May 8, 2023
Astronomy Cast Ep. 680: Rogue Black Holes
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on May 1, 2023.
Last week we talked about rogue stars. This week we’re going to take things up a notch and talk about an even more extreme event. Rogue black holes. Astronomers recently discovered a supermassive black hole on an escape trajectory, leaving newly forming stars in its wake. It’s wonderful, terrible, nightmare fuel.
Fraser’s rogue SMBH article:
The original paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.04888.pdf
This video was made possible by the following Patreon members:
Burry Gowen
Stephen Veit
Jordan Young
Venkatesh Chary
Andrew Poelstra
Brian Cagle
David Truog
THANK YOU! - Fraser and Dr. Pamela