Extreme Speeding Stars

McDonald, Bob (host). Handman, Jim (producer). Lebans, Jim (producer). Chung, Emily (producer). Crawley, Mark (producer). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Host: McDonald, Bob. (Cast).

Summary: Stars like our sun travel in orbits within galaxies, such as the Milky Way. But about 15 years ago, scientists discovered some huge, hot stars that were going so fast that they were flying right out of our galaxy. Dr. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, an astronomer at Vanderbilt University, leads a research team that discovered, for the first time, smaller, sun-like stars going fast enough to leave the Milky Way. But unlike the big hyper-velocity stars, which come from the centre of the galaxy and are thought to have been kicked out by black holes, these small stars come from all directions. Researchers are stumped about why they're going so fast.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming audio file (07 min 49 sec)
remote
audiorecording
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2014

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer: Handman, Jim ; Producer: Lebans, Jim ; Producer: Chung, Emily ; Producer: Crawley, Mark.
Participant or Performer Note:	Host: McDonald, Bob.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/audio/extreme-speeding-stars-3448/
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation