Episode 58: Funky Fluids

To take a break from the summer heat, Sabrina, Will, and Kiersten don their floaties and take a dive into some space fluids. Sabrina plays in the sandbox of granular instabilities, explaining how solids can behave like fluids. Then Will teleports everyone to a planet with an ocean where you’re guaranteed not to get a sunburn, but getting zapped by galactic Cosmic Rays™ might be worse. 

Astrobites:

https://astrobites.org/2022/02/11/giant-impacts-small-moons/

https://astrobites.org/2021/10/07/liquid-water-on-exomoons-beneath-sunless-skies/

Space Sounds: 

https://www.system-sounds.com/5000exoplanets/

Rayleigh Taylor Instability Video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0xE5J_HVM