astro-ph daily review by Dr. Mikhail Lisakov

Last Updated: April 15, 2026
Hi! My name is Dr. Mikhail Lisakov. I know, many of you might be short on time to read new arxiv.org submissions daily. I faced this myself and was keen to find an alternative way to stay tuned other than reading. I found nothing but you are lucky to find this podcast. I decided to start it to help people like me to stay up to date. In each episode, I will review one or two of fresh arxiv submissions. I currently monitor HE, IM, and GA, and most probably would talk about AGN-related stuff. Do not hesitate to join the discussion on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024546558059932
E1-26: The Relativistic Jet Orientation and Host Galaxy of the Peculiar Blazar PKS 1413+135 by A.C.S READHEAD+
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A cosmic puzzle. 

E1-25: Baikal-GVD: status and first results by Baikal-GVD collaboration
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What looks like a 120m wide jellyfish with 1200m-long tentacles? 

E1-24: Comparison of classical and Bayesian imaging in radio interferometry by Philipp Arras+
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Searching...

E1-23: RoboPol: AGN polarimetric monitoring data by D. Blinov+
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The best thing robots can do to date. 

E1-22: The blazar sequence revised by Jesús M. Rueda-Becerril+
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... and he gave these parameters to blazars. But secretly he'd introduced another parameter to rule them all.

E1-21: The first AI simulation of a black hole by Rodrigo Nemmen+
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Can a deep learning network predict how this se......................... ? 

E1-20: Possible ∼0.4 hour X-ray quasi-periodicity from an ultrasoft active galactic nucleus by J. R. Song+
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Guess what is softer than a kitten's belly?

E1-19: The strange case of the transient HBL blazar 4FGL J1544.3-0649 by N.Sahakyan+
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If you came out of the darkness, you might be considered strange. Especially, if you are a blazar. 

E1-18: ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURES OF RELATIVISTIC EXPLOSIONS IN AGN DISKS by ROSALBA PERNA+
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What is about AGN but at the same time not about AGN? 

E1-17: Re-analysis of Phosphine in Venus’ Clouds by Jane S. Greaves+
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Part III. The return of the phosphine. 

E1-16: Non-isotropic feedback from accreting spinning black holes by Luca Sala+
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Rock-paper-scissors for outflows in AGN sounds like CND-BH-outflow speed. Who rules the outflow? 

E1-15: Fundamental Reference AGN Monitoring Experiment (FRAMEx) I: Jumping Out of the Plane with the VLBA by Travis C. Fischer+
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Hey, AGN. Say something in radio from the depth of your heart. Why are you silent?

E1-14: Monitoring AGNs with Hβ Asymmetry. II by Michael S. Brotherton+
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AGNs with Hβ Asymmetry have actually shown symmetric Hβ profiles. Huh. 

E1-13: MAGNUM survey: compact jets causing large turmoil in galaxies by G. Venturi+
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What is small, weak, and can cause a lot of trouble? 

E1-12: A NEW OBSERVATION-BASED CLUMPY TORUS MODEL FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI by X.Zhao+
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We are clumpy. (c) AGN Tori

E1-11: Detection of faint stars near Sgr A* with GRAVITY by GRAVITY Collaboration
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Wanna some exciting interferometric news? 

E1-10: The complex multi-component outflow of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7130 by S. Comerón+
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A good paper for a thorough reading over the weekend https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02937

E1-9: Magnetic flux inversion in a peculiar changing look AGN by Nicolas Scepi+
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- Do you think I look bad with this BLR? 

E1-8: Optical to NIR magnitude measurements of the Starlink LEO Darksat satellite and effectiveness of the darkening treatment by J. Tregloan-Reed+
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Is it a plane? No!

E1-7: Use of 3D printing in astronomical mirror fabrication by Melanie Roulet+
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3D printing of mirrors for astronomy? Yeah, its 21st century. 

E1-6: BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey – XX: Molecular Gas in Nearby Hard X-ray Selected AGN Galaxies by M. Koss+
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So, I have started a second week of my podcast. Please support my enthusiasm by listening, subscribing, and sharing. 

E1-5: Feeding and feedback in nuclei of galaxies by Anelise Audibert+
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Hi all. First, thank you all who listened to my podcast this week. Podcasting appeared a tough task but I am enthusiastic to continue next week. 

E1-4: The flaring X-ray corona in the quasar PDS 456 by J.N Reeves+
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A corona-related paper today https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.14295v1

E1-3: No phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus by Villanueva+
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Venus's phosphine story is continued. 

E1-2: Powerful extragalactic jets dissipate their kinetic energy far from the central black hole by Adam Leah W. Harvey+
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A very important paper that addresses the question of the seed photons source for the Inverse Compton scattering in powerful jets.

E1-1 : Resolving the inner jet of PKS 1749+096 with super-resolution VLBA images at 7 mm by Lang Cui
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Hi. I am reviewing a paper today for the first time. And here what I have selected: Resolving the inner jet of PKS 1749+096 with super-resolution VLBA images at 7 mm by Lang Cui with co-authors. 

Introduction
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In this episode, I outline my motivation to start this podcast. 

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