How to grow a supermassive black hole with Dr Becky Smethurst

Once a year, astronomers descend upon an unsuspecting UK city in
the greatest gathering of astronomically curious minds: the
National Astronomy Meeting, otherwise known as NAM (no, not that
‘Nam, though it is quite the battle of the minds). Jen was lucky
enough to attend this year and this episode is the first in a
series of talks recorded at NAM 2023. 


We’re delighted to bring you the expertise of none other than Dr
Becky Smethurst of Oxford University (you may know her as Dr
Becky on Youtube). In this talk, Dr Becky teaches us how to grow
a supermassive black hole – and it’s not as easy as you think!
Always picture a black hole as a gigantic hoover, sucking up
everything that dares to stray too close? Think again…