophysics, and what he has been working on recently. Stay tuned till the end of the episode, where he gives advice on w…

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Dr Kathy Romer, Professor at the university of Sussex 25:37

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Dr Romer shared some of her most exciting and coolest experiences as an astrophysicist, including a trip to the south pole! She also mentioned how in the past astronomers would have to travel to the obersevations sites in places like Chile to take the images, rather than having it all automated from your office. Dr Romer spoke about the recent Jame…

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S1 EP10: 3C321, The Death Star Galaxy 2:52

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In December 2007, NASA announced the discovery of a violent event in which a galaxy was smiting another galaxy with a blast of energy emanating from the vicinity of a Supermassive black hole at the center of one of these two galaxies.This event took place in a system called 3C321, which lies 1.4 billion light years away from us in the constellation…

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Dr Raissa Estrela, Postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 20:09

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In this episode Dr Estrela spoke about her research into classifying and charecterizing the atmospheres of exoplanets, and also her research the effects of stellar activity on these exoplanets. Dr Estrela explained how she first was interested in astrobiology and how her work is helping us answer the age old question: Is there life out there?…

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S1 EP9: J2157, Ultra-Massive Black Hole 6:00

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J2157 is a Ultra-Massive Black Hole located 1.2 billion light years from Earth. It devours a sun size star every dayand has been classified as the fastest growing supermassive black hole in the Universe.

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Dr Olivier Hervet, Assistant project scientist at UC Santa Cruz 20:48

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Active galactic nuclei are found in the centers of galaxies and emit extremely high levels of radiation, which Dr Hervet tries to model computationally. Dr Hervet is also part of the VERITAS collaboration which is a ground based observatory with an array of 4 telescopes, each with a 12 meter wide diameter!…

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Dr Xinnan Du, Outreach and Engagement manager at KIPAC Stanford 21:38

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This episode Dr Du spoke about some of her work looking at the physical properties of the interstellar medium in distant galaxies. She also spoke about her interest in asgtronomy outreach and the kind of work she does as outreach manager at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. Listen to the end of the podcast to hear her adv…

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S1 EP8: 130 Elektra, the first Quadruple Asteroid System 1:57

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130 Elektra has become the first Quadruple Asteroid System in our solar system after the discovery of third moon around this outer main-asteroid belt. The discovery of third moon was announced in November 2021.

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S1 EP7: WASP-12b, an exoplanet being devoured by its host star 3:44

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WASP-12b is an Exoplanet located 1410 light years away in the constellation Auriga. This ultra hot Jupiter world is being torn apart by its host star and NASA estimates that in about 10 Million years this world will be consumed by its host star.

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Dr Tansu Daylan, Posdoctoral associate and MIT and Princeton 23:17

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Dr Daylan, told me about his work on explanets utilising primarily the TESS mission, and how the transit method is used to discover these planets. Additionally, he also spoke about the charecteristics that can be inferred from a discovered planets, such as the mass, density and orbital radius.Door Vikram Bhamre

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Dr Rana Ezzeddine, Assistant professor and Astrophysicist as the University of Florida 23:09

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In this episode Dr Ezzeddine told me about how the chemical and physical compositions of stars can be inferred by the use of spectroscopy. Additionally, she explained what the r-process is, and how by building radiative transfer models we can calculate the abundances of elements in the atmospheres of stars.…

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Dr Saeed Salimpour, Researcher at IAU's Office of Astronomy for Education 21:35

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Dr Salimpour explained the intersection between art and cosmology, and why he believes those two things are inextricable. He also delved into how the beauty of simplicity underlies all of cosmology.Door Vikram Bhamre

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S1 EP6: NASA' Webb captures its first image of HD 84406 1:56

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NASA' James Webb Space Telescope has captured it's first image of HD 84406 star, a sun like star located 260 light years away in the constellation Big Dipper.

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Sven Heydenreich, PHD student at the University of Bonn 17:10

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In this episode, Sven spoke to me about his work in gravitational lensing, and more specifically, a novel statistical analysis method he is developing. He also spoke about how he transitioned to astrophysics from studying math, as well as how his analysis technique could prove incredibly useful in learning more about the matter distribution in our …

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S1 EP5: Two Mini-Neptunes losing astmosphere, becoming Super Earth. 3:58

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Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope & W.M. Keck Observatory have revealed that two mini Neptunes namely TOI 560.01 & HD 63433c are losing their atmospheres and are transforming into Super Earth.

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S1 EP4: WASP-103b, a rugby ball shaped exoplanet 3:10

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WASP-103b is an exoplanet located 1225 light years away from Earth in the constellation Hercules. What makes this planet unique is its rugby ball shape. Listen to know more about this world!

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S1 EP3: What If Our Sun became a Black hole? 4:00

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A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that not even light cannot escape. The escape velocity for such an object is more than the speed of light and according to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. So, it's impossible to escape from such a dense object. Listen What If Our …

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S1 EP2: What if Our Sun became a Red Giant Star? 8:57

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A Red Giant Star is an evolutionary stage of a main-sequence star like our Sun, in which it runs out of fuel and stars getting bigger and bigger. Our Sun will become a Red Giant Star in about 5 billion years. Listen what If our Sun became a Red Giant Star?

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Marcus Keil, PHD student at University College London 42:17

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In this episode, Marcus spoke to me about his current PHD work as well as his interest in cosmology. He explained a little about Astrochemistry and the research he is doing related to it. Lastly, he spoke about the process of getting a PHD and the final outcome required for completion.Door Vikram Bhamre

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S1 EP1: What if our Sun became a Black Dwarf? 3:14

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A black dwarf is a hypothetical star in the Universe that will form when a white dwarf star will cooled down. Our Sun will become a black dwarf in about 1 quadrillion years. Listen What If Our Sun became a Black Dwarf?

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Dr Niall Jeffrey, Researcher at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris 25:25

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Dr Jeffery goes into detail about how dark energy and dark matter, two things he is researching extensively, are elusive and that astrophysicists know very little about it. The Dark Energy Survey is a project which he is part of that tries to map the distribution of dark energy in our universe. Dr Jeffrey also spoke about machine learning in the co…

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Dr Peter Doel, Professor of Astronomical Instrumentation at University College London 18:58

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This episode I spoke to Dr Doel about some of the projects he has been working on. He told me about the considerations that need to be accounted for when retrofitting telescopes as well as how he entered this field. Dr Doel also described how he thought the field have changed in the past to what it is now.…

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Prof. Marco Cavaglia, Professor of Physics at Missouri University 24:09

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This episode I spoke to Dr Cavaglia about what the LIGO collaboration is and how it operates, as well as some of the details of the interferometers. He also spoke about the kinds of data cleaning a data analyst such as himself needs to perform of the LIGO data to actually find gravitational wave signals. I also asked him a little about his role tea…

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Dr Boris Leistedt, Researcher at Imperial College London 24:50

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I spoke to Dr Leistedt on how statistics plays an important role in astronomy, as well as why astronomy is somewhat unique in comparison to other fields of physics such as particle physics. In addition, we spoke more about astronomical datasets, and how the sheer amount of data makes it more difficult to process as well as how even hardware impreci…

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Dr Pablo Lemos, Postdoctoral research fellow in cosmology at UCL, London 17:20

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I enjoyed speaking with Dr Pablo Lemos today as he described his work involving dark matter and energy which includes testing models and determining how accurate they are. He also spoke to me about the research he did for his PHD and how he implemented Artificial Intelligence into one of his projects.…

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Dr Constance Mahony, Postdoctoral researcher at the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing 17:13

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In this episode I spoke to Dr Mahony about her work using gravitational lensing to research more into the properties of dark energy and matter. We spoke about some of the work she found challenging and how she overcame those obstacles, while also speaking about the future implications her research could have in the field of astrophysics.…

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Aaron Stemo, A PHD candidate at the university of Colorado Boulder 21:45

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In this episode we talked about how Aaron became involved with his current research and what AGN galaxies are. It was also very interesting about how he used computational techniques to cut down a database of 500,000 galaxies into just the 200 that met the criteria he was looking for.Door Vikram Bhamre

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Prof. Benedikt Diemer, Computational astrophysicist as the University of Maryland 18:28

4y ago18:28

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In this episode we looked at how astrophysical simulations can never be completely realistic due to the sheer scale of the universe, and how computational astrophysicists have to work around that. Prof. Diemer also spoke about his project with a textile specialist, fabricoftheuniverse.org, which tries to visualise dark matter data in a unique ways,…

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Dr Rebecca Nevin, Postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics 18:58

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In this episode I speak with Dr Nevin on her work building a tool to recognise and classify galaxy mergers. She also talked about using machine learning and statistical tools in her work to assess how realistic fake galaxies can be to the ones observed. We also looked at some of the types of galaxies mergers present.…

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Dr. Sandro Tacchella, Postdoctoral researcher at Harvard 22:31

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In this episode I talk to Dr. Tacchella about how his research is looking for ways to explain the structure of galaxies, as well as why they come in many different forms such as spiral and elliptical galaxies. I also talk with Dr. Tacchella about the specific research he is doing, including some of the theories that exist that try to explain the ph…

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Dr Elena Massara, Postdoctoral researcher at the university of Waterloo 16:07

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A big part of Dr. Massara's research is studying the structure of the universe, and creating simulations to explain the irregularity of matter dispersal in the universe. In particular, we talked about her work observing the voids(A vast space in the universe containing very few galaxies) and how voids are where neutrinos can be indirectly detected.…

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Prof. Matthew Evans, member of the MIT Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave observatory 23:16

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Dr. Evans is designing new technologies to improve advanced LIGO, a laser interferometer that detects gravitational waves. In 2019 he was awarded the New Horizons in physics prize for research on present and future ground-based detectors of gravitational waves. I talked to him about how he accidentally got into the field of astrophysics, and his wo…

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