Basingstoke IVC Science Cafe invite you to this free Royal Institution talk titled "A beginner's guide to black holes"

ADVANCE BOOKING IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TALK.

Please register for the event via this link: 

https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/events-2021/july/family-a-beginners-guide-to-black-holes

We will have the replay of the video available for 72 hours after the event for those of you that can’t make the date. It will also be uploaded to YouTube in the future.

SUMMARY

Black holes are one of the strangest and most fascinating things in the universe. They are massively heavy, with gravity so strong that even light can’t escape them. When they collide, they release such huge amounts ofenergy that they send ripples through spacetime itself. Despite these colossal features, we can’t even directly observe them with telescopes.

Join astrophysicist Amélie Saintonge for a lightspeed tour around these fascinating celestial giants, uncovering some strange facts about black holes, and how scientists actually go about studying something we can’t see.

SPEAKER:

Amélie Saintonge is Professor of Astrophysics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at University College London (UCL).Her research is currently funded by the Royal Society through a University Research Fellowship.

Her research programme is centered around the question of what regulates the growth and evolution of galaxies. In particular, she uses radio telescope to make a census of the cold gas contents of large sample of galaxies; understanding when, where and how galaxies efficiently form stars out of gas is key in identifying the mechanism driving their evolution.

She regularly talks about her work to public audiences. Recent gigs have included New Scientist Live, the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibit, the Hay Festival, the IOP Festival of Physics, and the Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival.