What kind of crazy physics made primordial black holes? What does that have to do with the LIGO observations of merging black holes? How can we possibly detect them?
May 14th: An Uncomfortably Close Black Hole
Astronomers discovered the closest black holes! Why are black holes so simple? Are cosmic voids getting bigger? @PaulMattSutter will discuss this topic at #365daysOfAstro
May 13th: Awesome Astronomy Lockdown Q&A Part 1
This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy questions.
Apr 24th: Exploding Stars & Invisible Planets Book
Good bye Fomalhaut b, Black Hole collision with VERY different masses, more news and discussion about Exploding Stars & Invisible Planets book. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Apr 8th: Black Holes Again
Black is the new black. How exactly does Einstein’s physics break down in a black hole. What is the temperature of a black hole? more with @CheapAstro
Mar 31st: Black Hole Imaging, Quasar Wind, and ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
Today’s stories cover getting razor-sharp black hole Image, detecting the powerful jets and winds produced by quasars in the galaxy, taking better images of Earth-like planets around other stars.
Mar 20th: Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections
This week news: Venus at greatest elongation. Jupiter/Mars conjunction. Heat on mercury helps it make it ice. Discussion: Modeling coronal mass ejection
Feb 15th: The Care and Feeding of Black Hole Sagittarius A*
New observations from the GRAVITY and SINFONI instrument on the Very Large Telescope have given us unprecedented observations of material falling into the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Dec 6th: Space: 10 Things You Should Know
Heaviest ever Black Hole and Supermassive Black Hole ever!!!! More on today’s news roundup with @WSHCrew at #365DAysOfAstro
Nov 28th: Is Starlink Ruining Astronomy?
Is Starlink ruining astronomy? How can a black hole spin? What happens when magnetars collide? @PaulMattSutter wilk discuss about this issue at #365DaysOfAstro