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Podcaster: Rob Sparks ; Guest: Dr. Amy Reines

Title: Supermassive Black Holes

Organization: NOAO

Links: www.noao.edu ; @NOAONorthhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro

Description: Galaxies have supermassive black holes at their centers. In this podcast, Dr. Amy Reines discusses the formation process of these black holes and the role they play in galaxy evolution.

Bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the Education and Public Outreach (EPO) group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and works on the Galileoscope project (www.galileoscope.org), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He blogs at halfastro.wordpress.com. You can see his photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro

Dr. Amy Reines is the Hubble Fellow at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory

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