Podcaster: Dr Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama ; Guest: Dr Tana Joseph
Title: The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 21: X-Ray Binaries and Astrocomms!
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This week on The Cosmic Savannah Podcast we are joined by South African Astronomer, Dr Tana Joseph who is currently based at the University of Manchester, UK. Tana holds a Royal Society Newton International Fellowship and researches things called X-ray binaries.
X-ray binaries are a type of binary star system that emit X-rays. The X-rays are produced by matter falling from a star onto an exotic object such as a neutron star or black hole.
Tana also runs AstroComms, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) consulting and communications company. AstroComms assists STEM practitioners, institutions and policymakers to effectively leverage STEM as a driver for economic and social development.
Bio: Dr Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama are astronomers based in Cape Town, South Africa. Jacinta is a Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town. She spends her time using huge radio telescopes to study gas and black holes in distant galaxies. Daniel is the Science Engagement Astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory. He likes to use large supercomputers to create simulations of galaxies. Both Jacinta and Daniel love to promote the incredible astronomy happening across the African continent.
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