Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 4: Black Holes & Radio Jets

Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. Episode 4 features Dr. Imogen Whittam, a SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Western Cape and Lerato Sebokolodi a PhD student, based at SARAO and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) at the VLA in Socorro, New Mexico in the USA. Imogen talks about her work on Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), stemming from the super-massive black holes that reside at the centre of most galaxies and how we learn how these massive beasts work. Lerato chats about one AGN in particular, the famous Cygnus A and her work on the magnetic fields that drive the formation of the beautiful jets. Episode Links: SARAO: https://www.ska.ac.za/about/sarao/ UWC: http://astro.uwc.ac.za/ NRAO: https://public.nrao.edu/ MeerKAT: https://www.ska.ac.za/science-engineering/meerkat/about-meerkat/ JVLA: https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/vla   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].