In this episode, we hear about Kiersten and Will’s epic adventures in both hemispheres! Both Kiersten and Will watched the eclipse that passed through North America on April 8, 2024 and are still buzzing with excitement. Kiersten tells us about a recent paper that explores why planets might act so indecisive about sitting between being a super-Earth or mini-Neptune. Will’s astrobite describes a similarly chaotic exoplanetary tale about a very slow moving planet which “came in like a wrecking ball” and “never hit habitability so hard” (everything in quotations must be sung in Miley Cyrus’ singing voice). All in all, we all share a laugh and an emotionally charged episode!


Kiersten’s astrobite: https://astrobites.org/2024/03/28/template-post-22/
Will’s astrobite: https://astrobites.org/2024/03/06/exoplanet-hr-5183-b/

Eclipse XKCD: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2914:_Eclipse_Coolness
Eclipse Astronomy Photo of the Day: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240409.html
Sonification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al9FRz-VKY
Sonification description: https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/listen-eclipse
Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8

Episode 89: Extremely Emotional Exoplanets

Astrobites for your ears. Three grad students bring you cutting-edge research findings in astronomy and connect the dots between diverse subfields.

Episode 89: Extremely Emotional Exoplanets

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