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Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod
Things we talk about in this episode:
The merging galaxies paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0652-7
Hubblesite article about the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/astronomers-unveil-growing-black-holes-in-colliding-galaxies
Simulations of galaxy collisions: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10687
Stephan’s Quintet: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140327.html
Keck Observatory: http://www.keckobservatory.org
Gravitational wave discovery: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20170927
Simulations of SMBH mergers: https://www.space.com/42017-merging-supermassive-black-holes-eerie-glow.html
Milky Way and Andromeda are going to collide: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html
And they will form … Milkdromeda! https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30955
Andromeda in the night sky: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html
If only Andromeda was a bit brighter: http://i.imgur.com/EpuhHJa.png
By Chris Stewart & Emily Brunsden5
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Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod
Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod
Things we talk about in this episode:
The merging galaxies paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0652-7
Hubblesite article about the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/astronomers-unveil-growing-black-holes-in-colliding-galaxies
Simulations of galaxy collisions: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10687
Stephan’s Quintet: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140327.html
Keck Observatory: http://www.keckobservatory.org
Gravitational wave discovery: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20170927
Simulations of SMBH mergers: https://www.space.com/42017-merging-supermassive-black-holes-eerie-glow.html
Milky Way and Andromeda are going to collide: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html
And they will form … Milkdromeda! https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30955
Andromeda in the night sky: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html
If only Andromeda was a bit brighter: http://i.imgur.com/EpuhHJa.png

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