astro[sound]bites

The astro[sound]bites team introduces cohost Vivasvaan and his work on galaxy mergers and machine learning. The discussion explains why mergers are useful probes of galaxy evolution and gives an early-career researcher’s perspective on the field.

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Shashank, Cole and Cormac explore Fourier methods in time-domain astronomy through research on time lags in blazar flares and weather on nearby brown dwarfs. The episode page links the underlying Astrobites summaries, making it a useful entry point into the papers and their methods.

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Cole, Cormac and new host Sanika discuss gravitational-wave astrophysics: neutron-star and black-hole mergers, LIGO and Virgo observations, and future detectors including LISA. The conversation introduces both the scientific signals and the research questions driving the field.

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