Ep. 563: White Dwarf Mergers

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

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🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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563: White Dwarf Mergers Astronomy Cast 563: White Dwarf Mergers by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay White dwarfs are usually about 60% the mass of the Sun, so it was a bit of a surprise when astronomers found one that was almost exactly twice that. What happens when white dwarfs merge?

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0:00.0	A astronomy cast, episode 563, White dwarf mergers, for real.
0:12.9	Welcome to Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts based journey through the cosmos where we
0:16.7	help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:20.7	I'm Fraser Kane, publisher of University Day with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a
0:25.6	senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of CosmoQuest.
0:30.8	Hey Pamela, how are you doing?
0:32.0	I'm doing well.
0:33.6	How are you doing Fraser?
0:35.8	Great.
0:36.8	I mean after we had our group therapy session, ready to get back to work.
0:42.3	Ready to science.
0:44.3	Good.
0:45.3	It's a world where, you know, we have to find lightness wherever we can.
0:50.8	My current favorite trope of the moment is people taking animals to visit animals at
0:56.5	zoos and aquariums.
0:58.4	There are so many board zookeepers right now producing the most amazing stuff.
1:04.9	That's amazing.
1:05.9	And I can only hope that we can be part of the bringing people joy wherever they are
1:10.8	at this moment.
1:12.8	And for me, I have been trying to learn Chinese for fun and it is hard and really tough.
1:26.0	So if you want to just make your brain hurt, go learn a new language during this time.
1:36.3	Don't make me practice it in front of you.
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