Princeton Astrophysicist Lia Medeiros on black holes and inspiration.  Today's Techstination.

Princeton Astrophysicist Lia Medeiros on black holes and inspiration

The SuFu Villains embark on an intergalactic quest, traveling from Earth to the Chocolate Milkyway in search of Bernie Worrell. Driven by the goal of spreading funk throughout the galaxy, they navigate asteroid fields and black holes to bring Bernie back. Their journey honors his influence and the impact of his music.

The Chocolate Milkyway

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15. EMERGENT OBJECTIVE REALITY

In this Universe, there are a few objects that are just larger, and a few events that are just more powerful, than others. As far as size goes, the cosmic web creates some of the largest features ever discovered, with the largest galaxy filaments and the largest regions devoid of galaxies spanning as much as ~2 billion light-years. No robust, verified structure has ever been found that's larger. Meanwhile, as far as energy and power go, collisions of galaxy clusters are the most energetic events, outstripped only by the Big Bang itself.

However, nearly rivaling galaxy cluster collisions are the strongest black hole jets ever seen, capable of emitting trillions of times the energy of a Sun-like star, but also capable of sustaining those energies over timescales of a billion years or more. Astronomers have just set a new record for the longest black hole jet with the discovery of Porphyrion, which spans a whopping 24 million light-years across! How did this jet and others like it come to be, and what effects do they have on the larger Universe, and how do they get generated from such physically small objects (i.e., black holes) to begin with?

That's the subject of the latest edition of the Starts With A Bang podcast, featuring Dr. Martijn Oei: the discoverer of Porphyrion himself! We get deep into the physics and astrophysics of black holes and their jets, which have profound implications for how structures get carved and magnetized onto the scales of the cosmic web itself. Buckle up and tune in; it's a wild ride ahead!  

(This illustration shows how black hole jets can be as large as the scale of the cosmic web itself, with Porphyrion, as illustrated here, setting a new cosmic record with its bipolar jets spanning 23-24 million light-years across. Credit: Erik Wernquist/Dylan Nelson (IllustrisTNG collaboration)/Martijn Oei; Design: Samuel Hermans)

Starts With A Bang #111 - Black Hole Jets

Nebulas

Lying at the cores of most large galaxies, do we find the “largest” type of object in the universe- a supermassive “engine” black hole. They almost always have masses many millions of times that of the sun, while the biggest grow to tens of billions. Exactly what was responsible for seeding these great engines, and building up their immense sizes, is a challenge only the James Webb Telescope can rise to. 

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Engine Black Holes

Lying at the cores of most large galaxies, do we find the “largest” type of object in the universe- a supermassive “engine” black hole. They almost always have masses many millions of times that of the sun, while the biggest grow to tens of billions. Exactly what was responsible for seeding these great engines, and building up their immense sizes, is a challenge only the James Webb Telescope can rise to. 

Engine Black Holes (No Soundtrack)

Black Hole Song no. 2

Are black holes becoming more common in the universe? Join Jeroen Schreel and Paul Sutter, a professor of astronomy and communication science at Stony Brook University, as they delve into mysteries of black holes. Discover what black holes really are, where they come from, and why their numbers are increasing across the cosmos. Plus, explore mind-bending topics like white holes and wormholes—are they real, or just science fiction?

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