Why are power laws so ubiquitous in nature? And how can they teach us about space? In today’s episode, we dive into some classic research results to understand the properties of objects at all scales and sizes. Malena has her head in the (molecular) clouds, Will gets a little peculiar, and Alex takes pulsars for a spin.
 
<a href='https://astrobites.org/2012/11/18/astrophysical-classics-larsons-laws/'>astrobites.org/2012/11/18</a>
<a href='https://astrobites.org/2016/06/30/guide-to-empirical-velocity-laws/'>astrobites.org/2016/06/30</a>
<a href='https://astrobites.org/2017/04/11/remedy-to-glitch-size-anomaly/'>astrobites.org/2017/04/11</a>
 
Space sound: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9Go1PnAVA'>youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9Go1PnAVA</a>
 
Power laws derivation: <a href='http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/courses/2006/cmplxsys899/powerlaws.pdf'>http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/courses/2006/cmplxsys899/powerlaws.pdf</a>

Episode 21: The Stargazing Automata, Part I

Astrobites for your ears. Three grad students bring you cutting-edge research findings in astronomy and connect the dots between diverse subfields.