Supermassive black holes: What we know, what we don’t know yet, and what we’ll never know

Black holes are more than bizarre mathematical solutions that appear in the formulas of general relativity; they are real and responsible for some of the most energetic events in the Universe.

But what are black holes? How do they form? How big can they get? How do they live? Can they also die? Where is the next supermassive black hole? Will we fall into it at some point? What happens inside a black hole? – And: do scientists know all the answers to these questions?

In this Kosmisches Kino, Catarina Aydar from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) will take us on a journey to the supermassive black holes. She will show us what they are and tell us about their most beautiful secrets.

The event is in English without translation.

Infos und Tickets: https://supernova.eso.org/programme/detail/es1229/