Episode Title
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Series Title
Walkabout the Galaxy
Keywords
Fast Radio Bursts; Arecibo Observatory
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics
Description
We have an interesting new clue about what causes the ridiculously power phenomena known as Fast Radio Bursts (or at least about what doesn't cause them!), and we are joined by astroquark emerita Tracy Becker to tell us about the discovery of a baby moon around a near-Earth asteroid from the Arecibo Observatory. We also have Earth news and Space news and an energy round of trivia. Toss in a little matter-antimatter and it's another episode of Walkabout the Galaxy.
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Date Created
2-16-2020
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
49:00
Recommended Citation
Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "Things That Go Burst in the Night" (2020). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 110.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/110
