# Megamasers and Magnetic Fields with Dr. Jackie Villadsen

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Podcast: [The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-liuniverse-with-dr-charles-liu-6053340)
Published: 2025-02-08T23:26:50+00:00
Episode link: https://theliuniverse.podbean.com/e/megamasers-and-magnetic-fields-with-dr-jackie-villadsen/
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Duration seconds: 3025

## Resource

What’s the difference between a maser and a megamaser? How does uncertainty lead science to its newest discoveries? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome back radio astronomer Dr. Jackie Villadsen, a professor at Bucknell University currently researching star/planet magnetic interaction in exoplanet systems.

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