Episode 113: Black Holes? Here? It’s more likely than you think.

Episode 113: Black Holes? Here? It’s more likely than you think.

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November 21, 2025 · 57 min · Episode 114

About this episode

The episode discusses the intriguing concept of black holes and their unexpected locations in the universe.

Episode 113: Black Holes? Here? It’s more likely than you think. In today’s episode, Cole, Cormac, and Shashank celebrate our glorious return from hiatus by tackling an astronomical favorite: black holes. These guys are important to astronomers for a wide range of reasons, but what happens when you find a black hole somewhere weird? Like in another black hole’s accretion disk? Or in your model of dark energy? Or in a Hot dog? Shashank covers a lot of similar-sounding acronyms for when we find black holes living inside (the accretion disks) of other black holes, while Cormac does his second ever Astrobite with a type of sausage in the title, establishing a worrying precedent. If you’re interested in Science Communication, make sure you apply to Astrobites:https://astrobites.org/2025/10/31/apply-to-write-for-astrobites-2025/ And to cohost our show! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025/ Questions? astrosoundbites@gmail.com Astrobites: https://astrobites.org/2025/10/28/the-black-hole-meet-up-emris-and-imris-in-the-same-agn-disk/ https://astrobites.org/2025/10/23/hide-hot-dog/ Space Sound: https://www.nasa.gov/universe/new-nasa-black-hole-sonifications-with-a-remix/

People in this episode

Hosts: Cole, Cormac, Shashank

Topics covered

  • black holes
  • astronomy
  • science communication
  • dark energy
  • accretion disks

Keywords

  • black holes
  • accretion disks
  • dark energy
  • astronomy
  • science communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Astrobites, NASA

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