Podcaster: Rob Sparks. Guest: Andrew Vandenberg & Siyi Xu
Title: A White Dwarf’s Surprise Planetary Companion
Organization: NOIRLab (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: White dwarfs are the final state of stars like our Sun at the end of their lives. A typical white dwarf is about the size of Earth but with a much larger mass and density. Recently a Jupiter sized planet was discovered orbiting very close to a white dwarf. In this podcast, learn about this planet, its discovery and how it was studied using NASA and NOIRLab facilities.
Bio: Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF’s NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizona
Andrew Vandenberg is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he studies and characterizes exoplanets.
Siyi Xu is an assistant astronomer at Gemini North, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab in Hawaii.
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