Understanding Nature’s Death Ray Guns

Dr Jen Gupta

There is a monster lurking in the centre of some galaxies. Fuelled by matter falling onto a supermassive black hole and powerful enough to outshine a galaxy, these ‘blazars’ have been described as nature’s death ray guns. Jen will discuss what we know about these blazars, how we know what we know and some of the questions that are still puzzling astronomers today.

Date: 19th February 2015
Time: 19.30 – 21.00
Venue: Andover Astronomical Society, Grateley Village Hall, SP11 8LA
More information: Andover Astronomical Society website