Dr. Brenna Mockler -- When Black Holes Get Hungry

01/12/2024 1h 0min Temporada 1 Episodio 12
Dr. Brenna Mockler -- When Black Holes Get Hungry

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What do black holes like to eat? Sometimes a steady diet of interstellar gas just isn't enough and a black hole needs to snack on a whole star. No judgment, we all get that way sometimes. But it can lead to some extremely energetic outflows, visible from across the universe. Dr. Brenna Mockler tells us all about these events, called "Tidal Disruption Events", and what we can learn from observing them.