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Brendan O'Brien

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Rural Aussie interviewing great scientists from all over the world for the fabulous Astrophiz.com astronomy podcasts since 2016. Plants trees, see my FB. Several LY to the left of maga

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Astronomy~Astrophiz#228~Dr Garvit Grover Listen free on any device:Link: “Dr Garvit Grover lifts the lid on misbehaving pulsars.”A fantastic interview with an amazing pulsar astrophysicist who is unraveling the secrets of null…

#Astronomy Astrophiz #228 “Dr Garvit Grover lifts the lid on misbehaving #pulsars.”

A fantastic interview with an amazing young PhD #pulsar astrophysicist about #NullingPulsars #DeathLines

Link to transcript and audio:
astrophiz.com/2026/02/15/a...

Link to audio:
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16.02.2026 03:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronomy~Astrophiz#228~Dr Garvit Grover Listen free on any device:Link: “Dr Garvit Grover lifts the lid on misbehaving pulsars.”A fantastic interview with an amazing pulsar astrophysicist who is unraveling the secrets of null…

Astrophiz #228 Dr Garvit Grover

A fantastic interview with an amazing pulsar astrophysicist who is unraveling the secrets of nulling pulsars and death lines using his phenomenal coding skills.

Link to transcript and audio:
astrophiz.com/2026/02/15/a...

audio:
soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...

15.02.2026 03:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronomy Astrophiz 226: Dr Laura Hayes ~ Solar Fireworks LISTEN: Full transcript belowSummary:Dr Laura Hayes’ research focuses on solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and space weather—phenomena that can disrupt satellites, communications, power …

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Dr Laura Hayes’ researches solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) & space weather that disrupts satellites, communications, power grids, & create auroras.

15.01.2026 07:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronomy~Astrophiz225~Dr Dylan Grigg~Unintended Electromagnetic Radiation Listen: Transcript: Brendan: Welcome to the Astrophiz Podcasts. My name is Brendan O ‘Brien and we’d like to acknowledge Australia’s first astronomers, the Aboriginal and Torres S…

Dr Dylan Grigg's amazing work impacts on the effectiveness of every radio telescope & array on the planet.
Audio + Transcript: tinyurl.com/dylangrigg

He has found EMR leaking from most #satellites (incl StarLink) which can drown out the faintest signals from the dawn of time #astronomy #science

15.11.2025 06:11 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Astronomy~Astrophiz225~Dr Dylan Grigg~Unintended Electromagnetic Radiation Listen: Transcript: Brendan: Welcome to the Astrophiz Podcasts. My name is Brendan O ‘Brien and we’d like to acknowledge Australia’s first astronomers, the Aboriginal and Torres S…

Dr Dylan Grigg has just revealed a threat to the effectiveness of every #radio #telescope and array on the planet.
He has found unintended radio frequencies are leaking from low earth orbit satellites (including StarLink)
Audio + Transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/11/12/a...
#astronomy #science

15.11.2025 06:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz222-JenniHäkkinen We are honored to meet Jenni Häkkinen, a fabulous PhD candidate from Finland who has been working with an amazing small team who have done a very big thing. They have turned science on its head with t

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Meet Jenni Häkkinen, a fabulous PhD candidate who has been working with an amazing small team who have done a big thing. Their new paper in Nature #Astronomy that changes our understanding of the fate of the Andromeda Galaxy and our very own Milky Way Galaxy.

02.11.2025 02:24 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Huge congratulations to @manishacaleb.bsky.social for her successful ARC Discovery Project on

"Tracing the origins of Long Period Transients in the Milky Way"

and to @benjaminpope.bsky.social for his project on

"Where are all the Exo-Earths?"

Two exciting #AstroSci projects starting in 2026!

28.10.2025 01:53 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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Astrophiz 146: Dr Suzie Sheehy – Accelerator Physics & Cancer Therapies You’ll love this wonderful interview with Accelerator Physicist Dr Suzie Sheehy, who is doing groundbreaking work with particle accelerators to develop compact instruments that are changing the way…

Wanna hear how this brilliant accelerator physicist thinks?

A fabulous interview ... Follow @suziesheehy.bsky.social
astrophiz.com/2022/04/15/a...

26.11.2024 18:27 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz 222: Jenni Häkkinen~The Future of our Galaxy Listen: on Apple Podcasts, Audible/Amazon podcast, Youtube Podcasts, Pocketcasts.Transcript: Brendan: Welcome to the Astrophiz Podcast. My name is Brendan O ‘Brien, and first of all, we would…

New evidence in Nature #Astronomy brings the certainty of a head-on smash of Andromeda and our Milky Way into serious question. Hear directly from a wonderful young researcher:
astrophiz.com/2025/09/27/a...

28.09.2025 06:09 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronomy Astrophiz Podcasts Astrophiz "Exceptional Interviews with exceptional scientists." Brendan sometimes even gets how and why science works, and each month he conducts in-depth interviews with leading astro and space resea...

Astrophiz podcasts now on Pocketcasts for great #astronomy, #Astrophotography and #astrophysics listening
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09.09.2025 08:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz221 - September SkyGuide September Moon Phases: September 8 - Full Moon and Total eclipse of the moon around 2am for those who will be getting up very early to see it (Best viewed in WA) September 8 - Saturn close to the F

September... a great month in the sky!
Listen up and look up
#Astronomy #Lunar #Eclipse #astrophotography
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01.09.2025 04:50 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz 220: Dr Emil Lenc ~ Imaging Radio Skies Listen: Transcript:SFX: Pulsar/Gravitational Wave Chirp Brendan: Welcome listeners … to episode 220 of Astrophiz. Today we’re bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist,…

"A fabulous #astronomy interview"

Full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/08/14/a...
Listen direct:
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Dr. Emil Lenc works on commissioning new capabilities on telescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new SKA-Low Array

14.08.2025 06:59 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz 220: Dr Emil Lenc ~ Imaging Radio Skies Listen: Transcript:SFX: Pulsar/Gravitational Wave Chirp Brendan: Welcome listeners … to episode 220 of Astrophiz. Today we’re bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist,…

"A fabulous interview"

Full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/08/14/a...
Listen direct:
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Dr. Emil Lenc works on commissioning new capabilities on #radiotelescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new #SKA-Low Array

14.08.2025 06:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz 220: Dr Emil Lenc ~ Imaging Radio Skies Listen: Transcript:SFX: Pulsar/Gravitational Wave Chirp Brendan: Welcome listeners … to episode 220 of Astrophiz. Today we’re bringing you a fabulous interview with an amazing astrophysicist,…

"A fabulous interview"

Full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/08/14/a...
Listen direct:
soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...
Dr. Emil Lenc works on commissioning new capabilities on telescope arrays like the ATCA, the MWA, ASKAP, and the beautiful new SKA-Low Array

14.08.2025 06:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz218-Dr Nancy Grace Roman VALE: Nancy Grace Roman ~ 16 May 1925 ~ 25 December 2018 I'm your host, Brendan O’Brien, and today we're taking a journey through the life and achievements of a truly remarkable astronomer who quite

Enjoy this wonderful #astronomy and #astrophotography story about Dr Nancy Grace Roman, who spent over 30 years fighting, and winning, to give humanity the greatest space telescope ever built.
The next awesome space telescope to be launched is rightly named after her.
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20.07.2025 01:45 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz Astronomy Astrophiz 217 ~ Dr Ian Musgrave’s July SKyGuide & Nova V462 Astrophotography Challenge July SkyGuide: Moon Phases: July 3 - 1st Quarter Moon Note: July 4 - Earth is at aphelion (furthest) with respect to our sun July 5 - Moon at apogee (furthest from earth)) July 10 - Full Moon July 1

July! A great month for #Stargazing
Astrophiz #Astronomy 217 ~ Dr Ian Musgrave’s July SkyGuide & Nova V462 #Astrophotography Challenge

Listen: tinyurl.com/julyskyguide

03.07.2025 04:22 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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10th Anniversary Special ~ The history of satellites from Sputnik 1 to mega-constellations of Satellites Swarming Our Once Quiet and Dark Skies Listen: Transcript:SFX: Sputnik beeps Brendan:  (cheerful but ominous): G’day listeners, and welcome to Episode 216, where we are also celebrating our 10th anniversary of Astrophiz — and in today’s…

Astrophiz #Astronomy Podcast#216: Why your night sky is fading to gray, & why you'll soon see a satellite every 6 seconds.
Transcript: tinyurl.com/Astrophiz216...
Listen on SoundCloud: tinyurl.com/astroskies
Audible Free Podcasts: tinyurl.com/audibleastro
Spotify: tinyurl.com/astrophiz216...

15.06.2025 01:34 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Astrophiz214-DrAnyaNugent Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard an

How do GRB astrophysicists go about answering the big questions about our #highenergyastro universe?
Dr Anya Nugent tells all, with wonder and excitement ... you'll love her #astronomy stories!
Listen;
on.soundcloud.com/Skxw1YFj8sn5...
Or read full #science transcript:
astrophiz.com/.../05/15/as...

24.05.2025 05:02 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz214-DrAnyaNugent Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard an

How do brilliant GRB astrophysicists go about answering the most puzzling #science questions about our universe?
Dr Anya Nugent tells all with wonder and excitement, you'll love her #astronomy stories!
Listen;
on.soundcloud.com/Skxw1YFj8sn5...
Or read full transcript:
astrophiz.com/.../05/15/as...

24.05.2025 04:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz214-DrAnyaNugent Please meet Dr Anya Nugent … she is amazing … and she has some beautiful stories for us … let’s hear all about unbelievably powerful Gamma Ray bursts and their host galaxies from an amazing Harvard an

How do brilliant GRB astrophysicists go about answering the remaining big questions about our universe?
Dr Anya Nugent tells all ... With wonder and excitement ... you'll love her stories!
Listen;
on.soundcloud.com/Skxw1YFj8sn5...
Or read full transcript:
astrophiz.com/.../05/15/as...

24.05.2025 04:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's MaySkyGuide May Moon Phases: May 4 ~1st Quarter May 11 ~ Moon at Apogee May 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazing May 26 ~ Moon at Perigee May 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’s Up

#Astronomy #Science Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide
May is a fabulous month for #Astrophotography
Catch #VESTA & the #EtaAquariid #MeteorShower over the next few early mornings
May details: astrophiz.com/2025/05/01/a...
Listen: soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...
also on main platforms

05.05.2025 07:11 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's MaySkyGuide May Moon Phases: May 4 ~1st Quarter May 11 ~ Moon at Apogee May 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazing May 26 ~ Moon at Perigee May 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’s Up

#Astronomy Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide
Catch #VESTA & the #EtaAquariid #MeteorShower over the next few early mornings
May details: soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...
Listen: soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...
also on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Youtube, Spotify

05.05.2025 07:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz213: May SkyGuide with Dr Ian Musgrave Listen: May Moon Phases: May 4 ~1st QuarterMay 11 ~ Moon at ApogeeMay 13 ~ Full Moon May 20 ~ Last Quarter Great for star gazingMay 26 ~ Moon at PerigeeMay 27 ~ New Moon Great for star gazing What’…

Astrophiz 213: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide
May is a fabulous month for looking up :)
Catch VESTA & the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower over the next few early mornings
May details: astrophiz.com/2025/05/01/a...

Listen: soundcloud.com/astrophiz/as...
also on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Youtube, Spotify

05.05.2025 07:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronomy Astrophiz 212-CiaraGuy-Space Governance In Astrophiz 212, 'Space Governance’ we are speaking with Space Lawyer, Ciara Guy, who has worked in the Justice system and Magistrates Courts. After completing her first law degree, she is now an a

Out now, another fabulous listen &/or read full transcript: astrophiz.com/2025/04/15/a...

We are speaking with Space Lawyer, Ciara Guy, who has also worked in the Justice system

Her specialties are Dark Skies and Mega-constellations of proliferating low earth-orbit satellites.

16.04.2025 21:40 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Astrophiz211-AprilSkyGuide Dr Ian Musgrave’s April SkyGuide April Summary Jupiter & Mars are dominating the NW skies Venus, Saturn & Mercury dominate the morning skies. TCr Borealis is ‘lurking’ … ready to go Nova The ‘Lunar

Dr Ian Musgrave’s April SkyGuide

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April Summary

Jupiter & Mars are dominating the NW skies

Venus, Saturn & Mercury dominate the morning skies.

TCr Borealis is ‘lurking’ … poised to go Nova

The ‘Lunar X’ is coming up

Have a hunt for asteroid Vesta

02.04.2025 01:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronomy ~ Astrophiz 81 - Dr Ivy Wong - Star Formation, Galaxy Evolution & Radio Galaxy Zoo Astronomy~Astrophiz Podcasts · Episode

Now also on spotify

Great #astronomy interview with fabulous Dr Ivy Wong @astroivy.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/4jpS...

19.03.2025 22:14 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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First images from the Square Kilometre Array Low Frequency (SKA-Low)!

Taken with only 1,024 of the planned 131,072 antennas, and it's already looking good :)

#RadioAstronomy

18.03.2025 05:52 👍 56 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
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Astrophiz 194: A/Prof Duncan Galloway ~ Explosive Neutron Stars Astronomy~Astrophiz Podcasts · Episode

Now also on spotify .

Prof @duncankgalloway.bsky.social doesn't explode any myths here ...
But..
He gives us some very hot #science and #astronomy
Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/episode/4bEs...

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