For Stephen Hawking
Walkabout the Galaxy
English - March 28, 2018 21:20 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 106 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Comedy addiedove adriennedove astronomy colwell humor joshcolwell joshuacolwell planetarysciences science ucf Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The astroquarks discuss the late Stephen Hawking's first major breakthrough in astrophysics: radiation from black holes, now known as Hawking Radiation and what that means about what would happen if you through all the recordings of Walkabout the Galaxy into a black hole. UCF student and astronomer Anna Metke joins Josh and Jim to talk about telescopes near and far, and the giant radio telescopes of the Deep Space Network used to talk to spacecraft across the solar system.