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Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

The Mystery of the Exploding Star with Jeffrey Silverman

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2015

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A mystery that began with an unusual star spotted in the year 1054 took almost a thousand years to solve. In this episode, supernova expert Jeffrey Silverman explains how astronomers cracked the case and discovered what happened in the ancient night sky. Hint: It involves a massive explosion. Music by Podington Bear and Broke For Free.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tumble podcast, the show where we explore stories of science discovered.

0:08.0

I'm Marshall.

0:09.0

And I'm Lindsay.

0:10.0

For this episode, we have a story that crosses through time and space and ends in a gigantic

0:18.1

explosion.

0:20.1

Boom!

0:21.1

Are you excited yet?

0:25.0

There's time, there's space, there's explosions.

0:27.9

Tell me more.

0:34.4

Tumble's brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters.

0:37.7

If you're so inspired by me and Lindsay that you want to make a podcast of your own, Spotify

0:42.2

for podcasters has got everything you need all in one super easy place.

0:46.2

If you've got audio, you've recorded that you want to upload, go ahead.

0:49.5

If you don't, you can record your show right on Spotify's platform and even edit and

0:53.8

add music there.

0:55.5

Then when you're done, Spotify will send everything to all the major podcasting platforms.

0:59.8

See, easy.

1:01.1

To get started, just go to spotify.com slash podcasters or download the Spotify for

1:05.2

podcasters app.

1:07.4

The story comes to us from Jeff Silverman in Astronomer.

1:11.3

My name is Dr. Jeffrey Silverman and I'm a National Science Foundation Astronomy and

1:16.0

Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.

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