In this episode, Shashank, Cole and Lucia bend time in their debut podcast together as we talk about the various ways astronomy is like time travel. Lucia gives us a peek into the past with the storied supernova Cas A, while Cole brings us on a nostalgic quest into gravitational wave memory. We hope you enjoy time traveling with us!

Astrobites:

https://astrobites.org/2024/08/26/cas_a_jwst/

https://astrobites.org/2024/08/28/gwmem/

Space sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9vGpkQurfc

JWST Cas A images:

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/149/01HGGZ4TPD8XFNPCBTZ2QYM0ZM

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/121/01GWQBBY77MHGFV3M3N63KDCEJ

This episode marks Kiersten’s last astro[sound]bites episode (and also side note – we’re posting this on her birthday!). To recognize Kiersten for her incredible time as a co-host, we take a journey through her academic paper trail by discussing her papers on how magma and metallicities affect how we think about exoplanetary formation and observations. Then we take a deep dive into Kiersten’s time as a co-host and graduate student including her stance on “publish or perish” and what she’s most excited about starting her NASA Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship this fall.

Kiersten’s Papers:

1. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.13726
2. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.13821

In this week's episode, we take you on a two-part journey to Europe! First, Lucia and Cormac guide you through the differences of graduate programs in Europe and the US. Then, we jump into a series of mini-interviews with fellow PhD students about their research. We journey through a wide range of topics, including black holes big and smalls, the powerful winds of massive stars, and much more. If you would like to learn more about any of these topics, check out the links below! The mini-interviews were conducted as part of the IMPRS-Astro Hackathon, an unconference organised by Cormac and a few colleges, which brought together students from Heidelberg and Munich.

IMPRS-Astro Hackathon https://imprs-astro-hackathon.de/

Statistics on physics students in Germany (unfortunately in German) https://www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentlichungen/magazine-und-online-angebote/pj/studierendenstatistiken

Mini-Interviews

The circumgalactic medium - Joanne's personal website https://tanofspace.github.io/

Past episodes relating to topics that came up in the mini-interviews

Episode 93: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Primordial Black Hole Machiney https://astrosoundbites.com/2024/06/20/episode-93-itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-primordial-black-hole-machineyepisode-92-5-the-ship-of-3-seus/

Episode 72: A Trip to the Optometrist https://astrosoundbites.com/2023/04/15/episode-72-a-trip-to-the-optometrist/

Episode 71: Galaxies Say Halo https://astrosoundbites.com/2023/03/26/episode-70-astronomy-10-years-into-the-future-part-ii-2/

Episode 70: Astronomy 10 Years into the Future Part II https://astrosoundbites.com/2023/03/04/episode-70-astronomy-10-years-into-the-future-part-ii/

Episode 49: A Fine Dining Experience https://astrosoundbites.com/2022/01/30/episode-49-a-fine-dining-experience/

Episode 3: 6 Unbelievable Facts about Black Holes https://astrosoundbites.com/2019/12/07/episode-3-6-unbelievable-facts-about-black-holes/

Credit for the jingle (transition to the mini-interviews): SergeQuadrado on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/SergeQuadrado/sounds/455606/