There's been some BIG astronomy news stories this year, but somehow I managed to whittle it down to my top 5 and count them down in this video. Do you agree with my top 5? Or do you think something else should have made the cut? Let me know in the comments below!
Saio et al. (2023; betelgeuse supernova imminent) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.00287.pdf
NASA's OSIRIS-REx analysis plan - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.11794.pdf
Labbé et al. (2023; JWST's over massive galaxies) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.12446.pdf
Madhusudhan et al. (2023; K2-18b dimethylsulfide claims) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.05566.pdf
NanoGrav research papers - https://nanograv.org/news/15yrRelease
EPTA & InPTA research papers - https://www.epta.eu.org/epta-dr2.html
Parkes PTA research papers - https://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/ppta/#section0
Chinese PTA research papers - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/acdfa5
My previous video about Betelgeuse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QgLwpuDGhI
My previous video about the Euclid Space Telescope - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFAB1MhYGyc
My previous video explaining the first science images from Euclid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm018SSn9eo
My previous video explaining what tests NASA will do with the material from OSIRIS-REx - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCMX3Ze2EbU
My previous videos on JWST's overmasive galaxies problem - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd19WvC9yqUcl4TksvGTTL5NSdQwobWvh
My previous video on JWST's K2-18b observations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F360SGAlI8Y
My previous video explaining the gravitational wave detection using pulsar timing arrays - https://youtu.be/BUmJxZ7PQzw
My short video explaining how the PTA discovery was made possible knowing the precise position of Jupiter - https://youtube.com/shorts/QQofqq8eW1g
00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - NUMBER 5
02:21 - NUMBER 4
05:16 - NUMBER 3
06:27 - NUMBER 2
08:44 - Honourable Mention
10:10 - NUMBER 1
12:49 - Final ranking
13:00 - Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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