The Amazing and Crazy Story of Gemini and Jumbo Black Holes

The astroquarks are joined by Jeffrey Kluger, editor at large at Time Magazine and author of 13 books including Apollo 13 and the new book on the Gemini program. Tune in to hear about some of the outlandish ideas that were explored on the way to the Moon. Plus, top quark gives us a look at a new class of black holes that we've decided are "Jumbo Black Holes". All that plus twin trivia, a hot take, and more.

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The Amazing and Crazy Story of Gemini and Jumbo Black Holes is an episode from Walkabout the Galaxy by Joshua Colwell.

This episode is 44:46 long.

This episode was published on Nov 5, 2025.

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