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Explore the fascinating world of supermassive black hole binaries in this astrophysics colloquium that examines how these cosmic giants form when galaxies collide and their central black holes sink to create binary systems. Delve into the long-standing astrophysical questions surrounding whether these massive black holes will ultimately merge and what their behavior reveals about extreme galactic environments, galaxy evolution, and the low-frequency gravitational wave universe. Learn about cutting-edge progress in modeling accretion processes onto supermassive black hole binaries, with particular emphasis on how these processes affect binary orbital evolution and the exciting prospects for detecting these systems using upcoming time-domain astronomical surveys and gravitational wave observatories. Gain insights into the complex interplay between gas dynamics, gravitational forces, and gravitational wave emission in some of the most extreme environments in the universe, presented by a researcher from Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
