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Episode
5:
MEASURING THE BLACK HOLE
with guest Dr. Shep Doeleman from MIT's Haystack Observatory |
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| The Milky Way Galaxy has a black hole at its heart -- an object called Sagittarius A* (pronounced A-star). We can't see it visually, but radio astronomers can easily spot it. A group led by Dr. Shep Doeleman at MIT's Haystack Observatory made a startling measurement of the accretion disk around Sagittarius A*. In this edition of Astronomy Behind the Headlines we talked with Dr. Doeleman about his team's discovery.
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1: Astrobiology with guest Chris McKay
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3: Water on the Moon with guest Brian Day
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