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Looking Up: Our Singular(ity) Sensation

91.7 WVXU | By Dean Regas,
Anna Hehman
Published May 8, 2019 at 1:00 AM EDT
Photograph of the "black hole at the center of galaxy M87" taken by the Event Horizon Collaboration
Photograph of the "black hole at the center of galaxy M87" taken by the Event Horizon Collaboration

The first picture of a black hole was a worldwide phenomenon, but what is our fascination with these astronomical mysteries?

Dean Regas and Anna Hehman welcome Nathaniel Scharping, an editor for Discovermagazine who wrote about the black hole photograph for Astronomymagazine and astronomy.com.

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Dean Regas
Dean Regas has been the Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory since 2000. He is a renowned educator, a national popularizer of astronomy and an expert in observational astronomy.
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Anna Hehman
Anna is the Director of Development at the Cincinnati Observatory.
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