Podcaster: Rob Sparks & Dr. Emma Beasor
Title: The Red Supergiant Problem
Organization: NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Links: https://www.facebook.com/NOIRLabAstro ; https://www.instagram.com/noirlabastro/ ; https://www.youtube.com/noirlabastro ; @NOIRLabAstro
Description: Red supergiants are massive stars at the end of their lives. Theoretical predictions about how they go supernova have not matched observed data. In this podcast, Dr. Emma Beasor discusses recent research that attempts to explain the red supergiant problem.
Bio: Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF’s NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Emma Beasor is currently a Hubble Fellow at NSF’s OIR Lab.
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