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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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