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Episode 123: Making Mergers Massive

In this episode, Shashank and Cormac introduce our new ASB cohost Vivasvaan! Vivasvaan gives us a broad strokes overview of what galaxy mergers are and why astronomers lo

Episode 122: Fast and Fouriest

In this episode, Shashank, Cole and Cormac take a look at the periodic side of time-domain astronomy through the famed, fabled Fourier transform. Cole entreats us to the

Episode 121: No Country for Old Material

In this episode, we take a break from our usual astronomical antics to reflect on sustainability in the cosmos. Cormac, Cole and Shashank explore how the Universe manages

Episode 120: Old Galaxies, New Problems

We’ve known about the existence of galaxies for about a hundred years, but how well do we actually know the extragalactic universe? In today’s episode, we dive deep on th

Episode 119: Gravitational Vibes

In this episode, we dive into the ripples of spacetime with a special focus on gravitational waves. Cole and Cormac are joined by a new host, Sanika, who introduces her r

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 dataset

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. T

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 astrophysi

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 high

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

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

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

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

Episode 111: Mergers for Nothing and Your Chirps for Free

The only thing better than studying the largest compact objects in the universe is smashing them together. In this episode, Lucia, Shashank, and Cole cover binary black h

Episode 110: Bayesian Biosignatures

Apply to join us as a co-host! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025   This week, Shashank, Cole and Cormac discuss a concept that has come up on many an ASB epis

Episode 109: Big, Small and In-Between

Apply to join us as a co-host! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025 This week, Lucia, Cole and Cormac discuss cosmic sandwich kids: intermediate mass black holes.

Episode 108: 2000 Meters Under The Mediterranean

This week, Lucia, Cormac, and Shashank dive into the depth of the Mediterranean Sea to discover more about the most energetic neutrino measured to date, which had an ener

Episode 107: Things That Go Blip in the Night

The more things change, the more they, uh, change. This episode Cole, Shashank, and Cormac cover the exciting events that change what we see on the night sky. Ancient ast

Episode 106: Sabrina’s Super Sad Sendoff

In this episode, we say goodbye to one of our beloved hosts, Sabrina Berger. We take a voyage through the depths and breadths of Sabrina’s research experience. Cole tells

Episode 105.5: NASA Needs Your Help!

In this episode, the (domestic) American sector of Astro[sound]bites covers the recent proposed budget cuts to NASA, the largest in NASA’s entire history. We cover the do