It’s a harsh world out there, as the gang learns by trekking out to observe accretion in the wild. Will peers through his simulation binoculars to see whether tidal disruption events can really satisfy a hungry black hole, and Malena grabs her spectroscopic scalpel to pick apart a white dwarf’s last meal. Plus, we learn a few life lessons from planetesimals.
Astrobites:
https://astrobites.org/2021/01/07
https://astrobites.org/2020/07/07
Astrobites Advisors Conference: https://astrobites.org/advising-webinar-2021/
Space sound: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/audio/
Rainforest Sound Effects: https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search