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Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the ScientistAuthor: Science, Actually
Astrophysicist Kovi Rose and scicommer Benjamin Salles love space, and bad puns, and are united in their shared belief that they're brilliantly funny. Language: en Genres: Astronomy, Comedy, Improv, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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When Protoplanetary Disks Start Throwing Things : Guest : Naman Bajaj
Episode 4
Thursday, 19 February, 2026
There are 1.5 million freshly minted engineers in India every year. One of them, this week's guest Naman Bajaj, said, "well, I guess they've got enough of those," changed course, became an astronomer, scored an insane amount of time on JWST (that, in itself, is amazing - which totally rocked Kovi's and Benjamin's minds), and found that protoplanetary disks - baby solar systems - lose 85-90% of their original mass by the time they're done forming. They do so in tremendous, huge jets - some of which, in turn, spark the beginnings of other baby solar systems.
