How Black Holes Light Up Their Surroundings
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Join us in the Planetarium for this month's free talk; we welcome back Zachary Gelles, Princeton University.
Black holes are the sites of extreme gravitational forces β they suck in matter and never let it back out. But under the right conditions, a black hole can actually power the reverse process, shooting matter outwards at incredibly high speeds and lighting up the black holeβs vicinity. These so-called βjetsβ are some of the brightest, most powerful objects in the universe and have been observed in numerous galaxies to date. Join us to learn what black holes are and how they can be used as engines for these astrophysical jets. Zach will explain how we observe the jets and what we can learn from them. Finally, we will hear about future plans to upgrade telescopes and enable astrophysicists to see jets in the universe with unprecedented precision.
Reserve your seat here: https://forms.office.com/g/0vJ0yXMrBC
Black holes are the sites of extreme gravitational forces β they suck in matter and never let it back out. But under the right conditions, a black hole can actually power the reverse process, shooting matter outwards at incredibly high speeds and lighting up the black holeβs vicinity. These so-called βjetsβ are some of the brightest, most powerful objects in the universe and have been observed in numerous galaxies to date. Join us to learn what black holes are and how they can be used as engines for these astrophysical jets. Zach will explain how we observe the jets and what we can learn from them. Finally, we will hear about future plans to upgrade telescopes and enable astrophysicists to see jets in the universe with unprecedented precision.
Reserve your seat here: https://forms.office.com/g/0vJ0yXMrBC
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