Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 17, 2018: Dr. Bram Venemans and Distant Quasars

New post on Universe Today Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 17, 2018: Dr. Bram Venemans and Distant Quasars by Fraser Cain Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Special Guest: Dr. Venemans is a research staff scientist working at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany. His research topics include the discovery of black holes in the early Universe, the characterisation of the galaxies hosting these distant black holes, the Epoch of Reionisation and the galaxy environment of active galaxies. Bram is a member of the team that recently discovered the most distant quasar currently known and its host galaxy. You can read about this discovery here: http://www.mpia.de/news/science/2017-14-distant-quasar Announcements: If you would like to join the Weekly Space Hangout Crew, visit their site here and sign up. They're a great team who can help you join our online discussions! We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Wednesday at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Universe Today, or the Weekly Space Hangout YouTube page - Please subscribe! Fraser Cain | January 17, 2018 at 4:19 pm | Tags: Max Planck Institute, MPIA | URL: https://wp.me/p1CHIY-zYo Comment    See all comments Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:  https://www.universetoday.com/138284/weekly-space-hangout-jan-17-2018-dr-bram-venemans-distant-quasars/