Episode Title

Leggo my LIGO!

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

water on the Moon, Jupiter, LIGO, NASA, New Horizens

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

The astroquarks take a look at new indications of water ice on the Moon, evidence that Jupiter formed in less than a million years, and the third detection by LIGO of gravitational waves from a black hole merger. All that, NASA's new astronaut class, New Horizons, and the summer sci-fi blockbuster and blockbuster wannabes on this episode of Walkabout the Galaxy.

Episode Sponsor

2014 MU69

I'm so lonely. It is cold and dark and empty out here. I'm so lonely. Please, could you send me a visitor? New Horizons? Oh that would be wonderful! Hi New Horizons, no wait! Come back! Where are you goooooiiinnng?????

© Joshua Colwell, All Rights Reserved

Date Created

6-21-2017

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

41:00

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "Leggo my LIGO!" (2017). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 18.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/18