Although the time difference made it difficult to attend the meeting remotely, I caught a few presentations of the Princeton GI/PCTS Weather and Climate on Neutron Stars meeting this week (image to the left is from Andrew Cumming's talk). We often talk about neutron stars having atmospheres and oceans, in which time-varying flows can occur analogous to the "weather" in Earth's atmosphere and ocean. The strong surface gravity and (typically) fast rotation can give rise to extreme consequences of these phenomena, most notably (for my work) in burst oscillations. I also made my own presentation on "Thermonuclear burst observations: status and future prospects" (click for the video!)

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