Apr 2, 2018
Feature Guest: Farhad
Yusef-Zadeh
The
gravity, radiation and tidal forces at the very core of the Milky
Way is kind of intense. That’s why astronomers have long doubted
the possibility of star formation in such a hostile environment.
And then everything changed with the discovery last fall of 11
sun-like stars living closer to the supermassive black hole at the
centre of our galaxy then the distance between our sun and its
closest neighbour. What does this breakthrough mean for our
understanding of star formation and the possibility of life in what
we once imagined were impossibly extreme environments? Today we’re
joined here at The Star Spot by the discovery team’s leader Farhad
Yusef-zadeh.
Current in Space
On behalf of The Star Spot, Tony says "Thank you, Stephen."
About Our Guest
Farhad Yusef-Zadeh received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at STony Brook then performed his PhD work at Columbia University. He worked as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center before joining the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. He enjoys performing public lectures on the history of astronomy, science and pseudoscience and how science affects our lives.