Supermassive Black Holes: Behemoths in the Depths

The centers of most galaxies contain supermassive black holes–enormous objects between one million and ten billion times the mass of the Sun. Stop by the Bruce Museum as Astrophysicist Dr. Stone discusses these behemoths, and focuses on the stubborn puzzle: how did these giants come to exist in the first place? Dr. Stone is a NASA Einstein Fellow at Columbia University’s Department of Astronomy. In addition to authoring scientific papers, Dr. Stone has given numerous lectures and participated at astrophysics conferences worldwide on various subjects, including stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes.
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