Spacepod

178: Light reverberations from supermassive black holes with Dr. Gorjian


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Dr. Varoujan Gorjian returns to the show! He explains what supermassive black holes are and how they work. He also tells us about an elegant technique that astronomers use to determine the size of the debris cloud around black holes.

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