Paul Duffell
@paulduffell.bsky.social
I'm Paul and I do Hydro.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University.
Located in beautiful Lafayette, Indiana.
Host of the Astrophysics Podcast.
Group Website: http://physics.purdue.edu/duffell/
Podcast Website: rss.com/podcasts/astrophysics/
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University.
Located in beautiful Lafayette, Indiana.
Host of the Astrophysics Podcast.
Group Website: http://physics.purdue.edu/duffell/
Podcast Website: rss.com/podcasts/astrophysics/
We just got our conference fliers printed out for Rise_Time 2026! Hope to hand out plenty of these at the HEAD meeting next week!
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We just got our conference fliers printed out for Rise_Time 2026! Hope to hand out plenty of these at the HEAD meeting next week!
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Haven't posted here much lately, but I figured @sciencesocks.bsky.social would have words for me if I didn't promote Merel's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast!
Dr. Merel van 't Hoff tells us all about the environments that new solar systems are born in! Check it out!
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Haven't posted here much lately, but I figured @sciencesocks.bsky.social would have words for me if I didn't promote Merel's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast!
Dr. Merel van 't Hoff tells us all about the environments that new solar systems are born in! Check it out!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Haven't posted here much lately, but I figured @sciencesocks.bsky.social would have words for me if I didn't promote Merel's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast!
Dr. Merel van 't Hoff tells us all about the environments that new solar systems are born in! Check it out!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
Haven't posted here much lately, but I figured @sciencesocks.bsky.social would have words for me if I didn't promote Merel's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast!
Dr. Merel van 't Hoff tells us all about the environments that new solar systems are born in! Check it out!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
Can't wait til half of these students stop coming to class so I can get a decent parking spot again.
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Can't wait til half of these students stop coming to class so I can get a decent parking spot again.
The universe of Star Trek is set in an idyllic world where humans never invented social media.
July 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The universe of Star Trek is set in an idyllic world where humans never invented social media.
My baby daughter gets pockets but my wife doesn't.
June 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My baby daughter gets pockets but my wife doesn't.
We're recording this episode soon, so in case you have any astronomy/astrophysics/science questions for us please post them here! The weirder the better. Also feel free to just ask about our lives. We're soliciting questions from a variety of sources! 🔭🧪
For the next episode of the #podcast, I hope to do an astrophysics Q&A. I invite you to reply with any questions about astrophysics, or questions about what it's like to be a scientist. To my scientist friends: feel free to reply if you like; just know I may quote your response in the podcast. 🧪🔭
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We're recording this episode soon, so in case you have any astronomy/astrophysics/science questions for us please post them here! The weirder the better. Also feel free to just ask about our lives. We're soliciting questions from a variety of sources! 🔭🧪
For the next episode of the #podcast, I hope to do an astrophysics Q&A. I invite you to reply with any questions about astrophysics, or questions about what it's like to be a scientist. To my scientist friends: feel free to reply if you like; just know I may quote your response in the podcast. 🧪🔭
June 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For the next episode of the #podcast, I hope to do an astrophysics Q&A. I invite you to reply with any questions about astrophysics, or questions about what it's like to be a scientist. To my scientist friends: feel free to reply if you like; just know I may quote your response in the podcast. 🧪🔭
Infant daughter: exhales air
Me: I think she just said "dad"!
Me: I think she just said "dad"!
June 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Infant daughter: exhales air
Me: I think she just said "dad"!
Me: I think she just said "dad"!
Good Morning!
This month's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Andrea Derdzinski and we talk all about black holes and how we search for them! Let's hope we can continue to do so in the future! 🔭🧪
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This month's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Andrea Derdzinski and we talk all about black holes and how we search for them! Let's hope we can continue to do so in the future! 🔭🧪
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
June 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good Morning!
This month's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Andrea Derdzinski and we talk all about black holes and how we search for them! Let's hope we can continue to do so in the future! 🔭🧪
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
This month's episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Andrea Derdzinski and we talk all about black holes and how we search for them! Let's hope we can continue to do so in the future! 🔭🧪
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
The little one refuses to sleep unless Mama's in the room. So I've tried playing her episodes of the #podcast featuring the voice of Dr. Polin @therocketscientess.bsky.social . Not sure if it's working but maybe some of that astrophysics will absorb into her brain and she'll become a genius 🔭
May 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The little one refuses to sleep unless Mama's in the room. So I've tried playing her episodes of the #podcast featuring the voice of Dr. Polin @therocketscientess.bsky.social . Not sure if it's working but maybe some of that astrophysics will absorb into her brain and she'll become a genius 🔭
I am now convinced that the words to "hush little baby" were completely improvised on the spot by two very tired parents. Because that's the only way I know how to do that song.
May 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I am now convinced that the words to "hush little baby" were completely improvised on the spot by two very tired parents. Because that's the only way I know how to do that song.
To anyone wondering why I haven't been answering my email, I just became a dad and suddenly I seem to only care about one thing. I'll try not to post too many photos but here's one:
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
To anyone wondering why I haven't been answering my email, I just became a dad and suddenly I seem to only care about one thing. I'll try not to post too many photos but here's one:
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Excited to announce the 'Rutgers Summer Transient Soiree' this July 16-18! To offset the uncertain funding landscape, we are offering a hybrid option + requiring NO registration fee. Non-faculty are especially encouraged to apply!
Please apply by May 31! More in the replies!
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro
Please apply by May 31! More in the replies!
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro
May 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Excited to announce the 'Rutgers Summer Transient Soiree' this July 16-18! To offset the uncertain funding landscape, we are offering a hybrid option + requiring NO registration fee. Non-faculty are especially encouraged to apply!
Please apply by May 31! More in the replies!
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro
Please apply by May 31! More in the replies!
🧪🔭☄️ #highenergyastro
Another episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Jared Goldberg from the Flatiron Institute, and we talk all about Betelgeuse.
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May 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is now available! I am interviewing Dr. Jared Goldberg from the Flatiron Institute, and we talk all about Betelgeuse.
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
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I'm creating a pinned thread here, I'm hoping to get comments from scientists and non-scientists alike. I'm interested in your answer to the following question:
In your opinion, why should we study astrophysics?
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In your opinion, why should we study astrophysics?
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April 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm creating a pinned thread here, I'm hoping to get comments from scientists and non-scientists alike. I'm interested in your answer to the following question:
In your opinion, why should we study astrophysics?
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In your opinion, why should we study astrophysics?
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Apparently I am not good at bluesky so I am posting this again, with the appropriate tags 🧪🔭. The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is out! This month, I am interviewing Dr. Yvette Cendes of the University of Oregon @whereisyvette.bsky.social. Enjoy!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Apparently I am not good at bluesky so I am posting this again, with the appropriate tags 🧪🔭. The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast is out! This month, I am interviewing Dr. Yvette Cendes of the University of Oregon @whereisyvette.bsky.social. Enjoy!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
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The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast just aired today! I'm interviewing Dr. Yvette Cendes, @whereisyvette.bsky.social. We talk about her latest research on the crazy things that we see happen when a black hole eats a star!
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April 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast just aired today! I'm interviewing Dr. Yvette Cendes, @whereisyvette.bsky.social. We talk about her latest research on the crazy things that we see happen when a black hole eats a star!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
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Google AI with some slick mathemagic:
March 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Google AI with some slick mathemagic:
Happy Weekend!
The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast has been released! 🧪🔭
This month I am interviewing Dr. Maxim Lyutikov, who studies fast radio bursts and astrophysical plasmas. We also discuss connections to our own sun and the aurora borealis.
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast has been released! 🧪🔭
This month I am interviewing Dr. Maxim Lyutikov, who studies fast radio bursts and astrophysical plasmas. We also discuss connections to our own sun and the aurora borealis.
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
March 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy Weekend!
The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast has been released! 🧪🔭
This month I am interviewing Dr. Maxim Lyutikov, who studies fast radio bursts and astrophysical plasmas. We also discuss connections to our own sun and the aurora borealis.
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
The latest episode of the #astrophysics #podcast has been released! 🧪🔭
This month I am interviewing Dr. Maxim Lyutikov, who studies fast radio bursts and astrophysical plasmas. We also discuss connections to our own sun and the aurora borealis.
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
Very impressive astro seminar yesterday by @whereisyvette.bsky.social -- Incredible new data on tidal disruption events (TDEs), it pays to keep looking in the radio! 🧪🔭
(This plot is old data from 3 years ago -- you'll have to ask Yvette if you want the latest, but the light curve is still rising!)
(This plot is old data from 3 years ago -- you'll have to ask Yvette if you want the latest, but the light curve is still rising!)
February 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Very impressive astro seminar yesterday by @whereisyvette.bsky.social -- Incredible new data on tidal disruption events (TDEs), it pays to keep looking in the radio! 🧪🔭
(This plot is old data from 3 years ago -- you'll have to ask Yvette if you want the latest, but the light curve is still rising!)
(This plot is old data from 3 years ago -- you'll have to ask Yvette if you want the latest, but the light curve is still rising!)
My graduate student Dillon Hasenour just got this paper accepted to ApJ! 🧪🔭
He developed methods for incorporating a nuclear network onto a moving mesh and developed benchmark tests to demonstrate the advantages, including a semi-analytic solution for a detonation wave!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.02693
He developed methods for incorporating a nuclear network onto a moving mesh and developed benchmark tests to demonstrate the advantages, including a semi-analytic solution for a detonation wave!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.02693
Quantifying Advantages of a Moving Mesh in Nuclear Hydrodynamics
Many astrophysical explosions, such as type Ia supernovae, classical novae, and X-ray bursts, are dominated by thermonuclear runaway. To model these processes accurately, one must evolve nuclear react...
arxiv.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My graduate student Dillon Hasenour just got this paper accepted to ApJ! 🧪🔭
He developed methods for incorporating a nuclear network onto a moving mesh and developed benchmark tests to demonstrate the advantages, including a semi-analytic solution for a detonation wave!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.02693
He developed methods for incorporating a nuclear network onto a moving mesh and developed benchmark tests to demonstrate the advantages, including a semi-analytic solution for a detonation wave!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.02693
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Good Morning! The latest episode of the Astrophysics Podcast is out today! I'm interviewing Dr. Lindsey Kwok, a research fellow at Northwestern University. She uses JWST to learn how supernovae exploded!
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#astrophysics #podcast
Good Morning! The latest episode of the Astrophysics Podcast is out today! I'm interviewing Dr. Lindsey Kwok, a research fellow at Northwestern University. She uses JWST to learn how supernovae exploded!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
#astrophysics #podcast
February 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Good Morning! The latest episode of the Astrophysics Podcast is out today! I'm interviewing Dr. Lindsey Kwok, a research fellow at Northwestern University. She uses JWST to learn how supernovae exploded!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
#astrophysics #podcast
Good Morning! The latest episode of the Astrophysics Podcast is out today! I'm interviewing Dr. Lindsey Kwok, a research fellow at Northwestern University. She uses JWST to learn how supernovae exploded!
rss.com/podcasts/ast...
#astrophysics #podcast
After reading through enough personal statements in grad school applications, the phrase "my academic journey" almost starts to sound like something a normal human would say.
January 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After reading through enough personal statements in grad school applications, the phrase "my academic journey" almost starts to sound like something a normal human would say.
So glad I burned through my NSF grant right away. Always eat the first marshmallow!
January 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So glad I burned through my NSF grant right away. Always eat the first marshmallow!