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 astronomers tracked the motions of the planets and the arrival of “guest stars” (supernovae), and nowadays we’re lucky enough to see some really wild and energetic events. Cormac gives us a view into what happens when a star punches through a black hole’s accretion disc, Shashank shows us a particularly persnickety pulsar, and Cole gets his twenty minute monologue on modern classical music cut for time. 

 

Astrobites:

This Pulsar Has Mood Swings

https://astrobites.org/2025/05/21/this-pulsar-has-mood-swings/

 

X-treme X-rays in an X-tra young system

https://astrobites.org/2025/04/16/x-treme-x-rays-in-an-x-tra-young-system/

 

Space Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2_3RgX-RIY&list=PPSV

 

Gif of Sagittarius A* we mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0QRpid5_QU