Black Holes: Spacewarps, Time Machines, and the Gruesome Deaths of Stars

Although black holes have become part of our movies and our everyday language, few people really understand the exciting science ideas behind the science fiction. You will learn why falling into a black hole is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience, how black holes make a serious kind of time machine possible, and how new instruments have allowed astronomers to detect the presence of these elusive dark objects in our Galaxy and beyond. No background in science will be required or assumed.

Speaker: Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College, retired

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