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JOY Drive

12 May 2025

Dr Rebecca Davies: Galaxies, Black Holes and Space Junk

Natural Sciences, Science & Medicine

Dr Rebecca Davies: Galaxies, Black Holes and Space Junk

Astrophysicist Dr. Rebecca Davies from Swinburne University returns to JOY Drive with mind-blowing stories from the cosmos. From a record-breaking dead galaxy to a star being shredded by a black hole, and a forgotten Soviet space probe crash-landing after 53 years, this episode takes you on a wild ride across the universe.

Guest: Dr Rebecca Davies, ARC DECRA Fellow and Faculty member at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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