Measuring the Mass of a Super Black Hole

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 266 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
●A new way to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole.
●A delay to the NASA Moon mission. And the launch of Boeing’s Starliner.
●The Mars Perseverance Rover’s failure at its first attempt to collect samples.
●A listener corrects us …. Plus, a listener asks us to offer up a dumbed down version of what Dark Matter is and why is it important. Fred does the honours…
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