Astrophysicist Skylar Grayson explains how she uses supercomputer simulations to study black holes, how scientists can piece together a picture of phenomena billions of light years away and why communicating science clearly matters just as much as discovering it.

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• Read The End of Everything by Katie Mack
• Check out Starts with a Bang by Ethan Siegal

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Episode credits

Executive produced by Kate Howells

Produced by Alexander Chapin and Pete Zrioka

Hosted and reported by Pete Zrioka

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Edited by Alexander Chapin and Quinton Kendall

Original music from Patrick Cheung

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