Enjoy this great interview with Professor Katie Auchettl, who is the Associate Professor of Astrophysics and Physics at Melbourne University. Katie is an observational astrophysicist whose research focuses on the extreme death of stars. Katie has worked with a team of young astronomers on a sensational book for aspiring astrophysicists that’s just been freely published on the Archive (ArXiv) Server. The book is called: “Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists” … and it is sensational …. and I can't recommend it highly enough for any student … any person …. who has an interest in astronomy …. It’s a springboard to the stars and sure to be ground zero to many brilliant careers for aspiring astrophysicists … Get your free pdf copy at tinyurl-DOT-com/aspiringastro Katie is also currently the PI of a large Australian Research Council grant project looking at Tidal Disruption Events … known affectionately as TDEs, where stars get ripped apart by supermassive black holes. We even get to hear what spaghettification is. Enjoy Katie’s fabulous stories!

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