Mysterious objects near the beginning of time
2/4/202626 min
Astronomers are putting together a new picture of the early universe. It involves a lot of very weird black holes, and it could help us understand how our own galaxy formed.
Guest: Caitlin Casey, astronomer at UC Santa Barbara
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