When Quasars Collide STJC

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACEUploaded 04-10-17So what happens when two Super Massive Black Holes collide? We may be about to find out, because astronomers have spotted a pair of them in a close binary orbit for the very first time. This episode of Space Time Journal Club discusses:"A candidate sub-parsec binary black hole in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7674", Kharb, Lal and Merritt 2017https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.06258You can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetimeGet your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBiTweet at us! @pbsspacetimeFacebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetimeEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] comComment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetimeHelp translate our videos! https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7gPrevious Episode:Are the Fundamental Constants changing?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&t=8sRelated Episodes:How to Build a Black Holehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx4562gesw0Why Quasars are so Awesomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZEp_n3eIcLinks to Comments Response:Nevermindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&lc=z223hpipuozhh1qbj04t1aokgn5pfpqlq0zgbnrilm5obk0h00410Lutra Nereishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&lc=z22cwtzjvv3ojx0ucacdp430ixcyhmpsu1ahlosnyedw03c010cArnaldo Castrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&lc=z22txnyo1lnwh1j03acdp430bunzm5m4x3xf5jwx0xxw03c010c0xFFF1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&lc=z23sjnwjrwnljxe3macdp434i1lxdqjdsvf2ovd3r41w03c010cWispXLegendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&lc=z22rivtz4oz2db4kmacdp431v2mactt0223icalvag1w03c010cRubbergnomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y&lc=z22phdvhwsyehtjxe04t1aokg3gkri0vdluvsttfuju0bk0h00410In this video, we discuss the reports about the detection of a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting only one light year apart from each other. Studying the dance of these giants should tell us a ton about how black holes grow. This paper was just published in Nature Astronomy by Preeti Kharb and Dharam Vir Lal from India’s National Center for Radio Astrophysics, and David Merritt from the Rochester Institute of Technology.Written and Hosted by Matt O'DowdProduced by Rusty WardGraphics by Kurt RossAssistant Editing and Sound Design by Mike PetrowMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)Special thanks to our Patreon Big Bang, Quasar and Hypernova Supporters: Big BangBITISMCoolAsCatsDavid NicklasRichard SenegorQuasarTambe BarsbayMayank M.