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Did you see the story that a team using the Hubble Space Telescope had detected a black hole that was forming new stars and wonder HOW is that possible?! This is a new study that is very close to my research, so let’s dive in…
Schutte & Reines (2022; free to read version!) –
00:00 – Introduction
00:53 – A new study on black hole triggered star formation
01:53 – How does a black hole cause (and stop) stars forming?
03:34 – Radiation Pressure
04:24 – Black hole “burps” aka outflows
06:04 – How do you find black hole “burps”?
06:55 – What did this new study find?
08:51 – Positive and negative feedback from growing black holes
11:55 – Brilliant
13:07 – Bloopers
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👩🏽💻 I’m Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don’t know. If you’ve ever wondered about something in space and couldn’t find an answer online – you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
