The News Roundup goes intergalactic
This artistic rendering shows a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy after a tussle between it and two other black holes. As the black hole plows through intergalactic space it compresses tenuous gas in front to it and leaves a "contrail" of stars behind it. ARTWORK: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI) hide caption
This artistic rendering shows a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy after a tussle between it and two other black holes. As the black hole plows through intergalactic space it compresses tenuous gas in front to it and leaves a "contrail" of stars behind it.
ARTWORK: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)It's our latest roundup of science news! This time, with Ailsa Chang of NPR's All Things Considered, who joins us to discuss three stories that take us on a journey through space — from the sounds of Earth's magnetosphere, to the moons of Jupiter, to a distant phenomenon NASA calls "an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space."
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This episode was produced by Brent Baughman. It was edited by Brent, Christopher Intagliata and managing producer Rebecca Ramirez. Gilly Moon was the audio engineer.