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How to Build a Supermassive Black Hole

November 13, 2019, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location Center for Environmental and Life Sciences - 110
Posted InCollege of Science and Mathematics
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How to Build a Supermassive Black Hole

Professor Jillian Bellovary, CUNY-Queensboro Community College & American Museum of Natural History

Supermassive black holes are often found at the hearts of galaxies. How did they originate? Have they always been there or did they grow there recently? Where is the closest one to us?