THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
MEXICO MAKES A FIRST OF
ITS KIND DISCOVERY MORE
THAN 700 MILLION LIGHT
YEARS FROM EARTH.
NEWS 13 )S RYAN MARTIN
HAS MORE ON THE
SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH
GAINING INTERNATIONAL
ATTENTION.
IT )S A DISCOVERY 12
YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR
UNM PROFESSOR GREG
TAYLOR
29:56 GREG TAYLOR I was
worried I might have to
wait until I was 100 or
so. 29:59
AND HIS HARD WORK AND
PATIENCE PAID OFF WHEN
UNM GRAD STUDENT
KARISHMA BANSAL NOTICED
SOME UNIQUE ACTIVITY
GOING ON WHILE
STUDYING A GALAXY WITH A
PAIR OF WHAT ARE CALLED
SUPER MASSIVE
BLACK HOLES
27:20 KARISHMA: I was
like, great, something
is happening here. I
don )t know what )s
happening. But
eventually we
established there )s
significant motion here
so we said great! Let )s
write it 27:31
NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
EVER... ASTRONOMERS AT
UNM HAVE
OBSERVED AND MEASURED
TWO SUPER MASSIVE
BLACKHOLES MOVING IN
TANDEM -- ONE ORBITING
THE OTHER.
31:01 GREGG TAYLOR:
"it )s very exciting it
was a great feeling when
karishma told me that
she could see
some motion 31:10
RYAN MARTIN: 12:54 after
the discovery made i )s
rounds in the science
community. UNM has
enjoyed some mainstream
popularity. 13:00
31:50 TAYLOR: "usually
we publish our papers
and we )re lucky if we
can get a few people to
sight them
31:55 so it )s very
unusual for your
colleagues to walk up to
you and say hey that )s a
very great result 32:00
WHILE BANSAL IS THE
FIRST AUTHOR ON THE
RESEARCH PAPER -- SHE
SAYS
THE BREAKTHROUGH WAS A
GROUP EFFORT..
22:55 It was everybody
who made that discovery
because it was a very
difficult project 23:01
because the motion is
very small 23:03 and
there )s not just motion
we see one more effect
23:06
TAYLOR BELIEVES THIS IS
GREAT NEWS FOR NOT ONLY
FOR UNM BUT ALSO THE
ENTIRE ASTRONOMY
COMMUNITY
33:43 I think it )s going
to get people working in
this area more 33:45
They )re going to see
this system they )re
going to get excited
about it 33:48 and
they )re going to want to
find more systems like
it 33:50
RYAN MARTIN KRQE NEWS
13...
STANFORD COLLABORATED ON
THE PROJECT... ALONG
WITH THE U.S. NAVAL
OBSERVATORY AND THE
GEMINI OBSERVATORY.
THE HOPE IS THE STUDY
WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT ON
HOW GALAXIES EVOLVE.
MAYOR BERRY IS GETTING
AN AWARD FOR HIS
CRIME-FIGHTING
INITIATIVES... BUT THE
