Episode Title
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Series Title
Walkabout the Galaxy
Keywords
Black hole; Ryugu; Hayabusa-2
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics
Description
Everyone's favorite scary astronomical object, the black hole, just got a bit closer to home with the discovery of a modest, stellar-sized black hole a mere 1000 light years from the solar system. Top quark Jim Cooney reassures us that that gives us at least 999.9 light years of safety buffer. Pieces of the asteroid Ryugu en route back to Earth as part of the Hayabusa-2 mission may have an interesting mix of "weathered" material on board. Get the details as well as android trivia and space news on this episode of Walkabout.
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Date Created
5-13-2020
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
35:00
Recommended Citation
Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "A Backyard Black Hole" (2020). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 121.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/121
