This is black hole week on The Cosmic Companion, featuring discussion of the first serious ideas of planets orbiting black holes, we hear how astronomers may have uncovered the secrets of powerful regions of radiation around these objects, and the largest stellar-mass black hole ever seen is spotted in our home galaxy. An artist’s conception of a black hole, surrounded by gas. Image credit: Gerd Altmann | PixabayKeep checking back at: thecosmiccompanion.com for more space and astronomy news, and add Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion to your flash briefing on Amazon Alexa!View the video version of each week’s episode on my YouTube channel, or get advance copies of the video episodes with any paid subscription. Give a gift subscription starting at just $5 a month or $50 a year! Or, if you enjoyed this episode, you can buy me a cup of coffee - I LOVE coffee!Thanks!James Get full access to The Cosmic Companion at thecosmiccompanion.substack.com/subscribe--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support Get full access to The Cosmic Companion at thecosmiccompanion.substack.com/subscribe