Podcasts about Computational astrophysics

Methods and computing tools developed and used in astrophysics research

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Best podcasts about Computational astrophysics

Latest podcast episodes about Computational astrophysics

The Astrophysics Podcast
Dr. Jared Goldberg -- Does Betelgeuse have a Betelbuddy?

The Astrophysics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 64:15


Up in Orion's shoulder sits Betelgeuse, a supergiant star near the end of its life. The surface of Betelgeuse has been roiling and pulsing for centuries, as long as humans have recorded its modulated luminosity. Dr. Jared Goldberg is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics in the Flatiron Institute in New York City. Dr. Golberg has been developing computer models for Betelgeuse to help understand and interpret its oscillations over time.

StarTalk Radio
Alien Sightings with David Spergel

StarTalk Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 56:24


Are alien spacecraft here on Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice discuss the UAP hearings, unexplained cosmic phenomena, dark matter, and more with astrophysicist and NASA UAP chair David Spergel.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/alien-sightings-with-david-spergel/Thanks to our Patrons David Anderson, Paul Balchin, Gary Droege, Antonin Bukovsky, Bill Bailey, Nathan Ramsey, Allan Schwartz, Tom Voyles, Curt Helvey, Walquiria Fontanez, Peg & Rick, Brandon, DJ Thuggy, Lorenzo Olivera, James Cobb, devon, Peter Čerešník, Rick, VICTOR HERNANDEZ, Pohev, Terry Burke, Barbara Guerra-Torres, Tyler Provencher, and Mariann for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

Fun Kids Science Weekly
COSMIC CALCULATORS: How We Use Computers in Space

Fun Kids Science Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 29:13


It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!  This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a tree-planting robot. Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn all a spacecraft on its way to visit an asteroid knocked off course by NASA in 2022, how scientists confirmed that the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago wasn't alone and University of Surrey's Robert Siddall tells us all about their tree-planting robot named Plantolin. Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains whether the moon has a core & Dan O'Neill from the Royal Veterinary College answers Ben's question on why dogs have wet noses. Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Trapdoor SpiderThe Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Andreea Font from Liverpool John Moores University to learn about why Computational Astrophysics is the best kind of science? What do we learn about? A spacecraft sent on a mission to save an asteroid Why there was more than one asteroid that killed the dinosaurs A tree-planting robot Why do dogs have wet noses? Is Computational Astrophysics the best type of science? All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scientific Sense ®
Prof. Paul Sutter of Stony Brook University on Cosmic Voids and the Structure of the Universe

Scientific Sense ®

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 40:56


Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Paul Sutter is a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Flatiron Institute. He is also the host of popular podcast “Ask the Spaceman.” Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scientificsense/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scientificsense/support

Camp Gagnon
Astrophysicist on Aliens, God, & The Big Bang

Camp Gagnon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 251:34


Paul M. Sutter is a theoretical cosmologist, science communicator, NASA advisor, U.S. Cultural Ambassador, and a globally recognized leader in the intersection of art and science. Paul is a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Flatiron Institute in New York City. Today we talk about UFO Whistleblower David Grusch, the intersection of faith and science, and the creation of the universe. WELCOME TO CAMP!

The Rational View podcast with Dr. Al Scott
Cosmology, art and outreach with Dr. Paul Sutter

The Rational View podcast with Dr. Al Scott

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 49:28


This is another cool science episode. Today I'm interviewing successful science outreach personality, cosmologist, and podcaster Dr. Paul Sutter. Paul M. Sutter is a theoretical cosmologist at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in NYC. He is an award-winning science communicator, having authored two books, Your Place in the Universe and How to Die in Space, and hosting several TV shows, including How the Universe Works, Space Out, and The Edge of Knowledge. He also writes and hosts his own Ask a Spaceman podcast, which has been downloaded over 7 million times. Lastly, Paul is a globally-recognized leader in the intersection of art and science. His latest collaboration is a production with Syren Modern Dance that explores the nature of time, which he recently performed as a United States Cultural Ambassador at the World Expo in Dubai. Support the podcast at patron.podbean.com/TheRationalView Join the Facebook discussion @TheRationalView Twitter @AlScottRational #TheRationalView #podcast #cosmology #outreach #art #moderndance #askaspaceman 

Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily
#224- Dr. Paul Sutter: On The Edge WEP Series

Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 29:48


In today's episode, I interview Dr. Paul Sutter. Paul is a theoretical cosmologist, award-winning science communicator, U.S. Cultural Ambassador, author, essayist, podcaster, speaker, TV host, and a globally recognized leader in the intersection of art and science. Paul is a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Flatiron Institute in New York City.Paul has authored two books, Your Place in the Universe and How to Die in Space. In addition to his books, he writes for Space.com, Ars Technica, Nautilus, Undark, Live Science, and more, with his articles syndicating to news outlets worldwide.Paul hosts a variety of science shows across all platforms, including How the Universe Works on Science Channel, Space Out on Discovery, and Edge of Knowledge on Ars Technica. He also writes and hosts his own shows, including his hit Ask a Spaceman podcast, which has been downloaded over 7 million times.Paul earned his PhD in physics in 2011 as a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow at the University of Illinois. He then spent three years as a research fellow at the Paris Institute for Astrophysics followed by two years at the Trieste Observatory in Italy. Prior to his current appointment, he held a joint position as the chief scientist at the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio and as a cosmological researcher at the Ohio State University.This conversation dives into the role of curiosity, imagination and the importance of keeping an open mind when it comes to learning. Hope you enjoy it and share it with anyone who will benefit from listening. Connect With PaulPaul's WebsiteTwitterYoutubeFacebook

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
212 | Chiara Mingarelli on Searching for Black Holes with Pulsars

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 86:42 Very Popular


The detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling black holes by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations was rightly celebrated as a landmark achievement in physics and astronomy. But ultra-precise ground-based observatories aren't the only way to detect gravitational waves; we can also search for their imprints on the timing of signals from pulsars scattered throughout our galaxy. Chiara Mingarelli is a member of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) collaboration, which uses pulsar timing to study the universe using gravitational waves.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Chiara Mingarelli received her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Birmingham. She is currently an assistant professor of physics at the University of Connecticut and a research scientist at the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics. Her Ph.D. thesis was selected by Springer Nature as an Outstanding PhD thesis, and she was selected as a “Voice of the Future” by the Royal Astronomical Society. She regularly contributes to science communication, including Amy Poehler's Smart Girls and the Science Channel's “How the Universe Works."Web siteSimons Foundation web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsWikipediaTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
170 | Priya Natarajan on Galaxies, Black Holes, and Cosmic Anomalies

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 87:52 Very Popular


There is so much we don't know about our universe. But our curiosity about the unknown shouldn't blind us to the incredible progress we have made in cosmology over the last century. We know the universe is big, expanding, and accelerating. Modern cosmologists are using unprecedentedly precise datasets to uncover more details about the evolution and structure of galaxies and the distribution and nature of dark matter. Priya Natarajan is a cosmologist working at the interface of data, theory, and simulation. We talk about the state of modern cosmology, and how tools like gravitational lensing are providing us with detailed views of what's happening in the distant universe.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Priya Natarajan received her Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge. She is currently professor of astronomy at Yale University, the Sophie and Tycho Brahe Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen, and an honorary professor for life at the University of Delhi, India. She is an Affiliate at the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University and an Associate Member of the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications. Among her awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, the India Abroad Foundation's “Face of the Future” Award, and an India Empire NRI award for Achievement in the Sciences. She is the author of Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos.Web siteYale web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsArticles at the New York Review of BooksWikipediaTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

STEAM Powered
Computational Astrophysics and Kilonovae with Dr Heloise F. Stevance (#22)

STEAM Powered

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 73:35


Originally born and raised in France, Dr Heloise F. Stevance moved to the UK to study Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. After working as a support astronomer at the Isaac Newton Group in La Palma for a year, she obtained her Masters of Physics in 2015. Heloise subsequently started a PhD studying the 3D shape of Core Collapse Supernovae, and earned her title in Spring 2019. In July of that year, Heloise joined the University of Auckland as a Research Fellow to research the evolution of massive stars to better understand how they die and produce Supernovae and Kilonovae. Heloise also started her public outreach work during her doctorate studies, in early 2016, and has not stopped since. In our conversation, we talk about stellar evolution, kilonovae, and roller derby. Show Notes (link) Connect with STEAM Powered: Website YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter Patreon Ko-Fi

Scientific Sense ®
Prof. David Spergel, Director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics at Flatiron Institute and Emeritus Professor Princeton University

Scientific Sense ®

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 57:03


A brief history of the universe and its possible death scenarios, WMAP, ACT, and WFIRST projects, inflation, dark energy, dark matter, and alternative theories, and artificial intelligence to aid cosmology and astrophysics. Prof. David Spergel is the director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics at Flatiron Institute and Emeritus Professor Princeton University. His research interests range from the search for planets around nearby stars to the shape of the universe. Using microwave background observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, he has measured the age, shape, and composition of the universe. He is currently co-chair of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) science team. WFIRST will study the nature of dark energy, complete the demographic survey of exoplanets, characterize the atmospheres of nearby planets and survey the universe with more than 100 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/support

TechTopia
Techtopia 115: Tyske forskere på jagt efter liv i rummet

TechTopia

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 20:57


Hvordan er livet på Jorden opstået? Og er der liv andre steder i universet? Det prøver tyske forskere i München at finde svar på. Blandt andet gennem at knække big data, som er indsamlet af små satellitter i rummet. Projektet "Origin and Structure of the Universe" er tværdisciplinært og har til huse på det tekniske universitet i Mûnchen (TUM).Dette er det første af tre Techtopia sommer afsnit om rumforskning i anledning af 50-året for den første månelanding d. 20. juli 1969.Medvirkende: Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert, Chair of Computational Astrophysics, Department of Physics, LMU Munich Links: Universe Cluster Munich http://www.universe-cluster.de/ NASA https://www.nasa.gov/ ESA https://www.esa.int/ESA Session på DLD om tysk rumforskning https://youtu.be/Q13OzQS-q9Y Image credit: ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS/Brown Univ. 

This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast
Mapping Dark Matter with Bayesian Neural Networks w/ Yashar Hezaveh - TWiML Talk #250

This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 36:04


You might have seen the news yesterday that MIT researcher Katie Bouman produced the first image of a black hole. What’s been less reported is that the algorithm she developed to accomplish this is based on machine learning. Machine learning is having a huge impact in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics, and I’m excited to bring you interviews with some of the people innovating in this area. Today we’re joined by Yashar Hezaveh, Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal, and Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at Flatiron Institute. Yashar and I caught up to discuss his work on gravitational lensing, which is the bending of light from distant sources due to the effects of gravity. In our conversation, Yashar and I discuss how machine learning can be applied to undistort images, including some of the various techniques used and how the data is prepared to get the best results. We also discuss the intertwined roles of simulation and machine learning in generating images, incorporating other techniques such as domain transfer or GANs, and how he assesses the results of this project. For even more on this topic, I’d also suggest checking out the following interviews, TWiML Talk #117 with Chris Shallue, where we discuss the discovery of exoplanets, TWiML Talk #184, with Viviana Acquaviva, where we explore dark energy and star formation, and if you want to go way back, TWiML Talk #5 with Joshua Bloom which provides a great overview of the application of ML in astronomy. Thanks to Pegasystems for sponsoring today's show! I'd like to invite you to join me at PegaWorld, the company’s annual digital transformation conference, which takes place this June in Las Vegas. To learn more about the conference or to register, visit pegaworld.com and use TWIML19 in the promo code field when you get there for $200 off. The complete show notes for this episode can be found at https://twimlai.com/talk/250.

Orbital Path
Black Holes from the Dawn of Light

Orbital Path

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 22:32


To make a black hole, you need to think big. Really big. Start with a star much bigger than the sun — the bigger the better. Then settle in, and wait a few million years for your star to die. That should do the trick, if you want to get yourself a garden-variety black hole. But there’s another kind of black hole. They are mind-boggling in size. And deeply mysterious: Super-massive black holes. Last year, in the journal Nature, a team of astronomers reported finding one with the mass of 800 million suns. It’s the most distant black hole in the known universe. And it’s so ancient, it dates to a time when it seems light itself was only just beginning to move. On this episode of Orbital Path, Dr. Michelle Thaller talks with astrophysicist Chiara Mingarelli — Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics in New York. Using a special gravitational wave observatory, Dr. Mingarelli is part of a cadre of astronomers hoping ancient super-massive black holes will soon reveal mysteries dating to the dawn of our universe. Orbital Path is produced by David Schulman. Our editor is Andrea Mustain. Production oversight by John Barth and Genevieve Sponsler. Support for Orbital Path is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science, technology, and economic performance. Image credit: NASA artist’s rendering of a super-massive black hole.

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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Video
VR/AR as a Scientific and Educational Platform

Keck Institute for Space Studies - Video

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 21:51


Watch S. George Djorgovski, a Professor and Executive Officer (Dept. Chair) for Astronomy and the Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery at Caltech, discuss VR/AR as a scientific and educational platform during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018. S. George Djorgovski's research encompassed a broad variety of topics, including structure and dynamics of globular clusters, fundamental properties of galaxies and their evolution, gamma-ray bursts, early phases of galaxy and structure formation, distant quasars, dark energy, and exploration of the time domain in astronomy. He has led several large digital sky surveys, and is one of the founders of the Virtual Observatory framework, as well as the emerging discipline of Astroinformatics. He was the Chair of the National Virtual Observatory Science Definition Team, the director or the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (the first professional scientific institution based in virtual worlds), among many other leadership roles. His principal scientific interests are in the ways in which information and computation technologies are changing the ways we do science and scholarship in general, and the emergence of a new scientific methodology for the computationally enabled, data rich science in the 21st century. He has earned numerous recognitions, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Dudley Observatory Award, the NASA Group Achievement Award, and first prize in the Boeing-Griffith Science Writing Contest, as well as fellowships with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The asteroid 24421 Djorgovski is named in his honor.

Science News 2014(English Edition)
Solving a supernova mystery: Latest research finding

Science News 2014(English Edition)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2015 5:00


Running Time : 5minutes Overview: Supernovae are large-scale explosions that occur when giant stars of great mass come to the end of their lifetime. Research on supernovae is considered to provide clues as to how the universe came into being or evolved, which is why researchers continue to explore this phenomenon. We report on two recently published research undertakings on supernovas. (Japanese edition has been published in Aug 18, 2014) Cast: Robert Quimby(Project Researcher, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe(IPMU), Todai Institutes of Advanced Study, the University of Tokyo), Tomoya Takiwaki(Assistant professor (High Performance Computing Infrastructure, HPCI), Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) JST Science News 2014(EnglishVer.) http://sciencechannel.jst.go.jp/Q140001/ JST Science News 2014(JapaneseVer.) http://sciencechannel.jst.go.jp/M140001/ JST Science Channel(Non-Japanese Programs) http://sciencechannel.jst.go.jp/non_japanese.html (c)Japan Science and Technology Agency

Virtually Speaking
Alan Boyle & George Djorgovski VS Science

Virtually Speaking

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2013 66:00


Recorded April 3. Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle and CalTech astrophysicist George Djorgovski discuss education in cyberspace: the challenges, opportunities and value.   http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588730-internet-takes-education-to-new-level-will-universities-make-the-grade?lite Djorgovski is Professor of Astronomy; Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Computing Research at Caltech; Director of the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics; a founder of the Virtual Observatory concept; and one-time Chair of the US Nat'l Virtual Observatory Science Definition Team. His e-Scientific interests include definition and development of the universal methodology, tools, and frameworks for data-intensive and computationally-enabled science. His astrophysical interests include digital sky surveys, exploration of observable parameter spaces, formation and early evolution of quasars, galaxies, and other cosmic structures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosmology-Class/250886471707052

Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Materie
Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Materie

Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Materie

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2010 4:04


Sichtbare Materie verhält sich wie eine Seerose in einem dunklen See, sagt Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert. Beobachtet man ihre Bewegung, kann man Rückschlüsse auf die "Dunkle Materie" ziehen. Ihrem Geheimnis ist der der Lehrstuhlinhaber für Computational Astrophysics an der Sternwarte der LMU in München auf der Spur.

In search of dark matter
In search of dark matter

In search of dark matter

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2010 4:06


The visible matter in the Universe is like a water-lily in a dark lake, says Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert. By observing its behavior, one can deduce the nature of the "dark matter". This is the mystery that Prof. Burkert, Chair of Computational Astrophysics at LMU's Astronomical Observatory, wants to solve.

Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Materie
Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Materie

Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Materie

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2010 4:04


Sichtbare Materie verhält sich wie eine Seerose in einem dunklen See, sagt Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert. Beobachtet man ihre Bewegung, kann man Rückschlüsse auf die "Dunkle Materie" ziehen. Ihrem Geheimnis ist der der Lehrstuhlinhaber für Computational Astrophysics an der Sternwarte der LMU in München auf der Spur.

In search of dark matter
In search of dark matter

In search of dark matter

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2010 4:06


The visible matter in the Universe is like a water-lily in a dark lake, says Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert. By observing its behavior, one can deduce the nature of the "dark matter". This is the mystery that Prof. Burkert, Chair of Computational Astrophysics at LMU's Astronomical Observatory, wants to solve.