astro[sound]bites

They're sources of unending creation, they're tearing apart spacetime, they're...bald? Tune in as we explore the newest research on black holes!

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/11/06/elusive-black-holes-have-we-found-the-middle-sibling/

astrobites.org/2019/10/22/how-to-glo-up-black-hole-neutron-star-mergers/

astrobites.org/2019/09/19/spinning-down-the-origins-of-black-hole-mergers/

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Let’s get to know the neighbors: our dear friends in the solar system! In today’s episode, we explore mysteries of the Sun, the Moon, and the giant planets.

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/08/12/a-proposed-moon-formation-theory-the-multiple-impact-hypothesis

astrobites.org/2018/12/24/vary-vary-little-star

astrobites.org/2019/08/21/why-are-jupiter-and-saturn-spinning-so-slowly

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Featuring Raluca Rufu

Astrobites for your ears. Three grad students bring you cutting-edge research findings in astronomy and connect the dots between diverse subfields.

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy

Disks, discs, and disques...no matter the spelling, disks are relevant to many areas of astronomy! In this episode, we discuss three recent papers about disks of different size scales: circumplanetary, circumstellar, and galactic.

Featured Astrobites:

astrobites.org/2019/08/08/moonetesimals_from_nondetections

astrobites.org/2019/08/14/invisible-giant

astrobites.org/2019/09/02/with_age_comes_wisdom

Credits:

Music: Joel Ong

Logo: Joanna Ramasawmy