Episode Title

Oumuamua Explained and Dark Matter Near Black Holes

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow
Adrienne Dove, University of Central FloridaFollow
Audrey Martin, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

Oumaumua; black holes; dark matter

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

That interstellar comet appears to have gotten its odd behavior from the natural rocket effect of hydrogen gas being released near the Sun and not, sadly, alien rocket technology. The universe is still a cool and interesting place, though, and a new clever measurement of stars orbiting black holes shows evidence for a pile-up of dark matter around the black holes, giving us another way to study this mysterious stuff.

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Date Created

3-29-2023

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

48:52

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Martin, Audrey, "Oumuamua Explained and Dark Matter Near Black Holes" (2023). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 233.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/233