About this episode

Kovi discusses a rare binary star system and its significance in understanding cosmic radio pulses.

While Benjamin might be a working nerd, Kovi's a working scientist. In this episode Kovi walks us through this new thing he found, lurking out there in the universe. A rare binary star system in the Ara constellation. A 'Rosetta stone' for explaining mysterious, repeating cosmic radio pulses. You probably saw it online - it made all the news - we're talking about ASKAP J1745. Also, how does Kovi eat a sandwich? Follow Benjamin at Science, Actually : https://www.scienceactually.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/actuallyscience Follow Kovi at Fun Fact Science : https://www.funfactscience.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/funfactscience

People in this episode

Host: Benjamin

Guest: Kovi

Topics covered

• binary star system
• cosmic radio pulses
• science communication
• astronomy
• universe exploration

Keywords

• binary star system
• ASKAP J1745
• cosmic radio pulses
• Ara constellation
• science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Science, Actually, Fun Fact Science

Books & works: ASKAP J1745

Places: Ara constellation

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