Listen "How to make a supermassive black hole"
Episode Synopsis
Apparently, the recipe is:
Step 1 - Crash two galaxies together
Step 2 - Wait for the two smaller black holes at the center of these galaxies to merge together, during which time lots of gas falls into them.
Step 3 - Go to Step 1.
Figuring this out was not as simple as it looks. Go here,
here, and here, and here to learn more.
Step 1 - Crash two galaxies together
Step 2 - Wait for the two smaller black holes at the center of these galaxies to merge together, during which time lots of gas falls into them.
Step 3 - Go to Step 1.
Figuring this out was not as simple as it looks. Go here,
here, and here, and here to learn more.
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