The Origin Story of Supermassive Black Holes

by Pranav Satheesh, (ComSciCon National Flagship Conference 2024)

Originally Published December 27, 2024

This comic was initially developed at our national flagship conference as a part of our Create-a-thon program, then submitted and published through the editorial process at Club SciWri. Club SciWri and ComSciConversation have a shared mission of making fascinating science accessible to everyone. 

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Pranav Satheesh is a third year PhD student in physics at the University of Florida, where he studies the evolution of supermassive black holes using cosmological simulations. He is passionate about science communication and works with Astrobites as a writer. His favorite hobby is drawing, and he is working on improving his digital drawing skills, aiming to incorporate them into science communication through science comics. In his free time,  he  enjoys cooking, reading, and playing board games with friends.