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(Cancelled)The Shadow of the Black Hole |
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Start Date: | 1/21/2021 | Start Time: | 9:00 AM |
End Date: | 1/21/2021 | End Time: | 10:20 AM |
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Event Description: FLEX # 155
In this workshop, I will talk about the mysterious black holes, an esoteric scientific idea that has so strongly captured the public imagination and became deeply rooted into pop culture. I will explain how astronomers are so sure that black holes are real, even if we cannot observe them directly, and tackle common misconceptions about them. Lastly, I will talk about how a large international collaboration of astronomers succeeded in observing what happens just outside the “event horizon” of a black hole, thanks to an array made of individual telescopes working together as a single Earth-sized telescope. This discovery is a powerful metaphor of the fact that any difficulty can be overcome if people work together to reach their common goal. |
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Other Details: January Flex Days Workshop |
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