Episode Title
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Series Title
Walkabout the Galaxy
Keywords
Cassini, LIGO, black holes
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics
Description
While terrestrial matters were frequently dark and depressing, 2017 was a banner year for the cosmos, or at least for our understanding of it. From Cassini's Grand Finale to LIGO's detection of neutron stars colliding, the astroquarks review the highlights of the year and a new story about a very old black hole from the dawn of the universe. A supermassive black hole formed before the universe was a billion years old, suggesting galaxy formation was off to a robust and early start. Join Josh, Addie and Jim for all that, nerd news and space trivia to wrap up 2017.
Episode Sponsor
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Date Created
12-28-2017
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
45:00
Recommended Citation
Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "2017 - A Great Year for Space" (2017). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 37.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/37
