Tiny Galaxies and Massive Black Holes with Dr. Matt Taylor

About this episode

Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu discuss the relationship between ultra-compact dwarf galaxies and supermassive black holes with Dr. Matt Taylor.

Can an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy have a supermassive black hole at its center? Are there galaxies whose supermassive black holes aren’t even in their galactic centers? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome “the other” Dr. Matt Taylor, Assistant Prof. of Astronomy at University of Calgary, who joins us from the control room of the largest astronomical telescope in Canada.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Charles Liu

Guest: Dr. Matt Taylor

Topics covered

• ultra-compact dwarf galaxies
• supermassive black holes
• astronomy
• galactic centers
• telescope

Keywords

• galaxies
• black holes
• astronomy
• telescope
• University of Calgary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Calgary

Places: Canada

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