Speaker:
Stefan Gillessen is a senior researcher at the Max-Plank-Institute for extraterrestrial physics, working since 20 years in the group of Nobel prize winner Reinhard Genzel.
Time & Location:
10 September 2025 - 7:00PM
Siyuan Multi-functional Hall, Room 301 West, School of Physics, Peking University
Abstract:
Nearly all the Science fiction literature needs black holes. If not using such gravity monster, how else can one tunnel through space and time in less than a second?
Are black holes science fiction then? or Are they real? What exactly is a black hole?
This talk explains, what scientists think a black hole might be, how they could form and how they can be observed. Especially for the last point a lot has happened in the last years - using modern, large telescopes. Be ready for exciting discoveries and a Nobel prize!
