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Brandeis Cafe Science Presents: The Biggest, Baddest Black Holes in the Universe

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Nov. 4, 2013

The Biggest, Baddest Black Holes in the Universe
John Wardle, Professor of Astrophysics, Brandeis University

Black holes of all sizes abound in the universe, including in our own Milky Way galaxy, where exploding stars leave behind black holes several times more massive than our solar system’s sun.

But the real monsters, weighing in at over a billion suns, lurk at the centers of distant galaxies and quasars. In this talk, Wardle will provide a ringside view of what experts have discovered about black holes, which act as powerhouses for some of the most spectacular and energetic phenomena in the universe.

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