Episode 06: Galaxy Pile Up Causes Cosmic Chaos!
Episode description
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
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Some of the things we talk about in this episode:
The Galactic Pile Up paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0025-2
A good article about the pile up: https://www.sciencealert.com/galaxy-megamergers-in-the-early-universe-protoclusters-spt2349-56-dusty-red-core
Syzygy Ep 01: https://www.syzygy.fm/podcast/2018/4/4/episode01
Rogue planets:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet
The ESA’s Gaia mission: http://sci.esa.int/gaia/
https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_creates_richest_star_map_of_our_Galaxy_and_beyond
The Whirlpool Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy
The Magellanic Clouds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_Clouds
The Local Group of galaxies: https://www.universetoday.com/30286/local-group/
Size comparison of Andromeda and the Moon: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/01/moon_and_andromeda_relative_size_in_the_sky.html
The Virgo Supercluster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_Supercluster
The Millennium Simulation Project: https://wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/virgo/millennium/
A video zoom into the universe from the Millennium Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IsySs3RGU
Minute Physics video on how the simulation was done, with some awesome graphics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP-C_B8nSmw