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The 365 Days of AstronomyThe Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 66: Meertime Mysteries – Pulsars & PrizesHosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize, Dr. Tshiamiso Makwela & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. From October 19, 2023. Professor Matthew Bailes returns to discuss his recent work on Pulsars as well as his thoughts and feelings on winning the 2023 Shaw Prize for the discovery of Fast Radio Bursts. Professor Matthew Bailes is an astrophysicist from the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology and the Director of OzGrav. His work primarily focuses on millisecond pulsars and detecting Fast Radio Bursts. Professor Bailes was awarded the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy along with D...2025-02-2253 min
The 365 Days of AstronomyThe Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 65: Zombies of the CosmosHosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize, Dr. Tshiamiso Makwela & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. This is a re-run of episode 29 of The Cosmic Savannah in anticipation of an upcoming interview with Prof Matthew Bailes so all our listeners can get up to speed about everything to do with Neutron Stars! We are firstly joined by Prof. Matthew Bailes from the Centre for Astrophysics and Super computing at Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology. Matthew is a world expert on pulsars and the Director of the “OzGrav” ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery. Ma...2025-01-2552 min