ann1104 — Announcement

What has Hubble told us about black holes?

28 February 2011

One of Hubble’s mission objectives at launch was to study black holes, and to test the theory that supermassive black holes lurk in the centres of many galaxies. Two decades later, Hubble has helped solve that mystery — and in the process, asked new questions that have astronomers scratching their heads. The Hubblecast’s Dr J, aka Dr Joe Liske, takes us on a journey through some of Hubble’s work on black holes, and busts a few myths along the way.

Credits:

Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Animations: Martin Kornmesser and Luis Calçada
Web and technical support: Lars Holm Nielsen and Raquel Yumi Shida
Written by: Oli Usher and Sarah Reed
Presented by: Joe Liske (Dr J)
Narrator: Gaitee Hussain
Images: NASA, ESA, ESO, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (David W. Hogg, Michael R. Blanton), Lockheed Martin, Google.
Music: movetwo
Directed by: Oli Usher
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Links

• Hubblecast 43 (various formats available)
• Joe Liske on Facebook

Contacts

Oli Usher
Hubble/ESA, Garching, Germany
Tel: +49-89-3200-6855
E-mail: ousher@eso.org