Episode Title

The Fifth Element

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow
Adrienne Dove, University of Central FloridaFollow
James Cooney, University of Central FloridaFollow

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

supermassive black hole, dust from Mars

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

A supermassive black hole seems to be going on a walkabout its own galaxy, and dust from Mars (or its moons) seems to be going on a walkabout the solar system. We explain how that's possible and how we know about it on this episode which features space news updates and an elemental and historical trivia question.

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Date Created

3-24-2021

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

47:00

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "The Fifth Element" (2021). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 154.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/154