Podcaster: Rob Sparks. Guest: Ashley Chrimes
Title: The Cosmic Finch
Organization: NOIRLab
Links: NOIRLab social media channels can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/NOIRLabAstro ; https://www.instagram.com/noirlabastro/ ; https://www.youtube.com/noirlabastro ; @NOIRLabAstro
NOIRLab Press Release: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2326/
Hubble Press Release: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-024
Description:
In 2018 astronomers witnessed an intense explosion far more powerful than the average supernova — 10 –100 times brighter. This event was the first of a new class of objects called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs). In this podcast, Ashley Chrimes discusses LFBOTs and a recently discovered event that is quite different than previously seen LFBOTs.
Bio: Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF’s NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizona.
Ashley Chrimes is currently a European Space Agency research fellow, based at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC). His research interests are in astrophysical transients, such as gamma-ray bursts, fast blue optical transients and fast radio bursts. His work aims to unravel the progenitors of these transients through their host galaxies and mutli-wavelength emission.
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