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

  1. 14 MAR

    Episode 118: Star-studded submissions

    In this episode, as we (at the time of recording) approach Astronomy’s (JWST) awards season, Cormac and Cole shed some light on just how ideas become astronomical datasets. Our two putative principal investigators discuss why grad students should consider applying for telescope time, the main components and categories of proposals, and how successful proposals are finally selected and scheduled. We conclude with our most memorable moments from our own efforts to get time on facilities like JWST, Roman and Gemini. SPHEREx Data Tools: https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/spherex/

    41 min

  2. 2 MAR

    Episode 117: A Field Day

    In this episode, we move away from point particles to talk about fields. Shashank, Cole and Cormac start with a discussion of different kinds of fields in astrophysics. Then, Cole describes Lagrange points and why they can be useful for satellites and asteroids seeking a safe place to camp out (or lay siege). Cormac dives into the atmospheres of hot Jupiter exoplanets, where we get a glimpse of temperature and wind velocity fields on other planets. By the end, you’ll certainly have a lot more field experience!    What’s the (Lagrange) point? https://astrobites.org/2026/01/29/whats-the-lagrange-point/   The Fires Within: Investigating the Atmospheres of Inflated Hot Jupiters https://astrobites.org/2023/01/03/hot_interior_exoplanets/   Space sound:  https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/The_scary_sound_of_Earth_s_magnetic_field

    51 min

  3. 7 FEB

    Episode 116: Love’s Gonna Get you killed, but Tide’s gonna be the death of you

    In our valentines’ day special, Shashank, Cole, and Cormac explore the dating lives of stars and other compact objects by looking at the romantic couples of astrophysics: binary systems. Immediately ruining this theme, Shashank covers some particularly messy breakups (though these lovers are able to rebound and move on) while Cormac shows us how even stars’ healthy relationships involve some give and take.   Astrobites:   What are Partial Tidal Disruption Events, and How Do We Find Them? https://astrobites.org/2025/08/04/partial-tdes-galactic-center/   Sharing is caring: how do binary stars actually transfer mass? https://astrobites.org/2025/07/14/binary-mass-transfer/   Space Sound: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-telescopes-tune-into-a-black-hole-prelude-fugue/

    56 min

  4. 20/12/2025

    Episode 115: Star Wrapped Holiday Special

    Apply to join us as a co-host! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025 In today’s extra-special seasonal episode, Cormac, Lucia and Shashank share some of their highly curated metrics inspired by Spotify wrapped to end our a[s]b year. Much like ourselves, this episode is a mixed bag - we hope you enjoy it! This also marks the start of our long-awaited Winter (or Summer, depending on your hemisphere) break - see you in a few weeks! Space sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmsOmqf7Hso Bonus festive EWOCS JWST image released after we recorded: https://esawebb.org/images/potm2512a/

    36 min

  5. 08/12/2025

    Episode 114: A World of Disc-overy

    Apply to join us as a co-host! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025   This week, Shashank, Cole, and Cormac dive into the many disks of the universe, from planet-forming disks to AGN and galactic structures. Cole explores a misbehaving protoplanetary disk that hints at chaotic early planet formation. Cormac follows by showing how external radiation can erode disks and hinder the birth of giant planets. We then zoom out to compare these turbulent young systems to the massive disks around galaxies and supermassive black holes, tying together why disks form across so many cosmic environments and the methods we use to explore them.   Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2025/09/18/forming-misaligned-discs/ https://astrobites.org/2025/11/01/planet_formation_vs_stellar_uv_radiation/   ALMA images: https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-releases/alma-campaign-provides-unprecedented-views-of-the-birth-of-planets/attachment/20181212-andrews-et-al-all-disks/ Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__1mSFS7vQ

    1 h 2 min

  6. 21/11/2025

    Episode 113: Black Holes? Here? It’s more likely than you think.

    Episode 113: Black Holes? Here? It’s more likely than you think.   In today’s episode, Cole, Cormac, and Shashank celebrate our glorious return from hiatus by tackling an astronomical favorite: black holes. These guys are important to astronomers for a wide range of reasons, but what happens when you find a black hole somewhere weird? Like in another black hole’s accretion disk? Or in your model of dark energy? Or in a Hot dog? Shashank covers a lot of similar-sounding acronyms for when we find black holes living inside (the accretion disks) of other black holes, while Cormac does his second ever Astrobite with a type of sausage in the title, establishing a worrying precedent. If you’re interested in Science Communication, make sure you apply to Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2025/10/31/apply-to-write-for-astrobites-2025/ And to cohost our show! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025/   Questions?  astrosoundbites@gmail.com   Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2025/10/28/the-black-hole-meet-up-emris-and-imris-in-the-same-agn-disk/ https://astrobites.org/2025/10/23/hide-hot-dog/   Space Sound: https://www.nasa.gov/universe/new-nasa-black-hole-sonifications-with-a-remix/

    57 min

  7. 13/09/2025

    Episode 112.5: Extremely Looming Trouble?

    In today’s mini-episode, Cormac highlights how a proposed industrial megaproject threatens the pristine observing conditions at Paranal Observatory - home of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, as well as the upcoming Extremely Large Telescope and Cherenkov Telescope Array South facilities. We will also be taking our summer break a little later than usual - see you in a few weeks! Roel’s interview: https://astrobites.org/2025/08/29/the-looming-drama-for-the-paranal-observatory/ Apply to join us as a co-host!  https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025

    7 min

  8. 30/08/2025

    Episode 112: It’s not fun to be in a YMC, eh?

    Episode 112: It’s not fun to be in a YMC, eh? Apply to join us as a co-host! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025 In today’s episode, Cormac, Shashank and Lucia come together to crack open the craziness inside Young Massive (Stellar) Clusters - some of the most exciting neighbourhoods in our Universe. They’re a very hot topic at the moment, and not just because of their intense radiation - they host the majority of massive stars, and ancient YMCs might be the ancestors of the globular clusters that orbit our own Milky Way today. Shashank shares a recipe for cooking up YMCs through a computational collision, and Lucia takes a peek at YMCs emerging from their dust-embedded embryonic environs. We round off with a casual discussion of whether simulationists are taking Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus a bit too literally and chat about our favourite star clusters. Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2025/07/23/ymc_formation/ https://astrobites.org/2025/07/09/gmc-dispersal/

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

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