Tired of vacations being ruined by cloudy weather? Alex the travel agent can book your next trip to brown dwarf binary 1416B, where it’s always a balmy 2000 degrees and never cloudy. Or maybe a sojourn to a hot Jupiter is more your style? Malena the meteorologist has you covered with your 10-million year forecast: cloudy and lopsided.
In recognition of Juneteenth and the start of #BlackInAstro week, both papers featured in this episode were led by Black astronomers. 
 
Read our new Astrobite about sonification: <a href='http://astrobites.org/2021/06/17/getting-started-in-sonification'>astrobites.org/2021/06/17/getting-started-in-sonification</a>
Submit for the competition: <a href='http://astrosoundbites.com/sonification-competition-2021'>astrosoundbites.com/sonification-competition-2021</a>
Astrobites:
<a href='https://astrobites.org/2020/08/18/inhomogeneous-clouds/'>astrobites.org/2020/08/18/inhomogeneous-clouds/</a>
<a href='https://astrobites.org/2020/10/14/brown-dwarf-weather-forecast/'>astrobites.org/2020/10/14/brown-dwarf-weather-forecast/</a>
Space sound: <a href='https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/Parker-Discovers-Natural-Radio-Emission-in-Venus-Atmosphere'>nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/Parker-Discovers-Natural-Radio-Emission-in-Venus-Atmosphere.</a> (Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Mark SubbaRao/Glyn Collinson)

Episode 39: Polarizing Protostars

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