Guest: <a href="http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~cott/" target="_blank">Christian Ott</a> (CalTech). We discussed the death of massive stars, called supernova explosions, and how we can try to understand them with computer simulations. Here is a link to the YouTube channel mentioned during the podcast: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SXSCollaboration" target="_blank">SXS Collaboration YouTube Channel</a>.
Hosts: <a href="http://www.astro.physics.mcgill.ca/profile.php?p=1050">Ryan Lynch</a> and <a href="http://www.astro.physics.mcgill.ca/profile.php?p=1079">Dave Tsang</a>.
Duration: 24 minutes.
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AstroMcGill Episode 26 – Brian Schmidt

Science and engineering are key to our future, and McGill’s faculties bring together some of the country’s brightest minds, who not only teach classes, but also give public lectures accessible to all. McGill’s researchers are making discoveries and develo