Episode Title

When a Giant Black Hole Blows a Lot of Gas

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow
Adrienne Dove, University of Central FloridaFollow
James Cooney, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

Supermassive black hole; atoms; star formation rates; Voyager 2

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

Yes, it's just as bad as the title suggests, because when a supermassive black hole in a galactic center really gets going it can shut down star formation in the galaxy by blasting out all the raw star materials also known as atoms. The astroquarks explore galaxies with large and small star formation rates, plus we catch up on space news with Voyager 2 and the return to the Moon, and some throwback Voyager trivia.

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Date Created

11-10-2019

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

45:00

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "When a Giant Black Hole Blows a Lot of Gas" (2019). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 98.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/98