The Space Show

2022.05.18 | From Eurovision to Sagittarius A*: The black hole at the heart of our galaxy

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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 18 May 2022: 

Eurovision 2022 (yes, there are space/astrophysics links):

  • Italian and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha), aboard the International Space Station, sends her greetings to the Eurovision Song Contest being held in Turin, Italy 
  • Sam Ryder (@SamRyderMusic) with “Space Man”, the United Kingdom’s entrant in Eurovision 2022, which placed second behind Ukraine


    • Sagittarius A* black hole is imaged for the first time: 

    • Sagittarius A*, abbreviated Sgr A*, is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. It is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster and Lambda Scorpii.
    • We join the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Event Horizon Telescope project joint media conference to announce the successful imaging of Sagittarius A*


      • Planet Earth - Episode 38:

      • NOAA’s GOES-18 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) launched
      • DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. 
      • Astronaut reflections on seeing the Earth from space: Luca Parmitano (@astro_luca), Italian and ESA astronaut


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        The Space ShowBy Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of Australia