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[Interview] Observing Black Holes With Just One Telescope

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Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method.

🟣 Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowd
https://www.mattodowd.space/

📜 Resolving the Vicinity of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational
Microlensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.10500

👉 PBS Spacetime
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  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:45 Observing gravitationally lensed quasars
  • 12:58 Why Vera Rubin
  • 19:04 Best case scenario
  • 23:22 What do we know about black holes
  • 38:21 Current obsessions
  • 44:31 Final thoughts

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Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method.

🟣 Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowd
https://www.mattodowd.space/

📜 Resolving the Vicinity of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational
Microlensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.10500

👉 PBS Spacetime
https://www.youtube.com/@pbsspacetime

🦄 Support us on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/universetoday

📚 Suggest books in the book club:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:45 Observing gravitationally lensed quasars
  • 12:58 Why Vera Rubin
  • 19:04 Best case scenario
  • 23:22 What do we know about black holes
  • 38:21 Current obsessions
  • 44:31 Final thoughts

📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/m2xtVfpfeWQ

📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday

📩 CONTACT FRASER
frasercain@gmail.com

⚖️ LICENSE
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